Ally came up with this fantastic blog idea that I’m in love with! Here is her explanation:
So on Goodreads, you can compare your books to someone else’s books. Essentially, Goodreads will look at the books on both of your shelves and compare them for similarities. I’m not entirely sure how it works, but it’s a general look at how similar your reading is.
So, I thought it would be fun to compare my reading tastes to those of some of my friends to see who I read most similarly to.
So let’s see how much my friends and I actually have in common when it comes to reading!
Naty: 75% similar
Books we agree on:
- Supper Club by Lara Williams
- The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Books we disagree on:
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
- Bunny by Mona Awad
Barbara: 76% similar
Books we agree on:
- A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Books we disagree on:
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson
Callum: 79% similar
Books we agree on:
- The Last Animal by Abbi Geni
- Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
- The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne
Books we disagree on:
- Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson (I have a lot of Thoughts on this book lol)
- Ordinary People by Diana Evans
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Hannah: 79% similar
Books we agree on:
- The Sea Beast Takes a Lover by Michael Andreason
- Awayland by Ramona Ausubel
- I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg
Books we disagree on:
- Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Marija: 80% similar
Books we agree on:
- Rafe by Rebekah Witherspoon
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- Luster by Raven Leilani
Books we disagree on:
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (i pretend i do not see it)
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Emily: 82% similar
Books we agree on:
- The Body Lies by Jo Baker
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
- The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Books we disagree on:
- Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Ally herself!: 83% similar
Books we agree on:
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Books we disagree on:
- Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Destiny: 83% similar
Books we agree on:
- Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert
- Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach
- Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Books we disagree on:
- Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz
- Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Locke & Key by Joe Hill
Rachel: 84% similar
Books we agree on:
- We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan-Leach
- The Body Lies by Jo Baker
- The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien
Books we disagree on:
- A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore
- Penance by Kanae Minato
- Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Hadeer: 87% similar
Books we agree on:
- The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
- The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
- Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Books we disagree on:
- The Pisces by Melissa Broder
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Sarah Ames-Foley 
Ooh, this is so cool! Tbf my opinion of Frankissstein has changed quite a bit over time so let’s call it a round 80% 😇😂
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LOL sounds good Callum! ❤
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This is SUCH a cool idea and a very fun post to read. I saw my name first and I was like Yeah!!! We match The Mostest! Turns out not really 😂 but 75% is pretty good!
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Hahah! I feel like everyone is close enough anyway. I also think a lot of my older ratings would be different now so we can say we’re definitely higher 😉
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ugh i want to win one of these so bad!!
and for the record, i’ve read landline ages ago, so it’s really unfair that that’s listed. and once again, i publicly apologize for ghost wall.
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LMAO i’m sorry to be so unfair, you can cancel me it’s okay. but you’ll win one someday!!!
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This is one of my favourite features on Goodreads! I use it all the time, mostly to decide if I want to follow someone’s reviews haha. I might have to give this is a go. It would be interesting to see where my views align or not with people I’ve been friends with for awhile now.
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Yeah, it was really fun to see specifically where our opinions differed! And I was kind of surprised at the ordering. 🙂
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we match the most! 😀
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yesss!
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Ally really had a great idea with this post format! Interestingly (to me at least) the books you’ve listed that we agree on have all been strong and lasting faves for me, while the books we disagree on are titles I don’t feel very strongly about anymore. I had a good time with all three of those reads initially but would not hold any of them up as objectively great books, haha. Especially Frankissstein, I know I need to revisit my review/rating for that book as I’ve definitely come to sympathize with the arguments against it. Even so, 82% is pretty similar, that’s fun to see! 🙂
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Yay I’m so glad you did this!!
Honestly, I think we agree more about Vita Nostra than our Goodreads’ ratings suggest. I was very generous when I rated it and definitely think my rating would be lower than it is
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