My old lady plan is to find a cottage in Ireland within walking distance of a sweet, little town and fill the cottage with books. There I will spend my last days with my tea, a comfy chair, and all the books. Just reading.
However, somewhere in my late 30s until a couple of years ago (my very early 40s), reading stopped being a common past time. I'm still not entirely sure what happened. I have some hypotheses, but nothing worth noting. I do know that when I started my doctoral work, reading became a chore because of all the research and textbooks I constantly consumed. I rarely had the energy or desire to read anything for fun.
Then in 2020, I started a bookstagram mostly to hold myself accountable for reading. I wasn't trying to influence anything or win any reading competitions. I wanted to show myself the reading I'd done over the year on an app I frequented. It helped. I liked posting images of books I read framed in fun backgrounds. Scrolling through them made me happy, so I continued.
Now some of you may be thinking, "I have Goodreads for that." Yeah, so did I. When I logged in last month (after resetting my forgotten password), I saw that the last time I'd been in Goodreads was 2014...a decade ago. For whatever reason, that platform was not what my brain needed. However, I am ready to start really recording my reading habits again. I thought about returning to Goodreads, and then a friend shared The StoryGraph app with me. I liked the idea of going with a more independent platform as opposed to one owned by Amazon (I already send way too much money that way).
I exported my Goodreads history (didn't want to lose what I did complete in there), and imported it to my StoryGraph account. Then I went through my bookstagram and added each of those. One small problem, I have no record of what I read between 2014 and 2020. I assure you I did read. I guess I'll just never be certain of what.
For now, I plan to continue with my Bibliolydia Bookstagram and begin to really develop my StoryGraph account. Apparently, there is a way to connect with others on StoryGraph. I would love to connect with others! If you have a bookstagram or StoryGraph account, let's connect:
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| I wish I could do this with all my books to take wherever I go. |
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