Take a Break

Advantages: Good all round magazine
Disadvantages: I wish the real life stories were sometimes more uplifting

...I have to apologize in advance (lol, good start!!) as my review seems to have taken on, more of a 'how to make money from take a break' review but only since reading the smaller print have I noticed how much there is to be made. I have also included the regulars you can expect from take a break. Design --------- Front cover jam packed detailing mainly the real life stories with photo's to be featured in the issue, and usually displays the tempting amount of money that could be won, and in this particular issue stands at a total of £32,470 in the form of cars, cash and holidays. THE REGULARS Take a break St. ---------------------- The first double spread page, entitled 'Take a Break St.' is laiden with snippets and small accompanying photos sent in by readers of usually cute, funny or just unusual moments in their life...

Katy777 27.08.2009 · Read review
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Have a break with Take a break!

Advantages: cheap, lots of stories and puzzles
Disadvantages: not high chances of winning the prizes due to amount of readers!

...I having been buying Take a Break for as long as I can remember. Every week I buy it with the intentions of doing the puzzles and sending the little form off but I often miss the deadline and end up thinking ''I'll do it with next weeks issue!'' However nowthe magazine have started allowing you to enter online - brilliant! Now I never miss an issue! I'ts an easy system to use simply by registering once and then every week to enter all you need to do is log in and select which issue you are entering and then inout the answers from all the quizzes into each little box provided and click submit! bob's your uncle! Anyway for those who aren't familiar with this weekly magazine let me give you an insight into it. The magazine was started in March 1990 so already has been around for a staggering 17 years and is edited by a Mr John...

frankiecesca 18.11.2007 · Read review
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  ++++++TAKE A 2 DAY BREAK ++++++

Advantages: Really good real life stories & some fab recipes
Disadvantages: The chance of winning a competition is very low

...I work on average 6 days out of 7 and work some really strange shifts so when it comes down to my hour long break a day I really don't know what to do with myself. As a child I used to always get a copy of Shout magazine from my gran she used to buy me one from the local paper shop and give it to me every Tuesday when I stayed at her house but as I grew older I got really bored if it and wanted some thing new to focus my attention on so I started reading my mums Take a Break and I loved it! It was always full of competitions (which I loved) and real life stories that where really interesting. After that I became totally hooked and now I get my gran to get the magazine for me every Monday they night I now sleep round. HOW MUCH and WHERE FROM? You can pick up a copy of Take a Break from any decent newsagent or from anywhere that...

gemax2 06.11.2005 · Read review
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Take a Great Break

Advantages: Great reading at a great price
Disadvantages: None

...I would say that this has to be one of the best weekly magazines available. Each new edition is available every Thursday from all good newsagents or supermarkets. The magazine starts with a double page feature called Take a Break Street which is full of readers photographs and funny captions, a great mix is found here from cute to funny. The page also has the magazne contents. Going on through the magazine we have loads of great stories. All of the stories featured are from real readers and have real names and photos. I do find that the majority of the stories are about illness and death but do show how couragious people are in overcoming their problems. Take a Break do pay a fee for every story used and published. They have a page called the Brainwaves roadshow which is full of ideas and solutions from readers, things you might find...

sewbizzie 03.09.2007 · Read review
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Take Your Break With Take A Break

Advantages: Cheap, Good Read, Variety
Disadvantages: Similar Stories Every So Often, Can Be A Bit Far Fetched!

...I've been in many hospitals and too many times to mention, what has been an absolute staple of these visits is 'Take A Break' magazine. Inevitably it is always in the waiting room and it's always been on the wards I have been on. The first few times, I wondered what the appeal of this magazine was, on the lurid coloured cover, it seemed to be just the same as many other women's lifestyle magazines with far fetched story titles...that was until I picked up a copy of 'Take A Break'. It then hit me why this was such a staple read, it gave stories, puzzles and recipes and in essence, it was area where you could really switch off from the environment around you. Soon after I became a 'Take A Break' fan and found myself waiting for every Thursday and waiting eagerly to spend my hard earned 76p on some 'me' time. So what is so special...

memphisto_chick 05.06.2007 · Read review
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Take a Break needs a rest

