Books

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Briefly Report history Background The book list Statistics Follow-up Commenting

Briefly

A list of books read by me.

Report history

2007-05-15 Writing the report started and the report was published
2007-09-26 The 53. book was added
2007-12-04 The 54. book was added
2008-01-29 The 55. book was added
2008-04-01 The 56. book was added
2008-05-05 The 57. book was added
2008-06-03 The 58. book was added
2008-10-10 The 59. book was added
2009-07-01 The 60. book was added
2009-11-15 The books 61-63 were added
2010-08-21 The books 64-73 were added

Background

Reading hasn't ever been one of my top passions. Most of the books I've read because of the education purpose (school and work related) or collecting hobbies but there have been a few nice books which I honestly enjoyed reading. I'm sure there is much potential in this area of life and I hope and am pretty sure the reading hobby will overtake a bigger part of my life while I'm getting older.

I started to keep track of my books in 1997 when I was 14 years old. Back then I went through all my old school notebooks to find information of books I'd read. I'm pretty sure I haven't missed a single book. Of course it's possible but either way the list should be quite all-inclusive.

I haven't included all the school books or books which contain a considerable amount of pictures. I think there is no need for any strict defination which I include and which not. I include if I feel so, simple as that.

The list contains many Arto Paasilinna and Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson books. I don't claim I didn't like them but a primary reason for the number of them is my collecting hobby. In my teens I collected all kind of things and those particular books were one of the targets.

