Socials

Hello Everyone!

At the bottom of the page, you can find links to my socials. Namely, Twitter, Goodreads and Twitch. Now, I’m not a streamer but you can find the amazing people I follow/host on my channel at the link below.

There are two more social platforms where you can find me at. Those are NetGalley and StoryGraph.

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What is NetGalley?

NetGalley is a free to use site aimed at influencers and professionals to help find, recommend and promote books to their audiences. NetGalley has a wide range of genres to choose from including audiobooks for those of you who prefer to listen on the go. All books and audiobooks are digital review copies otherwise known as advance review copies.

As a book reviewer, whether that’s on a retail site, blog or for a professional publication NetGalley asks that in exchange for your free copy that you leave a review. This doesn’t have to be heavily detailed but does need to involve your thoughts, feelings and whether you would recommend to others or purchase the book come publication.

When you find a book that interests you, all you have to do is click that request button and within a few days, you will be notified as to whether you’ve been successful or not. There are also lots of great options that you can read instantly without having to wait. What’s more, is that NetGalley also has a great app that is available on iOS and Android where you can find your books ready to read. You can also add your ARCs to your Kindle or reader using alternative download links.

I hope you check out this amazing site and give it a try. I’d love to hear about your experiences.

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What is StoryGraph?

I only recently discovered this site which is also available for download as an app via iOS and Android. I was recommended this site by a friend and I can honestly say it’s amazing so far. It has similar features to Goodreads in that you can log everything you read. You can even import your Goodreads bookshelves. There’s a tutorial for it. It’s so simple and easy to do. My favourite feature is that you are able to visually see your reading stats in the form of a pie graph.

The graphs show your most read genres, the pace of each book, the number of pages and how often you read fiction or non-fiction books. You can also track your reading goals and compare stats between different time periods. What I also like is that you can log any and all trigger warnings present in your books which, is such a handy feature. for those of you who want to avoid certain themes.

The Story Graph like Goodreads will also recommend books to you based on your reading preferences which you can input on your profile page. For example, my preferences are:

• favourite genres (Crime, LGBTQIA+, Magical Realism, True Crime and Thriller)
• kind of books you like (Enemies to Lovers, Secret Dating, Murder Mystery, LGBTQIA Authors and Fanfiction)
• characteristics you appreciate (Character Driven, Strong Character Development, High-Quality Writing)
• genres you dislike/aren’t interested in (Autobiography, Business, Children’s, Comics, Economics, Essays, Graphic Novel, Manga, Mathematics, Music, Politics, Reference, Science, Self Help, Sports and Video Games)
• things that turn you off books (Flat Characters, Poor Writing, Groy Horror/Violence)
• books you’re never in the mood for (Challenging)

As we know a person’s reading preferences change over time, and that’s great. You can edit the above at any time. There are a whole bunch of recommended books that take your preferences into account. However, if you’re looking for something specific then StoryGraph’s search tool is amazing. You can search by mood, pace, type, genre, number of pages and even exclude parameters.

So, If you’re interested and what to check out what StoryGrpah has to offer for yourselves, I highly recommend you check out my stats page. It’s bright, colourful and just awesome to look at.