Wednesday, April 30, 2014

April 2014 End Of The Month Report!

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W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe continued well through April with a few ironic twists! This month’s most hit review was not the early review of an expected blockbuster, but rather an indie film that pretty much sucked! We were bolstered well by independent cinema reviews as well as new reviews of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes and some cool television reviews!

This month was a growth month for W.L. Swarts Reviews The Universe! We focused on building our readership and producing some real quality reviews and to that end we succeeded. We might not have broken any records for the blog this month, but it was a solid month of reviews with a decent chunk of reviews in the docket for a continued strong May with some big new movie reviews forthcoming!

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 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 April, 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 April 2014, I have reviewed the following:
495 - Book Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Fiction
Star Trek Books
Nonfiction
Graphic Novels
Magazines
862 - Music (Album and Singles) Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Music Reviews By Rating (Best To Worst)
Music Reviews In Alphabetical Order
2535 - 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
728 - 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
758 - Food, Drink, And Restaurant Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Drinks
Candy
Cereal
Cheese and Meats
Ice Cream
Other Food
211 - 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
172 - 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 April is: Divergent, which I was largely unimpressed by.
Check it out!


The month of April had a lot of movement within the month and was (predictably) dominated by new reviews, with some interesting resurging reviews (like How I Met Your Mother Season 1!). For April, the Top Ten Reviews of the month were:
10. Snowpiercer
9. ”Nothing Personal” - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
8. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Rise Of Electro
7. How I Met Your Mother - Season 1
6. In Your Eyes
5. The Top Ten Episodes Of Frasier
4. The Top Ten Episodes Of Star Trek: Voyager
3. ”The End Of The Beginning” - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2. ”Turn, Turn, Turn” - Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1. Authors Anonymous

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 - 290 reviews
9s - 417 reviews
8s - 801 reviews
7s - 898 reviews
6s - 815 reviews
5s - 1069 reviews
4s - 776 reviews
3s - 621 reviews
2s - 280 reviews
1s - 195 reviews
0s - 88 reviews
No rating - 64 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 April 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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