The book list

#	Date	Name	Authors	Reason	Rating
1.	1993	Bertin päiväkirja	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Positive
2.	1993	Poika, joka tahtoi piirtää	Rakel Hyvärinen	Education	Negative
3.	1994	Bertin salaiset muistiinpanot	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Positive
4.	1994	Teemu Selänne	Ilmari Selänne	Interest	Positive
5.	1995	Bertin uudet aivoitukset	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Positive
6.	1995	Bertin hervottomat haaveilut	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Positive
7.	1996	Bertin urotyöt	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Neutral
8.	1996	Bertin tunnustukset	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Interest	Neutral
9.	1996	Kadonnut maailma / Lost World	Michael Crichton	Education	Neutral
10.	1997	Bert ja bikinimimmit	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Col. hobby	Positive
11.	1997	Kaupungin kaunein lyyli	Jukka Parkkinen	Education	Negative
12.	1997 summer	Bertin lemmenhuolet	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Col. hobby	Neutral
13.	1997 winter	Käenpojat	John Wyndham	Education	Negative
14.	1998 spring	Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä	Arto Paasilinna	Education	Positive
15.	1998 spring	Parasjalkainen laivanvarustaja	Arto Paasilinna	Interest	Positive
16.	1998 spring	Hirmuinen joukkoitsemurha	Arto Paasilinna	Interest	Positive
17.	1998 summer	Auta Armias	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Neutral
18.	1998 autumn	Tuntematon sotilas	Väinö Linna	Education	Neutral
19.	1998 autumn	Lentävä kirvesmies	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Neutral
20.	1998 autumn	Häräntappoase	Anna-Leena Härkönen	Education	Neutral
21.	1998 winter	Ryysyrannan Jooseppi	Ilmari Kianto	Education	Neutral
22.	1998 winter	Saat kertoa kaiken	Uolevi Kianto	Education	Negative
23.	1998 winter	Bert, villi ja vapaa	Anders Jacobson & Sören Olsson	Col. hobby	Neutral
24.	1998 winter	Tervetuloa kotiin, Iki	Uolevi Kianto	Education	Negative
25.	1999 winter	Gretzky	Wayne Gretzky & Rick Reilly	Interest	Positive
26.	1999 winter	Turjanlinna	Jalo Heikkinen	Education	Negative
27.	1999 winter	Ilmari Kianto	Vihtori Lassila	Education	Negative
28.	1999 spring	Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Neutral
29.	1999 spring	Jäniksen vuosi	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Positive
30.	1999 autumn	Elmo	Juhani Peltonen	Education	Neutral
31.	1999 winter	Seitsemän veljestä	Aleksis Kivi	Education	Neutral
32.	2000 spring	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Education	Negative
33.	2000 summer	Radantekijöitä	Vesa Kinnunen	Interest	Positive
34.	2000 winter	Sotilaspoika	Dalton Trumbo	Education	Positive
35.	2000 winter	Pimeys väistyy	Riku Rinne	Interest	Neutral
36.	2000 winter	A Town Like Alice	Nevil Shute	Education	Negative
37.	2001 spring	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe	Interest	Neutral
38.	2001 summer	Just for fun	Linus Torvalds	Interest	Positive
39.	2001 autumn	Operaatio Somalia	P. Johansson, A. M. Diesow	Education	Negative
40.	2002 winter	Punainen Viiva	Ilmari Kianto	Interest	Neutral
41.	2002 winter	Havukka-ahon Ajattelija	Veikko Huovinen	Interest	Negative
42.	2004 winter	Tulikoe	Suomen Reserviupseeriliitto	Interest	Neutral
43.	2004 summer	Tuntematon	Väinö Linna	Interest	Positive
44.	2005 winter	Yhdeksän unelmaa	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Negative
45.	2005 spring	Liikemies Liljeroosin ilmalaivat	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Negative
46.	2005 spring	Törkytehdas	Mötley Crüe	Interest	Positive
47.	2005 summer	Isoisää etsimässä	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Neutral
48.	2005 summer	Ukkosenjumalan Poika	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Negative
49.	2005 summer	Sotahevonen	Arto Paasilinna	Col. hobby	Negative
50.	2006 autumn	Kehittyvä liiketoiminta	Keijo Räsänen	Education	Negative
51.	2007 spring	Nurkkaan ajettu Jumala?	Esko Valtaoja & Juha Pihkala	Interest	Neutral
52.	2007 spring	Kotona maailmankaikkeudessa	Esko Valtaoja	Interest	Positive
53.	2007 summer	Kosmoksen hahmo	Kari Enqvist	Interest	Negative
54.	2007 autumn	Kristianin nuoruusvuodet	Juha Vuorinen	Interest	Neutral
55.	2008 winter	Pelimies	Neil Strauss	Interest	Negative
56.	2008 winter	Jumalharha	Richard Dawkins	Interest	Positive
57.	2008 spring	Suomesta, rakkaudella	Roman Schatz	Interest	Neutral
58.	2008 spring	Da Vinci -koodi	Dan Brown	Interest	Positive
59.	2008 autumn	Keisarinnan uudet (v)aatteet	Jussi K. Niemelä & Osmo Tammisalo	Interest	Neutral
60.	2009 spring	Kirjoituksia uppoavasta lännestä	Jussi Halla-aho	Interest	Positive
61.	2009 autumn	PHP Trainer Kit	Matt Zandstra	Education	Positive
62.	2009 autumn	Neitsythäkki	Ayaan Hirsi Ali	Interest	Positive
63.	2009 autumn	Suuria ajattelijoita	Urpo Harva	Interest	Negative
64.	2009 autumn	The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom	Jonathan Haidt	Interest	Negative
65.	2010 winter	Kaiken maailman loput	Esa Vilenius	Interest	Neutral
66.	2010 spring	Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript	Robin Nixon	Education	Neutral
67.	2010 summer	Unileipää, kuolonvettä, spiidiä	Mikko Ylikangas	Interest	Negative
68.	2010 summer	Paras sijoitus	Marko Erola	Education	Positive
69.	2010 summer	Lessons Learned in Software Testing	Cem Kaner & James Bach & Bret Pettichord	Education	Negative
70.	2010 summer	Enkelit ja demonit	Dan Brown	Interest	Positive
71.	2010 summer	Neljä retkeä läpi Suomen	Erkki Lampén	Interest	Neutral
72.	2010 summer	Huumeiden käyttäjät Suomessa	Osmo Kontula	Interest	Positive
73.	2010 summer	Mitä Jussi Halla-aho tarkoittaa?	Ville Hytönen	Interest	Positive

Statistics

Language	Finnish: 69 (94.52%)
Language	English: 4 (5.48%)
Rating	Positive: 26 (35.62%)
	Negative: 21 (28.77%)
	Neutral: 26 (35.62%)
Reason	Interest: 39 (53.42%)
	Education: 22 (30.14%)
	Collecting hobby: 12 (16.44%)
Yearly	1993: 2 (2.74%)
	1994: 2 (2.74%)
	1995: 2 (2.74%)
	1996: 3 (4.11%)
	1997: 4 (5.48%)
	1998: 11 (15.07%)
	1999: 7 (9.59%)
	2000: 5 (6.85%)
	2001: 3 (4.11%)
	2002: 2 (2.74%)
	2003: -
	2004: 2 (2.74%)
	2005: 6 (8.22%)
	2006: 1 (1.37%)
	2007: 4 (5.48%)
	2008: 5 (6.85%)
	2009: 4 (5.48%)
	2010: 9 (12.33%)

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