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