The trigger warnings on Storygraph were life changing for me. And the "pace" helps me stay out of reading slumps: I filter my to-read by medium or fast paced. Helps keep me afloat between classics.
Hi! My first language isn't English do sometimes I struggle understanding some words. "Pace" is one of them.. Could someone tell it's definition? Thanks!
@kittieconvoy anything black woman does,is rarely to never appreciated.So this is big...probably the og comment is a black person or ally and is happy.
I like that they have more statistics and better recommendations. However as a German reader I do not find many German books in my language and if so the editions are often without a cover, it’s the English translation of the German author or English books do not have the German editions to chose for your library. I hope they add them in the future. Until then it’s not as user friendly as Goodreads for non-English users who like to read in their native language.
Ja genau, das war auch mein Problem mit der Seite... in Englisch gibt es alles aber in anderen Sprachen weniger. Aber es wird wohl noch dran gearbeitet, damit die Auswahl der Bücher in allen Ausgaben und Sprachen besser wird 👍🏻
Editions without cover: You can just click on "flag incorrect information" on a book's page and create a ticket. A volunteer librarian like myself will clean that book up, usually in a matter of hours. Might take a bit longer for non-English books, aber es gibt auch deutsche volunteer librarians unter uns ;) can't find a German edition: just add it via ISBN
@@merle-k Hast du in den Website Preferences German ausgewählt? Wenn nicht, erscheinen nämlich nur Englische Ausgaben in den Suchergebnissen und Empfehlungen.
I had a similar problem at first, but it really helps if you set German as one of your languages in the settings (yes, you can luckily choose more than one language). I'm Czech so it was really hard for me to find any Czech books at first, but now it's a lot easier. There is also a feature that allows you to add books that you can't find, which I have used many times so far and you can potentially help other users find books they might be looking for as well :)
I recently started trying StoryGraph and I like it so much! My only issues are that there isn’t much of the community options the way there are in Goodreads (book clubs, lists, quizzes, the ability to ask authors questions) and it has a much smaller audience which means it lacks in reviewers. Other than that, I’m really enjoying it (especially the UI, it’s so much better and more up to date)
Is there an option to write reviews on StoryGraph? If yes, since all my other Goodreads data can be transferred to here, will the reviews I've written also come along with it?
Just sharing that if you can't find a certain book, or edition in a specific language, or edition with a different cover, etc.. you can add the specific edition you couldn't find yourself. The app accepts user added books to help build the platform :)
and if the import is missing something, for example a cover or the blurb, you can always create a ticket by clicking on "flag incorrect book information" and a volunteer librarian will see to it ;)
On the story graph users can make up reading challenges (not just based on number of books read) which anyone can join. Would be cool if you came up with one and everyone here could join and follow along. The reading challenge feature also tracks all the books which people submit to each prompt so you can start to see a little categorised library of what everyone's reading
I love this feature so much!! I'm doing the translation one and one I found with BIPOC/LGBT+ books and it's been great! (I also found one with Taylor Swift recommend books)
I started using this in beta and kinda was like eh at first because it wasn't great, still under development, etc. but now that there are more users, more books uploaded, it's so worth it. So many more options for categorizing, sorting your TBR, adding trigger warnings, etc. And Goodreads just promos the same problematic authors over and over on their main page. Also the founder Nadia Odunayo is amazing and really took user needs into account when creating and editing the app.
I agree with you, I was also an early adopter, and the website has definitely made some progress! Hopefully the recommendations will become better with more data, because these are quite underwhelming for non-English readers at the moment. Definitely looking forward to see what StoryGraph can do more when they have more users and book data!
If you haven't yet I highly recommend to pretty much everyone Leena Norms' video titled "Goodreads is dead. What now?" in which she made the transition to The Storygraph while the site was still in beta. In the video Leena also talked to the founder of The Storygraph (who btw is a black woman and describes herself as an avid reader). It was really great to hear from someone who loves reading talk about how they put their passion for something into a website.
I made the move to StoryGraph after Leena's video (possibly as I watched it tbh). Also, it is so cool that Nadia is interviewing Leena on IG this weekend, it feels like a full circle moment.
I made the switch last year and never looked back. I love all the stats it gives me, and the way I can organise my books is so much easier. I also love that StoryGraph has a DNF function and the pages you've read (if updated) still count towards your final pages goal for the year
Now following you on storygraph. Oh btw, they do take feedback from users quite actively. Do check their public roadmap to get an idea of what they're planning to do in future and how soon you can expect those changes.
imagine how awsome this will be in the future- we are right at the start and its allready so cool and exiting. its made me think about how many creative things could be done with The Storygraph now that we have a platform that clearly cares about reading
"Erotica is not just my jam" Madonna stans: offended And let's not forget that Amazon's prize policy harms independent booksellers which is problematic...
