Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels discussion

Greetings everyone, there are some statistics that I personally found pretty interesting and would like sharing with all of our members.

Hugo & Nebula: Best Novels. Group achievements of 2018:

Total novels read: 33
Total pages read: 10,933 (11k including short stories)
Most read author: Ursula K. Le Guin [7 novels + 1 short]
Total challenges pledged/completed: 46 pledged/ 40 completed
Total new members: 225
The most discussed book: The Dispossessed 51 posts
The least discussed book: Blackout 15 posts
The longest book read: Feed 599pg
The shortest book read: The Einstein Intersection 136pg
Book with the highest rating read: The Dispossessed 4.20
Book with the lowest rating read: The Difference Engine 3.41
Percentage of spreadsheet cleared: 3.9%
Total Hugos read: 19
Total Nebulas read: 15
Total Related reads: 6
Total group posts: 3,177

Nice, thank you for posting! I'm a stats geek. I posted my total 2018 stats elsewhere but I'll have to look at them in this context. I also belong to the SF Aficionados group, and I get the monthly reads confused. (A decent group btw, but not H/N focused).

When checking these stats out I was pleasantly surprised to see that we've read 11k pages as a group (I missed one novel, Collapsing Empire and I am planning to catch up this year, when I get all the sequels in a row). And that is only since March 2018!

I considered following another sci-fi group, but to be honest I prefer sticking to one group that I like the most and fill my reading list with friend recommendations and non-fiction. Not that I blame anyone who belongs to 20 different groups! On the contrary, I am envious of everyone who is able to juggle their social media successfully.

I am also planning to sign up for Worlds Without End, the tools they have are pretty amazing. I already stole a peek at various sub-genres they have, seems like I will be able to release another update for our bookshelves using their lists.

If you need any input on Worlds Without End, just ask. I've been using it for a couple years and have hundreds of books catalogued. The challenges are fun to do and you can create your own. You can also tag books with your own sub-genres. The range of book lists and awards are awesome and the way they are represented by their covers is really cool. It's mesmerizing to look at a page full of book covers showing all the ones you've read and the ones you haven't.