Rozella

When you’re in a reading slump, how do you decide what to read next? Do you go for a favorite author and/or genre, or do you try a new author and/or a genre that you don’t read as often? Does it help to switch up the format, e.g. ebook vs audio vs print? Are there any other “tricks” that help you?

21.05.2025 06:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

However, with the rise of book bans and censorship, defunding libraries, etc., romance novels (especially queer ones) will be a prime target. Since I’m not an author, I can only give my own perspective and what I’ve seen my fellow readers say though!

17.05.2025 18:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think a lot of people are boycotting Amazon and/or saving their money for an upcoming recession. Personally, I’ve just been reading a lot less because anxiety about the state of the world is making it difficult to focus. While your theory is plausible, I don’t think we’re at that point yet.

17.05.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Occasionally, I use assistive reader on Kindle Unlimited. The pronunciation can be a bit funky at times, which is to be expected, but I got a good chuckle (okay, maybe a few) at how the word “cum” apparently rhymes with “doom.”

14.05.2025 03:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A screenshot of my StoryGraph mood chart.

StoryGraph update 2: I finally finished transferring all of my remaining books from Goodreads, and 268 books later, the mood chart is incredibly similar to the one from 2022. So, if nothing else, at least I’m consistent.

07.05.2025 20:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven’t had any problems yet, but there is a feature to add books if they’re not in the database, and it looks easy to use!

I’ve used the import tool before, and while it did add the books, the format, language, etc. weren’t always accurate, so I didn’t like how that messed up my stats.

23.04.2025 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A screenshot of my StoryGraph mood chart.

StoryGraph update 1: I finished transferring all of my books from 2022. The mood chart is fun but questionable, because I definitely read more than 2 sad books. Still, it’ll be interesting to see how the chart evolves. Will it change dramatically or basically stay the same?

21.04.2025 17:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m transferring my Goodreads data to StoryGraph and was struck by how much I read in previous years compared to this year and last. In April 2022, I read 11 books that month alone, whereas I’ve only read a total of 18 books since the beginning of 2025. Anxiety hasn’t been kind to my attention span.

20.04.2025 03:18 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0