Reads of 2022 3/3 #books #books2022

Reads of 2022 2/3 🧵 #books #books2022

One more that I forgot to list: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti. An excellent thriller. #books #books2022

I've been thinking about rumor panics particularly in #libraries (school and public) and found Jeffrey S. Victor's "Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend" especially helpful.
https://archive.org/details/satanicpaniccrea00vict

While the slanders directed at libraries today are distinct from the satanic panic of the 80s/90s, there are many strong parallels (like the way so called "experts" peddle grifts, or social stressors leading to scapegoating). One of my favorite reads this year. #books #books2022

I've been thinking about rumor panics particularly in #libraries (school and public) and found Jeffrey S. Victor's "Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend" especially helpful.
https://archive.org/details/satanicpaniccrea00vict

While the slanders directed at libraries today is distinct from the satanic panic of the 80s/90s, there are many strong parallels (like the way so called "experts" peddle grifts, or social stressors leading to scapegoating). One of my favorite reads this year. #books #books2022

End-of-the-year #books2022 update: Rosamund Lehmann's "Invitation to the Waltz" (1932) is very good, if not quite one of the three best books I read this year; a 17-year-old at her first dance, with her older, debuted sister. Kind of squarely between Bloomsbury groupian modernism and a slice-of-life book that Persephone might have republished. Curious to read the sequel, about the sisters as adults (Kate happily married, Olivia separated and having an affair.) #books #bookstodon

I read 32 books in 2022! Mostly Sci Fi + Fantasy, with a few non-fiction sprinkled in.

My faves of the year were definitely Le Guin's Hainish cycle, Miéville's New Crobuzon books, and Greg Egan's work.

#Books2022

It's been a fantastic year for me in terms of books. Here's 25 books I absolutely loved in 2022 & highly recommend #bookstodon #books #books2022 #amreading

... of living under the yoke of empire. And we get to see more of Stationer life too!

*you know, "solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant". It also shows up in Babel", there might be a theme here...

(2/2)

#Books #Books2022

"The Book of All Skies" by @gregeganSF (2021) deals with the people of a multiply-connected world finding out about a lost civilization.

As usual, this one has a premise that takes some time to understand and visualize, but when one does, it's fascinating to follow Del and the others learning about its properties by careful deduction and some simple experiments.

It's a fun exploration of life in a world with similar physical laws, but a very different geometrical structure.

#Books #Books2022

Ryka Aokis "Like from Uncommon Stars" (2021) was a wholesome delight.

It mashes three storylines (a pact with the devil; how an underdog trans violinist gets recognized for her great talent; a coffee-, er, donut-shop AU-like plot about a starship crew) that don't seem to fit together but do. It has beautiful, evocative descriptions of both music and food, a tender love story between two older women, and an ending that brings everything together.

#Books #Books2022

It's also finally late enough in the year I'm ready to say my list of books I read this year is finished - here it is for your perusal.
https://www.cassey.dev/posts/2022-12-31-2022-in-books/
#YearInReview #books #books2022

Here are some of the #books that made an impression on me this year:

--Fiction--
Assumption, Percival Everett
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
Companion Piece, Ali Smith
Fight Night, Miriam Toews
Migrations, Charlotte McConaghy
Trust, Hernan Diaz

--Nonfiction--
All That She Carried, Tiya Miles
Floodpath, Jon Wilkman
Midnight in Washington, Adam Schiff

#reading #books2022 #bookstodon

RT @ResWellbeing
14 #Books2022 for #Wellbeing

13/14 The future is degrowth: A guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by @MGSchmelzer, Andrea Vetter & @a_vansi
This book is that "bible" of #degrowth that everyone can look at when in the next few years that taboo word becomes an unquestionable reality

Looking for something romantic or deadly to snuggle up with this Christmas Eve? If you are done with the holiday shopping & cooking and need some downtime, why not give these #HolidayRomances & #HolidayMysteries a try! The holiday season is the perfect time for romance and murder ❤️☠️ @bookstodon

Head over to the link to see full list! http://cupofteawiththatbookplease.com/2022/12/22/holiday-romances-mysteries-to-snuggle-up-with/

#books #BookMastodon #ukyabooks #books2022 #festivereads #britishmysteryseries #diversebooks #romanceincolor #ukbooks

Alle Bücher, die ich 2022 gelesen habe #AMA
#books2022 #books #BücherLesen #Bücher #Bücher2022

Kim Watt's Yule be Sorry was great fun. Dragons & exploding Christmas baubles & does that cat talk? I prefer mysteries with likeable mc's and ML Hamilton & JD Robb both tick that box. NK Jemisin's The City We Became is inventive, challenging & very, very good. #books #bookstodon #amreading #books2022

So over in the other place, Goodreads asked for favourite romance reads in 2022. I don't read many pure romances (although lots of books I read have an element of it) but these are mine: The Undertaking of Hart & Mercy by Megan Bannen & Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers #bookstodon #books #books2022

#bookstodon #books2022. Reflecting on memoirs and nonfiction reads this year as well: Still thinking about Emi Nietfeld's memoir 'Acceptance' and also Jessi Hempels' memoir "The Family Outing."

#bookstodon #books2022 I read over 105 books in 2022, according to my Goodreads log. Two novels that really have stayed with me: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara, and Sea of Tranquility by Emily St Mandell (I recognize the aligned themes here).

Most resonate novels you read this year?