@@arandomuser9459 Amazon doesn’t just harm them, Amazon has wiped out the majority of indie booksellers and even major booksellers. What Amazon does is subsidize their book prices, and offer them at much lower prices-which makes them lose money actually (but they can afford to do that). They do this to create a monopoly on books since everyone will then go and buy from them, driving out other booksellers, and eventually they plan to raise prices bc they will control the market. it’s very sad, which is why i try to avoid Amazon as much as possible when it comes to buying books. this topic is complicated however and I might not have covered everything entirely or accurately, so I would tell you to do some further research if you’re curious!
I've been considering joining Storygraph for a while, and this video finally pushed me over. Tbh I'll still keep my Goodreads account active at least for a little while, because I read a lot of books that literally have no reviews on Goodreads, so I'm not sure I'll be able to find them on Storygraph. But at least I'm trying to distance myself from the one Amazon product I use, and that's something
What I love about Storygraph is honestly the stats. I’m a sucker for a good graph. As someone who will read pretty much anything you throw at me, Storygraph has helped me actually see patterns and understand my own reading habits better. I’m excited to see how my stats will change over time, and I love that you can compare your reading stats from different time frames. I like the tags as well because it helps to understand why they’re recommending a certain book, and I love that it gives you an idea of the pacing, which gives me a better chance of finding books I’ll actually LOVE and not just kinda enjoy.
apparently, If you read a book multiple times, say 3 times, they will log the book 3 times increasing the overall number of read books something different to Goodreads and I'm not mad about it, if anything I love it!!
I love how Storygraph has this individual compiled statistics of the pages read, pace, moods and star ratings for the months. It makes my inner nerd so happy. I totally appreciate the trigger/content warning that they provide, because aside from its great use to readers that want to read a book, it also made me more alert or somehow much aware on a book that I'm reading. I'm now consciously looking in for trigger/content warnings in the books that I read and list them so that I could add that when I make a review, and not forget a single one. The DNF feature was also amazing. I now only use goodreads to keep track of my friends' reading and for reading written reviews (especially rant reviews) But in terms of rating books, Storygraph is my go to app.
I am getting back into reading and was never a big goodreads user, but already im super motivated by storygraph since seeing the graphs fill out more with every book and getting more accurate to my reading preferences is just so fun. I even told my mom about it today and she's super excited too to add all of her kindle books that she has read and downloaded so that she can go through them easier, she has hundreds downloaded but has no easy way to keep track of them. Im still looking at goodreads for the reviews, but im using storygraph for everything else now. Thank you for making a video about this!!
I am so glad you have joined! I joined at the start of the year and there has been lots of improvements already. The stats is great. You can also create other book challenges as well for the year and other people can join. So I have one this year to try and read 20 books from the Rory Gilmore challenge list
This is the first I'm hearing of this Storygraph website (that I can recall, at least) and since I've sworn off signing up to Goodreads because it's owned by Amazon, I'm definitely going to consider checking it out! Thanks for the rec Jack!
YEESSSSS I LOVE STORYGRAPH!! So excited that you're joining it. I've been on Storygraph since the beginning of this year since a book blogger friend recommended it. Honestly I've never been too comfy with goodreads since it has too many distractions and in the end I just end up looking at different books and pages. In storygraph I just focus on tracking my own reading and I don't even review books so often. Anyway I'll definitely check out your account even though we have vastly different taste in books. I just enjoy listening to people talking about books haha.
The Storygraph has been invaluable in helping me narrow down my reading preferences so I pick up a LOT less stinkers. I think the pacing and mood options help me the most.
Thank you SO much for this!!! I was just thinking about getting back into reading, but didn't want to deal with goodreads anymore 😭😭😭 perfect timing for me to find this!!!
Love that more and more people are starting to use this app. Started with beta and loved it right away. If anyone of your viewers are like me and want to explore books, authors and genre they normally don’t read, I can highly recomend The Storygraph genre challange. I wanted to spread my wings outside of the fantacy genre and have loved every book I picked in that challange so far. I wanted to read more diversely in all ways possible. It is also the same reason why I like watching your videos, discover new material 😊 Sorry if I spelled anything horrible wrong.
I just joined StoryGraph today (after watching Jack's latest video on his other channel haha) and while filling out my preferences at the beginning, I also left the last question ('I'm rarely/never in the mood for a book') empty-didn't want to put myself off unexpected but good recommendations!
So glad you made this video. I've been thinking of switching from Goodreads to Storygraph and I'm not sure why I haven't done it yet. However, after seeing your video I had added it to my to do list for this week. Thanks.... this was super helpful.
love this video!! i've had a storygraph account for a while but forgot about it until now. its recommendation feature is literally lifechanging, TBR wise, and i can't get enough
Thank you for telling me about The StoryGraph! I just signed up today and I'm already in love with it. It says that I prefer books that are adventurous, dark, mysterious, and medium-paced, which is based on the 1789 books that I've read on Goodreads. Their recommendations make more logical sense than Goodreads with specific reasoning. Goodreads recs always seem random to me.
