#2022 reading

[thebestoftragedy]

“We find no evidence that abortion hurts women. For every outcome we analyzed, women who received an abortion were either the same or, more frequently, better off than women who were denied an abortion. [...]

“We find many ways in which women were hurt by carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term. Continued pregnancy and childbirth is associated with large physical health risks, so great that two women in our study died from childbirth-related causes. Many others experienced complications from delivery and, extending over the next five years, increased chronic head and joint pain, hypertension, and poorer self-rated overall health. In the short run, women experienced increased anxiety and loss of life satisfaction after being denied an abortion, and those with violent partners found it difficult to extricate themselves after the birth. Over the next several years, women who were denied abortions experienced economic hardships not experienced by women who received their wanted abortions.

“Abortion opponents often accuse women seeking abortions of being misinformed, irresponsible, or amoral. In fact, as the Turnaway Study results make clear, women make thoughtful, well-considered decisions about whether to have an abortion. When asked why they want to end a pregnancy, women give specific and personal reasons. And their fears are borne out in the experiences of women who carry unwanted pregnancies to term. Women seeking abortions worry that they cannot afford to raise a baby, and we find that women denied abortions are more likely to live in poverty. They worry that their relationship isn’t strong enough to support a child, and we find that relationships with the man involved dissolve regardless of whether they carry the pregnancy to term or have an abortion. They worry about not being able to take care of their existing children, and we find evidence that women’s children do worse on several measures of health and development when women carry an unwanted pregnancy to term than when they receive an abortion. The Turnaway Study brings powerful evidence about the ability of women to foresee consequences and make decisions that are best for their lives and families.”

- Diana Greene Foster, PhD, The Turnaway Study:  Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion  

#diana greene foster #the turnaway study #2022 reading

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || December 31 || Favorite Books of the Year:

Not Pictured: Toad Words and Other Stories & Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher  &  How To be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #book photo challenge #books #book stacks #book photography #2022 reading #Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos

[tempest-in-spooky-earrings]

Reading Legends & Lattes, then coming to tumblr, really expecting to find quite a bit of fanart. I mean, how can there not be a huge fandom already? There is this wonderful found family story happening. There's a sapphic romance between a retired orc adventuress and a succubus barista. There's an adorable little rattkin baker, and a hob carpenter, and a bard, and an elderly stone fey knitting while running her criminal empire. I want to see art of them all. Where is the art?

#reading #2022 reading #legends & lattes #legends and lattes #legends and lattes by travis baldree #like how is this book not wildly popular with tumblr's queer d&d crowd? #i want to recommend this book to all my dimension 20 people

[bookishlyread]

2022 Reading:

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Talley Takemori)

#bookishlyread #2022 reading #Convenience Store Woman #Sayaka Murata #books #booklr

[readbooksandwatchgilmoregirls]

Do you ever just read a book that feels like a hug??? Legends & Lattes is absolutely that. A hug and a cup of coffee all wrapped up in a little paperback novel 🥹🥹🥹

#i loved it so much #what a sweet little read #absolutely made my day omg #legends & lattes #legends and lattes #travis baldree #viv #tandri #cal #thimble #pls everybody go read this #read in 2022 #reading 2022 #2022 reading goal #2022 reading #dnd #dungeons and dragons #high fantasy #cozy read

[vexxandra]

ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵘⁿ ˢᵉᵗˢ || 2022 ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ||

hello my loves! this reading is centered around what you learned in 2022, and basically a mini-recap of your year, including how to say goodbye to the past, and how to welcome the new year! i hope that this wasn’t done before cause i dont wanna copy anyone! anyways, take a deep breath and choose your pile...

today, i’ll be using the seed and sickle deck that i got for christmas! thank you so much mom and dad!!

disclaimer: none of the images above are mine! credits to: https://weheartit.com/entry/351772880, https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/437552920044263713/, and https://www.fanpop.com/clubs/winter/images/43678734/title/winter-aesthetic-photo !

