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I finally broke the Amazon Reviewer top 100 list!!!!

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Image:Duffbert's Random Musings - I finally broke the Amazon Reviewer top 100 list!!!!

Yeah, it may not mean much to you, but it's been a basic target for me during my last couple years of reviewing.  I always do better if I have something to strive towards, and for book reviewing, this was it.

So what's the next goal?  I don't think there is one, to be truthful...  The top 10 is populated with people who review multiple items per day, including books, products, music, etc.  It's not *that* important to me...  Top 50 would be nice, but again, it's not something that gets me all excited right now.  Maybe in a couple of years I'll eventually get there as a byproduct of active reviewing.  I personally think that I'll level out somewhere around 75 or so...

Anyway... thanks to everyone who has voted on my reviews at Amazon over the years.  It's appreciated, and that's how I move up the ranks...

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Gravatar Image1 - Congratulations Tom - that is one awesome achievement!

Gravatar Image2 - The #1 reviewer claims to be a speed reader and has been known to load up 50 or more reviews in a single day... day after day after day... Those of us who have an opinion on it says it smells of fraud...

Doesn't matter... I enjoy the process for what it is, and it improves my writing. Oh, and the books are nice, too... :)

Gravatar Image3 - Duffbert - your comments about the top 10 (or at least the #1) are why I am way more impressed with your ranking than I am with those. What a great accomplishment!

Gravatar Image4 - "The top 10 is populated with people who review multiple items per day, including books, products, music, etc. It's not *that* important to me... "

So these people have no lives because they spend their every waking hour reading books?

But seriously, congrats. So what are you going to do now?

Gravatar Image5 - Congratulations! That's an awesome goal! I think that's an incredible distinction, and now I can say I know someone who's on the Amazon Reviewer Top 100... See, coolness by association!

"Follow your dreams. You can reach your goals, I'm living proof...Beefcake, BEEFCAKE!!!" - Eric Cartman ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_Gain_4000 )

Gravatar Image6 - Congrats hon. Way cool. Something to be very proud of.

Gravatar Image7 - Thank you, all... I appreciate it, and I appreciate the fact you indulge this compulsion of mine... :)

Gravatar Image8 - I am glad that my little contribution has helped move you up the rankings. Congratulations!

Gravatar Image9 - AWESOME accomplishment my fine feathered friend.

Congrats

Gravatar Image10 - Congrats! I just got back from my vacation, where I read just one book, although it was Shantaram (an excellent read, by the way). Enjoy your cruise, happy in your position as one of the top 100.

Gravatar Image11 - @1 & 2... Thank you...

@3... If you were local, you could steal my books, never return them, and I'd *still* probably not notice...

Gravatar Image12 - Awesome job! If making the top 10 means not having any other job then I would go with being happy at 75 or so.

Gravatar Image13 - Great job!
I read your blog and reviews almost every day. Your a great resource and I often wonder how you do it.

Gravatar Image14 - Waaay ! Congratulations!

I mean - you pretty much define "obsessive/compulsive".. Now that this goal has been achieved.. what next ? Golf ?



(At least it means I can steal your clubs..)

---* Bill

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