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Emily is Currently Reading

Emily is currently reading

The Savage Detectives

by Roberto Bolaño

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Nov 30, 2025 04:06AM

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The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future

by Keach Hagey

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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

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

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suddenly I felt that it had fallen to me to hold her together, to become all at once a courageous new creature with something of Lincoln himself clinging to him. But all I could do when she offered me a hand was to take it and clutch it ...more

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Emily’s Quotes

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

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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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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“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

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Emily’s Groups

Our Shared Shelf — 223365 members — last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
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