ᴘɪʟᴇ ᴏɴᴇ

>> overall vibe/recap: ragwort.

pile one, you have so many regrets gnawing at you. why do you allow the past to define your self worth? why does that one mistake keep you up at night? your perception of yourself is so fragile that you think that you have to be perfect all the time. the month of september or october might be significant. i feel like you think you’ve messed big time, or missed your shot with something, but i also feel like that was meant to happen. does it even matter that im telling you this, pile one? i feel like no matter how much i try to reassure you, you will keep wallowing in your sadness and woes. edgar allan poe might be significant? or poetry. anyways, i feel like 2022 was a year that really tested your resilience and courage. i also feel like 2022 was quite cataclysmic for you, so yeah theres that too. pile one, you have so many dreams and wishes, but they keep getting dragged down by the past. pile one, hear me well when i say that your past doesnt define you! your mistakes, your flaws and your scars do not define you as a human being! youre a beautiful work of art, a kintsugi that deserves all the stars in the sky. youre already a star, so whats stopping you from shining?

>> how to say goodbye to the past: bracken and mustard.

you try to fade away sometimes, dont you? you feel like a dandelion’s seed, so weak and fragile, buffeted by the wind and by life. but you forget that dandelions are strong flowers, weeds, albeit, but still extremely strong. they are also extremely beautiful, just like you. so why do you dim your light? are you setting yourself on fire to keep others warm? you are the sun, so bright and beautiful; so what if some people choose to prefer the grey skies? does that mean that you have to extinguish yourself to please them? youre extremely empathetic and kind, pile one, but that kindness only extends to others, and not to yourself. is it because you think youre unworthy of love? care for yourself first, the rest of the world can wait for a while. youre not in charge of the happiness of others, you are only in charge of your own.

>> how to welcome the new year: asphodel, lily of the valley, and cornflower.

to welcome the new year, you must first welcome yourself. to embrace the changing of the seasons, you must first embrace the fact that you, and many others have changed. are you the same person you were at the beginning of the year? others have changed too, and i know its scary. change is extremely scary, especially for someone who tries as hard as they can to fix and help others. but that shouldn’t be your priority right now. your priority should be perceiving your own worth and being bolder. the sun shines, even during the winter. the moon is still there, though sometimes it cannot be seen. you are always loved, even though it sometimes feels like the world is against you. you have a choice to make before the new year : will you keep fearing change, or will you embrace it?

ᴘɪʟᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ

>> overall vibe/recap: rowan.

have you been stuck in a sort of writers block recently, pile two? it doesnt even have to be that writers block, but have you felt drained? mundanity fills your day to day life, and try as you might, you havent been able to escape it. 2022 was a year all about finding yourself again, as well as appreciating the small things that make life enjoyable. if youve ever played stardew valley, it is something like the opening scene. if you havent, it shows a bunch of people at their 9 to 5 working endlessly. then the player is fed up with it, and decided to move to pelican town, where they start a farm. your situation kind of reminds me of that. the rowan card also speaks to me of family, so perhaps youve been spending more time with family or people that feel like family and have been valuing them more this year.

>> how to say goodbye to the past: clematis and buttercup.

something about your past holds you back. why? perhaps youve been waiting for an opportunity that hasnt presented itself yet. perhaps youre waiting for a person? why are you waiting for them? do you think that they are worth waiting for? of course you do, but is it really worth waiting for them? perhaps you think they are, but you are holding on too tight, and putting your whole life on whole for this thing youre wating for. let of of them, and youll find it will be easier to say goodbye to your past. if you love something, let them go. if it was really meant to be, they will return to you. if not, something better will come to you.

>> how to welcome the new year: pimpernel, oleander, oak.

to welcome the new year, im really feeling called to tell you to set very specific goals and new years resolution. its very annoying, i really know, but its super hard following a resolution that so vague! set goals, set dates, and set deadlines! im really feeling called to tell you that your new years resolutions wont work unless you really plan them out. also a specific message coming from the oleander card is telling me that you shouldnt do dumb things on a whim. actually, you shouldnt do dumb things, especially on a whim! also i feel like you should be a little more grounded this new year.

