I am always with my Kindle and almost exclusively read Fantasy and Science Fiction. I feel that reading fiction is a form of entertainment, nothing more, which I feel (strictly in my opinion) is a better form of entertainment than mindless scrolling through social media, YouTube and Tiktok.

>they don't necessarily teach you anything

It may not be immediately apparent but reading fiction helps us understand different characters and their thoughts. It helps build empathy and makes us look and feel through the eyes of people very different to us. It helps develop our imagination and creativity. It improves our emotional intelligence. Ofcourse, all this depends on the fictional books we read, some are masterpiece others utter trash. It boils down to how we choose to use the experience and information.

I use Goodreads to keep a track of the books I've read, want to read and books I've DNFd. I have set a reading challenge for myself this year for the first time and am also getting into a habit of writing reviews so that I can think and articulate better the things that I liked/disliked about a book. I mostly get my recommendations from various subreddits and mark those as 'want to read' on Goodreads. The reviews on Goodreads are a hit/miss and so is the rating system.

I don't obsess too much over updating regular progress of a book I am reading on Goodreads. Setting up a reading challenge for myself has actually helped me read more and get back into reading instead of wasting time on social media. Also, nowadays I DNF a book very quickly if it isn't working for me and move on to the next book. Doesn't make sense to me to obsessively complete a book just for stats. I add such book to my DNF shelf and add a small review as to why I DNFd it, so I can remember later.

It's all about perspective and how we use any tool/platform. If someone is obsessed over tracking progress, then that can be done through spreadsheet too, the app just makes it easier. Every app/platform is made to be as addictive as possible to make the users spend more time/money on it. It's upto us to use them judiciously to our advantage.