Advantages: Funny, lots of information, nicely presented Disadvantages: Best for children
* Mary Queen of Scots and Her Hopeless Husbands (Dead Famous) Review *
This book is part of the quite popular Dead Famous series which I quite recently got in a box set and each book averaged out at about £2 instead of the usual £4.99 which was quite a bargain and encouraged me to buy these books! The books is 208 pages long but could be read quite quickly die to the fact it is similar to the Horrible History books and has various cartoons, letters, pictures in it which keep the book from being boring but also take up quite a large amount of room.
This particular book is all about Mary Queen of Scots and her exciting life. Within a week of being born her father died so Mary became Queen of Scots and a monarch ? not bad! She is soon sent over to France to marry her first husband who was a bit useless and was also Queen ...
Advantages: Running a hospital Disadvantages: Gets more difficult to complete level
To run other peoples lifes - Part 2
So are you sick of running a neighbourhood yet?
How about taking other lives in your own hand in the form of running a hospital? Well this is exactly what Theme Hospital offers.
First of all, the question is, will your PC Support the game? Well let's check then....from the box...
PC Requirements (Minimum)
* Windows 95
* 8Mb Ram
* 25Mb free hard drive space
* 4x CD Rom
* 1Mb Video Card
* Directx 3.0 (don't worry this is supplied on the CD Rom)
* Processor Speed 133Mhz
So, is it suited to your PC, Yes, then what are you waiting for, GO and BUY it!!
Unlike The Sims you can't buy Theme Hospital from most Software shops,as it is not being made anymore BUT some places do still have them. I bought mine for £4.99 from Electronics Boutique, it was the last one left, and it is one ...
Advantages: Well drawn characters and a fast paced storyline. Disadvantages: Novel ends! Leaves you wanting more...
Review of ?Ring of Clay? a novel by Margaret Kaine.
I am reviewing the paperback version of the novel, 401 pages, published by Coronet books, ISBN 0340828234. Genre- General Fiction, cover price £6.99.
The Novel
Ring of Clay is set in the Pottery towns of Great Britain in the period from 1947 to the late 1960's. The plot follows the life of a young girl, Beth Sherwin and her family. Beth's father returns from war and struggles to return his family to normality. He resumes is work in the packing department of one of the large 'pot banks', the local name for the pottery workshops.
Ill health causes Harry Sherwin to seek alternative work out of doors and he takes a position as a post man, a job he enjoys and which takes him out of the stale, dust laden environment of the potteries. Sadly, he dies at a young age, leaving ...
