The StoryGraph

Originally Posted 4/3/24

2 rectangles standing completely vertical atop a thinner rectangle laying horiztonally. There is a third, thicker rectangle leaning against the first two vertical rectangles. All together, it looks like books on a bookshelf.

In Depth Review

This is going to be a pretty quick post, mostly to just get something posted in this category, but to also talk about a cool app. The StoryGraph is a program to use instead of Goodreads. I've not personally used Goodreads before, so I can't quite do a compare and contrast, however from my experience with The StoryGraph, I'm really happy.

If you've not heard of GoodReads or The StoryGraph before, they are programs you can use to keep track of your reading. In The StoryGraph at least (and I assume in GoodReads too), you can make a to read pile, and keep track of how much you read. You can also see suggestions for other books, or create group reads to read something with friends, as well as I believe they also just have a broader book reading community you could join in on (though I'm not 100% on that one). I personally like it because it gives me a spot to keep track of books I want to read, as well as I just love any sort of data I can look at, and having data to look at based on my reading actually motivated me to start reading more this year. You can also write reviews for books you've read if you wanted, or see things your friends have read.

An example of my stats so far this year:

two pie charts. One shows amount of books read based on their genre or vibe. 2 books are reflective, one is informative, one is funny, and one is challenging. I read 4 books (or, reading materials as this includes things like short stories) so far. The second chart is about pase, with 67% of what I've read having a slow pace, and 33% having a medium pace. Two pie charts. One shows the amount of books read that have a certain page number. 3 books I've read had less than 300 words, 1 had 300-499 pages. The second pie chart shows a graph of fiction and not fiction. 3 books I've read were fiction, 1 was nonfiction one line chart and one pie chart. The line chart shows the Genres of the books read. 3 of them were considered short stories, 3 Science Fiction, 2 Classics, 1 Nature, 1 History, and 1 Fantasy. The pie chart shows the format of what I've read. 2 were digital, 2 print One line graph and one bar graph. The line graph shows books read per month, along with pages read. This shows 1 book read in January, 2 in February, 1 in March, and none the rest of the year. Pages follows a similar shape, going from around 140 pages read in January, to 250 read in February, and about 30 in March. The bar graph shows the number of books I've given different star ratings. So far, it shows 1 book given a 3.5 star rating

As you can see, I've not read much. However, this is more than I've read in many years past, so I'm pretty happy with it.

Wrap Up

Overall, I just really wanted to write about StoryGraph as I really try to not use Amazon as much as possible, and so having an alternative to GoodReads feels good. I want to write more blog articles here about the books and other readings I've done so far this year, but first wanted to talk about this. If you have any thoughts or questions or suggestions, feel free to send them over to steventanzimedia@gmail.com. As always, thanks for reading.