sarahmatthews , 6 days ago to bookstodon

I’ve written a few thoughts on Agatha Christie’s Endless Night, 1967, one of her standalone novels from her later years and it’s another cracking read! #bookstodon #BookReview #audiobook #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/64f6cb4a-f082-4c27-8ecc-04b08cc58072

FrancescaJ , 16 days ago to bookstodon

I mostly keep track of books on #StoryGraph so I was a little surprised after finishing All The Light We Cannot See by #AnthonyDoerr that of all the people who answered ‘Flaws of characters a main focus’ only 38% said Yes 🤔 I mean Werner is a complex sympathetic character but the ways he is complicit in Nazism is a major driver of the plot. If that ain’t a character flaw I don’t know what is! Nevertheless that complexity is part of why it’s a great book that avoids cliche @bookstodon

The cover of All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. A boy runs down a cobbled alley, wearing black leather shoes & a grey coat - clothing from the WW2 era. The alley is narrow & grey but the end of it creates a vertical plane of light in the picture. The boy is running towards the light

sarahmatthews , 25 days ago to disability

I’ve written some thoughts on Blind Spot: Exploring and Educating on Blindness by Maud Rowell, a short book that packs a punch! These essays are so insightful, writing about issues I’ve been thinking about recently in a far more eloquent way than I could ever manage #blind #Braille #Disability #accessibility #art #museums #bookstodon#BookReview #Storygraph @bookstodon @disability
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/84af5c9d-cede-4358-9941-9651cc1497c9

sarahmatthews , 1 month ago to bookstodon

I read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto and it was brilliant! A book about grief, friendship, love, and loneliness. A few more thoughts on it here #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f3acb5b6-f9a2-4d70-bf9e-7ff4e73ba379

sarahmatthews , 2 months ago to bookstodon

I had a sudden craving for Barbara Pym last week and thoroughly enjoyed rereading A Glass of Blessings, 1958, in which we follow Wilmet’s life in her suburban London parish. Full of quirky characters, it’s a great read! #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e7b574c0-ecaf-4a84-a30f-d3021490ad35

sarahmatthews , 2 months ago to bookstodon

I read The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude from The British Library Crime Classics series for the #1937Club this week which involved a very unusual murder method and plenty of twists and turns! #bookstodon #BookReview #audiobook #Storygraph @bookstodon @kaggsy59

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d2f3c13e-c154-4d2f-bbcc-c26df8cb69b6

sarahmatthews , 4 months ago to bookstodon

The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, 1943, is a disorienting story of espionage during WW2, with a little romance thrown in and a great storyline about memory loss and trying to recover but also kind of enjoying the simple life where you’re sheltered from the horrors of the outside world. I’ve written some more thoughts on it here #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e3a7bc1d-866f-4091-93ee-e7270f209e9a

sarahmatthews , 4 months ago to bookstodon

Just finished Marking Time, the second in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s wonderful Cazalet Chronicle, set during WW2. again the characterisation is brilliant and the story so engaging. I’ve written a little more about it here #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/78afd24c-f0e5-4abc-b5d2-dce638a6805d

sarahmatthews , 5 months ago to bookstodon

I’ve just finished The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 1990, a truly memorable family saga set just before the Second World War and I’m so glad it’s the first of a series of 5 books! Some more thoughts on it here #bookstodon #BookReview #Storygraph #Braille @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f0860f2-821a-49e5-8741-38eb3ff6e80c

GamingNews , 6 months ago to random

Polygon just posted:

StoryGraph is the Goodreads alternative worth switching to

The book tracking app has better features and no drama

https://www.polygon.com/24026840/storygraph-goodreads-alternative-reading-book-tracking-app

#gamingNews

lorywidmerhess , 6 months ago to bookstodon

My #StoryGraph year

@bookstodon

#Books #Review #Statistics

https://enterenchanted.com/my-storygraph-year/

lorywidmerhess , 6 months ago to bookstodon

2023: My Year in Nonfiction

All the nonfiction books I read last year!

@bookstodon

#Nonfiction #Book #Review #StoryGraph #Memoir
#Spiritual #History #Medicine #Theater #Writing #Psychology

https://enterenchanted.com/2023-my-year-in-nonfiction/

movation , 6 months ago to bookstodon German

Ich möchte 2024 meine Leseerfahrungen loggen. #Bookwyrm fand ich doof. #Storygraph, anyone? aber eigenlich möchte ich auch longform Blogartikel und sowas erfassen, Gibt's da was, oder muss ich das dann doch in ein Blog hauen?

#reading #blogs #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #blogs

hawksquill , 6 months ago to bookstodon

Okay, I've decided that 2024 is finally going to be the year I get on #StoryGraph. My Goodreads library import is currently in process and my 2024 goal of 52 books is set 👀

I read a lot of literary fiction, sci fi and speculative fiction more generally, nonfiction, historical fiction, and classics.

I love the look of some of the Storygraph features like mood tagging and buddy reads. Drop your username or DM me if you'd like to be friends!

#AmReading #Bookstodon @bookstodon

alexisbushnell , 6 months ago to bookstodon

My #Storygraph year in review is here, yay!

Proud of myself for reading so many pages last year. I'm a slow reader, always have been, but really chuffed with my reading achievements from 2023: https://app.thestorygraph.com/wrap-up/2023/misslexisaurus

#Bookstodon @bookstodon

thestorygraph , 6 months ago to bookstodon

We’ve just launched a brand new Recommendations section! 🥳

Everyone gets their own personalised StoryGraph "bookstore"! 😍

Browse lists curated just for you, including genre picks, suggestions based on your recent reads, books similar users loved, and more. ✨

@bookstodon #bookstodon #storygraph #TheStoryGraph

Screenshot of the top of the new "Advanced Recommendations Search" menu on StoryGraph. The top section reads "What are you in the mood for? Books with a similar theme/feel to.. You can select up to 3.' Two books have been selected, and their cover thumbnail shows alongside the title and author, and underneath is a search bar with the placeholder "Search by title and author or ISBN".
Screenshot of the new "Similar users loved.'" recommendations section on StoryGraph. Two book covers are show side-by-side, and there's a "Browse" button top right.
Screenshot of the new "Based on recent reads" recommendations section on StoryGraph. Two book covers are show side-by-side, and there's a "Browse" button top right.

ronsboy67 , 7 months ago to bookstodon

4.25/5 @thestorygraph for "The Case of the Missing Men" - book 11/15 for my 2023 #DeanStreetDecember Another fun frolic, although I'm wondering if it was also "The Case of the Missing Map"🤔 #AmReading #ReadersOfMastodon #ebooks #GoldenAgeMysteries @bookstodon #StoryGraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ae0b6120-a3af-47b2-8736-585c5bb58c29

themostroom , 7 months ago to bookstodon

I like this #StoryGraph You can see where I meant to travel to Denmark this year. I can't wait for the third installment of the HMRC series (#JunoDawson) and to continue my re-discovery of #Ishiguro @bookstodon

sarahmatthews , 7 months ago to bookstodon

Dean Street Press is a great independent publisher who are ‘ devoted to producing, uncovering, and revitalizing good books’. Their authors include Stella Gibbons, Brian Flynn and D E Stevenson. This month it’s Dean Street December and I fancy reading a new author to me, Patricia Wentworth, who wrote mystery novels in the mid 20th century. I’ve been having fun looking through their website this morning trying to decide which one to read first #bookstodon #publishing @bookstodon
https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/pages/author_page/33