I love the Storygraph!! I only use my Goodreads account for a bookclub I'm in, everything else is in the Storygraph (as well as my Notion page lol) and it's so cool to see my stats! I only started tracking my reading this year but I'm looking forward to exploring how my reading tastes develop over the years using it! So excited to be able to follow you on there
I love storygraph since last year and absolutely love it. The coders of storygraph take into community so much that it's amazing. I love nadia and her updates!!!
This is so cool! I hadn't heard of The StoryGraph before today and have recently been thinking of returning to the Goodreads profile I had as a teenager, but knowing it's owned by Amazon kept me from doing that. Great to see an independent-owned alternative!
i’ve been using storygraph for over a year now and like 8-9 months ago i deleted my goodreads to stop supporting amazon. one of my favorite features on there is how you can add what books you want to read next from your to-read pile because it helps me stop wasting time on picking which one i wanna read next. i also feel like there’s less pressure for me to add a rating if i don’t want to. plus the trigger warnings help me so much even if i’m not triggered by something it just tells me what i should emotionally prepare for. anyways storygraph is great if you’re more into the stats and book stuff rather than the community
Thanks for this video Jack, tried to switch to storygraph before and tech let me down, so you gave me a kick up the arse to persevere and I am now a fully fledged storygraph-er! Also female, POC owned busines 👌
i started using storygraph when there was only a beta version available and it improves so often! the creators are so nice and always paying attention to what's going on and the data!!! the graphs!!!!! it's awesome
omg i love that you can set the challenge to be pages instead of books!! i’ve been feeling “guilty” because this year i’ve been reading longer books so the number of total books is lower than other years although i’m kind of reading the same amount
I recently began reading so I made a Goodreads pretty much specifically to keep track of what I've read and sometimes look to see what other people thought of something after I've finished it, but the community features really don't matter too much to me. So Storygraph seems pretty awesome and ideal for me, definitely going to make an account now.
Was about to re-create a Goodreads account and then I watched this video and now I'm starting a Storygraph one. :) Thanks for saving me.I don't wanna support amazon more.
I never bothered with goodreads but I think you've convinced me for storygraph. Brb lemme just go make an account lmao. I love your videos by the way, you're helping me widen my book horizons for sure!
just made the move recently after learning goodreads was owned by amazon and the ability to tag what triggers are in a book, what genres/the pace + the stats are what puts it above grs for me!
I never used GR but after a huge reading slump I was looking for something to inspire me to read more. Storygraph is exactly what I was looking for - the stats are great, the reading challenges are fun and I love how easy the app is to use.
One of the books you scrolled past when it gave you the recommendations after you took the survey was Exit West, and I want to second that recommendation because I think it's the kind of book you would adore! It is magical realism and it has stunning writing, and it also tackles some really important modern issues. just putting it out there in case :)
I’ve been trying to make the transition to storygraph too! My only issue is that some of my books from previous years don’t register as being read because i didn’t put the exact day i finished them which is kind of a bummer :(
@@indicisivereader3401 yes, if you click on the books, you should see where it says "books read once" or something like that. If you click on that, you should be able to change the date
You can add books without specifying the year. If go to your profile, check your books read recently, click view all and select “all” or “no date”, you’ll see them there.
Thank you so much for this video!! Didn’t know Amazon owns Goodreads😳 The Storygraph looks like such a well thought out and better version of goodreads tbh, definitely gonna try it out today!
I just saw your video thumbnail and I regretted signing up for Goodreads a week ago. So today I signed up for Storygraph and then watched the video. I too had that dilemma when I could only select 3.
So I’m really loving StoryGraph lately. I feel like one of the things that drew people into goodreads (other than the fact that it was literally the only book review site in a social media style) were those silly flame reviews that were filled to the brim with silly gifs. I love that StoryGraph isn’t founding itself on meme reviews and the kind of survey style area ahead of the rating section that informs the tags seems to discourage people from doing things like giving substance-less written reviews. The reviews on storygraph just trend at so much higher quality. And they’ve even put on the effort implement SIMPLE UI changes that just _make sense_ like a button to see only the reviews that have text so you don’t have to sift through pages of just stars to get to something written
What I also really like is community reading challenges. Members can just post a challenge and you can join. I joined a Read around the world challenge and a German books one and it's just really helpful to see other peoples reads for the prompts and then get inspired.
