The StoryGraph vs Goodreads: First Impressions

January 26, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

I’ve been using Goodreads for about eight years now, and although I don’t hate it as much as some people do, I do think it has become lacking in certain aspects over the years. A few years ago, The StoryGraph appeared on the scene and a lot of people enthusiastically switched to this new, independent […]

Rating Anxiety – Am I Critical Enough?

January 31, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

The first thing I do after I finish a book is go onto Goodreads to rate it. I click on “I’m finished!”, look at the five greyed out stars… and that’s when the first wave of anxiety usually starts. What did I think of this book? If it was mindblowingly good and an absolute new favourite […]