Some More of Harriet's Favorite Words

More of Harriet's favorite stock phrases (as of August 8, 2013 -- I'm updating my data set but it takes more than 4 hours to run ARAT and export the text of 29,162 "reviews").

More Readers and Fans

readers will appreciate 1,220
readers will enjoy 2,081
fans will appreciate 1,412
fans will enjoy 3,257
action-packed, readers will relish 6
hooks the audience 260
hooks the reader 87

Making Something Innocent Seem Creepy

Note to Harriet: the following two words do NOT mean the same thing.

entreating 75
endearing 126

More "Sub-Genres"

futuristic science fiction 52
cozy 628
cosy 25
chick lit 495
zombie 552
vampire 4,027
paranormal 2,131
shifter 471
ranch romance 72
wounded warrior 47

Harriet Does Abbreviations

BDSM 102
PTSD 132

Some More Words I Don't Think Harriet Really Knows the Meanings Of

segue 102
metaphysical 74
ironic 955
irony 135
cardiac arrest 36

When the Quote Generator Gets Stuck

Note: Often paraphrased.

"I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie." -- H. Rap Brown 6
"Never work with animals or children." -- W.C. Fields 8
 
Pace and Intensity Descriptors

Note: Some of these appeared in the last post with hyphens.  But Hattie isn't that consistent with hyphens, so I searched again without.

fast paced 112
action packed 282
faster than the speed 75
never slows down 1,401
never decelerates 47
leisurely paced 25
leisurely-paced 15
frantically paced 1
frantically-paced 1
slow paced 7
slow-paced 5
high octane 31
mayhem 89

Don't Spoil the Ending...

superb finish 7
great ending 9
fabulous climax 8

I Don't Think That's What Raymond Chandler Had in Mind...

middle boiled 2
medium boiled 2
noirish 3
nourish 24
hard boiled 54
hard-boiled 36

Harriet, the Atmospheric Scientist

stratosphere 28
stratospheric 97

The "All-Purpose" Word

Does it mean a couple?  A short story in a collection?  A single volume from a series?  Or ALL THREE? 

entry 1,949
entries 526

A Few More Hattie Specials

Note: By chance, some of the "years old" might be right.  But not very many of them.  Also, "character driven" and "fully developed" appeared in the last post without hyphens.

murdered corpse 78
years old 2,593
years old daughter 217
years old son 133
fully relish 77
character-driven 67
fully-developed 5
armchair 113

A Couple that Defy Categorization

lampoon 202
fjord 6
exhilarating 1,194

And, the Dirty Stuff You Were All Really Waiting For

scrotum 3
banana 28
cherry 29
banana sandwich 2
man meat 5
hardened sword 1
gonad 2
douche 7
suck 236
tup 8
tongue/tonguing 232
tingle 13
wet dream 23
anal 13
dick* 29

*Search was case sensitive to avoid reference to people and/or characters named "Dick."

SOMETIMES IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT

I was feeling sad and lonely last night. I decided to put some "Best of the Partridge Family" on the 8 Track and surround myself with my favorite things. Life is better now!

I cuddled with my favorite plush "bed buddy"

Put on my favorite matching t-shirt...

And drank my favorite beverage (with a little help from my friends)...

Some of Harriet's Favorite Words

The following are counts of words from all Harriet's reviews associated with her current "reviewing" account on Amazon (as of August 8, 2013).

We have the ubiquitous fans and readers:

Fans: 13,163
Readers: 13,925

Sometimes they're motionless, though:

Still fans (no comma): 398
Still, fans: 41
Still readers (no comma): 153
Still, readers: 17

Sometimes other things are motionless, as well:

Still: 8,107

Except when they're "fast-paced" or "action-packed."

Fast-paced: 4,283
Action-packed: 1,875 

A couple of other overused adjectives:

Entertaining: 3,380
Exciting: 4,091
Engaging: 2,170
Terrific: 3,891
Fantastic: 622

We have the occasional personal pronoun/reference:

I: 1,290
Me: 779
My: 700
This reviewer: 480

A humorous malapropism:

Opening gamut: 60

Werewolf (shifter) genetics:

Lycan: 130
Half-breed: 191
Hybrid: 244
Purebred: 170

Some favorite SUB-GENRES:  

Sub-genre: 2,064
Amish: 305
Second chance: 1,004
Police procedural: 1,879
Thriller: 9,240
Heated romance: 38
Amateur sleuth: 1,954

Couple of F-bombs:

Fraud: 208
Fake: 264

A handful of terms essential to any literary critic (not):

Support cast: 1,483
Fully developed: 1,048
Character driven: 1,172
Grips the reader: 157
Grips the audience: 572
Rotating perspective(s): 77

Everybody's favorite condiment:

Relish: 1,937

A few more "Hattie Specials."

Over the top of: 407
Twist(ing): 2,261
BFF: 544
Tweener: 203
Tsuris: 82

A derogatory term for people with mental disabilities:

Retarded: 12 

A fecal fixation:

Shit: 13
Sh*t: 34

And then THIS STUFF:

Lower head: 56
Third leg: 14
Penis: 53
Vagina: 15
Cunt: 3
Blow job: 3
XXX: 29

Fun with ARAT, Part One

As of August 8, 2013:

Harriet Klausner had posted 29,122 reviews.

Of the books reviewed, 408 were Amazon Verified Purchases.

104 were Vine books.

The average length was 245.8 words.