@@lucycollins1546 "reading challenges" (top of the page in browser. in the menu (top right) in the app) -> "browse" -> choose any challenge -> "join challenge"
Storygraph looks very promising but I'll wait until it's more established to transition over to it. I want to see each book have all of (or at least as many as possible) their editions listed, and a larger userbase so ratings are more reliable. But ya, Goodreads' lack of progress is frustrating. It's 2021 and I still can't filter my To-Read list by genre and/or fiction/non-fiction 😑
Yesss!! I love The Storygraph! I actually moved there a few months ago too for this same reason and I'm glad to see you're doing the same thing - also the rating system on Storygraph is sooo much better
I just signed up and I'm actually giddy about the recommendations. Some of them are already on my TBR and the ones that aren't look phenomenal. If Storygraph includes the social aspect as well (which I don't think it does yet other than the ability to follow people), it'll eclipse Goodreads pretty soon.
I definitely enjoy listening to you talk about books, but I've never challenged myself to read more than 2 or 3 books a year. But watching this video has made me feel like joining Storygraph and read more intentionally. Let's see if I'll stick to it though :)
Thank you for making this video I was hesitant to set up an account even though I knew that goodreads was owned by Amazon. Because I didn’t wanna leave my comfortable little readers bubble you know? But just seeing how you I can literally set it up so personally makes me want to tell them my postcode and my mother’s maiden name just to get the best possible book recommendations. 😅🧡🙌🏻
sir you are an INFLUENCER because now i'm about to go make a storygraph account
Me too
Me too see you guys there 🤣
Same
Me too
Same😂
The trigger warnings on Storygraph were life changing for me. And the "pace" helps me stay out of reading slumps: I filter my to-read by medium or fast paced. Helps keep me afloat between classics.
the tws are literally sooooo helpful, can't believe i ever did without them
Yessss that feature is so necessary honestly.
I absolutely love being able to add/look at tws for books. I wish they would be included in the books themselves but this works.
kittieconvoy
I'm confused. Is this you making a joke or being an insensitive person 🙃 ?
Hi! My first language isn't English do sometimes I struggle understanding some words. "Pace" is one of them.. Could someone tell it's definition? Thanks!
Not only is the StoryGraph indie, it was founded by a black woman!! 💛
@kittieconvoy anything black woman does,is rarely to never appreciated.So this is big...probably the og comment is a black person or ally and is happy.
Thank you so much for telling me this, I never knew! I love hearing this. Makes me PROUD!
love that
Eww ratchet sh
black excellence!!!!
*stumbles upon a 2 year old video and immediately joins storygraph* where have i been? under a rock?
I like that they have more statistics and better recommendations. However as a German reader I do not find many German books in my language and if so the editions are often without a cover, it’s the English translation of the German author or English books do not have the German editions to chose for your library.
I hope they add them in the future. Until then it’s not as user friendly as Goodreads for non-English users who like to read in their native language.
Ja genau, das war auch mein Problem mit der Seite... in Englisch gibt es alles aber in anderen Sprachen weniger. Aber es wird wohl noch dran gearbeitet, damit die Auswahl der Bücher in allen Ausgaben und Sprachen besser wird 👍🏻
Editions without cover: You can just click on "flag incorrect information" on a book's page and create a ticket. A volunteer librarian like myself will clean that book up, usually in a matter of hours. Might take a bit longer for non-English books, aber es gibt auch deutsche volunteer librarians unter uns ;)
can't find a German edition: just add it via ISBN
@@merle-k Hast du in den Website Preferences German ausgewählt? Wenn nicht, erscheinen nämlich nur Englische Ausgaben in den Suchergebnissen und Empfehlungen.
I had a similar problem at first, but it really helps if you set German as one of your languages in the settings (yes, you can luckily choose more than one language). I'm Czech so it was really hard for me to find any Czech books at first, but now it's a lot easier. There is also a feature that allows you to add books that you can't find, which I have used many times so far and you can potentially help other users find books they might be looking for as well :)
jup, genau mein problem
I recently started trying StoryGraph and I like it so much! My only issues are that there isn’t much of the community options the way there are in Goodreads (book clubs, lists, quizzes, the ability to ask authors questions) and it has a much smaller audience which means it lacks in reviewers. Other than that, I’m really enjoying it (especially the UI, it’s so much better and more up to date)
probably a lot of people will switch now that Jack has
@@emilym5870 hopefully!
Is there an option to write reviews on StoryGraph? If yes, since all my other Goodreads data can be transferred to here, will the reviews I've written also come along with it?
@@random23287 okay, thanks a lot!!
This will probably improve over time, once more people join
jack: if a book has more than 500 pages, I'm probably not going to read it
also jack: reads a little life
For real. Lol
Just sharing that if you can't find a certain book, or edition in a specific language, or edition with a different cover, etc.. you can add the specific edition you couldn't find yourself. The app accepts user added books to help build the platform :)
and if the import is missing something, for example a cover or the blurb, you can always create a ticket by clicking on "flag incorrect book information" and a volunteer librarian will see to it ;)
@@MsBlulucky true ty :)
you can also give .25, .5, and .75 ratings on storygraph, which was a huge plus for me personally!!
