One for the Funny

Advantages: great characters, very funny, interesting plot, a good crime novel, very readable,
Disadvantages: alot of cussing and sexual situations may offend some people.

...I am always on the look out for new authors that I can read. I am fond of crime novels and thrillers. So, when my husband brought me a three book set by an author named Janet Evanovich, I was willing to give her a go. The set included book three, four, and five. I devoured them and raced out and bought books one and two. Book one is One for the Money. It's in this first book that you are introduced to the lead character., Stephanie Plum. Stephanie was a lingerie buyer for a department store. But she has recently lost her job. In danger of losing everything she has slowly been selling off her furniture and appliances to make ends meet. When her car is repossessed, she realizes that she needs to do something to bring in money. Her mother tells her to go to her sleazy cousin, Vinnie, who runs a bail bonds company. He needs a filing clerk...

Shadowtwinchaos 12.05.2007 · Read review
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money making formulaic series that tickles a rib

Advantages: quick easy to read and sure to put you in a good mood
Disadvantages: nver ending series

...One for the money is the first in a seemingly never ending series featuring female bounty hiunter Stephanie Plum. Don't get me wrong, the characters in this series are outstandingly well defined and funny as hell. However it is starting to feel like you have been let loose in the chocolate factory for to long. I am slowly starting to lose my enthusiasm for this series, there seems to be no natural ending to the series and it would appear that MIss Evanovich is simply producing book after book to line her pockets. Hey don't knock it, we would all do the same, in fact there are many authors ot there who just change the names and places and rewrite the same novel time after time. As I said the characters in this book are extremely well defined, from the lead character Stephanie whose lif is falling apart and is forced into taking...

sharpmerlot 20.10.2009 · Read review
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Don't put all your Eggs in one basket!

Advantages: Cashback on Purchases; Interest on positive balances
Disadvantages: Online administration only and some very annoying quirks!

..., used my own account to fund the additional payment. It was a farce. All in all I think that this card has its place IF all goes well and you don't want to do anything interesting with it. The 50 day credit period is amongst one of the best in the market at the moment and with no annual fee the cash-back upside is there for the taking. As with many cards, signing up can be done on-line and acceptance for many will be immediate. You'll then be sent some paper forms to sign and send back. Expect to go from start to card in about 2 weeks. I wouldn't use the card to borrow on and I probably don't think that the credit interest rate is attractive enough to use it as it is intended. As a cash-back card I think it does the job. * stoozing is the practice of borrowing money on a 0% interest credit card and investing it...

CareBear 27.11.2006 · Read review
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Dirty Sexy Money (Season One)

Advantages: Entertaining story, good characters
Disadvantages: It's been cancelled!

...Dirty Sexy Money is an American show focused around the lives of a fictional New York family called The Darlings. What's special about The Darlings, well, they're billionaires for a start. One family member, Patrick, is an aspiring politician with a saucy secret. One family member, Brian, is a priest...a bitter, foul-mouthed, cheating priest. There's Karen, the attractive but a little bit dim daughter with as many marriages behind her as Ross from Friends, The youngest, the twins, are the typical 'it' girl and boy. And the head of the family, Tripp, is likeable but manipulative... There are a few other key members of the cast, the main one being Nick George, the family lawyer and surrogate son. His father has just died in a plane crash and the story centres around that incident... Having just finished watching season 2 of Dirty...

psirac 10.06.2009 · Read review
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The One Account works for you and saves you money

Advantages: Excellent customer service, easy to use and saves you money
Disadvantages: Easy to over spend if you are not careful

...of the account it is really simple and logical. The difficulty I found was actually getting my head around it. I understood the concept that it was one pot of money and the web front end was simply a way to view the status of my account virtually e.g. the £x in my current account was not really there, as was the £x in a savings plan. it is all one pot and it is just the way I am viewing my account ... confused ...so was I! I phoned customer services 3 times in all to get them to explain it to me and walk through some examples. Tthey were fantastic. Very patient and did not make me feel stupid. I played with the set up a few times; that is the great thing about it, you can change the way your view your account to fit with your requirements so it all becomes a lot clearer and certainly more easy to manage. So, how did I approach it? Well, I had...

