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CJSlowly but surely building up a new reading habit…hoping to get more books finished over the next couple of months though.<a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstadon</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thestorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a>

Ronsboy67A new month means time for my April <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> wrap-up from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> - nearly 50% <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a>, and a good haul overall. Back on track with my reading goals, so can get back to my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDrama</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDrama</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDrama</a> PTW now 😀 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Ronsboy67I took a screenshot of my Calibre bookshelf for the books I've tagged as "My Favourites, So Far" at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> - I sorted them by author, and I just loved that there are 42 of them, given the book which is listed first. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Ronsboy67Trying to decide which <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDrama</a> to start after <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines</a> and deciding I need more time to digest and savour it, so back to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> for a bit, I think to get back on track with challenges at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a>

dazfuller :rickwhoah:Didn’t realise this was a StoryGraph feature. It’s pretty nice 😊Not a large number of books read, but that I’m reading at all again right now is enough for me<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a>

Paul Gill Rider 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🐧Books read in March <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a>

Brie 🦄 🐈‍⬛<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@michaelharley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@michaelharley</a> I have built an Amazon-free reading workflow that I love! 📱 E-reader: PocketBook Verse Pro ✨ App: KOReader is amazing. This lets me sync reading status between my e-reader and Android and Linux devices! The sync server can be self-hosted. 📎 <a href="https://koreader.rocks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://koreader.rocks/</a>📤 Transferring books can happen wirelessly (I email to the e-reader) or with calibre since you don't mind the cable. The calibre Web server might work well for you, too.🚀 Bonus: I use The StoryGraph and Hardcover.app to track reading progress instead of Goodreads (owned by Amazon)! KOReader has Hardcover integration! Hardcover has a GraphQL API! 🤭 Maybe I will finish the blog post I started about this! <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/koreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#koreader</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/calibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calibre</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/goodbyegoodreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodbyegoodreads</a>

Ronsboy67<a href="https://social.coop/@jonobie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jonobie</a> One of themany good things about the awesome stats at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStorygraph</a> is that they me a VERY exact answer to your question:Average progress through a book before DNFing 31%Average time with a book before DNFing 2 days🙂

Brian GrinterGot through a fair few reads last year <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/thestorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thestorygraph</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/storygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#storygraph</a>

David M.February wrap-up. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TheStorygraph?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStorygraph</a>

ALLi Blog (unofficial)World of Books Expands in the US; The StoryGraph Gains Traction as a Goodreads Alternative: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway <a href="https://selfpublishingadvice.org/world-of-books/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://selfpublishingadvice.org/world-of-books/</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/independentbooksellers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independentbooksellers</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/WorldofBooksexpansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldofBooksexpansion</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Goodreadsalternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goodreadsalternative</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/onlinebookselling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onlinebookselling</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/USbookmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USbookmarket</a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

Jiří EischmannIf you haven't switched from <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Goodreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goodreads</a> to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> yet, don't hesitate. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and it's Goodreads before it was enshittified by Amazon (and much more): you can add missing books, if you see problems you can't fix yourself, you report them and a volunteer librarian fixes them within a few days... <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StoryGraph</a>

Ronsboy67<a href="https://aus.social/@chestas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chestas</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> 1349pp hardback, 1488 in paperback, glad I read the ebook on my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kobo</a>, this not only held my interest, but is on my favourites list at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStorygraph</a> - sublime!

KaiI love what GoodReads offers, but I certainly don't love GoodReads. I've tried out The Storygraph about five years ago and thought I might try again.I applaud the minimalist design. But I don't like that it doesn't put avatars on the review pages. Seems very impersonal to me. Also, why doesn't it distinguish between reviews and ratings (reviews without text)?The book pages need getting used to, too. It's not ideal that you have to scroll down to see the overall rating.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theStoryGraph</a>

Ronsboy67<a href="https://sfba.social/@jewishreader" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jewishreader</a> LOVED that book , gave it 5 ⭐ at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> - <a href="https://saturation.social/@debcha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@debcha</a> is 'here' too. The book that took me the longest to read was another 5 ⭐ read by another Desi author - Vikram Seth's sublime A Suitable Boy.

Ronsboy67All done with the 2025 Reads the World Challenge at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> - 3 years in a row of sticking RIGIDLY to the "about the country BY someone FROM it" rule AND with the added personal 'rule' of choosing to read only <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> for the challenge. 10 books, 3095 pages, average score 4.33/5. Not a bad start to the year. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Ronsboy67" I’m not a writer. I’m a novelist. And the novelist does not know the joy of writing." An interesting statement from Georges Simenon in "When I Was Old", a collection of notebooks he wrote in the (and his) 60s. My tenth and final book for the Reads The World Challenge at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStorygraph</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmReading</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Ronsboy67<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@liztai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liztai</a> Here's one I read this month as part of the Reads the World Challenge at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheStorygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStorygraph</a>. It's not a long book, but dense and a tribute to the skill of the translator, I think <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/39a73e7d-bd1d-47fd-ae2d-fde0fcd7f76d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/39a73e7d-bd1d-47fd-ae2d-fde0fcd7f76d</a>

Zivan - Childless Cat GuyI was looking for a Story Graph reading challenge for 2025.I like challenges with prompts that specify an SFF subgenre and make you try and figure out where your books belong. It's a neat way to learn and think about what you read. I've already covered the main subgenres and was glad to find a new challenge for books that subvert the main categories. With prompts like: Portal Anti-Fantasy:Characters reject the fantastical world or question its morality. Example: The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Dystopian Satire:Deconstructs traditional dystopian tropes through humor or irony. Example: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Post-Horror:Downplays traditional scares for emotional depth and thematic exploration. Example: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. This is a better list for long time SFF readers that are looking for novels that play with the main tropes of the genre. I find that most of the authors I read today are working with established tropes but bend, reshape or subvert them. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d6d1f275-b9a6-4d2c-b154-c1b3ddc46a32" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d6d1f275-b9a6-4d2c-b154-c1b3ddc46a32</a><a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/@thestorygraph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thestorygraph</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ReadingChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingChallenge</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Judgy Gigi<a href="https://universeodon.com/@kmdk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kmdk</a> I can see why that would be so daunting. I only had 600 + books on GR, and went to <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Storygraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storygraph</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/TheStoryGraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheStoryGraph</a>. About 100 are missing the date which is not a big deal for me. Most of my books are actually on paper notebooks, I have kept lists of the books I’ve read with small reviews for about 45 years! For me if the migration wasnt successful, it was still better than any clicks of mine supporting <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/BadBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadBezos</a>.

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