On the story graph users can make up reading challenges (not just based on number of books read) which anyone can join. Would be cool if you came up with one and everyone here could join and follow along. The reading challenge feature also tracks all the books which people submit to each prompt so you can start to see a little categorised library of what everyone's reading
I would love this so much! Jack please do this ♥
I love this feature so much!! I'm doing the translation one and one I found with BIPOC/LGBT+ books and it's been great! (I also found one with Taylor Swift recommend books)
@@dia.96 could you give me a link to the Taylor Swift one?
@@dia.96 could u give me the link to the LGBTQIAA+/BIPOC one?:)
Honestly kind of a power move to upload this one hour after making a goodreads video on your main channel lmao
I started using this in beta and kinda was like eh at first because it wasn't great, still under development, etc. but now that there are more users, more books uploaded, it's so worth it. So many more options for categorizing, sorting your TBR, adding trigger warnings, etc. And Goodreads just promos the same problematic authors over and over on their main page. Also the founder Nadia Odunayo is amazing and really took user needs into account when creating and editing the app.
Love Nadia Odunayo. You can tell StoryGraph was created by a reader, for readers.
@@KristianaCembre yess. And she talks in her newsletters about what book she's reading! While also updating on the site itself
I agree with you, I was also an early adopter, and the website has definitely made some progress! Hopefully the recommendations will become better with more data, because these are quite underwhelming for non-English readers at the moment. Definitely looking forward to see what StoryGraph can do more when they have more users and book data!
What do you mean by "problematic authors"?
"maybe i'm too dramatic for my own good" no, you're not. you're doing great, sweetie.
I love the storygraph algorithm for recommendations, I can get recommendations for a specific mood I’m into right now which is awesome
I was skeptical but tried one of their recommendations and it was an amazing book that's stayed with me (The Stationary Shop).
@@EmiZViolet a good thing to know you enjoyed it!
If you haven't yet I highly recommend to pretty much everyone Leena Norms' video titled "Goodreads is dead. What now?" in which she made the transition to The Storygraph while the site was still in beta. In the video Leena also talked to the founder of The Storygraph (who btw is a black woman and describes herself as an avid reader). It was really great to hear from someone who loves reading talk about how they put their passion for something into a website.
ooh yeah i love that video- its so cool to know who is behind the website and how bright the future is for The Storygraph
I made the move to StoryGraph after Leena's video (possibly as I watched it tbh). Also, it is so cool that Nadia is interviewing Leena on IG this weekend, it feels like a full circle moment.
I second this - it’s a great video! Hope more people will join storygraph now that Jack also has.
Thank you for your video!!! Really interesting!!XX
I made the switch last year and never looked back. I love all the stats it gives me, and the way I can organise my books is so much easier. I also love that StoryGraph has a DNF function and the pages you've read (if updated) still count towards your final pages goal for the year
Ok, the DNF feature sounds good, I'm sold! 😄
same :D
the dnf feature is for sure the mark of a reader HAHA
Now following you on storygraph. Oh btw, they do take feedback from users quite actively. Do check their public roadmap to get an idea of what they're planning to do in future and how soon you can expect those changes.
Where can I find the roadmap
imagine how awsome this will be in the future- we are right at the start and its allready so cool and exiting. its made me think about how many creative things could be done with The Storygraph now that we have a platform that clearly cares about reading
"Erotica is not just my jam"
Madonna stans: offended
And let's not forget that Amazon's prize policy harms independent booksellers which is problematic...
How does it harm independent booksellers? I wasn’t aware of that.
Yeah I really enjoy seeing jack turn his back to Amazon!
@@arandomuser9459 Amazon doesn’t just harm them, Amazon has wiped out the majority of indie booksellers and even major booksellers. What Amazon does is subsidize their book prices, and offer them at much lower prices-which makes them lose money actually (but they can afford to do that). They do this to create a monopoly on books since everyone will then go and buy from them, driving out other booksellers, and eventually they plan to raise prices bc they will control the market. it’s very sad, which is why i try to avoid Amazon as much as possible when it comes to buying books. this topic is complicated however and I might not have covered everything entirely or accurately, so I would tell you to do some further research if you’re curious!
@@manumadiraju5222
Oh that sucks. I’ll definitely look into it more.