The most common word count (mode) is 275.

The shortest was 39 words.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R174DJP0L5SKRI

The longest was 604 words.

http://www.amazon.com/review/RMWHG6XRZD5E4

The most helpful had 11 of 1 helpful votes.  That's 1100%!

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GT17VWY21QS3

And the least helpful (not counting reviews with no votes) has 6 of
320 helpful votes.  That's 1.9%.

http://www.amazon.com/review/RNJNRX1TA698C

Average helpful votes per review is 3.84.

Average unhelpful votes per review is 1.40.

The review with the most comments:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R324XQY4Q6U7Y1

39,646 comments have been posted.

21,094 reviews have no comments at all!  (Let's get cracking, folks.)

The date with the most reviews posted is Halloween 2004 (that's the
infamous "140-review-dump" day).

1-star reviews: 0
2-star reviews: 3
3-star reviews: 81
4-star reviews: 10,356
5-star reviews: 18,682

Average star rating is 4.64.

These stats can also be found on Ammy right here. That is, if Ammy hasn't ax'd 'em yet.

	Date		Fake Reviews	.	Avg	…	YTD	…	Votes	.	Helpful	.	%	.	Not Helpful	.	%	.	Relish	.	Fans	.	R ank	.	AVP's	.	Vine's	.	VPR	.	HVPR	.	NHVPR
Jan	2012	….	214	…	6.90	…	6.90	…	1044	…	506	…	48%	…	538	…	52%	…	25	…	2555	….	873	….	3	…	2	…	4.88	…	2.36	…	2.51
Feb	2012	….	203	…	7.25	…	7.08	….	599	…	423	…	71%	…	176	…	29%	…	16	…	2555	…	1053	..	11	…	1	…	2.95	…	2.08	…	0.87
Mar	2012	….	219	…	7.06	…	7.07	….	730	…	509	…	70%	…	221	…	30%	…	17	…	2555	…	1069	….	3	…	0	…	3.33	…	2.32	…	1.01
Apr	2012	….	195	…	6.50	…	6.93	….	730	…	514	…	70%	…	216	…	30%	…	15	…	2555	…	1077	….	9	…	0	…	3.74	…	2.64	…	1.11
May	2012	…	214	…	6.90	…	6.92	….	733	…	485	…	66%	…	248	…	34%	…	17	…	2555	…	1075	….	4	…	0	…	3.43	…	2.27	…	1.16
Jun	2012	….	189	…	6.30	…	6.82	….	646	…	374	…	58%	…	272	…	42%	…	20	…	2555	…	1069	….	7	…	1	…	3.42	…	1.98	…	1.44
Jul	2012	…..	215	…	6.94	…	6.84	….	617	…	358	…	58%	…	259	…	42%	…	22	…	2555	…	1106	….	7	…	6	…	2.87	…	1.67	…	1.20
Aug	2012	…	213	…	6.87	…	6.84	….	583	…	310	…	53%	…	273	…	47%	…	12	…	2555	…	1200	….	4	…	2	…	2.74	…	1.46	…	1.28
Sep	2012	…	200	…	6.67	…	6.82	….	460	…	246	…	53%	…	214	…	47%	.….	9	…	2592	…	1266	….	9	…	1	…	2.30	…	1.23	…	1.07
Oct	2012	….	229	…	7.39	…	6.88	….	590	…	290	…	49%	…	300	…	51%	…	23	…	2606	…	1375	….	6	…	2	…	2.58	…	1.27	…	1.31
Nov	2012	…	117	…	3.90	…	6.61	….	199	.….	94	…	47%	…	105	…	53%	…	12	…	2617	…	1463	….	4	…	0	…	1.70	…	0.80	…	0.90
Dec	2012	…..	72	…	2.32	…	6.25	….	277	…	106	…	38%	…	171	…	62%	…..	3	…	2633	…	1666	….	5	…	1	…	3.85	…	1.47	…	2.38
Jan	2013	…	101	…	3.26	…	3.26	….	259	….	129	…	50%	…	130	…	50%	…..	9	…	2651	…	1735	….	3	…	1	…	2.56	…	1.28	…	1.29
Feb	2013	..…	91	…	3.25	…	3.25	….	155	..…	91	…	59%	…..	64	…	41%	…..	7	…	2666	…	1779	….	2	…	2	…	1.70	…	1.00	…	0.70
Mar	2013	…..	87	…	2.81	…	3.10	….	150	…..	93	…	62%	…..	57	…	38%	…..	9	…	2681	…	1805	….	6	…	2	…	1.72	…	1.07	…	0.66
Apr	2013	…..	99	…	3.30	…	3.15	…..	108	…..	61	…	56%	…..	47	…	44%	….	16	…	2688	…	1851	….	3	…	4	…	1.09	…	0.62	…	0.47
May	2013	…..	120	…	3.87	…	3.30	…..	102	…..	38	…	37%	…..	64	…	63%	…..	18	…	2695	…	1929	….	3	…	3	…	0.85	…	0.32	…	0.53
Jun	2013	…	106	…	3.53	…	3.34	…	116	…	62	…	53%	…..	54	…	47%	…	13	…	2703	…	1962	….	3	…	5	…	1.09	…	0.58	…	0.51
Jul	2013	…..	93	…	3.00	…	3.29	…..	140	…	96	…	69%	…..	44	…	31%	…	18	…	2712	…	1989	….	0	…	2	…	1.51	…	1.03	…	0.47