Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Emily
https://www.goodreads.com/emilyegberink
“My heart hurts when you hurt because you are my heart.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
― Carrie Soto Is Back
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
“She believes Marianne lacks ‘warmth’, by which she means the ability to beg for love from people who hate her.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Suddenly he can spend an afternoon in Vienna looking at Vermeer’s The Art of Painting, and it’s hot outside, and if he wants he can buy himself a cheap cold glass of beer afterwards. It’s like something he assumed was just a painted backdrop all his life has revealed itself to be real: foreign cities are real, and famous artworks, and underground railway systems, and remnants of the Berlin Wall. That’s money, the substance that makes the world real. There’s something so corrupt and sexy about it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
616 books
|
41 friends
484 books
|
18 friends
149 books
|
29 friends
3,113 books
|
397 friends
172 books
|
20 friends
2 books
|
8 friends
3 books
|
2 friends
207 books
|
4 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Emily
Lists liked by Emily