I've been considering joining Storygraph for a while, and this video finally pushed me over. Tbh I'll still keep my Goodreads account active at least for a little while, because I read a lot of books that literally have no reviews on Goodreads, so I'm not sure I'll be able to find them on Storygraph. But at least I'm trying to distance myself from the one Amazon product I use, and that's something
You can add the books that don't have reviews in storygraph by searching for them in the search bar and they will give you an option to import them :)
yeah i read a book that wasn't on the storygraph so I got to put in the data about it which tbh was really exciting to me haha
The level of self analysis involved in a reading preference survey is just real
What I love about Storygraph is honestly the stats. I’m a sucker for a good graph. As someone who will read pretty much anything you throw at me, Storygraph has helped me actually see patterns and understand my own reading habits better. I’m excited to see how my stats will change over time, and I love that you can compare your reading stats from different time frames. I like the tags as well because it helps to understand why they’re recommending a certain book, and I love that it gives you an idea of the pacing, which gives me a better chance of finding books I’ll actually LOVE and not just kinda enjoy.
apparently, If you read a book multiple times, say 3 times, they will log the book 3 times increasing the overall number of read books something different to Goodreads and I'm not mad about it, if anything I love it!!
goodreads does that too though-
I love how Storygraph has this individual compiled statistics of the pages read, pace, moods and star ratings for the months. It makes my inner nerd so happy. I totally appreciate the trigger/content warning that they provide, because aside from its great use to readers that want to read a book, it also made me more alert or somehow much aware on a book that I'm reading. I'm now consciously looking in for trigger/content warnings in the books that I read and list them so that I could add that when I make a review, and not forget a single one. The DNF feature was also amazing. I now only use goodreads to keep track of my friends' reading and for reading written reviews (especially rant reviews) But in terms of rating books, Storygraph is my go to app.
Holy shit, I didn't know you could sync your library! That has been the one thing keeping me from changing. Brb, dumping goodreads.
I am getting back into reading and was never a big goodreads user, but already im super motivated by storygraph since seeing the graphs fill out more with every book and getting more accurate to my reading preferences is just so fun. I even told my mom about it today and she's super excited too to add all of her kindle books that she has read and downloaded so that she can go through them easier, she has hundreds downloaded but has no easy way to keep track of them. Im still looking at goodreads for the reviews, but im using storygraph for everything else now. Thank you for making a video about this!!
I am so glad you have joined! I joined at the start of the year and there has been lots of improvements already. The stats is great. You can also create other book challenges as well for the year and other people can join. So I have one this year to try and read 20 books from the Rory Gilmore challenge list
This is the first I'm hearing of this Storygraph website (that I can recall, at least) and since I've sworn off signing up to Goodreads because it's owned by Amazon, I'm definitely going to consider checking it out! Thanks for the rec Jack!
2 videos in a day? That's it for me. I can voluntarily go to antartica now and feed myself to the penguins
YEESSSSS I LOVE STORYGRAPH!! So excited that you're joining it. I've been on Storygraph since the beginning of this year since a book blogger friend recommended it. Honestly I've never been too comfy with goodreads since it has too many distractions and in the end I just end up looking at different books and pages. In storygraph I just focus on tracking my own reading and I don't even review books so often. Anyway I'll definitely check out your account even though we have vastly different taste in books. I just enjoy listening to people talking about books haha.
The Storygraph has been invaluable in helping me narrow down my reading preferences so I pick up a LOT less stinkers. I think the pacing and mood options help me the most.
Thank you SO much for this!!! I was just thinking about getting back into reading, but didn't want to deal with goodreads anymore 😭😭😭 perfect timing for me to find this!!!
Love that more and more people are starting to use this app. Started with beta and loved it right away. If anyone of your viewers are like me and want to explore books, authors and genre they normally don’t read, I can highly recomend The Storygraph genre challange. I wanted to spread my wings outside of the fantacy genre and have loved every book I picked in that challange so far. I wanted to read more diversely in all ways possible. It is also the same reason why I like watching your videos, discover new material 😊 Sorry if I spelled anything horrible wrong.
I just joined StoryGraph today (after watching Jack's latest video on his other channel haha) and while filling out my preferences at the beginning, I also left the last question ('I'm rarely/never in the mood for a book') empty-didn't want to put myself off unexpected but good recommendations!
I was so pleased to see this! Leena Norms video put me onto the Storygraph. I'm excited to see so many people moving over :)
Two videos in one day.. THANK YOU JACK! You're amazing ✨
So glad you made this video. I've been thinking of switching from Goodreads to Storygraph and I'm not sure why I haven't done it yet. However, after seeing your video I had added it to my to do list for this week. Thanks.... this was super helpful.
Everytime Jack posts i know im about to learn someting new. Love it!!!✨✨
Discovered your channel from this video. I’m now OBSESSED with StoryGraph and have subscribed to your channel. Thanks mate!
Wondering what your thoughts are on StoryGraph a year on!
YESSS JACK THANK YOU FOR THIS!! WE NEED MORE PEOPLE ON STORYGRAPH!
love this video!! i've had a storygraph account for a while but forgot about it until now. its recommendation feature is literally lifechanging, TBR wise, and i can't get enough
Thank you for telling me about The StoryGraph! I just signed up today and I'm already in love with it. It says that I prefer books that are adventurous, dark, mysterious, and medium-paced, which is based on the 1789 books that I've read on Goodreads. Their recommendations make more logical sense than Goodreads with specific reasoning. Goodreads recs always seem random to me.
