tracking books.
One of the things that I enjoy the most about reading again is actually having a good way of tracking what it is that I'm reading. I've been using Vox to enter in each book on the date that I read it with a short review.
In a recent post, rina mentioned Good Reads. It seems like a really cool concept because not only can you track books you are reading, but you can also track ones you want to read, and currently reading, and there's a social aspect because you can see what other people are reading. As I've said in the past, because I don't read books that other people in my circle of friends read, it's hard to have a social aspect here on Vox. When you look at the christian fiction tag here on explore, it's pretty much just me. But on Good Reads, there are actually people reading the same books as me, and that's kinda cool!
I'm torn though. I really have enjoyed keeping all of my media consumptions (mostly books from the library and movies from netflix) here on Vox, and entering them in two places is really not a great option. I do like on Vox that I can pick a specific date; on Good Reads, it looks like I can just pick a month, which isn't as exact as I'd like with how many books I'm reading. Neither place seems to handle tracking re-reads, which I do enjoy doing and would like to track that.
So I set up a good reads account (my profile is here), but it only has my one testing book (the newest one I added to Vox that I finished on Tuesday). I guess I'll explore a little more before I make a good choice, or maybe even enter books in both places for a little while to give it a chance.
In a recent post, rina mentioned Good Reads. It seems like a really cool concept because not only can you track books you are reading, but you can also track ones you want to read, and currently reading, and there's a social aspect because you can see what other people are reading. As I've said in the past, because I don't read books that other people in my circle of friends read, it's hard to have a social aspect here on Vox. When you look at the christian fiction tag here on explore, it's pretty much just me. But on Good Reads, there are actually people reading the same books as me, and that's kinda cool!
I'm torn though. I really have enjoyed keeping all of my media consumptions (mostly books from the library and movies from netflix) here on Vox, and entering them in two places is really not a great option. I do like on Vox that I can pick a specific date; on Good Reads, it looks like I can just pick a month, which isn't as exact as I'd like with how many books I'm reading. Neither place seems to handle tracking re-reads, which I do enjoy doing and would like to track that.
So I set up a good reads account (my profile is here), but it only has my one testing book (the newest one I added to Vox that I finished on Tuesday). I guess I'll explore a little more before I make a good choice, or maybe even enter books in both places for a little while to give it a chance.
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Selfishly, I'd love for you to be on GR, because I like seeing what people are reading and what I might be interested in. It's hard for me to keep up with that here on Vox. I've always been a big reader, but like you, my friends didn't tend to read what I did. Now I get to share and discuss with people, and I look forward to that just as much as I do reading.
I'm so anal that I'd really like a complete record, but it would take me so long to copy this whole year over there!
The more I think about this, the more fun I think it would be to see other books that people are reading who are reading similar things to me. I'm pretty good at just finding books that are similar, but I bet I'm missing some great things. :)
Hey, I just stumbled on your blog somewhat randomly, but noticed that you were talking about goodreads. Recently, I've been working on a site called swingvine.com that lets you track books as well as movies, music, and other interests. It works kind of like goodreads but allows you to track more types of media with your friends in one place. It also lets you create "vines" between books that recommend one book to a user who's looking at another book.
The site currently doesn't have a feature where you can associate dates to things you're reading / watching, but if more users like you sign up we may just add that feature. We actually released very recently and would be really interested in getting feedback from folks like you who use similar services. You can visit swingvine.com and request an account to try it out (we'll send you a link shortly after your request) or ping me at my email w/ any questions. Thanks!