Fable:
I set out this year to divest myself of as many of the more sinister corporations as possible (Amazon, Meta, etc.) and one that I deleted was Goodreads before moving over to Fable. It has a better UI, a better feed, and utilizes tools like reading streaks, visualizers, a DNF list. It's kind of just a better app so far. You can also hook up your Goodreads account to move all of your data to Fable.
Partiful:
When did we stop sending real invites to things? Was Facebook Events the beginning of the end? Probably. But now we can send fun and funky invites to people again.
Pocket Casts:
I ended my Spotify subscription this year to move over to Tidal for music, and Pocket Casts has every podcast that I need.
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I do use Fable, just started this year, but I mostly use Storygraph for tracking my reading And goals. I am Doing the 52 book club challenge this year and Storygraph helps with keeping track of the prompts. I recently joined a book club on Fable and enjoying reading along with folks.
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Unfortunately, I’ve tried some of the Goodreads alternatives like Fable and StoryGraph, I haven’t found one that has that same great community where you can also discuss books. Storygraph you can’t comment at all and Fable it just seems like no one really does. I’ll definitely have to see what other people recommend here in case there’s something better.
Jan 19, 2025
Goodreads is a nice place to keep track of books you want to read and find new book recommendations. You can also set a reading goal for the year and track your progress - this motivates me quite a bit! Also, they see audiobooks and regular books as the same, so great!
I found some cool people on YouTube that review books and do little reading related videos, it’s very endearing and motivating- and you get some good book ideas. it’s kind of a rabbit hole, here a just a few I like. Bonus, most of them have a goodreads account.
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Apr 17, 2024
My blog is at the link, but I wanted to use my rec to highlight RSS again. Most blogs today offer newsletters to keep up with posts. I respect email. It's a backbone of the internet. But I loathe newsletters junking up my email inbox.
My preferred way to keep up with blogs is with their RSS feed (Real Simple Syndication). Nearly every website has an RSS feed. Podcasts would not work or exist without one. If you've subscribed to a podcast, you subscribed to an RSS feed.
You'll need an RSS Reader or service to subscribe to a blog's RSS feed. Think of it as a podcast app but for reading.
NetNewsWire is a fantastic free app for Mac and iOS that's perfect for getting started. Feedly is a good platform agnostic option with web, iOS, and Android options. I haven't used it in like a decade though. Another option similar to Feedly is Inoreader that I haven't tested myself.
I personally use Reeder.
RSS readers also aren't just for following blogs. YouTube channels have RSS feeds. So do Twitter profiles. Tumblrs. If there's something you want updates on and it has a RSS feed, you can toss it in a reader.
Jan 17, 2025
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