Why I am deleting Goodreads and maybe you should, too | Books | The Guardian

Home to about 90 million readers worldwide, Goodreads is a website that lets users track their reading and broadcast their tastes to the world - or, in my case, a few friends and vague acquaintances. At its core, it's a harmless concept: an online community for bookworms, and an opportunity to discover new books your friends have loved.

It's also extremely satisfying. Since joining Goodreads a few years ago, the annual roundup I receive tallying up the books I have finished that year has become the clinching point of my reading experience. I get a buzz from increasing my reading goal every 12 months, and from comparing how many pages I've turned or hours of audiobooks I've listened to with other people's numbers. I feel a sense of accomplishment every time I update my "progress" with a book.