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A reading log that isn’t Goodreads: pages, streaks, and no social feed
You wanted to count pages. You got a social network. Here’s the quiet version.
Leanfinit · 4 min read
You wanted to know how many pages you read this month. The app gave you followers, a yearly challenge banner, and other people’s five-star reviews. A reading log is a private thing. It should behave like 1.
What a reading log needs
- 1BookTitle, maybe author.
- 2Pages today1 number per day.
- 3A note1 line, optional. “Chapter 9 — the letter.”
What it shouldn’t have
Followers
Public ratings
Email sign-up
Recommendations / ads
Cloud sync you didn’t ask for
“Reading log: current books list; per day I enter pages read and an optional note. Show pages this month, 7-day and best streak, and a year heatmap. Mark a book finished. No account, no sharing.”
Pages this month412
Streak7 days · best 23
The Overstory · p. 211today +34
Piranesifinished Tue
If you later want ratings or a “to-read” shelf, add a sentence. The point is that the feed never arrives unless you ask for it.
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