I also never look at the recommendations and, although I do like Story Graph, I think the things like what mood a novel has is often is wrong. For my feeling, anyway. I like that you can see how many pages I've read. This is what I miss in Goodreads. But then again, Goodreads database is bigger. I did see Gregg's video about Library thing and had a look, but I agree with you, I miss the extras you get on Story Graph and Goodreads. What I like about Goodreads is the quick access to reviews. But I tend to read those when I've read the novel myself and have formed an opinion already. Reviews sometimes influences my opinion about a book as sometimes. Most of the time non-fiction, by the way. Because sometimes people that review a non-fiction book know more about the subject before reading the book than me. And what I miss in Story Graph is a list of all the books I've read. You can see what you've read on the monthly analysis page, but I just miss a simple page that lists all the books, like you have on Goodreads.
Like you I like looking at reviews after I have read the book. Goodreads is frustrating as it really wouldn't take much to make it work so much better. I'm still playing with Library thing but at the moment I'm not convinced it will work for me, I'd like to have a database of all that I own which the libraryting would do but it's iterface isn't the most user friendly. I may just use a spreadsheet or Database plus use Goodreads.
I have recently started on good reads but have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing on it I like it for logging my books as previously I was using a system on my kindle but I am finding more books I want to read that arn’t available as ebooks. My biggest issue is that there is not way of telling it you don’t want to read a recommended book if you don’t click “want to read” it lives on the Home Screen forever
Thanks for the comment. It is a bit of a mess software wise, I normally just log books as I'm reading them. I would though love to be able to catalogue all my books but they frequently dont have the editions I own listed. I must admit I now just innore the recomendation but I mainly use the web interface on my desktop so it's all quite unobtrusive there.
I’m not going back to Goodreads. I have a video explaining my beef. My primary reading history is an Access database. Not conducive to sharing unfortunately. I still think LibraryThing is a great way to catalog books. True, not a lot of statistics available, but that isn’t their purpose.
Yes looking at Library thing it has a great catalogue. The interface I don't find very intutive but I may just use it as a way to catalogue everything I have. I'm still not sure I'm still on the borderline of just using a Spreadsheet or database as a Catalogue and just using GR as recording what I've readin a year
Gregs Video on The Library Thing that I forgot to put in my comments ruclips.net/video/RtDbzghI3Xk/видео.htmlsi=Hy5WwQKaKT5jEcCQ
I use IMDb for films by the way. I know it's not meant for listing all the films you've seen, but when you rate a film it is listed in a list.
I also never look at the recommendations and, although I do like Story Graph, I think the things like what mood a novel has is often is wrong. For my feeling, anyway. I like that you can see how many pages I've read. This is what I miss in Goodreads. But then again, Goodreads database is bigger. I did see Gregg's video about Library thing and had a look, but I agree with you, I miss the extras you get on Story Graph and Goodreads. What I like about Goodreads is the quick access to reviews. But I tend to read those when I've read the novel myself and have formed an opinion already. Reviews sometimes influences my opinion about a book as sometimes. Most of the time non-fiction, by the way. Because sometimes people that review a non-fiction book know more about the subject before reading the book than me. And what I miss in Story Graph is a list of all the books I've read. You can see what you've read on the monthly analysis page, but I just miss a simple page that lists all the books, like you have on Goodreads.
Like you I like looking at reviews after I have read the book. Goodreads is frustrating as it really wouldn't take much to make it work so much better. I'm still playing with Library thing but at the moment I'm not convinced it will work for me, I'd like to have a database of all that I own which the libraryting would do but it's iterface isn't the most user friendly. I may just use a spreadsheet or Database plus use Goodreads.
I have recently started on good reads but have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing on it I like it for logging my books as previously I was using a system on my kindle but I am finding more books I want to read that arn’t available as ebooks. My biggest issue is that there is not way of telling it you don’t want to read a recommended book if you don’t click “want to read” it lives on the Home Screen forever
Thanks for the comment. It is a bit of a mess software wise, I normally just log books as I'm reading them. I would though love to be able to catalogue all my books but they frequently dont have the editions I own listed. I must admit I now just innore the recomendation but I mainly use the web interface on my desktop so it's all quite unobtrusive there.
I’m not going back to Goodreads. I have a video explaining my beef. My primary reading history is an Access database. Not conducive to sharing unfortunately.
I still think LibraryThing is a great way to catalog books. True, not a lot of statistics available, but that isn’t their purpose.
Yes looking at Library thing it has a great catalogue. The interface I don't find very intutive but I may just use it as a way to catalogue everything I have. I'm still not sure I'm still on the borderline of just using a Spreadsheet or database as a Catalogue and just using GR as recording what I've readin a year
I’ll stay on Goodreads and happily continue complaining, we Brits love to complain after all.
I probablly will as I normally end up with the route of least resistance!