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I'm in the audiobook camp with Coral because of my commute. Books: Terry Pratchett. I'm still working my way through the Discworld but I'm going to run out/catch up next year. At which point I'll of course have to start listening all over again. The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes: Stories of Tidiness, Self-Esteem and Other Things I Gave Up On <https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18168478-the-amazing-thing-about-the-way-it-goes> by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Lovely set of essays. Pearl-McPhee is mostly known for her knitterly writing but this is about a lot of other areas, need not be a knitter to enjoy. On 12/9/2014 8:47 AM, Andromeda Yelton wrote: > 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. > -- Abigail Goben, MLS Assistant Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago 1750 W. Polk (MC 763) Chicago, IL 60612 [log in to unmask]