snowflake 2k26 #13

[queenslayerbee]

Challenge #13.
TALK ABOUT A COMMUNITY SPACE YOU LIKE. It doesn’t need to be your favorite, or the one where you spend the most time (although it certainly can be). Maybe it’s even one that you’ve barely visited. But talk about that space and how it helps support fannish community.

In my last entry I got a bit into why I like dreamwidth, and wish to use it more / have more people around. 

Storygraph is another site I want to use more this year, taking full advantage of it & all its amenities. Once I get back to reading problem in... a month or so, hopefully, after I've crossed some bridges IRL that are taking most of my time at the moment xD

Goodreads is thee book review site, and I still visit sometimes (or plan use it to boost some stuff, indie writers and the like), but there are a lot of reasons why it never quite worked for me and every other week there seems to be some huge drama on that front, sometimes resembling a social media site more than a book review archive. I use storygraph for what it's meant to be used and it's a much more relaxed environment, which again, I appreciate. And I like all the options it offers -more exacting star rates, tags, a set of options to help describe the book's characteristics and help others find it (i.e. is it character centric? Plot-focused? etc.). It's quite useful and intuitive.

If you guys have storygraph, feel free to let me know your username and befriend me there! If not... I recommend getting one and playing around with it ^-^

Comments

[goodbyebird]

I left GR behind last year, and StoryGraph has been treating me well. Added you :)

[queenslayerbee]

Nice!

(And great icon! I have one of the same scene for discord lol).

[goodbyebird]

(very cool!)

[greetingsfrommaars]

i've been using storygraph as a simple TBR tracker, but the book characteristic filters really are so useful. this is a good reminder for me to start exploring those more!

[queenslayerbee]

They are! And I should use them more too lol. For now I've kept mostly to *my* page, but I want to change that.

[mossy_bench]

I was so so happy when Storygraph came onto the scene because I also had my issues with Goodreads. I love that there are no likes or replies for reviews on Storygraph! Overall, the site seems to encourage readers to identify their individual tastes and dive deeper into what they enjoy, which I appreciate.

My Storygraph is under my wallet name so alas I do not add fandom friends for fear of crossing the streams :,) but looking forward to hearing how the reading goes this year!

[queenslayerbee]

Yes! The lack of stats like those is very telling. The site is very purposeful about what it wants people to get from it.

Understandable lol. I hope the reading goes well for you too!