I think I might try this out! Thanks for sharing this, Jack, I wouldn’t have ever found out about it!
I love the Storygraph!! I only use my Goodreads account for a bookclub I'm in, everything else is in the Storygraph (as well as my Notion page lol) and it's so cool to see my stats! I only started tracking my reading this year but I'm looking forward to exploring how my reading tastes develop over the years using it! So excited to be able to follow you on there
I love storygraph since last year and absolutely love it. The coders of storygraph take into community so much that it's amazing. I love nadia and her updates!!!
Literally just switched to story graph a few weeks ago! So happy to see booktubers moving over :)
jack you really are doing fine with "reflective", my biggest slice this year (by far) is "dark" and i think that shows you how my 2021 is going so far
This is so cool! I hadn't heard of The StoryGraph before today and have recently been thinking of returning to the Goodreads profile I had as a teenager, but knowing it's owned by Amazon kept me from doing that. Great to see an independent-owned alternative!
Omg jack I’ve been waiting for this!!!!!! I’ve been using it for a year and it’s my absolute favorite thing ever!
i’ve been using storygraph for over a year now and like 8-9 months ago i deleted my goodreads to stop supporting amazon. one of my favorite features on there is how you can add what books you want to read next from your to-read pile because it helps me stop wasting time on picking which one i wanna read next. i also feel like there’s less pressure for me to add a rating if i don’t want to. plus the trigger warnings help me so much even if i’m not triggered by something it just tells me what i should emotionally prepare for. anyways storygraph is great if you’re more into the stats and book stuff rather than the community
"to stop supporting Amazon"🤓☝🏻
"trigger warning help me so much"🤓
I was literally looking for you on Story graph today, that's amazing
Thanks for this video Jack, tried to switch to storygraph before and tech let me down, so you gave me a kick up the arse to persevere and I am now a fully fledged storygraph-er! Also female, POC owned busines 👌
i started using storygraph when there was only a beta version available and it improves so often! the creators are so nice and always paying attention to what's going on and the data!!! the graphs!!!!! it's awesome
I’ve been dying to find a proper replacement for goodreads and now there finally is one!! Thank you so much for this omg
omg i love that you can set the challenge to be pages instead of books!! i’ve been feeling “guilty” because this year i’ve been reading longer books so the number of total books is lower than other years although i’m kind of reading the same amount
I recently began reading so I made a Goodreads pretty much specifically to keep track of what I've read and sometimes look to see what other people thought of something after I've finished it, but the community features really don't matter too much to me. So Storygraph seems pretty awesome and ideal for me, definitely going to make an account now.
ALRIGHT, thank you jack,
by saying the words "im downloading storygraph", you have convinced me to also download it
Hehe I was waiting for this to happen
Was about to re-create a Goodreads account and then I watched this video and now I'm starting a Storygraph one. :) Thanks for saving me.I don't wanna support amazon more.
Why haven't I seen this video before? Thanks for recommending Storygraph, Jack, I love it! :)
Well this is, quite frankly, revolutionary. Catch me going to sign up right now.
I never bothered with goodreads but I think you've convinced me for storygraph. Brb lemme just go make an account lmao. I love your videos by the way, you're helping me widen my book horizons for sure!
Great video!
I love The StoryGraph and the people behind it. Awesome that you talk about them here 🙂
just made the move recently after learning goodreads was owned by amazon and the ability to tag what triggers are in a book, what genres/the pace + the stats are what puts it above grs for me!
I never used GR but after a huge reading slump I was looking for something to inspire me to read more. Storygraph is exactly what I was looking for - the stats are great, the reading challenges are fun and I love how easy the app is to use.
I love the StoryGraph! The way their review page works is phenomenal, as is being able to add content warnings!
holy moly. Thank you for this video. I'm currently working on setting up my own StoryGraph and its very exciting!
One of the books you scrolled past when it gave you the recommendations after you took the survey was Exit West, and I want to second that recommendation because I think it's the kind of book you would adore! It is magical realism and it has stunning writing, and it also tackles some really important modern issues. just putting it out there in case :)
I’ve been trying to make the transition to storygraph too! My only issue is that some of my books from previous years don’t register as being read because i didn’t put the exact day i finished them which is kind of a bummer :(
I think you can still just add the year? That's what I did!
@@lilliput112 Oh really, thank you so much! Now i’ve only got to dedicate some time to doing that then.
@@indicisivereader3401 yes, if you click on the books, you should see where it says "books read once" or something like that. If you click on that, you should be able to change the date
You can add books without specifying the year. If go to your profile, check your books read recently, click view all and select “all” or “no date”, you’ll see them there.
