I know you don't care all about review counts, and I also know it's kind of a downer when you've had really popular stories in the past or even gotten lots of reviews toward the beginning of a new story, and then the review count goes down. But it happens, and sometimes it doesn't have to do anything with you or the story itself.
I can't speak for anyone else, but personally, I reviewed no one's story this week and caught up on like five of them tonight. I like to read when I have time to concentrate on it and am not going, "I just got home, and I haven't eaten all day, and my show starts in ten minutes, and I really wanna check the forums and Twitter before it comes on." That was the kind of week I had this week - not bad, just long and busy. I favorite stories I really care about following and reviewing, and I leave the emails in my inbox until I've read and reviewed as my reminder that they were updated. But sometimes it just takes me a few days to get around to doing that, regardless of the story.
I hope next week is better for you, Mare! And yes, Elf is great! One of the best Will Ferrell movies.