Clarmore333 28.05.2009 · Read review
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Money, money, money....

Advantages: not afraid to contradict the mainstream view
Disadvantages: none

...Money Week is a weekly magazine about money (no really), which gives a commentary on the most important financial stories of the week. It is edited by Merryn Somerset Webb, who also writes for the Financial Times and The Sunday Times, but also has contributions from many other regulars and précis of articles, share tips and investment ideas from other publications, presented in an interesting and contrarian style often contradicting the mainstream view. The magazine is fairly thin, with just 40 or so pages and costs £2.50 or just £14 per quarter on subscription with a three-week free trial. It is however full of useful information for investors whether you are just wondering what to do with this year's ISA allowance or for short-term trading tips and investment strategies. Money Week typically consists of a one-page summary from...

AndrewPo 05.09.2008 · Read review
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Money Job?

Advantages: Some decent beats
Disadvantages: Wack lyrics

...unprofessional production, the thing was on-trend for 2006 and matches the potential that Soulja Boy had in his Fruity Loops beats and Arab comes with some fairly decent rhymes. **Four Stars** 3. ?Where They At? With a crowded set filled with lots of unknown names, you see that you get some straight wack material as you see that as you go from a tune recorded at a time long before they had the money to actually make anything of worth, even with good standard beats, the right beats aren?t given and it just sounds terrible. Going form this point, you see that Arab seems as if he?s out of his comfort zone as after killing it whilst rapping about dance moves, here he just doesn?t do anything at all. **One Star** 4. ?I?m Fire? Getting back to his solo work, you see that this one has him taking on the Gucci Mane style with raps which have him...

XICripZ 25.08.2009 · Read review
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Money Train Film Review

Advantages: Characters
Disadvantages: Plot, Pacing

...Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, the hilarious duo of White Men Can't Jump, reunite for the buddy-action-comedy Money Train. Unsurprisingly, their obvious on-screen chemistry rouses the biggest laughs here, but Doug Richardson and David Loughrey's badly written script and the uneven pacing of the direction overshadows the picture's funniest moments, making this a rather forgettable affair in a long list of movies of the same genre. Money Train just tries to do too many things. On one hand, it feels like a romantic-comedy as it explores the relationship between the adopted brothers John (Snipes) and Charlie (Harrelson) and their squabbles over beautiful fellow cop, Grace Santiago (Jennifer Lopez). Then there's this subplot involving Charlie and his gambling habits and the money he owes to nightclub owner Donald Patterson (Robert Blake...

andycarrington 20.10.2009 · Read review
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*Money , Money , Money!*

Advantages: Big Stars
Disadvantages: Plot

...Friends with Money is a 2006 romantic film released in the United Kingdom on May 26th 2006. The film was written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and stars Jennifer Anniston. Running time of the movie is eighty eight minutes. Olivia is a single woman who is working hard as a maid in Los Angeles to scrape by on little income. Her three friends (and their husbands) , however are mega-rich ; the total opposite of Olivia , although each friend has their own problem. Basically this film is about a group of friends ; three rich , one poor , and you get an insight into their lives. That's all there is to the plot really. Although there are only seven main characters in this film, I found that I couldn't connect with any of them. It had nothing to do with the fact that they were upper-class , just that as a viewer I don't think we had...

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Egg Money - Cracking Card?

Advantages: Pre loading, 1% cashback, Earn Interest
Disadvantages: Interest still only 4%, Internet only

...Maybe I am just old fashioned but I have never really liked the idea of buying on credit, if I want something I will always wait until I can afford it, but when I started using the internet I knew I would need the added security that comes with a credit card and Egg Money really appealed to me for the following reasons. 1) Pre-loading. This simply means that you do not actually have to use it as a credit card but like a normal bank account. You can set up a regular monthly payment from your current account and top up any time you like. As it is an internet only account you can keep an eye on your balance and make sure you never go into the red. 2) 1% cash-back on all purchases (more for some selected retailers such as 5% at Dixons and CDWow. - check website for latest offers) 3) 4% interest received on positive balances...

bazh66 13.07.2007 · Read review
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