Growing Pains - Billie Piper (paperback)

Advantages: Full of emotion and feeling, plenty of detail...
Disadvantages: Hard to put down, can draw tears to the eyes

...what Billie says about not really paying attention to the 'unknown' acts at concerts and performances, so it would obviously have been an unbearable atmosphere to get up on stage at the start of your pop career and perform for a bunch of kids who could not care if you weren't there. But being the determined soul that she is, Billie kept going passed this! I think I wouldn't want to do under-18 clubs performances given the chance, but the school tours Piper embarked upon seemed like fun! Billie also mentions her boyfriend in this chapter - David. I can understand how her relationship between her and her friends back in Swindon must have been tough during her career launch. Chapter four starts off with a date, stating when Because We Want To was released. I own this track on several different singles and albums, and I can see how it went to...

Amy69 06.06.2007 (17.09.2007) · Read review
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Lifting the lid on Miss Piper's life and loves

Advantages: Honest, compelling, interesting, entertaining, humorous... fab!
Disadvantages: If you too remember Billie's popstar days at all fondly then this may disappoint you

...In Celeb World age is just a number; celebrities live life in the fast lane and speed rapidly through all the milestones of marriage, kids and more. Failure to have had at least two marriages, three kids, four different career paths and two properties in two different continents by the age of thirty is the true epitome of failure in an industry where having everything and doing everything is key. Without taking this in to consideration, twenty three may seem like a young age in which to publish an autobiography. However, for Billie Piper, who first encountered fame at the tender age of fifteen, an autobiography actually seems strangely long overdue. Billie has experienced more than many of us will experience in our entire lifetimes. No young girl could have failed to have been intrigued over the years by the career and personal life...

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A Glaswegian Tryst with a Piper

Advantages: reasonablle, good food, central location
Disadvantages: stiff bedroom door, no free sachets, no clear reception

...IIt is always a pleasure to visit Glasgow, as it is one of my favourite cities. I normally stay with friends when I visit. However the purpose of my last visit to Glasgow was to attend a dear friend's wedding, so a hotel was needed to be booked. We decided on the Piper's Tryst in the Glasgow City Centre. It is part of the National Piping Centre, which was extremely convenient for us as that was where the wedding reception was so all we had to do was stagger a few yards to get back to our hotel room after the reception finished. The Piper's Tryst is a small cosy hotel. I 'm not sure if you can even describe it as a hotel as it has only eight rooms. It is more conference accommodation above the centre's restaurant. However it is a decent standard being three star accommodation. The eight rooms are made up of a mix of twin bedrooms...

duskmaiden 18.10.2005 (09.10.2006) · Read review
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Growing Pains - Billie Piper's life story

Advantages: good read, honest account of her life (so far)
Disadvantages: none

...I remember Billie as an annoying 14 year old singing "Because We Want Too". She had a couple of hits, "Honey To The Bee" being another one that I can think of. Then she went quiet for a while and the next thing we hear is that Chris Evans from TFI Friday has given her a red Ferrari and she can't even drive! Why did Chris give her a Ferrari, why did she think she could sing?! All these questions and more are answered in her compelling book Growing Pains. Growing Pains is the autobiography of Billie Piper. It is an honest, interesting and quite touching story of her life until now. An autobiography used to be about the life story of a person, now it seems to be the life story (so far). Billie Piper is still only 23 years old, what can she know about life? Enough to fill a book? The answer is yes. Billie, at the age of 23...

kismet 16.01.2007 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Billie Piper : Walk Of Life (album)

Advantages: Plenty fabulous tracks, deep meaning
Disadvantages: Maybe a bonus track would have been nice!

...After a successful first year, and a great album, Billie makes her comeback after her tour with a smashing album, a new image, and a surname! Billie Piper was born in Swindon in 1982. She attended Sylvia Young school at the age of 13, taking part in classes in singing, acting, and dancing (dancing being her strongest point after attending various classes since she was small). When she was 15, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came along for Billie when Innocent recording studios offered her a record deal - and unsurprisingly, Billie and her family when ahead with it! After an amazing first year and a spectacular experience, Billie made her second album, and was given a surname! She was no longer the bubble-gum blowing, bubbly teen Billie, but the new-improved, sophisticated Billie Piper. This was the point in Billie's life when...

Amy69 05.06.2007 (07.06.2007) · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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The best champagne for non-champagne drinkers

Advantages: Good value for money and fresh, appealing taste
Disadvantages: If you can afford to buy better, buy better

...If you are looking for an excellent quality champagne without breaking the bank, than Piper-Heidsieck Brut NV (Non Vintage) is for you. Piper-Heidsieck is one of the "grand marques" of champagne. Its an old established champagne house (founded 1785) based at the home of champagne - Rhiems in France. The NV costs around £16 a bottle UK retail, which is more than supermarket champagne, but you are getting a significant notch up in terms of quality for that extra couple of pounds a bottle. I was trying to choose a champagne for my wedding toasts last year. I bought a variety of champagnes and good quality sparkling wines, ranging in price from around £11 a bottle up to £26 a bottle. I then arranged a blind tasting with freinds. The bottles were all disguised and they were tasted with a view to what would go best at a summer wedding...

KatherineA 09.07.2004 · Read review
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WWE Normal Ring not Pipers Pit

Advantages: Design
Disadvantages: No figures with it and price

...WWE Vivid Imaginations-WWE Stunt Action Ring-Pipers Pit The product says this is Pipers Pit ring certainly does not look like it,it has WWE superstar Rey Mysterio coming of the top turnbuckle looking like hes going to perfome a wrestling move. The ring it self has a RAW and Smackdown logo on the bottom sides of the ring,the colour of the ropes are mixed with red and blue,so this means this is a both WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown ring and not a Pipers Pit as it says in the title.The ring is quite big decent size and this product would be worth giving to a young WWE fan along with buying some figures to play with for a kid would make this product buyable. Overall the title says Pipers Pit for some strange reason must be a CIAO error,the product overall is made for a young WWE fan really but its not worth it in the price section....

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Growing Pains - Billie Piper

Advantages: Great read with an insight into her short life so far
Disadvantages: None interesting read

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