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submitted 6 months ago by xylogx@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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Are people using Bookwyrm? Who are some people to follow on Bookwyrm?

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[–] tributarium@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

what benefits do people see from tracking their reading? why do you do it? I couldn't see the appeal years ago & had some hangups about it (like an overjustification effect psychologically from the social aspect of it messing up my motivation to read) but I've since gone through periods of tracking my spending & my food & seen benefits from those.

[–] hungrycat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Tracking my read books motivates me to read more. I’m trying to read at least one book a month this year, after years of not reading much at all. I’m on book 6 so far, but when my partner asked me the other day how far along I was in my goal I told them either 4 or 5 before I went on bookwyrm and actually checked. I have the memory of a goldfish. I also like to sometimes look back and see which books took me longer to finish. My final reason is that bookwyrm (right now) provides me reviews I think I can place a little more weight on than maybe some other platforms. It works for me, even though I agree that using it is a bit cumbersome at this stage of its development.

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