ᴘɪʟᴇ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ

>> overall vibe/recap: verbena.

a year thats been as challenging as rewarding, youve really learnt how to stand your ground, pile three. youre being more assertive, and speaking your mind even though some people might not always agree with it. i feel like this year has been very liberating for you, especially regarding your shadow attributes. i feel like youve really grown and changed as a person, and have been more kind to yourself, and with others (only if they deserve it). i also feel like youve mended a lot of your relationships with people, and purged the toxic relationships.

>> how to say goodbye to the past: chickweed and the sickle.

i feel like youve mostly made peace with your past, pile three. over the course of the years, it must have been hard to let go of things that you loved, but were no longer serving you. but you did it, and for that, i and others are extremely proud of you! these cards are telling me that though youve made peace with your past, you still kind of reminisce, but not in an obsessive way at all. just like how youd think of the memory of a movie in your mind. kind of like that.

>> how to welcome the new year: pimpernel, poppy, tulip.

to welcome the new year, you have to be yourself, and completely yourself. im getting the image of wearing an outfit thats completely and totally you to work or school and not caring at all what other people think. to welcome the new year, you also have to live in the moment, being yourself, but not being reckless at the same time. dont do anything stupid is also a theme in the second pile, so you heard it here folks! dont do stupid things!! finally, dont dwell on the small things. focus on the bigger picture and things that really matter.

#pac pick a pile pac tarot pick a pile tarot #tarotreading #tarot #2022 reading #2022 tarot

[bekah-reading]

101/100 2022 Reading

5/5

I rarely (if ever) pick up books that are written in a stream of consciousness; I think the only other one is the John Green book I read earlier this year.

This memoir is a series of vignettes that are about the author’s experiences of being in an abusive relationship.

I felt this book, the writing was beautiful and it was strung together very nicely. I wish I had a physical copy of it on my shelf. I will be picking up any other works of hers.

#booklr #booktok #reading #2022 reading #2022 reading challenge #reading challenge #memoir #in the dream house #carmen maria machado

[syderary-theory]

My three favorite books of 2022

2022 has actually turned out to be a pretty big year for me in terms of reading. For anyone who doesn’t know, I have been struggling with an intense reading burn-out since my junior year of undergrad (English majors go off) that I have slowly recovering from over the last few years, and this last year especially has done a lot in terms of reigniting my love for reading.

Now, overall, I read a total of 23 books over the course of 2022, which might not be much for some folks, but it’s a lot for me and I am very pleased both with the number of books I read and with the books themselves.

Generally, I have enjoyed a lot of creative nonfiction as well as literary fiction, but I also ended up giving myself more room to explore different genres like horror/thriller as well as sci-fi and graphic novels. Some examples include: The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, and Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kirsten Radtke.

The list below are not exactly what I would consider the best of everything I’ve read (but don’t get me wrong, they’re all fantastic) but rather more so the books that have changed my approaches to life, reading, or otherwise have lingered with me since reading them. So without further ado, let’s get into it.

3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This is not my first Toni Morrison novel, but I wish that it had been. My initial introduction to Morrison had been Song of Solomon, a novel that I don’t remember enjoying but plan to revisit soon.

The Bluest Eye clicked for me in so many ways, from Morrison’s artistic description of 1940’s Lorain, Ohio to her masterful execution of theme as a linking mechanism throughout each chapter. I love the way Morrison refuses to shy away from the more grotesque parts of her characters without completely stripping them of their humanity.

I recommend looking up the trigger warnings before diving into it, but The Bluest Eye is a wonderful novel that I’m glad to have picked up the past year.

2. On Immunity: an Inoculation by Eula Biss

I think I picked this up after hearing about it from some bookclub servers I was in, but this book ended up being the harrowing examination of our mass response to disease and vaccination that I needed after these past few years neck deep in the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Immunity does not respond to our most recent global panic, but instead responds to our history of illness and treatment, and how much of that history gets shaped by human fear. The similarities between the epidemics and vaccine treatments Biss faced at the birth of her son and what we’ve encountered over the last few years is hauntingly similar.

