lately i've stumbled upon so many pages people have built for their personal websites to showcase the books they've read or they're reading, and i'm in awe of the amount of time and effort people put into them

for instance, i'm absolutely obsessed with these abstract book covers by @soMelanieSaid (hover to see the originals) https://highlights.melanie-richards.com/ 

here's another beautiful page by @sawyerh, again featuring highlights from each book (and this one is automated! technical blog post: https://medium.com/@sawyerh/how-i-export-process-and-resurface-my-kindle-highlights-addc9de9af1a) https://highlights.sawyerh.com/ 

this page by @ampinsk situates each book in the time and place in which she read it (often with accompanying photos), which i find so lovely https://amandapinsker.com/reading 

here's a fun one by @aaronzlewis, framed as a starter pack (honestly a pretty apt term for the books and essays that have influenced you the most) https://aaronzlewis.com/starterpack/ 

if you know of any other good examples, drop them in the replies, i want to see them!!!

here's a whole list of digital bookshelves compiled by @tomcritchlow (he has his own as well: https://tomcritchlow.com/wiki/books/books-read/) https://tomcritchlow.com/wiki/books/bookshelves/

in this page by @Mappletons, she's written her own summary and notes for each book https://maggieappleton.com/bookshelf/ 

tl;dr, no one likes goodreads