📊 Regarding tracking
I track my reading through Goodreads. I've done so since 2010 and I love having all that data at my fingertips. I love reading reviews, following a feed, reading comments, seeing the covers/editions, etc.
It saddens me that GR is in Amazon's hands. I've tried alternatives, but have not found anything else that comes close for me. I've tried Storygraph but finally gave up this year. I dislike the bad recommendations, the billions of questions to fill out to feed to the recommendation algorithm, the major lack of foreign language books, the absence of social aspects, the AI implementations... I also had no luck with Bookwyrm. Other options are often apps/mobile only, but I mostly work on desktop in a browser. I also dislike the visual alternatives that are mostly about taking pictures of books, hauls, owning. I read >95% on an ereader and don't really want to focus too much on consumption. I could use LibreOffice Calc (/excel), but got really annoyed by it in years I've done so. It quickly becomes a frustrating chore.
So, I've decided to keep using GR. I use an ad blocker there. I've not uploaded any reviews in years and comments for my old reviews are turned off. My profile is also private on friends-only setting. It feels a bit hypocritical since I enjoy what others add and publish to the site so much. But I also don't want to give Amazon too much support or content. Mixed feelings.
If you track your read books, what do you use?
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