We all have those bookworm friends managing a perfectly aesthetic reading journal - and storming through piles of new releases. All flawlessly.
Fair enough, really. If you are, however, unlike them and have a restless nature, like me, guess what you cannot constantly carry with you when storming about the world? A collection of notebooks. If I could, I would buy a huge castle with a huge study, put a huge desk in the middle of it with an even bigger, desk-sized notebook sun-washed by the through-the-window downpouring light. I would write my booklist there. (Or not. It's all about life circumstances...)
Anyways.
I have quite a few notebooks that I use to great success, now, that I have been staying in the same country - for a whole one and a half months! - and have had the chance to work on both consistency and systems.
With that being said, one of my favourite hobbies while travelling is to look up bookstores and all I can say is that it is very convenient to have an app on your phone to mark anything you want to read. Moreover, it's also very convenient to mark what you've read, because if you are like me - forgetting everything - it does help a great deal. So, which app to use - you may ask. Most people would recommend Goodreads, it's undoubtedly a huge platform, but I, personally, think that there are much better options out there. (Not only in terms of design but why not support small-ish businesses when you can?)
I picked StoryGraph and I love them.
According to their page, they have a pretty small team - of three people. You can access their team page here - https://www.thestorygraph.com/team - and read about their members. I swear, they just look too cute.
I am still a relative newcomer to the site and have not yet had the time to explore it in its wholeness, but there are already a few fun findings I've been greatly enjoying. There is, for example, a nice section of statistics - if you are wondering about your reading habits. I'm still in the middle of uploading all of my bookish information, so my statistics aren't as precise as they could be - but that's on me, of course. They still do hint at the general nature of my taste quite faithfully - something surprisingly satisfying to see on charts.
So, here are bits of my reader life through the lens of StoryGraph:
So far, I completely agree with StoryGraph. I do prefer shorter books, but challenging ones. It might be because my mood changes a lot, so I love being able to switch up my books as well.
To be fair, here, I must somewhat disagree. Hungarian authors (as most of them are untranslated, unfortunately) aren't on StoryGraph, so this chart isn't completely right. And I have very conflicted feelings about both Rupi Kaur and Sally Rooney - but the rest of the people on this list are indeed mostly the ones I read.
(Although I'd say I read more contemporary literature than classics - but then, 'classics' as a term isn't as obvious to define as we might think...)
I have a public Fearless Frock StoryGraph account too - so anyone wondering about the details of my reading life can find them here:
My profile is linked to my blog too, you can find the little icon in the top right corner of the home page. The only thing I feel like I wish I got from my StoryGraph life is the community aspect of it - but it's only something I haven't had the chance to explore yet. I hope to do that soon. (If you're reading this and want a StoryGraph friend - and know how to make it happen - contact me, please. It would be much appreciated!)
Otherwise, have a lovely autumn day!
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