12 Comments
User's avatar
Heather B's avatar

I'm so glad you're doing this! Reading shouldn't be stressful. Completely the opposite. I think the average American reads about 12 books a year anyway, so you're still a super reader! I've been intrigued by Story Graph but am so used to Goodreads. There's a way to transfer over all your data, though, right?

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

Thank you for appealing to my inner star student status by assuring me I'm still a super reader! <3 and yes, you can import all of your data/books. I'll be honest I still don't entirely know how to navigate StoryGraph just yet, but the graphs are pretty!!

Expand full comment
Morgan's avatar

I love this so much! I like to track on story graph for stats that aren't the number of books I read in a year. I set my original story graph goal to one book and my goal is just to read and see what happens too :)

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

Aww yay, I love this for you! What's your handle? I'd love to follow you there. I'm @LTintheCity!

Expand full comment
Morgan's avatar

I just requested you! I'm honeybeatslibrary on there :)

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

Umm, this may be the best username ever! See you on Storygraph <3

Expand full comment
Drew Stricker's avatar

I like this piece of advice, something I'm trying to do differently this year:

"Stop reaching for people who aren’t reaching back." — Katya Davidson, Portland, Ore.

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

Ooh, that is a good one!

Expand full comment
Sarah W.'s avatar

Wow, yes to making reading fun again! I read a bunch of simple romance novels last year, but I didn’t log them on storygraph because I was embarrassed they weren’t “serious” enough 🙈

Setting an intention to celebrate that I’m reading for fun and don’t need to worry what people think!

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

Yes, absolutely! Read (and share!) what brings you joy. Life is too short. 🙌🏾

Expand full comment
Tamara O's avatar

Overplanning. Let life be what it is, and unfold for a few months to even a year.

Expand full comment
L'Oreal Thompson Payton's avatar

I feel this on a spiritual level! I’m learning to leave blank space and let life surprise me.

Expand full comment