But what I ended up loving the most about this book was Biss’s honesty about her own fears and apprehensions towards vaccine treatment. It ended up making the book more about self-examination instead of mass cultural critique, which helped me to breakdown my own anxieties over scheduling an appointment for that first COVID booster.

After everything we’ve all been through over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book couldn’t be relevant and worth reading.

1. Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

This has probably become one of my favorite books ever. Similar to On Immunity, I initially encountered this book via one of my bookclub servers (it was a really great bookclub y’all), and have not stopped thinking about.

Why Fish Don’t Exist is half biography of the late taxonomist, David Starr Jordan, and half memoir of Lulu Miller’s pursuit for meaning amongst personal devastation.

It’s hard for me to describe what exactly I love about this book beyond the standard execution of lyrical prose and investigative reflection. This is a book I would recommend to anyone new to nonfiction, because it’s artful blend of form makes for a really captivating read complete with twists and unexpected beauty.

I think for me, what this book really ended up providing was a reflection of my own questions about life and meaning in the wake of my own spiritual deconstructions. Growing up in an intensely religious home, I’d been conditioned to rely on notions of a god for almost all my personal deliberations. So, by taking a step away from all those preconceived notions of the universe and my place in it, I, like Miller, found myself faced with the task of finding new ways to connect to life in order to find purpose again. It’s a book I find myself returning too quite frequently.

So, that is the short list of my favorite books this year. If you’ve read any of these, I’d love to hear your thoughts or if you want to tell me about your favorite books from this past year, please feel free to share.

Until then, ✌️

#books and reading #book blog #why fish don’t exist #on immunity #the bluest eye #book review #happy new year #books #reading #2022 reading

[thegreatgatz]

bitches get 8 books from the library right in the peak of midterm szn and forget about any work,,its me, im bitches

#bookblr #books #reading #2022 reading #2022 reads #bookstagram #2022 books #academia #bookworm #bibliophile #current reads #studyblr #rambles

[thisismybookishlevel]

2022 Reading Challenge: 161/165… I might still achieve my goal!

Book I was most excited to read, and it was EVERYTHING with so much AHHHHHH moments: House of Sky & Breath (Crescent City 2)

New series to me where I am now obsessed: The Black Witch Chronicles

Old series that had a new book come out that made me so happy: Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities 9)

Adult contemporary that I think EVERYONE should read because it is GOOD and teaches: True Biz

YA novel that is PHENOM and I’m sad it hasn’t become more well known: We Deserve Monuments

Favorite middle grades book: Amari & The Great Game, which is a sequel to Amari & The Night Brothers

Favorite romance: The Dead Romantics

Best nonfiction that will change your life: How To Keep House While Drowning

Mystery / Thriller that was good enough that my husband even read it: We Are All The Same In The Dark

Best audiobook: The Atlas Six — full cast recording with such distinct personalities.

Favorite author who released a new book and it did NOT disappoint me: Gallant (Victoria Schwab, though her TV show did disappoint 🤣)

#2022 books #2022 top reads #2022 reading #2022 reading challenge #reading challenge #never stop reading #my tbr is so long

[thebestoftragedy]

So what would happen if the right to abortion was no longer guaranteed at the federal level? One scenario is that decisions about whether and when abortion is legal would revert to the states. Some states would ban it and others would protect it. If this happens, women with resources who live in states with bans would be able to travel to states without bans. For women who travel, abortion would cost more, take more time, and be more stigmatized. But they would get their abortions. Women with internet savvy would likely order pills online. […] Already there are women in the United States who have gone to jail for using on their own—or providing to their daughter—the same pills they can legally be given in abortion clinics. So I anticipate there would be an increase in prosecutions of women in some states for doing something that may be legal in other states. Some women might do extremely dangerous things—like drink toxic substances, insert foreign objects into their uterus, or have someone punch them in the abdomen—to end their pregnancies. […]

Finally, if Roe were overturned and legality reverted to the states, the Turnaway Study suggests that a large fraction of women (my estimate: between a quarter and a third) would carry unwanted pregnancies to term. […] And for those women, all the burdens outlined in this book—worse physical health, reduced life aspirations, higher exposure to domestic violence, increased poverty, lowered chance of having a wanted pregnancy, worse outcomes for their other children—will result.

