May 2014 End Of The Month Report!

| | | W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe had a very slow May. Beleaguered with longer hours at work, I was a bit less productive this month . . . but we’re set up for a much better June! This month’s most hit review was actually the second-best hit review of the entire year, which was a surprise for me! We were bolstered well by independent cinema reviews, additional food reviews, and the final few episodes of the first season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

This month at W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe, there we had no new additions to the Top Ten Of All Time. This month, we put special emphasis on food, new indie cinema, the musical works of Sting and Joni Mitchell and the final Star Trek: Enterprise episodes! Thanks for all the "likes" for those posts, as well as all of the new hits on older reviews!

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In May, the index pages were very regularly! The primary Index Page, which we try to update daily, lets you know what the featured review is and has an up-to-the-day tally of how many reviews have been reviewed in each category! Check it out!

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At the end of May 2014, I have reviewed the following:
499 - Book Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Fiction
Star Trek Books
Nonfiction
Graphic Novels
Magazines
866 - Music (Album and Singles) Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Music Reviews By Rating (Best To Worst)
Music Reviews In Alphabetical Order
2551 - Movie and Television Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Movies By Rating (Best Movie to Worst)
Movies In Alphabetical Order
Best Picture Oscar Winner Film Reviews
Television Reviews
The Star Trek Review Index Page (All Star Trek Reviews In Order)!
The Star Trek Review Index Page (All Star Trek Reviews From The Best Of The Franchise To The Worst!)!
203 - Trading and Gaming Card Reviews
Gaming Cards Reviews
Star Trek Gaming Cards Reviews
Star Wars Gaming Cards Reviews
The Lord Of The Rings Trading Card Game Reviews
Other Gaming Cards Reviews
Trading Cards Reviews
730 - Toy and Christmas Ornament Reviews
with specialized pages for:
Ornament Reviews
Star Trek Toys
Star Wars Toys
Lord Of The Rings Toys
Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel Toys
Comic Book, Movie, Television Toys
Plush and Other Toys
764 - Food, Drink, And Restaurant Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Drinks
Candy
Cereal
Cheese and Meats
Ice Cream
Other Food
212 - Pet Product Reviews
Cat Product Reviews
Dog Product Reviews
Rabbit Product Reviews
107 - Travel Reviews
Destinations Reviews
Hotels Reviews
166 - Health And Beauty Product Reviews
175 - Home, Garden, Appliance and Tool Reviews
93 - Electronics, Computers, Computer Games and Software Reviews
36 - Other Product Reviews

The Featured Review For The Month of May is: The Double, which I was largely impressed by.
Check it out!

The month of May had a lot of movement within the month and was (predictably) dominated by new reviews, with an interesting resurging review (Girl Meets Boy?!). For May, the Top Ten Reviews of the month were:
10. The Clone Wars - Season 6
9. The Worst 10 Episodes Of Star Trek: Voyager
2. ”Ragtag” - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7. Making The Rules
6. ”The Beginning Of The End” - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
5. Walk Of Shame
4. The Top Ten Episodes Of Frasier
3. The Top Ten Episodes Of Star Trek: Voyager
2. Girl Meets Boy
1. Bad Neighbors

I pride myself on being an exceptionally fair reviewer, but one who is very discriminating. I believe that most reviewers are far too biased toward both what is current and toward unduly praising things. I tend to believe most things actually are average and they ought to follows something around a Bell Curve. Mine is a little lopsided, but not as lopsided as most reviewers I know (who would probably have peak numbers between ten and seven)!

For my reviews, the current count is:
10s - 292 reviews
9s - 418 reviews
8s - 803 reviews
7s - 902 reviews
6s - 823 reviews
5s - 1077 reviews
4s - 780 reviews
3s - 624 reviews
2s - 284 reviews
1s - 195 reviews
0s - 88 reviews
No rating - 65 articles/postings

There was a decent amount of movement this month, but there were no new entries into the Top Ten. At the end of May 2014, the most popular reviews/articles I have written are:
10. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
9. Safe Haven
8. Oz The Great And Powerful
7. The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bone
6. Warm Bodies
5. Iron Man 3
4. Now You See Me
3. Tyler Perry's Temptation
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
1. Man Of Steel

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