Something for fellow book lovers!!!
Hi, everyone!!! I may not seem like this, but I am a fiend for books. I will discuss today something other than otome games. It's related to books, but not entirely. I will review for a reading-tracker app, which has impressed me!
First of all, I need to clarify, I never used a book tracker before. I am an avid reader and always read what I had an interest in it. But for last two years, I have been more invested in books. But I realized last year December that I didn't remember which book I bought when, or which book I read when. Though I always put a small note in each book's back page writing down the purchased date and where I bought it from (like online book platform, or a book fair or from a random book store). But it was not much help, because my memory was completely a blur as when I was immersed in which book. This realization filled me with a void in my mind, as if I haven't enjoyed my time with those books, because I never tracked them down.
Lately, I was struggling to have a motivation for reading, too.
For these reasons, I reached out to Google play store. There were plenty of book trackers, and the most effective one was Bookmory. I will explain thoroughly about it's features.
Bookmory is a simple and handy book tracker. The UI is smooth, as well as the experience. You can record multiple books here, and all the books will be saved in your "Library" section. You can set up a goal for reading books,like 10 pages daily, or 1 chapter daily. Yep, you can change this format. It's your choice which will you record by chapter or page wise.
You can have streaks. These streaks is the key behind the motivation behind your reading habit. Just set a goal, and complete it everyday or every week, and the app will automatically update your streaks and make a book calender!
About goals: you can set the streak format as "Daily" and "Weekly". If you want to immerse yourself in book everyday, set a daily goal that you easily can achieve. If you are too busy, set a weekly goal and the motivation is yours!
About books: You can read multiple books at a time and can keep it recorded easily. I really liked the feature for "Paused books". If you are too bored or not in the mood for the book's theme, then pause it for a while, and resume it later! There is also a section for "Books you gave up reading". It's useful too! Another feature is, you can record the books you borrow in "Loan record". Here, you can register the book, can set reminder for return day etc.
The most favourite feature of mine is "Add books manually". It might sound like a hassle. But this is the feature for which I would never uninstall the app!!! Here, you can record your new book's or borrowed book's details manually (inputting name, ISBN, language, writer, translator and so on!).
Why I like this feature? Because it's really helpful. In other book trackers, like Goodreads and Fables, you have to add books by searching it in browser. And the browser is full with English literature as you have to face many hassle only looking for the books you are reading in your native language here. These book trackers are not much user-friendly for people who read books other than English. These book trackers are heaven for English speakers and English reader. But when you read a book you are reading in your native language (other than English), it's really hard to find them there! And these trackers don't have much language settings and it is trouble when you read books of an underrated language (like my native language, Bangla).
By the "Adding books manually", you can record whichever language you want to read!!! Just ANY language! Even the names of your native writers and translators will be saved!
You can even record your reading by dates. In some trackers, you must play the "Reading Session" feature to record your book reading, which drains your phone battery. But the system in Bookmory is really good, you don't need to necessarily use the reading session feature!
You also can rate the books you finished reading and write a review on it. But please note, if you write a review, the app will consume much storage in your phone.
About storage and ads: The app is not that heavy, but if you write reviews in it, it will take much storage. The ads aren't annoying at all. You also can have some premium version privileges only by watching ads. The app uses Google Drive for backup.
Cons: The only thing I say as a con, though I don't mind it at all, is that, this app is for single use. You can not have friends in app and chat about books. It's like your private library, no one will enter and you have the authority there. I don't mind the lack of friends at all, considering all the good feature we can have here!
I hope your journey with books will be much smoother no matter how you record it!!! 💕