[...] Roe and Casey say that abortion has to be made available before viability. If Roe falls, then there won’t be anything to stop Congress, if it had the votes, from passing a nationwide 20-week ban. Or even a nationwide six-week ban. Or a total ban. It seems unlikely that people who believe abortion is murder would be content to say, okay, murder is illegal in my state; I’ll just let other women in other states make their own decisions. If this sort of laissez-faire, let-others-decide-for-themselves attitude were feasible, they wouldn’t have to change any laws at all. […] The end of Roe could cause a cascade. Some states would pass laws that make abortion illegal or begin enforcing laws that are already on the books but aren’t in effect because of Roe. Other states would pass laws protecting abortion rights or even try to expand access with proactive laws that increase affordability and the number of providers. This patchwork scenario would likely prompt anti-abortion activists and legislators to push for nationwide bans that, if passed, would mean that women would have nowhere legal to go in the United States.

- Diana Greene Foster, PhD, The Turnaway Study:  Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion  

#diana greene foster #the turnaway study #2022 reading #abortion #roe v wade

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || November 30 || Read In November:

107. Moira’s Pen by Megan Whalen Turner ★★★★ 108. Dracula by Bram Stoker ★★★★ [K] [RR] 109. A Rainy Day Story by Ruth Calderon ★★ 110. Onions & Garlic by Rebecca Sheir ★★★ 111. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler ★★★ 112. Shuna’s Journey by Hayao Miyazaki ★★★★★ 113. The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System Vol.4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù ★★★ 114. Heaven Official’s Blessing Vol.4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù ★★★★ 115. Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson ★★★ 116. Joha Makes A Wish by Eric A. Kimmel ★★★ 117. The Alienist by Caleb Carr ★★★ 118. There’s Treasure Everywhere by  Bill Watterson ★★★★★ 119. Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn ★★★ 120. Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex ★★★ 121. Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner & Barbara Davilman ★

#book stacks #justonemorepage #jompbpc #book photo challenge #book photography #books #2022 Reading #Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos

[tempest-in-spooky-earrings]

One of the POV characters in the book I'm currently reading is a giant pacific octopus, and let me tell you, the author is not giving the octopus enough screentime. Like, I'm not saying the octopus has to have exactly equal narration time as its human counterparts. But I feel like he's being shorted, currently. I want more judgmental octopus POV in my life.

#reading #2022 reading #personal reading #remarkably bright creatures #by shelby van pelt #octopus #giant pacific octopus

[bookishlyread]

So scarlet, it was maroon: Read a short story collection

-The Houseguest & other stories by Amparo Dávila (translated by Audrey Harris & Matthew Gleeson)

#bookishlyread #2022 reading #The Houseguest & other stories #Amparo Dávila #So scarlet it was maroon #booklr #book

[readbooksandwatchgilmoregirls]

Books I've Read in 2022

Here are the books I have read so far this year! I am at 38/40 books for the year and just bumped my goal up for the second time!

This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

The Becoming by Nora Roberts

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (narrated by Lin Manuel Miranda)

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (reread)

Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making by Anna Ploszajski

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (reread, audiobook)

By The Book by Jasmine Guillory

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

All of Our Demise by Christine Lynn Herman and Amanda Foody

Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji with Anthony Greenwald

Celebrate with Babs: Holiday Recipes and Family Traditions by Barbara Costello

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

#reading #read in 2022 #2022 reading #2022 reading goal #marybeth reads*

[stsebastiens]

Tigerman, Nick Harkaway

#quotes #reading 2022 #2022 reading #books #litblr #readblr #ely.txt