The year 2018 is already for a month on it’s way and this is my book statistics overview of 2017. Not as many pages and books as in the previous two years but that’s because I’m in the middle of my study programme and achieved a Propedeuse in Software Engineering. I think I have even read more pages in total in articles, tutorials, written code and so on…than all the book pages of the read books of 2017.

The list of 2017

• Books total: 32 books
• Pages total: 5241 pages
• Shortest book: 36 pages ‘The Hedge Knight | Issue 6′ [EN]  written by George R.R. Martin
• Longest book: 569 pages ‘The Definitive Guide to Yii‘ written by Qian Xue
• Average length: 164
• Most popular: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ written by J.K. Rowling
• Least popular: ‘The School Investigation – Maarten Brand‘ [NL] written by Maarten Brand
• My average rating: 3,8 / 5 stars

Goodreads link to my 2017 overview: My Year 2017 in Books

The list of 2017 and reviewed are the linked:

Chronological from first of 2017 to last of 2017

• The Journeys of Alex | The Olympic Games (#4) – C. Hervan
• The Hedge Knight | #4 – George R.R. Martin
• The Hedge Knight | #6 – George R.R. Martin
• Gestrand – Mariëtte Middelbeek [NL]
• Hobson & Choi | The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf (#1) – Nick Bryan
• Midnight Blue – Simone van der Vlugt
• Advent – Gunnar Gunnarsson
• Beauty and the Beast | Zielenrijger (#1) – Maxe L’Hermenier
• Beauty and the Beast | Evenbeeld (#2) – Maxe L’Hermenier
• Between Title and Position – Marja Visscher
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Part One and Part Two – J.K. Rowling | John Tiffany | Jack Thorne
• Kuifje en de Picaro’s – Hergé
• Ladies of Harper’s Station | Worth The Wait (#1.5) – Karen Witemeyer
• Citylights – Margreet Maljers
• The School Investigation – Maarten Brand
• Wanhopig Verliefd | Verboden Liefde (#1) – Lizzie van den Ham
• Loïs Elzinga | Aan niemand vertellen (#1) – Simone van der Vlugt
• A Deadly Run-Off – Max Rippe
• Tom Dumoulin – Léon Kort
• Ginevra | an Italian Love Story – Simone van der Vlugt
• Saïdjah en Adinda – Multatuli
• Wanhopig Verliefd | Verboden Kus (#2) – Lizzie van den Ham
• Chris Froome – Léon Kort
• Beroofde bejaarde in Oostgaarde – Ben de Raaf
• Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures – Roy Thomas Fielding
• phpMyAdmin Documentation | Release 4.7.5-dev – The phpMyAdmin devel team
• #GIRLBOSS – Sophia Amoruso
• Web Application Development with Yii and PHP – Jeff Winesett
• The Definitive Guide to Yii 2.0 – Qian Xue
• Yii 2.0 Cookbook – Alexander Makarov
• The Crimson Spell – Cameron Dokey | F. Goldsborough
• The Priest – Connie Palmen

Did the 2017 challenge beat the 2016 challenge?

So here we are…time for the comparison of years 2017 versus 2016 in a summary:

Comparison:

• Books total: In terms of completed books…2016 wins. In terms of most read study related stuff beside books…2017 wins.
• Pages total: 2016 wins
• Shortest book: 2016 wins, but 2015 has the shortest read book ever so far.
• Longest book: 2017 has beaten 2016!
• Average length: 2016 wins, a difference of 25 pages
• My average rating: 2017 has beaten 2016 and 2015 (draw), with 0.1 in average rating!

Review Overview of previous years

Book reviews I have written in 2016:

Chronological from oldest to newest

• The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie
• Netherby Halls – Claudy Conn and Claudette Williams
• In Their Footsteps – Tess Gerritsen
• I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
• Holiday Friends – Linda van Rijn
• Politieserie | Murder in Ommoord – Ben de Raaf
• Politieserie | Panic in Prinsenland – Ben de Raaf
• The new Sherlock Holmes novel | The House of Silk – Anthony Horowitz
• Witse | The Dutch Connection – Guido Eekhout
• Hanna’s Birthday – Gull Åkerboom
• Witse | Doubles – Max Moragie
• Politieserie | Strange Package – Ben de Raaf
• The Accomplice – Max Rippe
• Witse | Eternal Love – Bob van Laerhoven
• Somebody Else – Arnon Grunberg
• The Scent of Almonds – Camilla Läckberg
• Numero Zero – Umberto Eco
• Incendio – Tess Gerritsen
• Politieserie | Bombs and Fires in Nesselande – Ben de Raaf
• Barista! | Café au Lait – Elsbeth Witt
• Barista! | Sweet Irruption – Elsbeth Witt
• The grave in the forest – Simone van der Vlugt
• Barista! | Solace – Elsbeth Witt
• Maigret – Un Crime en Hollande – Georges Simenon
• Martin Misunderstood – Karin Slaughter

Book Reviews I have written in 2015

Chronological from oldest to newest

• Piet Römer | A Life in Stories – Peter Römer
• Woman and Bike | A Guide for the Cycling Woman – Marijn de Vries and Nienke de Jong
• Jacoba | Daughter of Holland – Simone van der Vlugt
• The Beast – Wendy Stroobant
• What a day! – Sandra van Tongeren
• Politieserie | Rovers on Rivium – Ben de Raaf
• Spy of the Vatican – Piet Kuijper
• The Calm After the Storm – Mya O’Malley
• The Guide – Margreet Maljers
• Snow – Levi Garcia
• Charmed | The Power of Three – Eliza Willard
• Fikken Maastricht | Stalked – Claudia van der Sluis
• Quiz – Dick Maas
• The Empty City – Simone van der Vlugt
• Flikken Maastricht | Blowfish – Kees Vroege
• The Hedge Knight | Graphic novel #1 – George R.R. Martin
• Flikken Maastricht | Fire – Corine Hartman
• The People Who Went Away – Nicci French

Some Questions

Last but not least I have some questions for you

Have you read nice books in 2017?

Do you know what your statistics are?

Do you keep track of all your readings?

Are you a Goodreads member?

Are you a Hebban member?

 

Have a nice reading year of 2018!

 

Greetings by Sophie