May was a record breaking month with my all-time best day since the blog began! In one day, I got more hits on a single review - Prometheus - than the prior #1! This resulted in a serious record-breaking month (almost 2,000 hits more than the prior record!), thanks for reading!
May had a very cool thing happen. As many of my readers know, my reviews are dominated by film and television reviews. Despite my love of music, graphic novel and toy reviews, movie reviews are the bread and butter of this blog. So, you might be able to imagine my pleasure and surprise to see that the review of Bath & Body Works' Rain Kissed Leaves Shampoo leapt mightily into the Top Ten reviews of all time! For most of the month (until some of the Summer Blockbusters started getting reviewed), that review was actually my #1 review of the month. Very cool!
Four reviews this month made it into my Top Ten of all time!
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At the end of May, I have reviewed the following:
355 - Book Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Fiction
Star Trek Books! - NEW CATEGORY!
Nonfiction
Graphic Novels
Magazines
505 - Music (Album and Singles) Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Music Reviews By Rating (Best To Worst)
Music Reviews In Alphabetical Order
1596 - Movie and Television Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Movies By Rating (Best Movie to Worst)
Movies In Alphabetical Order
Best Picture Film Reviews
Television Reviews
The Star Trek Review Index Page (All Star Trek Reviews In Order)!
153 - Trading and Gaming Card Reviews
474 - Toy and Christmas Ornament Reviews
468 - Food, Drink, And Restaurant Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Drinks
Candy
Cereal
Other Food
110 - Pet Product Reviews
Cat Product Reviews
Dog Product Reviews
Rabbit Product Reviews
106 - Travel Reviews
Destinations Reviews
Hotels Reviews
93 - Health And Beauty Product Reviews
108 - Home, Garden, Appliance and Tool Reviews
73 - Electronics, Computers, Computer Games and Software Reviews
20 - Other Product Reviews
My featured reviews for May are my reviews of Making Mirrors - Gotye and Homewood Suites in Rochester, NY (I couldn't choose just one this month)! Check them out!
For May, the Top Ten Reviews were my reviews of:
10. Dark Shadows
9. Piranha 3DD
8. The Hunger Games
7. Battleship
6. The Walking Dead - Season 2
5. The Avengers
4. Bath & Body Works Rain Kissed Leaves Shampoo
3. Men In Black 3
2. Snow White And The Huntsman
1. Prometheus
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 - 238 reviews
9s - 311 reviews
8s - 522 reviews
7s - 548 reviews
6s - 486 reviews
5s - 672 reviews
4s - 465 reviews
3s - 386 reviews
2s - 164 reviews
1s - 111 reviews
0s - 60 reviews
No rating - 19 articles/postings
And, if you haven't checked out the top reviews of all time, at the end of May, the most popular reviews/articles I have written are:
10. Anne Hathaway For Wonder Woman!
9. Bath & Body Works Rain Kissed Leaves Shampoo
8. Men In Black 3
7. Project X
6. Breaking Dawn, Part 1
5. Snow White And The Huntsman
4. The Avengers
3. The Hunger Games
2. Star Trek: Machinations Of Doomsday
1. Prometheus
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