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Loving this list, y'all. Thanks Andromeda for starting this thread. My two big hits this year have been: It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens - danah boyd. Still working on this one, but it's an eye-opener re: privacy, social media, teens and adults. The author is offering the digital version for free download: http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/ No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics - anthology edited by Justin Hall. Nice collection, many styles and voices represented. -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries (804) 827-3552 | [log in to unmask] | www.library.vcu.edu On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Sarah Walden <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My library hold list has already doubled in size - thanks for all the > great recommendations! > > I will second the plug for _The Martian_ by Andy Weir. Very gripping, and > the science felt believable and realistic. John Scalzi's latest, _Lock In_, > was also a blast to read, and raises some really thought-provoking > questions about disability, race, and gender, all wrapped up in a > near-future SF murder mystery. > > --- > Sarah Walden > Digital Projects Librarian > Robert Frost Library > Amherst College > PO Box 2256 > Amherst, MA 01002-5000 > Tel: (413) 542-2960 > Fax: (413) 542-2662 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Andromeda Yelton > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:47 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014? > > Hey, code4lib! I bet you consume fascinating media. What good books did > you read in 2014 that you think your colleagues would like, too? (And hey, > we're all digital, so feel free to include movies and video games and so > forth.) > > Mine: > http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ (O'Reilly book, plus read free online) > - a book on testing from a Django-centric, front end perspective. *Finally* > I get how testing works. This book rewrote my brain. > > _The Warmth of Other Suns_ - finally got around to reading this magnum > opus history of the Great Migration, am halfway through, it's amazing. If > you're looking for some historical context on how we got to Ferguson, > Isabel Wilkerson has you covered. > > _Her_ - Imma let you finish, Citzenfour and Big Hero 6 and LEGO movie and > Guardians of the Galaxy - you were all good - but I walked out of the > theater and literally couldn't speak after this one. Plus, funniest > throwaway scene ever. Almost fell out of my chair. > > _Tim's Vermeer_ - wait, no, watch that one too. Weird tinkering genius who > can't paint obsesses over recreating a Vermeer with startling, > physics-driven results. Also, Penn Jillette. > > -- > Andromeda Yelton > Board of Directors, Library & Information Technology Association: > http://www.lita.org > Advisor, Ada Initiative: http://adainitiative.org > http://andromedayelton.com @ThatAndromeda < > http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda> >