A great book

Advantages: Fast and easy
Disadvantages: No reciepes for puddings/desserts

...This was the first cook book me and my boyfriend got. We had just moved in together and a family member bought this for us. Even after adding more books to our cookbook collection, this still remains a valuable reference for us. We love the fact the reciepes are qucik, easy and simple. The book provides easy quick snacks, family meals or a more romantic meal. Each reciepe has a estimated time it should take to cook, which is great because you then have a slight idea how long it will take you. There are lots of sections Introduction Essential infomation Soups and salads and then three sub sections : Chicken and meat Shellfish and fish Vegetarian Lunches and snacks and then three sub sections: Chicken and meat Shellfish and fish Vegetarian Pasta, Rice, Noodles and Polenta and then three sub sections: Chicken and meat...

xblondebarbiex 09.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Great Fast Food - Gary Rhodes

Not a great book to chew!!

Advantages: nice n colourful
Disadvantages: isn't good as a teether!

...I am writing this review after buying this product for my cousin's baby who is teething and I wont be buying it again for my own baby when she's teething! There are so many different teething items on the market I never know where to start- do you get the basic plastic rings? do you get the rings which you put in the freezer? the ones which come with teddies attached? Theones which vibrate?? I chose this because I saw it was a book AND a teether so thought it would be fun! With some baby books they are 'crinkly and crunchy' and this helps to attract the baby's attention but this book is called a number 'crunch' but there is definitely no crunching like you may expect from its name. This is a typical book in so far as it has thick cardboard pages which have different animals on which are all very friendly and attracted my...

lorriellah 12.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sassy Number Crunch Teether Book

I've Just read this book and.........

Advantages: Its Great
Disadvantages: You deciede

...What makes a book great? I have had a little time now to think on this. I like books. The feel of a well crafted, leather bound book. The artistry that went into the decoration of a medieval manuscript. And the words themselves. What they tell us about the subject being written about. I have a collection of books that exceeds three thousand and I estimate that I have probably read over ten thousand. Many years ago I studied literature at college. I used to get into furious arguments with my professor who could not believe that anything written in the twentieth century could ever be called literature. It might be popular entertainment. He liked Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Surely nothing later could possibly be a great book. That is what caused the arguments. I got thrown out of lectures at least once a week to the great...

Coloneljohn 13.02.2005 · Read review
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Great Book for children.

Advantages: Great for kids of all ages
Disadvantages: mother inlaw pressie again, lol

...hardly miss it as the writing goes up to around 4 inches high. What is it all about? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is a book that is designed for children to learn some interesting facts. The books makes things that are normally quite boring quite interesting for youngsters to read. The first half of the book are facts about a certain topic and the second half which is on the right hand side of the book is in a quiz and answer section which makes this book very different from any other Childrens one I have seen. The book is also broken down into categories as follows:- Animals Plants Science Human Biology This is so that you can go to a different section straight away. The illustrations are great and very detailed but simple and would appeal to children of all ages. There is an abundance of illustrations with sometimes as much as 7...

BUBBLES171 28.12.2003 · Read review
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Review of Big Book of Knowledge - Dorling Kindersley

You decide what is great

Advantages: They speak about your life love and experiences
Disadvantages: You have to go through some bad books in the process

...off reading for life. These are the books that you SHOULD like, or another example the amount of recycling you SHOULD do. One book that I hold so close to my heart that I want to read it over and over again is About a Boy by Nick Hornby. I know, I know some fancy pants who studied all the works of Shakespeare for their English Degree (and ended up working at Waterstone's) but that book touches something deep inside me and I will treasure that more than any work of Shakespeare. Maybe I identify with Marcus character and the hard time he had in school trying to fit in and the overbearing caregiver who wanted to fill Marcus with all their opinions, views and ideologies. Or having a cool Uncle Will to help me get on in life that resonates? Or a combination of all of the reasons above? Its about how you define a great book. Is it...

anywho3 31.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of What makes a book great?

what actually makes a book great

Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...This is very difficult because everyone has a different opinon. Some people like history books because they feel a thirst for knowledge, whereas some people like myself are quenched by light romances. I would say a good history book gives clear, straight forwardfacts in an easy to understand way, and has a good layout so everything is clear. On the other hand, I like slushy romances because they take me into another realm. Somewhere where I'm not myself but living someone else's life, hearing all the intricate details, making someone else's life as complicated as mine. I think a good romance has to have characters the reader can relate to. If the reader cannot relate to the main character, there is no hope for the rest of the book. Although thrillers are not my favourite kind of book, I'll make an attempt, so never say I odn...

hannahjulia 02.11.2002 · Read review
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Review of What makes a book great?

A good book requires

Advantages: Opens up our minds
Disadvantages: Can be boring

...A good book requires. To write a book is easy but to write a book that is good requires skill and determination. For a book to be classed as good it needs a great strong opening. It needs a openning that wants people to read on. It needs to be catchy and needs strong sentences. It needs to draw the person reading the book in and make them feel that they are seeing what is happening. Once the reader is hooked you need to carry on with the keeping the reader antisipating for more. The middle needs to follow on from the begginning and should make the reader intrested in what is happening and what may happen next. By doing this people read on to find out if they are right. The end has to be just as strong as the opening. If the ending is not made intresting then the book isnt classed as a good book. The book has to answer...

phychocow 07.08.2007 · Read review
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great way to find cheap books

Advantages: great books, cheap prices, quick delivery
Disadvantages: none

...Books Direct --- I came across books direct about a month ago when i was browsing for some books for my childre, i had a look around the website and couldnt believe the offer they had for joining up, i thought it would be too good to be true so i looked around online and read the info, as they have books as little as 1p and most under £5 to start off with, so i ordered 7 books which only cost me £7.45, they do say that once your account has been created (when you recieve your introductry books) you need to place an order of at least £20 within a month if you dont the books you ordered at the start will be charged at full price. After placing my order i got an email saying my books would be with me shortly, and within a week they were here, they were nicely packaged and arrived just as id expected brand new and in fab condtion, i...

tink89 27.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Books Direct

Great Expectations of Book and Film

Advantages: Please Read
Disadvantages: Please Read

...whistling through trees and branches creaking and eerie music helped enormously. The fact that the film was in black and white was very atmospheric too. These things helped to draw you into the film in a very immediate way. When Miss Havisham caught on fire the screaming and visual effects made it all the more real to you. I felt that the book was better than the film. The books description is so good that you can imagine all the characters and scenes. When you read the book, it engages your brain, rather than it all just washing over you, as the film does. When you watch the film, everything is as the director saw it and there is no scope for imagination. Charles Dickens is one of the best authors England has ever had. His books are used as examples of great writing. They are also used as primary sources for history of what life was like in...

kini 16.02.2002 · Read review
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Review of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Great book for a young baby

Advantages: Inexpensive, fascinating for young babies
Disadvantages: Not machine washable

...If you're not a little baby, this looks like the world's least interesting book, but trust me - if you're a little baby it's brilliant! It has only 6 pages, made of cloth and filled with something that crinkles when you move it/chomp on it/wave it around! The first two pages have a repeated heart pattern and a picture of a daddy, the 2nd two pages have a different heart pattern and a picture of a mummy and the third two pages have a lovely bright yellow background and a picture of a baby. As you can see from the picture, they are simple, unsophisticated pictures - very basic and stylised, which makes them great for even very new babies to look at. They are done in black, white and yellow only, making them easy to see with young eyes. The book can attach to a car seat, pram or high chair using the strip of fabric and velcro attached...

Bitchqueenofneworleans 29.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Faces (Baby's Very First Book)