Advantages: Puzzles and Competitions
Disadvantages: Quality of the paper

...?Take a Break? boasts of being the World?s No. 1 true life weekly magazine. Following the introduction of the magazine, other publications have tried to compete with its success, but ?Take a Break? still seems to be as popular as ever. The magazine can normally be found in the doctor?s or dentist?s waiting room, and I have often leafed through the pages whilst waiting for an appointment. I bought the magazine for a month during the Summer, to ascertain what makes ?TAB? so popular. If your choice is a glossy magazine, then ?TAB? will not be on your agenda. The magazine retails at 70p weekly, which is less than half the cost of the glossies, such as ?Now? and ?OK, but the quality of the paper is used is quite poor, and results in the magazine looking cheap and shoddy. The contents page, inside the front cover, sets out items in...

Lizard_Lover 04.11.2003 (05.11.2003) · Read review
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Take a break with this magazine...

Advantages: Cheap, easy reading and easy to enter competitions
Disadvantages: Some stories can be difficult and sad to read

...I buy Take a Break on a weekly basis. This is mostly bought in my lunch break and left in my drawer to read when I am on lunch and the weather is too rubbish to take a walk outside (which is most of the time at the moment!) I have decided to do a review on this magazine as there are quite a few but none have been written for a while. Take a Break is currently 78p in the shops and each issue is around 60 to 70 pages. It is a weekly magazine and a new edition of it is out every Thursday. The magazine can be found in most newsagents. It is claimed in the magazine that this is currently the UK's No 1 Women's mag & True life magazine, World's No 1 True-Life Weekly and the World's 4tth Biggest Women's Mag. My main reason for buying this magazine is because it keeps me amused for quite a few lunch times at work. This is mainly due...

Jo586 09.07.2008 · Read review
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Take a Break from your life!

Advantages: A good read, true life stories, fiction stories,win competitions, cheap as chips
Disadvantages: may not want to put down!

...Take a Break (TaB) ----------------------- This is a great magazine for women, but ladies hide your copy from your hubby/bf or you'll find all the puzzles done before you get your hands on it! At 74p (this has slowly gone up in price over the last couple of years) This is still a cheap price for everything you get packed into one magazine This is a weekly magazine which is available every Thursday from your local newsagents, or buy in your weekly shop at supermarket? They don't offer a subscription but you can ask your newsagent to deliver it for you (ideal if you are not able to get to shops often) Ok now for the regular features of the mag --------------------------------------------------- • As you open the magazine to the inside cover and next page you will find a double page of photos that have been sent in by...

missy0303 03.10.2005 · Read review
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Take a break's fiction feast

Advantages: Quality of stories, and opportunity to make money yourself
Disadvantages: none

...Take a Break's fiction feast is a great option for a bit of light reading, if you don't fancy starting a book, or are just short on time. I find it's especially good for taking to work and provides great entertainment for a lunchtime read. The Cost ------------ It costs £1.70 per issue and is released once a month, however, the subscription offer (12 copies) will cost you £15.40 which adds up to a total saving of £5 (www.subscribe2fictionfeast.co.uk). Benefits included with this subscription are; free home delivery, a guarantee that you will receive your issue before it hits the shops and includes an offer of receiving a free gift card with all gift subscriptions. Having read the smaller print however, it may take six weeks for delivery of your first issue. Design and Advertising ----------------------------- The front...

Katy777 28.08.2009 · Read review
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Come on Take a Break with me

Advantages: A compendium of short stories, quick and easy to read in a rush
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...~~ Take a Break Fiction Feast ~~ I do enjoy reading, but I don?t always have time to read a book, actually I go through phases in my life where I can read book after book and then not touch one for months, if someone lends me a book then I will read it straight away so that I can return it to them, but if you buy me a book I have a tendency of putting it in my to read pile of literature and it gets left, as I never do seem to find that time. So I do tend to stick to magazines with their short snippets to read and in the case of Fiction Feast short stories. The magazine I am looking at today is the May 2007 edition, I will take a look at a few of the stories in detail and I will give away the plots of them to show examples of the stories you will find. I will not be spoiling your reading as the July edition will be on the shelves...

arnoldhenryrufus 11.07.2007 (16.07.2007) · Read review
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