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Emily is Currently Reading

Emily is currently reading

Solutions and Other Problems

by Allie Brosh (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 18, 2026 03:39AM

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The Gentleman's Gambit (A League of Extraordinary Women, #4)

by Evie Dunmore (Goodreads Author)

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The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World

by Peter Schwartz

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Emily’s Notes & Highlights

Circe by Madeline Miller

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It was not desire, not even its barest scrapings. It was a sort of rage, a knife I used upon myself. I did it to prove my skin was still my own. And

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“And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

tags: deep

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“You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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Emily’s Groups

Our Shared Shelf — 223090 members — last activity Jan 21, 2026 10:30AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Palatinate DAR Book Club — 7 members — last activity Nov 03, 2017 05:25AM
Group to share our love for reading and our connection with the DAR Palatinate Chapter, Germany

Friends of Europe on Goodreads — 229 members — last activity Nov 25, 2013 10:41AM
Welcome to Friends of Europe on Goodreads, where all the europeans citizens, as well as the supporters of Europe, meet and exchange their points of vi ...more