i like to use r/books and r/suggestmeabook for finding new books but people always suggest me books or topics im just not interested in and that dont match what i loved, I also had the issue with goodreads and not being able to track audiobooks, ebooks, ect vs. physical books which i dont really read physical so it was a feature i was missing. I have noticed a huge difference since switching to storygraph. I can properly find books that have content in them i want and can more easily avoid books that lead to a bad reading experience and have a easier time tracking all my stats for the year.

I read for fun but one of the things that got me back into reading more steadily is having a yearly goal, i also have a reading journal and seeing my stats in a app is helpful before i put them in my book or i can print them to put in which is even better.

i know this isnt about books in particular but i find how i track books and find books to almost be as important. I dont want to read books that might have a surprise romance in the middle of a horror for example like in jaws so story graph has tags that would have warned me before i started the book.

  • PageGoalie10@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m so used to the goodreads layout that I’m having trouble hopping on board. More than a new app, I wish GR would do a big fun update. Let me browse lists, choose how I read (audiobook or physical) and make following folks easier.

    I’m giving storygraph the ol’ college try, but I’m finding myself going back still.

    • Choice_Mistake759@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      , choose how I read (audiobook or physical)

      What do you mean? Is this an app thing? I do not use the app, maybe that is that, but on desktop site (this is just not good goodreads but apps are horribly limiting for almost every site) it is dead easy. It shows you the most shelved edition, you click on other editions and swap to your edition.

      and make following folks easier.

      It is just clicking follow? Is it an app thing? Friending is not automatic nor mutual, but that is what has it should be.

      • PageGoalie10@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It’s gotta be an app thing for both. I can’t search anything but authors and titles in app. And as far as I’m aware, I don’t get to pick editions either. I don’t have a computer anymore so everything is app based for me because apps are easier on my phone.

        I agree apps are not as good as full sites, but I would think as a reading app, these would be easily some of the more important things.

        • First-Statement-3848@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          On my iPhone app I’m able to switch editions, press on “book details” (the middle button under the adding to a shelf button), and from there you can see all editions. Including audio books and kindle!

        • Choice_Mistake759@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          It’s gotta be an app thing for both

          If you are using your mobile phone, do not use the app, use the site on your mobile phone browser. That is better for everything really, not just goodreads. Apps are made to run on the lowest common denominator of hardware and often are so crippled…

          but I would think as a reading app, these would be easily some of the more important things.

          I do not know what a reading app is, and well, if it is run on really weak hardware it makes sense they can not design apps to be as good as the ones to run on desktop. Try the desktop site on your phone and bookmark it to your phone main screen as if it were an app. You will have much more features. And goodreads is far far better, different class at listing all possible editions, ebook or audio or translations of a book than storygraph…