chore: release 1.44.0 (#669)

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CHANGELOG.md

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 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-storage/#history
 
+## [1.44.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0) (2022-01-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add raw_download kwarg to BlobReader ([#668](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/668)) ([10cdad6](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/10cdad630739a324ae0b16a3d14a67ca4c8a23c2))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Describe code sample more specifically ([#660](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/660)) ([0459cb4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/0459cb4e866696c46385a5ad72e2a85db810a36b))
+* refresh readme instructions ([#667](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/667)) ([ceb9314](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/ceb931403a755f2a0bdc20144287dbc4700c3360))
+* This is just a simple PR to better describe what the code is doing in the comments. ([0459cb4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/0459cb4e866696c46385a5ad72e2a85db810a36b))
+* use writeable streamin example for 'download_blob_to_file' ([#676](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/676)) ([96092d4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/96092d4be36be478f9671e8940de4fd09cc6f7f0))
+
 ## [1.43.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v1.42.3...v1.43.0) (2021-11-15)
 
 

google/cloud/storage/version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "1.43.0"
+__version__ = "1.44.0"