| Thanks! Yes, having Booqsi be independent of Amazon was one of the inspirations for wanting to build it in the first place. You're not the first to use their Reminders (or Notes) app for book lists. If you're not interested in the social elements of Booqsi and just want to improve upon your current approach, a couple thoughts come to mind: 1. it's built specifically for books (unlike the Reminders app), so you'll be able to easily search for and add books to your "To read" shelf with the option to then "mark is as read" when you finished it, making it easy to track that aspect of your reading journey as well. 2. if you choose to buy it, it'll link you directly to bookshop.org to purchase it from a local bookstore instead of Amazon. Now, if you wanted to elevate your experience, I feel like the social aspects of Booqsi is where it shines. For example: 1. if a friend drops you a book recommendation, it'll automatically add that book to your Books Recommended to Me shelf. If you like that book, you can move it to your "to read" shelf, or just go buy it. I've found it makes tracking book recs so much easier. 2. anytime someone in your community mentions a book, it'll come through your feed; you can then easily take action from it by navigating to the book's info page, adding to a shelf, going to purchase it, etc. Those are just a few that come to mind! Regardless of if you want to use the site independently of others or engage more socially with others, there's something for everyone. |