I’m still on Goodreads but it’s so slow, the app’s just an even slower webview of the site and the redesign has made me have to click more to do what I want.
What’s the alternative? Obviously we’re on the fediverse and I see people talking about Bookwyrm.
I used Anobii till 2010 and I can’t remember why I left but it’s still there. I’ve poked StoryGraph a bit but it was lacking several of the books I wanted to add.
There must be more! What do you use/recommend?
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I use a cardboard bookmark, shaped like a robot, with a frayed bit of yarn tied to it, which I bought from Waldenbooks in the early 80’s. [drops mic, walks away]
Nothing. Why should I track my reading? I read for fun, tracking it would take the fun right out of it and turn it into some kind of competition. I’m not at school anymore.
Personally for me it’s because I have terrible recall memory and having a list reminds me what I read and who I read more easily than trying to knock it loose from the Ol noggin. I do it for TV and movies as well.
Things like good reads and story graph also host user reviews and can be good for discovering new things.
I mostly read ebooks, using an Android-based e-ink tablet (Onyx Boox Leaf 2) and the KOReader app, and I use Calibre to manage my books and track my reading.
I just started using Bookwyrm. Not the best app ever but it’s federated and relatively new, so I’m giving it time. My wife uses Goodreads with her friends but I don’t want to support Amazon any more than I already do.
Absolutely nothing. I probably should though. Or at least something to find some new interesting books.
Well, you don’t have to. I like to be able to answer when I’ve read a book - or, increasingly, whether I’ve read a book. Apparently there are books I enjoyed while reading but made zero impression on my long-term memory.
My memory is terrible (thanks, Covid), but I will definitely be able to tell someone if I’ve read a book or not. No list required. Don’t ask me what it was about, though.
Memory loss has its advantages, I can read the same book a bunch of times and it’s like I’ve never read it before.
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Thanks for making this thread! I’ve been using Goodreads and Storygraph, but have been trying to find another tool as well. I have considered using notion but I’d miss the social aspect. The other recommendations for bookwyrm and librarything make me want to check those out. Appreciate the suggestions!
I use Goodreads mainly but have just made a Bookwyrm account to see what it’s like. It’s definitely rough around the edges, will stick with it for a bit and see how it develops
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This is me. Mostly I just want to know what I’ve read and what I thought of it, or if I did not finish. I don’t need all the other things.
Goodreads. I don’t care it’s slow because it’s not like I’m acessing it more than once a week anyway.
I use Goodreads, I have used it since like 2010 or something so I have all my books there. Hopefully, we get some good alternatives though as Goodreads has become really slow, it feels like using the Internet in the 90’s.
Same here. I have so many books in there and all my bookshelves set up in the particular nitpicky way that I like them that moving all that over to another service is a daunting idea.
A spreadsheet in Libre calc and Joplin for some notes.
I do use Storygraph. It allows you to add any missing book and the developer is always updating and listening to the community.
For comics / graphic novels, League of comic geeks
StoryGraph! The very little social interaction gives you less FOMO and it’s not owned by Jeff Hellbos
