Breaking up with Goodreads! Looking back at my best and worst books 2015-2019

I’ve decided to quit Goodreads and after 10 years of challenges and even more years of tracking my reading, I thought I’d share some of my best and worst books from before I started rambling about books on YouTube in 2020.

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[paperpagespossibilities]

N.K. Jemisin has rapidly become my new favorite author. I loved Fifth Season and then picked up The City We Became and was again awestruck. Her stories are so unique and well written.

[ameliabarlowbooks]

The Princess Diarist was where my journey with memoir started and I remember loving it - Carrie Fisher passed away not long after I finished reading it (maybe only a day or so now I come to think about it) and I remember feeling so sad and connected to her in a way I never had before x

[stuartgriffin]

I never tried Goodreads. I started on StoryGraph a little less than 3 years ago when I saw a booktuber do a video that they sponsored. As a number's person, I love all their charts and graphs. Last year I joined some Fable book clubs. Fable has some book tracking, so I record my reading on Fable too.
I loved both Station Eleven and The Power

[BookChats]

I've found that if Storygraph doesn't have the specific edition of a book I read sometimes they pick the wrong book, so I need to go through more carefully like you have.

[AbiofPellinor]

That's one thing that's stopped me from deleting my Goodreads account, it has so much of my data!

[bookssongsandothermagic]

This was a great idea for a video - although I personally thought it was a shame you were leaving Goodreads, as I'm staying on it hahaha - I created a Storygraph account but I've been ignoring it since making it....too many apps, too many social media sites....but anyway! - Shame they released Go Set a Watchman if she didn't intend to release it. I'll be trying Hobb for the first time - finally! You'll love the rest of the Wayfarers series.

[Bookishtravels]

I left goodreads before i left instagram 😂
I read Bookworm too, made me think that i wished i had started recording my reading choices from a long time ago ie, childhood and beyond.

Oh no, i have Lancelot on my wish list, i know there are a further 2 books but not sure if they are a continuance.

[scallydandlingaboutthebooks]

Fascinating to look back like this. Oh dear me yes The Unbearable Lightness of Bonking. I swapped from Goodreads to Storygraph a year ago but haven’t transferred my data because I thought the task would be chaotic or overwhelming as I know I have loads in Goodreads without dates attached. But if it generates a spreadsheet I can work through gradually perhaps it is doable.

[EntertheBook]

I too left good reads for StoryGraph but don’t do much beyond log each month the books read- no ratings entered etc. I have Assassins apprentice on my fantasy TBR right after the fall of numenor that I am reading now- so it’s almost top of cue.

[novelideea]

Luckily I heard about Go Set before I picked it up. Dodged a bullet there! 😅
I added a couple of these to my long list! 🤗

[CharlieBrookReads]

Natives was a great book I agree. I DNF’ed The Lightness of Being I just couldn’t get along with it AT ALL. It was fun seeing about your pre Booktube reading 📚❤️

[-ParisTexas-]

Thank you for the great recommendations. Some of the titles I've seen around, but I've never heard anyone talk about (The Psychopath Test) and I will add to my pop. The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a mystery to me. I've tried to read it decades ago. and I just couldn't. I recently saw Sandy of Miss Reads a Lot talk about it in a video and she didn't like it. And you say it's terrible. So I wonder why it is on all these 'read before you die' lists.
I have both Goodreads and Storygraph. They both have different stats which I like. I love the Storygraph, but what I miss is the opportunity to connect with people to discuss a book when you see they are reading it. I miss the possibility to interact.
Have a good weekend. :)

[AaronReadABook]

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favourite books, and one of the books that got me into reading. I have never read Go Set A Watchmen, and I don't think I will by the sounds of it 😆Liveship Traders are my favourite Hobb books. I thought The Three Body Problem was rubbish, I can't understand the hype. Have you read Bernard Cornwell's Arthur books? They are my favourites, I read Lancelot but I don't remember it.

[novellenovels]

You know I loved long way to a small angry planet. I think you will enjoy the rest of the series. I definitely prefer StoryGraph 😊

[bjminton]

I enjoy Arthurian stories too! Have you tried the Mary Stewart ones? They're goodies!

[hardbooks]

I only use Goodreads to count my books, yearly, 'bout it ... I rarely interact. 🖋

[BookChatWithPat]

Go Set a Watchman--what a disaster! I do not believe that Harper Lee ever intended for that book to be released. Just horrible. You are the second person I've heard talk about Robin Hobb this week. I haven't read nearly enough fantasy, I think. It was really interesting to hear about your most and least favorites over the years, Jack.

[illustratorsam]

I don’t think GR set up the official reading challenge until 2012. That was probably due to Amazon’s attention, since it was acquired a year later. I joined GR in 2009 and they only recently added those cheap reading challenges to help bolster popular book sales 😑

[youareherediversity]

Did you like flowers for Algernon? I did not.

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