Fic Stats Halfway Through 2023
Haven’t had time to do a WIP Wishlist since round 20 in April. Am still reading and slowly commenting. Travelled for work twice as much in the first half of 2023 as I did all of 2021 and 2022 combined. Loads of downloading and reading offline.
In February, I randomly decided to track my fic reading this year. Have some stats as of the end of June. I haven’t read a single fic that doesn’t contain Jaime x Brienne. Sometimes paired with others, too. Haven’t been this monofannish in years.
I read fast, comment slowly, and write rec posts even slower. Not an official rec post, but I recommend everything and everyone in these lists.
Limitations: I know I haven’t written down all the fic I’ve read. I’d say at least 90% of it is in the spreadsheet. None of the lists but one include WIPs or they would dominate everything because I reread with every new chapter. I obsessively reread things. Top authors may appear more times than they have number of fic. Means I’ve reread some of their stories at least twice. I am awful at spreadsheets and manage only the most basic information. Absolutely no pretty charts either.
Time for the stats!
Words Read Feb - June: just under 13 million
Authors I’ve Read 20+ Times:
aviss (61)
ddagent (53)
tall_wolf_of_tarth (31)
angel-deux (29)
janie_tangerine (29)
winterkill (29)
chrkrose (27)
Lady_in_Red (25)
sdwolfpup (24)
Zeta_Mei (20)
Most Read Completed Fic:
so all the world can see by EllisJay (ASOIAF) (9)
Undisclosed Desires by Roccolinde (GOT) (5)
To be in your arms again by sdwolfpup (GOT) (4)
Beyond the Ice and the Fire by littleobird (GOT) (3)
Choices by Gwen77 (GOT) (3)
Ice by Gwen77 (GOT) (3)
They Make You Swear and Swear by angelowl (GOT) (3)
Certainly not obvious I’ve often been in the mood for a show fix-it. I’m tentatively working on one myself.
Pretty much everything else in the spreadsheet has been read twice.
Most Read Currently-Being-Updated-and-Still-a-WIP Fic:
Come-into-my-castle by Zeta_Mei (ASOIAF canon divergence) (13)
Pound of Flesh by The_Midget (GOT canon divergence) (9)
Simple by languageintostillair (GOT fix-it) (7)
when the sun shine, we shine together (Reality Show AU) (7)
lover boy. by SeeThemFlying (Modern AU) (6)
Top Five Longest Completed Fic Read Once:
Heart Full of Gasoline by sdwolfpup (Formula One AU) (406,767)
Diamond in the Rough by cardinalgirl75 (Baseball AU) (374,333)
Honor Compels Me by angel_deux (GOT S6 canon divergence) (335,399)
The One: Game of Thrones Edition by motorbike_on_the_avenue (Reality Show AU) (236,912)
Baby Mama by SeeThemFlying (Soulmate + Surrogate AU) (222,769)
Top Five Longest Completed Fic Read Twice:
Brienne-centric Kinktober 2021 by dancinginthecenteroftheworld (varies) (101,177)
And Counting by nubbins_for_all (GOT S8 canon divergence) (97,301)
All is Black by Weirwoo (GOT fix-it) (65,455)
The Right Question by Aviss (pre-canon canon divergence) (56,354)
Butterfly Effect by Aviss (pre-canon canon divergence) (51,274)
I know this debate goes around and around. This is where I learned GOT fic is canon divergence for me unless it specifically includes Jaime leaving. It’s fix-it at that point.
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