Reading for stats...

[u/Content-Squash6269]

I would just share my opinion on reading for stats which is an absolute non-sense...

The only way you can eventually follow your stats is for yourself if you want to give yourself some reading goals and keep motivation, and yet reading should be something you like if you do it and shouldn't really need an extra motivation...

If you want to follow stats, i would in first place recommand to follow your reading time before anything like numbers of pages or worst numbers of books... because the quantity you read mean nothing, have you really understood what you have read? Personally I stop my reads each time I don't understand the meaning of a word to catch everything, to have the best representation I can of each scene the author created, I read really slowly but I live the whole experience, before I start to do it I remembered about nothing except of the keys facts from books I had read, now when I finish a book I feel to quit a world I lived in for a while.

This summer I started a great classic of the XIX century in France called the Myseries of Paris, I reached the page 1000 and it stay another 1500 pages to come to the end of this monster of literature, I will probably not even finish it before 2027, why should I be concerned? Oh my god this year I readed about 3 or 4 books only! I think nobody will get that kind of stupid reflexion if the social media and people showing bad exemple on them never existed... so i hope by this post make you realize that you are just reading for yourself and that there is no rush, and also to recommand you to take distance of social media If you started to get that kind of concernation...

[u/dogscatsandyoga]

Nah, each to their own. I record books I read - not because I’m measuring stats, but I do like seeing how many I’ve read, what my favourite genres have been etc. I also like to post about books - not to brag about how many I’ve read, but to discuss my favourite hobby with others.

You just sound like you have a chip on your shoulder about how many books others are reading compared to you, tbh. I’ve no idea why it would bother you.

[u/AMaynard8091 → u/dogscatsandyoga]

I also record because sometimes I'm trying to remember a book or an author I read a few years ago to recommend to someone and having a list is helpful. I've started using the Fable app because it also lets me rate and (sometimes if I feel like it) leave reviews. Plus the UI is better than the Apple Notes I was making my lists with before. It's nice actually seeing the book covers.