I’m using LibraryThing, after fleeing GoodReads a few years back, and I just learned about BookWyrm. I’m interested in what others apps and sites are out there for keeping track of your books and/or to-read list, and/or reviewing and/or discussing them, and what folks think about them.
I’m using LibraryThing because of all the books listed (including the ability to add new books) as well as their early reviewers program (I’ve gotten a number of good books from that).
While I also have accounts on Goodreads and BookWyrm (and a couple others), right now I only use them to add books I’ve read and leave a review.
I use Goodreads, it’s got a very annoying interface but I do like being able to discover other people’s lists. What’s the pro to leaving for one of these other platforms?
I left GoodReads because I try to have as little to do with Amazon as possible. I tried StoryGraph but never warmed up to it. I realize LibraryThing has some indirect Amazon ownership, but I found it an acceptable compromise.
I log everything I read on my computer, for my own use. (I find it incredibly useful to be able to search that list.) And I post the full year’s list at new year on my blog. (Blog. Ha ha.)
You’ve reminded me that I have a master list on my computer of all the books I’ve read since 2004. I should probably get around to updating it, it’s probably a year or so behind by now.
