There are many people out there that don’t realise just how much micro.blog can do, and one of my favourite things is to use it for is reading. It is a great resource for finding recommendations through all reading posts tagged 📚 and tracking the books I read through the year.

So in Micro Social, you will find a toggle to turn on the Books Tab. This works with the standard three bookshelves that every user has on micro.blog and turns the app into your reading companion. From the Book Tab you can see all the books you have on your bookshelves, move them around, and also search for a new book to add to your shelves by tapping the plus.

Finished a book? Just mark is as finished, and it will be moved to your finished reading shelf, with the ability to post about your achievement if you’d like to. Or just quietly revel in your awesomeness — that’s your choice.

Goals

Reading goals are a big motivator for me, so it was an obvious feature for me to add. Right at the top of the tab, you will be able to see all the books you finished this year, with a handle progress bar.

Bitten off a bit more than you can chew? No problem, you can edit your goal right in the app easily and your goal and progress will be updated.

Recommendations

Not sure what to read next and you want to read shelf is empty? Micro Social has a recommendations section that pulls books recommended by the micro.blog community for you to add to yourself. From here you can check out what the community are saying about the book, or add it straight to a shelf. You’ll never struggle with what to read next, you might not need to edit your reading goal after all!

That’s reading and the Books Tab on Micro Social — I think you’re going to love it (/Tim Cook voice).

Thank you to those currently supporting the development of Micro Social. I’m blown away by the support, and it means a lot to me. If you feel like you would like to contribute to my work and fund an App Store developer account, feel free to buy me a coffee or two.