Read and Read

#tracking #metrics #reading

Where it Started and Where it Went

As a kid, I was a voracious reader up into high school. Yes, it was before the internet and streaming, I still loved books and bookstores and going to the library.

Fast forward a decade or three to today and I'm rebuilding my reading habits. Where I currently live makes it easy, there's a library about a three minute walk from me and open until 8pm a couple of times a week.

Tracking, Tracking, Tracked

I'm also someone who likes to keep track of certain things, like Trakt for movies and series, as well as books and reading. For a while I was trying out Goodreads but something didn't click for me.

Most recently I've been using StoryGraph which is easy and I like the interface to both capture books as well as progress. Unfortunately, they don't currently have an API which makes pulling data from it less straightforward (other than exporting a csv).

Now I'm headed down the rabbit hole of reading trackers, including:

Looking Ahead

I'll eventually expand on some (or all) of these and expand the list as time goes on. For now, I'm going to stick with StoryGraph until I have a better idea of what I want to be able to do. Some of the features that I want from the platform I use: