Advantages: Super story, great characters, enjoyable, I couldn't put it down! Disadvantages: None
I do love Tesco's '2 for £7' books offer because really it's like 2 books for the price of 1 based on the RRP of paperbacks these days. BernadetteStrachan's new book has been jumping off the shelf at me for a while now because of its striking burgundy and orange cover, and I just couldn't resist the other day after I had been paid! It sounded like a really nice light-hearted read, so I decided to start it that night and I just couldn't put it down. I finished it in just under 2 days, and I hope my review tells you how great I think this brilliant book is!
Ruby Gallagher thinks she has it all - a happy marriage, money and a lovely home. But everything falls quickly apart when her husband Manny is arrested for fraud, and Ruby's life as she is knows it is quickly repossessed by police. Ruby has to quickly find herself a job to pay her ...
Advantages: It's a remarkable story about a young girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary Disadvantages: Nothing!
I paid £9.99 for this marvellous DVD which is based on a true story about a girl called Bernadette she was born in a small town in France called Lourdes. Her family was very poor and had to share one cold room. The only way to keep warm was to burn sticks which the children had to collect.
On a cold winter's day, Bernadette, her sister, Tionette, and her friend, Jeanne, were gathering firewood beside a river. They had been out all day and it was now growing dark. Tionette and Jeanne set off for home, crossing the icy cold river in their bare feet. Bernadette hesitated. She didn't want to cross the river because it was so cold and she felt getting her feet wet might bring on her asthma.
Tionette and Jeanne called to her from the other side of the river. Bernadette was just about to follow them across, when she heard the sound ...
Advantages: Good fun Disadvantages: Nothing really
HALO 3: ODST (XBOX360)
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Halo 3: ODST is the next instalment in the Halo franchise it is the first person shooter to be released this fall but is facing some stiff competition, so is it worth our £30? With the Master Chief missing can this game live up to the high standards set by its predecessors?
The ODST story unfolds during the time of Halo 2 so even though the Master Chief may have already finished the fight in Halo 3 your back on the streets of New Mombasa, which has been invaded by the Covenant.
As the Rookie in an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper team you are immediately plunged into combat, but knocked out and separated from your team, you awake alone and confused to their fates.
So it is up to you to unravel and piece together the mystery of the invasion and find your team. With the help ...
