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For the "Keep track of what you read" section I'm surprised there's no mention of https://www.goodreads.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/. It's a fantastic webapp
by SippinLean 9y ago
For the "Keep track of what you read" section I'm surprised there's no mention of https://www.goodreads.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/. It's a fantastic webapp for tracking books you've read, along with the ones you want to read, and what your friends are reading. Some of the reviews are very well-written and insightful.
They also have a "reading challenge" where you can set a target number of books to read that year (in this case, you could set it to 100).
- henrik_w 9y ago+1 for goodreads. Started using it a year ago,and I really like it.
- abhiyerra 9y agoI really like goodreads. If you do the yearly challenge it tells you your progress for the year. Also, love the Kindle integration where your notes sync to it.
- cuckcuckspruce 9y agoThere's something that seriously skeeves me out about giving my reading habits to someone who can be subpoenaed by the US government. At least I know my local library and independent bookstore will fight for my rights to read freely even if subpoenaed by the government. I have zero confidence in an Amazon owned corporation to do so.
- rwc 9y agoSo... don't do it.
- cuckcuckspruce 9y agoI don't, but I feel there's a legitimate reason to bring this up anytime anybody suggests things like Goodreads in order to have a discussion about the privacy implications of using Goodreads.
- Cyph0n 9y agoIf you'd rather not provide Amazon with even more of your personal data, LibraryThing (https://www.librarything.com/ https://www.librarything.com/) is a great alternative. I use Goodreads due to the social aspect, but I did try LT a while back and it was pretty good.
- pgt 9y agoArgh, didn't know Goodreads was acquired by Amazon :/ thanks for saying so