Unseating Harriet Klausner

This is the story of my struggle. I'm a college professor, mother of three and avid reader. After several years of spending TOO MUCH money on books and too much time composing and editting reviews of books, I've decided I'm ready for the ultimate thrill. I'm going to attempt to unseat Amazon's Number One Reviewer, Harriet Klausneer, by reading and reviewing MORE books than her, getting MORE positive rankings, and being devious and strategic.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Yup, it's me.

It's been awhile. I'm afraid I occasionally struggle with depression and when I do, the last thing in the world I want is introspec...

Friday, August 7, 2009

There are no words . . .

I've begun a new research project, inspired largely by some recent reading I've done for this project. I've been reading "...

Monday, July 27, 2009

So here's the thing . .

I'm very excited to have moved up the scale to 2838, but when I "got to know my neighbors," I discovered that 2837 is a big fa...

Sunday, July 26, 2009

2891! Whoo-hoo!

Feeling guilty because I have neither read nor reviewed nor posted lately. On the other hand, I did drive 1000 miles this week! Drove up t...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

In case you're wondering . .

I now have thirty dollars in library fines. And I'm buying more books than usual too. I'm starting to think that climbing this par...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Word Overlord, er, Overload

Did you ever read the book "Still Alice"? It's a novel about a woman who is a linguistics professor at Harvard University who...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

the Wrap-up

it's been nearly one month since I started this project. July 14 will make it officialy one month. My goal was 3 books a day for a tot...

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