@@luizappicanco yes but then it doesn’t count towards the reading channel or the yearly statistics
I’ve never heard of storygraph. Will definitely check it out.
Thank you so much for this video!! Didn’t know Amazon owns Goodreads😳
The Storygraph looks like such a well thought out and better version of goodreads tbh, definitely gonna try it out today!
I just saw your video thumbnail and I regretted signing up for Goodreads a week ago. So today I signed up for Storygraph and then watched the video. I too had that dilemma when I could only select 3.
So I’m really loving StoryGraph lately. I feel like one of the things that drew people into goodreads (other than the fact that it was literally the only book review site in a social media style) were those silly flame reviews that were filled to the brim with silly gifs. I love that StoryGraph isn’t founding itself on meme reviews and the kind of survey style area ahead of the rating section that informs the tags seems to discourage people from doing things like giving substance-less written reviews. The reviews on storygraph just trend at so much higher quality. And they’ve even put on the effort implement SIMPLE UI changes that just _make sense_ like a button to see only the reviews that have text so you don’t have to sift through pages of just stars to get to something written
Downloading this has been the best decision i’ve ever made…I LOVE IT, THANK YOU❤️
I got the Storygraph a few months ago and I love it so much. The stats view is so good
Have literally just signed up as I watched this video. All the stats are a feature that looks very very interesting
I moved to story graphs minutes after seeing this video, so far love the app, and how reader-focused it really is!
I love the storygraph!! I really like the user made reading challenges there are a lot of really cool ones over there
I love how you just randomly laugh in the video. So cheerful and excited.
What I also really like is community reading challenges. Members can just post a challenge and you can join.
I joined a Read around the world challenge and a German books one and it's just really helpful to see other peoples reads for the prompts and then get inspired.
I think the German challenge is the one I made, since I can't find any other ones. This just makes me so happy! I hope you enjoy it 💗
@@MsBlulucky That's a funny coincidence. It's really great I'm definitely enjoying myself.
how do you join these challenges
It's top right not left, I'm bad with directions.
@@lucycollins1546 "reading challenges" (top of the page in browser. in the menu (top right) in the app) -> "browse" -> choose any challenge -> "join challenge"
You can do MORE challenges, e.g. prompts for translated literature, diverse reads, BuzzWord challenge, PopSugar challenge, etc. It's a marvel!
Storygraph looks very promising but I'll wait until it's more established to transition over to it. I want to see each book have all of (or at least as many as possible) their editions listed, and a larger userbase so ratings are more reliable.
But ya, Goodreads' lack of progress is frustrating. It's 2021 and I still can't filter my To-Read list by genre and/or fiction/non-fiction 😑
Yesss!! I love The Storygraph! I actually moved there a few months ago too for this same reason and I'm glad to see you're doing the same thing - also the rating system on Storygraph is sooo much better
So glad I found this video 5 hours after I put my whole reading list on Goodreads...
Storygraph is brilliant, I've been using it since the beta stage! Glad to see more people are moving over to it
I just signed up and I'm actually giddy about the recommendations. Some of them are already on my TBR and the ones that aren't look phenomenal. If Storygraph includes the social aspect as well (which I don't think it does yet other than the ability to follow people), it'll eclipse Goodreads pretty soon.
I’ve been loving storygraph so far and the book recommendations and stats are amazing
I made one immediately while I listened to you go through the process lol Thanks for sharing! SO excited to try this website out
i recently switched to story graph as well and i really loved it
definitely following you there !
Thank you for introducing me to this app! I LOVE it! The stats feature amazing
i’ve never heard of this and i’m excited to get an account after this video! cheers jack!
You've convinced me to switch to StoryGraph! Also, I LOVED The Vegetarian. I'm surprised you haven't read it yet!
Goodreads has been driving me crazy by refusing to remember that I finished The Watchers. That alone is enough to make me think about moving.
Aaaahhh yaayy!! I've been waiting for my fave booktubers to switch to StoryGraph. Really love this video!💛
wow! i didn't know about this. i am definitely gonna shift there. it looks exciting. thank you for making a video on this
I definitely enjoy listening to you talk about books, but I've never challenged myself to read more than 2 or 3 books a year. But watching this video has made me feel like joining Storygraph and read more intentionally. Let's see if I'll stick to it though :)
Thank you very much! This is exactly what i needed. I had the same problem with goodreads
THANK YOU im so glad someone else is using storygraph. its so so so much better
Thank you for making this video I was hesitant to set up an account even though I knew that goodreads was owned by Amazon. Because I didn’t wanna leave my comfortable little readers bubble you know?
But just seeing how you I can literally set it up so personally makes me want to tell them my postcode and my mother’s maiden name just to get the best possible book recommendations. 😅🧡🙌🏻