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What do you use to track your reading? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by capybeby@sh.itjust.works to c/books@lemmy.world
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Hello all! I mostly use StoryGraph (my name is creadstoomuch if you wanna be friends), but I was wondering what other options y'all have found that work for you. There are many things I like about it (the fact that it is not an Amazon product, the design, the stats, the currently reading tracking abilities) but there are also some things I don't like (the drop down menus behaving irregularly and, in some places, very poorly being my biggest issue). I also use LibraryThing to find my next reads but it doesn't have the currently reading tracking of StoryGraph.

So what do you use? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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[–] tobyond@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly none of the options were covering my needs so I rolled a custom google sheet. It's ugly, but it's hooked up to a books API so I can grab cover images and any info I deem relevant. Not as elegant as the apps, but it gives me flexibility, and since it's just a spreadsheet, importing from Goodreads and storygraph was easy.

[–] capybeby@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That is so valid and I’ve been considering doing something similar. What books API do you use? I tried various ones for a project a little while ago and was a bit disappointed in the data quality.

[–] tobyond@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I just used the Google books API. The data quality is not great for some titles, but it's a small annoyance for the flexibility gained.