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Hi, This year I discovered the work of Nnedi Okorafor. I'm still working my way through her oeuvre, but I enjoyed her short story collection Kabu Kabu. Recommended for folks who enjoy science fiction and fantasy. As far as non-fiction is concerned, I enjoyed The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Myst

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In my earlier post I failed to mention two of my personal favorites: Urban Tigers and the (conveniently titled) Urban Tigers Two. These are fictionalized anecdotes from the author's experiences working at a veterinary hospital devoted exclusively to feline practice. If you liked James Herriot'

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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: Stori

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nice thread! Always good to see what other people read. My list for 2014: - Stoner - John Williams (you described this one well Bill) - A good man is hard to find - Flannery O'conner (highly recommended! A number of short stories; very human. It will rattle your cage) - Hollywood - Charles Buko

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On 9 December 2014, 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? + Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality, by Edward Frenkel; memoirs of a mathematician who grew up and traine

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Thanks for all the good additions to my own reading list. Here are some of mine. Fiction Books - I tend to read urban fantasy and sci-fi, with other stuff thrown in. I tend to graze tech books, so I won't record them. The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch - I'm currently reading book #4 in the

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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 di

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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 tho

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I agree that Adventure Time is supremely awesome. As far as books, my two favorite reads this year were The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (it won the Pulitzer for fiction this year) and the other book was a collection of short stories by Ben Loory named Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day (This

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The best novel I read this year was _Americanah_ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - http://chimamanda.com/books/americanah/ . It is a tender and personal but exquisitely sharp examination of race, identity, and immigration. The best comic I read this year was _Daytripper_ by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.

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Digging this list for sure. One that hasn't been mentioned I read this year was the Last Policeman Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Policeman). The final book came out this summer, dark with a sense of hope amidst apocalypse. The other that really took me away was The Buddha in the A

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Fables by Bill Willingham is my very favorite graphic novel series. It's an entirely new take on all your favorite storybook characters. If you watch Once Upon a Time, note that Fables is better. Fables helped me find my way the The Unwritten series by Mike Carey. There's a Fables/Unwritten

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*Books* It seems like most of you read more nonfiction and actual literature than I do. And maybe fewer audiobooks. :D I had a long drive this year (4600 miles or so), so I finally listened to The Name of the Wind, at a friend's ur

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This thread reminded me that there exists a code4lib Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/72219-code4lib -Sean On 12/10/14, 9:10 AM, "Foster, Meredith" wrote: >Interesting post and responses. > >Books: >Started the year by finishing up the Dresden Files (Jim Butcher) series. >A

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Interesting post and responses. Books: Started the year by finishing up the Dresden Files (Jim Butcher) series. Also picked up Skin Game the day it was released. A local used bookstore opened up, so I ended up picking up a lot of classic sci-fi and fantasy. A small selection... Ursula K. Le G

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three books, Sharp Objects, Dark Places and Gone Girl > > L. Catherine Henry, MLS, Assistant Systems Librarian > Beaufort County Library > 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902 > Phone 843.255.6444 lhe...@bcgov.net > www.beaufortcountylibrary.org > For Learning ♦ For Leisure ♦

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library.org For Learning ♦ For Leisure ♦ For Life -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 2:06 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014? Noth

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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

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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/albu

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A job hazard of mine is reading free ebooks. Biodigital, by John Sundman. Seemingly written expressly for me. My review: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-future-of-book-is-unfinished-john.html Get it, and help make it free: https://unglue.it/work/136615/ Zero Sum Game, by S L Huang.

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Shoot, I forgot _The girl with two left breasts_ which is a collection of short fiction by Daryl Glenn. In particular, _That Will Be Then and This Is Now_. Just stunning writing. -Angela -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Androm

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ote: > Just found _Guilt about the past_ is in EBSCO Academic Complete. > > -Original Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of > Schwartz, Raymond > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:33 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >

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Just found _Guilt about the past_ is in EBSCO Academic Complete. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Schwartz, Raymond Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:33 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did

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The Martian -- Andy Weir. Hands down the best book of the year for me. I promised myself a hard copy of it...and then Amazon Kindle had it on sale for $2.99​ I'm not a huge Science Fiction fan, though I'm sliding that way, but Weir was totally clever in his ability to make me think I___ was th

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u.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:52 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014? > > I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The > Expanse series (James S. A. Corey). If you're into sci

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rsity From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Andreas Orphanides [akorp...@ncsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:52 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014? I had fun with both the Sou

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Not all in 2014, but some very good books. Books Guilt About the Past, Bernhard Schlink Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning, Jacques Barzun War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips Detroit

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<mailto:mark.perno...@gmail.com> Sent: ‎12/‎9/‎2014 2:56 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] what good books did you read in 2014? On the (board) gaming front: not new, but *Lords of Waterdeep* was quick to learn, and very dynamic, with a fantastic ex

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If Wasp Factory made you go "just... no," then it did the job it was tasked with doing. That being said, if you want some Banks that's a little friendlier and doesn't actively try to alienate all of humanity, you could do worse than The Bridge. On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Valerie Forrestal < v

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Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky's. Strings attached : life lessons from the world's toughest teacher . New York : Hyperion, c2013. This is an easy read, but a fascinating biography of Jerry Kupchynsky. His life was at once terribly tragic and yet at the same time somewhat triumphant. It

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I have to plug The Best American Science and Nature Writing series because they are always soo good. I look forward to them coming out every year, and they haven't let me down since i started reading them about 4 years ago. I also caught up on the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey. If you

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On the (board) gaming front: not new, but *Lords of Waterdeep* was quick to learn, and very dynamic, with a fantastic expansion pack! .m On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Andreas Orphanides wrote: > I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The > Expanse series (James

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I had fun with both the Southern Reach trilogy (Jeff VanderMeer) and The Expanse series (James S. A. Corey). If you're into sci-fi-ish stuff. On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Heather Rayl <23e...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do > when I'm

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While I've done a lot of re-reading this past year (something that I do when I'm particularly stressed), I did read a few new things thanks to my book club. The one that sticks with me is _The Enchanted_, by Rene Denfeld. It had me reeling by the end of the book, and I am still thinking about it t

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I have an unhealthy love for William Gibson's latest novel, _The Peripheral_. Like Andromeda, I thought _Her_ was incredible. Not from this year, but _MISS DMZ_ found here: http://www.yhchang.com/MISS_DMZ.html. I learned about this from a talk Seo-Young Chu gave on representation of the DMZ i

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Nothing professional comes to mind but here are some fun stuff in no particular order: Books: Skin Game by Jim Butcher - Another in the consistently great Dresden Files series. For those unfamiliar urban fantasy novels that are always just a fun read. The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks - The third

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Fun question - thanks! In no particular order: *What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions* by Randall Munroe - *I really enjoy the physics, as well as the absurdity.* *Two Scoops of Django 1.6* - *based on Andromeda's recommendation - thanks! Looks like I have another