Each month I published my reading update over on my Tumblr, or at least I try to do it every month. I am less than successful. I think my 2015 reading year in review belongs here. Considering much of 2015 was spent in a Ph.D. program I’m impressed with the number of fiction books I managed to squeeze in.
Goodreads generated this lovely graphic. Which is funny because I didn’t really like two of the books that make a promenade appearance. I had to force myself to finish Ash: A Secret History. It was recommended to me when I asked for recommendations of books with strong female protagonists, I didn’t find her particularly strong, and there were way too many pages devoted to the military aspects of the story. Second, Wild. Sorry, I know many people loved it, but I just didn’t think much of Cheryl. Oddly enough, the least popular book was a great help to me during my program. If you’re doing qualitative analysis I highly recommend it. Other than that I’ve indicated which books I recommend on my list, and I’d love to hear your recommendations, so without further ado!
Currently Reading
- The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire) – Love this! If you’re a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire I recommend! (In storage)
- Information Privacy Fundamentals for Librarians and Information Professionals by Cherie L. Given
- Obfuscation: A user’s guide for privacy and protest by Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum
- Governance of Privacy by
- Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisi
Read
Fiction
- An Echo in the Bone: A Novel (Outlander) 1/31
- Naamah’s Curse 2/16
- Naamah’s Blessing 3/13
- Written in My Own Heart’s Blood: A Novel (Outlander) 3/29
- Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles 4/17
- The House at Riverton: A Novel 5/22
- Pines (The Wayward Pines Series) 6/20
- Wayward (The Wayward Pines Trilogy) 6/25
- The Last Town (The Wayward Pines Trilogy) 6/29
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 7/7/15
- Fool’s Assassin: Book One of the Fitz and the Fool Trilogy by Robin Hobb 7/14/15 RECOMMENDED
- Ship of Magic, Liveship Traders Book 1 by Robin Hobb 7/27/2015
- The Mad Ship, Liveship Traders Book 2, by Robin Hobb 8/5/2015
- The Ship of Destiny, Liveship Traders Book 3, by Robin Hobb 8/12/15
- Dragon Keeper, Rainwilds Book 1 by Robin Hobb 8/17/15
- Fool’s Quest, Fitz and the Fool Book 2, by Robin Hobb 8/20 RECOMMENDED
- Dragon Haven, Rainwilds Book 2, by Robin Hobb 8/22
- City of Dragons, Rainwilds Book 3, by Robin Hobb 8/24
- Blood of Dragons, Rainwilds book 4, by Robin Hobb 8/27
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Way of Kings, Starlight Archive 1, Brandon Sanderson RECOMMENDED
- Words of Radiance, Stormlight Archive 2, Brandon Sanderson RECOMMENDED
- The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson
- The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson
- Gabriel by Garth Nix 10/23
- Lirael by Garth Nix 11/5
- Abhorsen by Garth Nix 11/18
- Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle 12/20
- One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 12/23 RECOMMENDED
- When a Child is Born by Jodi Taylor 12/24
- Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor 12/26
- Roman Holiday by Jodi Taylor 12/27
- Second Chance by Jodi Taylor 12/30
Non-Fiction
- Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age 2/8 RECOMMENDED
- Media, Society, World: Social Theory and Digital Media Practice 5/15
- Open 19: Beyond Privacy: New Perspectives on the Public and Private Domain RECOMMENDED
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 6/6
- Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security by D. Solve – RECOMMENDED
- Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World by Bruce Schneier– RECOMMENDED
- Protecting Patron Privacy by Matthew Beckstrom
- Public Libraries and Social Justice by John Pateman and John Vincent
- Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology Kentaro Toyama – 11/19 RECOMMENDED
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari 12/13 RECOMMENDED
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