My Reading Journey

Inspired by this post by Adam Saxton (b | t), I started My Reading Goal in July 2016. After those 100 days of reading 25 pages a day (I missed 8 days) it actually came to a halt for a while and although I did some reading here and there it wasn't that regular anymore. So when 2017 came around the corner, I decided to pick it up again and start small, with 15 minutes of reading a day. I manage to do this about 5 or 6 days per week, so it seems like a reasonable goal for now.

Instead of keeping the other post up-to-date I decided to create this page as a resource link for the books I read.

As time passes, I will keep this page updated on how my journey progresses with new books I complete.

Updated on December 30, 2022
In Progress

• Learn Power BI by Greg Deckler
• The Truthful Art: Data, Charts, and Maps for Communication by Alberto Cairo

2022 Book Count: 1

• Expert Data Modeling with Power BI by Soheil Bakhshi

2020 Book Count: 4

• The Cloud: Weathering Your Emotional Storms by Antonio Cucciniello
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
• 7 Gouden Tips Voor Hardlopers (e-book) by Koen de Jong (Dutch)
• The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim

2019 Book Count: 7

• Verademing by Bram Bakker & Koen de Jong (Dutch)
• Planning a Power BI Enterprise Deployment (whitepaper) by Melissa Coates and Chriss Webb
• Deploying and Managing Power BI Premium Capacities (whitepaper, now moved to separate articles)
• Stop Being Lazy by John Sonmez
• Koud Kunstje by Wim "The Iceman" Hof and Koen de Jong
• Klein Vaarbewijs I + II by ANWB (Dutch course for sailing license for small boats)
• Grip by Rick Pastoor

2018 Book Count: 1

• The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto 

2017 Book Count: 7

• The Definitive Guide to DAX: Business intelligence with Microsoft Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services, and Power BI by Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari
• De Kracht van Scrum by Rini van Solingen & Eelco Rustenburg
• Punch Fear In The Face by Dave Rael
• Power Pivot and Power BI: The Excel User's Guide to DAX, Power Query, Power BI & Power Pivot in Excel 2010-2016 by Rob Collie and Avi Singh
• The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• My book review
• Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual by John Sonmez

2016 Book Count: 7

• The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball
• Visual Intelligence - Microsoft Tools and Techniques for Visualizing Data by Mark Stacey, Joe Salvatore, Adam Jorgensen
• TribalSQL - New Voices in SQL Server by Diana Dee
• SQL Server Analysis Server 2012, The BISM Tabular Model by Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari, Chriss Web
• Lean From The Trenches by Henrik Kniberg
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins
• De cursus 'Omgaan met teleurstellingen' gaat wederom niet door by Herman Finkers (Dutch comedian)

Other notable books/whitepapers read before 2016

• The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford
• The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software by Jonathan Rasmusson
• The Many-to-Many Revolution 2.0 by Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo
• The Exam Training Kits for MCSA SQL Server 2012 for exams
• 70-461 by Dejan Sarka, Itzak Ben-Gan, Ron Talmage
• 70-462 by Orin THomas, Peter Ward and Bob Taylor
• 70-463 by Dejan Sarka, Matija Lah and Grega Jerkic