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PagesOfEmma

Resident Plant Lady. Reader of fantasy, sci-fi, climate fiction and nature non-fiction. She/her, UK. Find me on IG @pages_of_emma

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  • The Salt Oracle (We Are All Ghosts In The Forest, #2)
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    Oct 26, 2025
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    The world broke seventeen years ago when the internet became ghosts. There is a girl who can channel these dangerous ghosts, and she is The Oracle. Held on a research vessel floating in an angry ocean, she is studied by a small group of researchers, including Auli. Auli begins to question everything when faced with a new project that shakes her moral compass, and what she discovers has implications far wider than their small boat.

    I adore Wilson’s writing. Her previous book, We Are All Ghosts in the Forest, was one of my favourites of 2024. They are both lyrical and thoughtful in their prose, and heavy with atmosphere, which is a recipe for perfection for me.

    Storytelling is at the heart of this book. The internet still haunts us, hurts us and kills us, and we don’t want to understand that we made it that way. The stories we tell have shaped it, and not all for the better. There are stories too that affect the people. The Oracle is kept aboard, docile, to be studied. They say it is for the greater good. But what is her story? What is it she is really trying to say?

    This story is complex and layered, the characters all with their own agendas. Friendships are tested, and corruption sits alongside love. It is a story set in a world that will be familiar to you, but twisted with dystopia and a dash of climate issues.

    I recommend reading the first book for more context, but you can absolutely go straight into this one if you want to.

    Thank you SO much to @solarisbooks for sending me an ARC of this one. You can bet I’ll be reading everything Lorraine Wilson writes from now on.

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    Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice

    Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice

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  • FriYAY!!!

    Thank god its friday!!! I finally get to read!!!! What are you guys reading this weekend? Do you have any other plans? I'm gonna finish my current read and might start 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' + im gonna watch some F1🚗

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  • Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
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    All I can say is that the artwork in this book is so creepy, and I have never been afraid of a carrot before... ETA: don't get your hopes up for a carrot character haha, it's just artwork.

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    The Merge

    The Merge

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  • Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
    Thoughts from 38%

    All I can say is that the artwork in this book is so creepy, and I have never been afraid of a carrot before... ETA: don't get your hopes up for a carrot character haha, it's just artwork.

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    Thoughts from 38%

    All I can say is that the artwork in this book is so creepy, and I have never been afraid of a carrot before... ETA: don't get your hopes up for a carrot character haha, it's just artwork.

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    Dia de los Muertos 2025

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  • Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
    Thoughts from 2% (page 14) personal moment of ignorance? dumb? haha

    i feel like mentioning this here but idk why i was shocked when yadriel said that he and maritza ducked behind a sarcophagus, specifically. and then i got to wondering, wait... aren't those egyptian? and then i realized i'm probably having a tad ignorant of a moment and that sarcophagi are not exactly as what i've believed they were. i mean, granted, the last time i even thought about them was probably elementary school (and american public school at that!), but i got curious now. i know this book isn't taking place in egypt... lmao... right??

    so anyway, i went and looked it up and all, and it's a specific type of coffin, typically made of stone and typically attributed to egypt, greece, and rome. they're also intended to be maintained above ground, vs. buried like other coffins.

    greece and rome had them too?! i didn't even know that much about them?? wild. and anyway, i also learned that when literally translated, sarcophagus can mean "flesh-eating", which is because they used a specific type of limestone that decomposed the bodies within faster. how intriguing! i wonder who discovered that ol quirky property huh

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  • The Ministry of Time
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  • If you got dropped into the world of your current read, what would you be doing?

    Fun question that popped up in one of my reading discords.

    I am currently reading a non-fiction, and I would be farming yams in Jamaica. Honestly sounds like a good time to me lol.

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  • What's the highest overlap you've ever had with another user?

    Sometimes I like to scroll through the user pages to try to find new people to follow, and so far I think the highest amount of overlap I've ever encountered was around 30%. Curious, how much overlap have you guys had with others? 👀

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  • Boox Go vs Kindle

    I know there's been quite a few posts recently with regards to e-readers, but most people recommend Kobo, which doesn't seem to be available (or any other brands for that matter). The only two I am able to find - at least from a trusted shop - are: Kindle (a variety of models) Boox Go 7 (B/W or Colour (Gen II)) I have never owned an e-reader as I've always been a physical book person (but there's no denying the pros of ebooks), so I have zero experience and have only recently started considering it.

    Questions:

    1. Why are we hating on Amazon? (I will say, I am leaning more towards the Boox anyway because I like the ability of having different apps (Libby, Bible App, Other reading) and not being locked into a singular space).
    2. B/W vs Colour (The obvious are for note-taking or reading graphics etc., but is there any other reason why colour would be better? - I don't typically read books where I will need colour, and I assume I can still highlight in black and white, I just won't have different colours).
    3. As I said, I like the idea of not being locked into a singular space, but since a Kindle has Kindle and Kobo has Kobo - very creative naming - for buying books, how does that work on a Boox? Where do you buy and read etc. Can you use Google Play Books?
    4. Kind of following on the previous question, but how does ebook book ownership work? I've read some stories of people who have had books simply disappear or copies being updated etc, but all I'm sayin' is if I'm paying physical book prices for ebooks, I damn well better own it and have peace of mind that it won't just up and vanish.
    5. What is the battery life like?

    Anything else regarding e-readers that newbies need to know / consider?

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    Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain

    Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain

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