Goodreads is one of the products I’ve wanted to stop using and contributing to for a long time. It’s flown under my account-deleting radar for a long time, but I’ve finally stopped using it.

If you’re looking for an alternative social book logging platform, there are plenty, but I’ve decided that I don’t really need the social element. And I probably don’t even need the tracking.

Initially, I tried The Story Graph, but I realized that I just don’t really care about the social aspect. I deleted most of my social media last year, and I’ve been happier for it, so why add a new form, even if it’s ostensibly less unhealthy.

So if you want to know what I’ve been reading, it’ll be on this blog. I’ve realized the metadata of reading is actually not interesting to me. I don’t care how long it takes me to read a book, on average, or the specific percentage breakdown of my genre split. I just want to read, and share what I’m reading, and write about it sometimes.

Bye Bezos!