Submitted by bebetterturnip t3_10l231z in books
So I told a friend that I finally updated my inactive goodreads account since I started to read more frequently. She reads a lot of books, way more than me. Turns out she has never heard of goodreads, so I was happy to tell her about it. She looked at me like I was crazy and said something like "What for?" and I explained that I lost track of basically all books I read as a teen and goodreads helps me to remember the books I read and if I enjoyed them. She suggested that I might have an obsessive compulsive disorder and in her defence, I do tend to track everything (goals, tasks, habits, appointments) because I need an overview of everything or else I forget and can't plan my day accordingly. But... I still can't understand her point of view of just reading and forgetting. So I asked her about all the books she read in the past in the sense of "what if you don't remember them" and she just told me that it doesn't matter.
I told her that I like other features, too, like the articles and recommendations. She told me that I'm not going to read them anyway and I told her that I read one about fantasy retellings since I enjoyed one a while ago. How common is it to not keep track of the books you read? Would you say that in your experience, more people keep track than not? Is goodreads a niche app even within readers?
Edit: There's like 10 comments per second so thank you for answering. I'm genuinely surprised but it seems like I'm in the minority here. At the end of the day it's about the fun you have while reading and yeah, now that I'm seeing all these answers it does make sense that people might see tracking as an exhausting task or associate it with school. 😂