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StranglesMcWhiskey t1_ja2yj12 wrote

I don't like Goodreads, it's always felt bad to use and it feels like it's intentionally designed that way.

Just got Storygraph and spent a while putting in my read books, very happy with it so far. I don't really have a reason to track my books read, just thought it would be a fun thing to look back on occasionally and hopefully find new suggestions.

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Illustrious_Drop_605 OP t1_ja30a6i wrote

Wow okay cool, Storygraph looks really interesting! That's definitely an option I'll consider, thanks for sharing. Those additional features around sharing with friends looks really nicely implemented.

Have you found the suggestions to be pretty decent?

I must say I agree with you on Goodreads... One thing that really, really annoys me way more than it should is the seemingly endless drove of cringeworthy/low-effort "quotes" put on there by people themselves. It's always painful to try and find a memorable passage from an author/book and it's sandwiched between Tumblr-level musings.

Feels good to get that off my chest, phew.

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Catsandscotch t1_ja3k3e8 wrote

I use StoryGraph and love it. I find the recommendations are decent, but what works even better is I use the feature to find people who have reading tastes similar to mine and then I go look at their 5 star reads. I’ve found some good stuff that way

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akira2bee t1_ja3b9cx wrote

I use StoryGraph as well and love it by and far, even though I only use the free version. I'd say for recommendations, its not as good as Goodreads I've heard. Personally, I've had to adjust my preferences a couple times to really get some good recommendations.

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SquirrelySquee t1_ja3eyjw wrote

I love Storygraph, I've been using it for over a year and it's great. The recommendations are good and seem to get better the more I put into the app. The tracking of what I'm reading is perfect Not only pages, genres, moods, but you can also put on personal tags to track other things. I like to track new verses used versus library books I'm reading every year.

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StranglesMcWhiskey t1_ja3nqim wrote

I haven't had a chance to actually check out any recommendations but I've added a couple to my list and a friend saw it and said he thought they were good choices, so there's that at least.

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Solar_Kestrel t1_ja337r4 wrote

Goodreads is a hot mess.

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[deleted] t1_ja3ja7c wrote

Goodreads is affected by Amazon advertising deals. And they sell your data. Avoid Goodreads.

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Hobgoblin_s t1_ja3j4oo wrote

I just started using storygraph and so far I'm loving it. The recommendations are decent, but by following similar readers I've found some great books I otherwise would have missed.

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