My favorite books from this year were Hateship, Friendship, Courtship,
Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro and Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

For those who want some Oregon/Portland - relevant books for the upcoming
conference, a few that might be interesting:

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer
Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion

Ursula Le Guin would also be a good Oregonian read, as well as something
about Celilo Falls or the Columbia River.

Other code4lib readers might have more recent PDX books to add since I've
been away from Oregon for several years.

Erin

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Jeremy C. Shellhase <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Great idea for discussion.  I read a lot, but I'd suggest you check out
> God, Forgive These Bastards
> by Rob Morton
> http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/3863/
>
> It's a nice, small book that has a very nice punk jazz album of the same
> name that accompanies it.
>
> http://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/album/god-forgive-these-bastards-songs-from-the-forgotten-life-of-henry-turner-2012
>  My personal favorite song is
> http://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/track/i-love-you-like-an-alcoholic
>
> But, well, though I hate the expression "It's all good!"
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jeremy C. Shellhase
> Systems Librarian *and*
> Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child
> Development, Psychology, Social Work
> Humboldt State University Library
> One Harpst Street
> Arcata, California 95521
> 707-826-3144 (voice)
> 707-826-3441 (fax)
> [log in to unmask]
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
> [log in to unmask]
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > 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>
> >
>