cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42666
I recently discovered Bookwyrm and am really liking it. It’s not quite as full-featured as The Storygraph or Goodreads but it covers all of the most important functionalities and it’s federated which I appreciate. Something that it is missing Vs either The Storygraph or Goodreads at the moment is volume of reviews (ie. Volume of users.) However, your review won’t get lost in the sea so much and I’ve found that it’s been quite easy to find readers with similar interests.
Anyway, who here is using Bookwyrm? What’s your account so we can all follow each other? (Mine is Unfreeze4257@books.theunseen)
I’ve been using it mainly as a way of keeping track of what I read. I guess I could use a text file, but it’s nice to be able to see it from my phone or share it.
Yeah I have in the past used a bunch of different on/offline methods but have always ended up most consistently at Goodreads, so online is definitely the go for me (I can’t lose it that way lol.)
Using it. Again to track what I read and motivate for x amount of books per year.
Would be a fan of the discovery section more if I could filter out quotes and notifications about start reading and just have the reviews.
I agree that would be a great feature. Dunno if it’s exclusive to my instance but Discovery also doesn’t have an option for global notifications (it’s just the local one) which is a bit limiting since my instance isn’t that big.
I just found Bookwyrm! It looks cool - how do we comment or otherwise access Bookwyrm content on Kbin?
This is what I’m wondering! Would be cool to at least see comments or updates based on books or authors I care about on kbin, maybe?
Me too. Haven’t been able to find a solution (yet)
I am on the main instance @ https://bookwyrm.social/user/bbbhltz
How do people even find other instances for all these ActivityPub services?
Just followed you! I see you’re a fellow Sci-Fi fan!
I am but this past year I haven’t been reading much. My “to read” pile is huge.
Just discovered it a few hours ago (thanks guys) and find it promising… What I would miss from Goodreads/StoryGraph are the following I think:
- Reading stats (but there are some issues / pull request on bookwyrm GitHub so we may expect something sooner or later)
- Recommendations / discovery of books - author I didn’t knew about but we can see with this community or so
- Reviews (Of course it’s a feature existing in bookwyrm but since the user base is much fewer than closed source alternatives, there are fewer reviews too)
Now I always been more or less implied and interested in FOSS and even if I’m a late adopter of fediverse world that seems very promising to me and I think I’ll prefer something free despite the few limitations I oversee.
Just followed you with mine. Bookwyrm suits my needs at the moment, which are primarily as an adjunct to my aging memory. My main reading interest at the moment is the novels and short stories which inspired well known operas (many thanks to Project Gutenberg). Knowing the plot ahead of time is a useful accommodation for said dodgy memory. :)
One limit at Bookwyrm which I do find frustrating is that we can’t make a post which isn’t linked to a book. So for short stories and other things I follow my fedi account on another platform, write the post there and then boost it to get it into my Bookwyrm feed so I at least have a record of it.
Sometimes, rarely, you can find an independent listing for a short story if you search for it, but it is definitely a limitation of the platform in general.
Individual short stories can be added as if they were books but that does skew the books read tally, so I use my work around to get the mention in there.
Oh wow I didn’t even think of reviewing/talking about short stories! I might have to start doing so following your method. I followed back!
So glad I mentioned it then :) I couldn’t leave Madame Butterfly (the short story) off my list there.
Sure! I’ve been using it for about 7 months. Just experimenting with GoodReads alternatives to tracking what I read. Mine is teadragon@books.theunseen.city
Just followed you!
Just made an account!
https://bookwyrm.social/user/Ame
I mainly read non-fiction self help books, but I’m also reading fantasy books.
It’s coming up with page not found?
OPPS. Accidentally linked to another another account that I found out I had and deleted when I made the new one. FIxed the link!
Just followed
Followed you back! Out of curiosity, is there any particular philosophy books you like? I feel like Philosophy would be the next step up from my tendency to read self-help books.
I’m not sure how relevant it is to you but I really enjoyed Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray. Also enjoyed Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (foundational to modern vegan movement if that’s your thing) and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (which tends to be in philosophy sections at book stores at least.) I will say the latter is a little overdramatic but it is a really interesting and important subject matter. Another one about tech ethics is Stand Out of Our Light by James Williams which is probably a better introduction to the ideas explored in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
I definitely need to get into some more hardcore/classic philosophy since I do tend to read newer stuff rather than anything foundational. However, I also think it’s perfectly reasonable to explore more academic explorations of topics you’re already interested in in the self-help that you read. For me, the ethics of modern technology are a big thing so I have a dedicated tech-philosophy TBR going at the moment. If the topic is something people think about at all there will be some philosophy work out there on it.
Interesting! The Age of Surveillance Capitalism sounds like a fascinating read and might get me to understand a lot more about the topics that my housemates tend to talk about, haha. Might even surprise them. Seven Types of Atheism also sounds like a good read.
My preference in self-help books tend to be related to creativity and mental health, so when it comes philosophical topics I am definitely interested in exploring things like idealism. However, I’m also getting into FOSS and technology as a topic due to my plan to explore Technical Support as a future career. Lots of different things to read about if I look it up properly, I think!
…Well it looks like I’m gonna be reading Seven Types of Atheism at some point.
Blew my mind a few years ago!
I recently downloaded it but haven’t started using it yet! I am morgiedama@bookwyrm.social
I’ve followed!
Did not know about this! Thanks very much, already added myself, and started a list already! :P https://bookwyrm.social/list/1739/s/brazilian-science-fiction
FYI, if you currently use GoodReads, you can export your user data from there, and import it into your Bookwyrm account. It isn’t perfect, but it got the majority of my books properly. I think out of hundreds of books, there were something like 30 that it couldn’t auto find and import for me.
