I've found Goodreads works pretty okay for me - the recommendations are often poor but as someone with limited physical shelf-space (and frankly a poor memory for books I've read more than a couple of months ago) being able to leave a review just to remind myself what I liked or didn't is really helpful. Plus I find the 'want-to-read' list incredibly helpful, I have over 100 books on the list and would totally forget books I'm recommended otherwise! I do get what you mean though about page counting, personally I've always been a bit of a page counter Goodreads or not, but it doesn't affect which books I choose or how fast I read them so it doesn't bother me. It's more of a 'wow, I'm really enjoying this book!" if I notice I'm reading a book faster or more frequently