Example — not a real recommendation
Piranesi
You loved the strangeness of Kafka on the Shore but stalled in its length. This keeps the strangeness at half the pages.
Fairly sure — based on 9 books in your log
A reading log that remembers why.
Shelve what you read — including what you set aside — and get recommendations that make their case in plain words, from your own history.
Free to use. Your log is private by default.
How it works
1 · Tell us one honest thing
Name a book everyone praised that didn’t work for you.
2 · Shelve as you go
Reading now, finished, set aside — with a reason if you want. Private by default; import from Goodreads in one file.
3 · Get reasons, not scores
Every recommendation says why in words from your history — and asks afterwards whether it worked.
What a recommendation looks like here
No percentage match, no “readers also bought”. An argument you can check against yourself — and correct.