August 2016 End Of The Month Report!

| | | August was a pretty tremendous return to blogging for me! We averaged more than two reviews posted each day of the month and we reviewed some big works and some truly obscure ones. August found us playing catch-up on the television shows we review and they ended up as some of the most-read reviews of the month. We also stockpiled some reviews going into September so that way when Luke Cage drops on Netflix at the end of the month, we'll be able to truly be useful to our readers!

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In August, we updated the index pages almost every day, keeping them quite useful to our readers. The primary Index Page, is usually updated daily and 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 and feel free to use that as it is a much more useful and organized index to the reviews I've written!

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At the end of August 2016, I have reviewed the following:
550 - Book Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Fiction
Star Trek Books
Nonfiction
Graphic Novels
Magazines
929 - Music (Album and Singles) Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Music Reviews By Rating (Best To Worst)
Music Reviews In Alphabetical Order
2997 - 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!)!
The Doctor Who Review Index Page (All Doctor Who Reviews In Order)!
The Doctor Who Review Index Page (All Doctor Who Reviews From The Best Of The Franchise To The Worst!)!
227 - 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
857 - 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
934 - Food, Drink, And Restaurant Reviews
with specialized index pages for:
Drinks
Candy
Cereal
Cheese and Meats
Ice Cream
Other Food
249 - Pet Product Reviews
Cat Product Reviews
Dog Product Reviews
Rabbit Product Reviews
114 - Travel Reviews
Destinations Reviews
Hotels Reviews
196 - Health And Beauty Product Reviews
198 - Home, Garden, Appliance and Tool Reviews
104 - Electronics, Computers, Computer Games and Software Reviews
56 - Other Product Reviews

The Featured Review For The Month of August is my review of: Nerve!
Check them out!

The month of August was awash in movement and it is no surprise that almost all of the biggest reviews were new movies and television season reviews! For August, the Top Ten Reviews of the month were:
10. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 3 / Legends Of Tomorrow - Season 1 (TIE!)
9. The Worst Ten Episodes Of Star Trek
8. Batman: The Killing Joke
7. Tallulah
6. Breaking The Bank
5. Suicide Squad
4. Spaceman
3. Stranger Things - Season 1
2. XOXO
1. The Whole Truth

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 - 320 reviews
9s - 487 reviews
8s - 937 reviews
7s - 1042 reviews
6s - 964 reviews
5s - 1233 reviews
4s - 913 reviews
3s - 707 reviews
2s - 335 reviews
1s - 224 reviews
0s - 108 reviews
No rating - 120 articles/postings

There was a decent amount of movement this month, but there was no movement in the all time Top Ten Reviews! At the end of August 2016, the most popular reviews/articles are:
10. Beautiful Creatures
9. Safe Haven
8. Oz The Great And Powerful
7. The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bone
6. Iron Man 3
5. Warm Bodies
4. Tyler Perry's Temptation
3. Now You See Me
2. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
1. Man Of Steel

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