Premier Inn, Charing Cross Glasgow

Advantages: Close to town and all amenities
Disadvantages: none

...I have never stayed in the Premier Inn before, but I felt I had to share my experience of the past weekend. The staff in both reception and the restaurant were fantastic, they were really helpful and made you feel right at home. The room and bathroom were both spotless, warm and the freeview television meant that my daughter didn't miss her soaps while she was away. The bed was both big and comfortable and we didn't have any trouble getting to sleep. We opted for the breakfast deal and we were not disappointed, the food was well cooked and warm there was also plenty of choice. Access to the hotel was excellent for both able bodied and non-able bodied people, we didn't have a wheelchair but we did have a six month old baby and a pram, and even though it is situated next to Charing Cross rail station we didn't hear a thing from...

Donnagx2 21.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Premier Travel Inn Glasgow - City Centre (Charing Cross), Glasgow

Noughts and Crosses

Advantages: gripping storyline and you won't want to put it down!
Disadvantages: time!

...Well, I don't particuarlly enjoy reading, but I don't dislike it, however if I have the house to myself I love to have a nice warm bubble bath then pick up a good book! I picked up this book the other day in Waterstones for around £5.99, although it was in the junior - young adult section I have heard nothing but good reviews about it! The storyline is about racism and the way that blacks used to be inferior to the whites, but this time it is reversed in this revoloutionary book! Noughts and crosses gives you much of the information you need to know to understand the book, the blacks which are the dominant and powerful race are the crosses, while the whites which are little anad controlled by the crosses are the noughts. But this story focuses on the life of two young people named Sephy and Callum, Sephu being a cross and Callum...

2me_to_you2 09.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Noughts And Crosses - Malorie Blackman

  Animal Crossing goes urban

Advantages: You get to go to the city, better graphics
Disadvantages: Expensive, not hugely different from the DS version

...After playing Animal Crossing on the DS for a couple of years and finding that the game hadn't lost any of its addictiveness, we decided to get the Wii version. We were unsure what the differences would be between the DS and Wii versions as the only noticeable difference in the TV ads and on the packaging was the subtitle 'Let's go to the city'. I also spied a bus on the adverts that definitely wasn't in my old DS version. The back of the box alludes vaguely to what the differences are, but it didn't really explain it very clearly. However, the lack of explanation and the super cheesy adverts on TV with girls playing over the internet didn't put us off and, as we had some GAME vouchers, we decided to buy it anyway. Basic game play Those of you who are familiar with the DS version of Animal Crossing 'Wild World' will know that...

tac20 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Wii)

Animal Crossing on the Wii

Advantages: Fun, easy
Disadvantages: Repetative

...Animal Crossing: Let?s Go to the City: Wii Until Christmas I had never heard of the animal crossing games but the other half got me this with my Wii because it looked ?cute?. I really enjoy it. On Let?s go to the City you arrive at your town, (which you can name), after a ride on a bus and a chat with a mouse who tells you a few things and let?s you choose your name etc. When you arrive at your ton you need to head on over to the Town Hall, (you have a handy map to help you find your way around), and then buy a house. You get a hefty mortgage and you have to earn cash, (by selling bugs, fish, fruit etc), to buy clothes, furniture and of course to pay off your debt. As you pay off your mortgage you can upgrade your house which gives you another hue chunk of debt to work off! Your town will change as the year progresses with fishing...

donnabroom 20.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City (Wii)

Noughts & Crosses

Advantages: Everything about it, this book is really amazing!
Disadvantages: None

...I have just finished reading this book, as we started reading it in my English class, and I was unable to put it down, I can truly say it is the best I have read in a long, long time. I'm writing this review because I wish to tell others about this amazing book, because they are missing so much in not reading it. I was unlucky enough to have someone tell me the ending of this book before I had finished it, but it didn't stop me enjoying it immensely. I have been recommending this book to everyone since I have read it, and think all readers of my review should be persuaded to read this amazing book. It is set in a world, very much like our own, but yet completely opposite in some ways. Black and white people are given the names Crosses and noughts. The Crosses, the black people, are the leading race, and the noughts are very much...

Mipsie 26.09.2004 (01.10.2004) · Read review
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Review of Noughts And Crosses - Malorie Blackman

I prefer netball to Cross Country

Advantages: Ok read
Disadvantages: It's not really Alex's style

...As usual I'm reading books in the wrong order, I've jumped from Double Cross straight to Cross Country without reading the two or three books in between, but I don't think this has spoilt my enjoyment of this book. Synopsis Alex is called on to help the investigation of the deaths of an entire family, when he gets there he realises one of them is Eleanor Cox his ex girlfriend. Witnesses have mentioned that the perpetrators, although masked seemed to be very young, they could even children. Soon there is another mass killing and once again Alex, Bree and John are called in to investigate, yet again it seems that children are involved. All too quickly Alex discovers that the person they want for these murders has left the country, but Alex can't just leave it there, he wants to bring him to justice for Eleanor?s sake, and to do so...

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Review of Cross Country - James Patterson

Crossing over

Advantages: appealing for kids, never ending gameplay
Disadvantages: not really a lot of point to the game

...We had decided to buy my daughter a Nintendo Ds for Christmas, and one of the games that she had almost begged for was Animal Crossing. I have watched her friends play this in the past and never really understood what it was all about as they told me there weren't really things to do, and you kind of did what you wanted! This in mind when we bought the machine and game a few weeks before Christmas, there was no option but for me to play it in secret without her catching me! The game itself is suitable for anybody aged six and over, and I would suggest no younger than this because of the depth of the game. Currently priced at £29.99, it's an averagely priced Ds game according to its popularity. I will say that after playing for a while, and then watching my eleven year old play it, there is a lot to the game that a child may not...

ang_2906 30.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo DS)

Does your Matchbox car need to cross the Brio railway line ?

Advantages: Great addition to the Brio train track
Disadvantages: none

...Does your Matchbox car need to cross the Brio railway line ? If so then go to the 33388 BRIO Railway Crossing . This crossing will allow your car to cross the line safely without being ploughed down by the wooden magnetic brio express. This crossing does have a section of rail with male and female connectors at opposite ends it will fit in anywhere along the track . With this crossing comes a straight piece of track too. You do need someone to control this crossing to raise and lower the red safety barriers which are fitted in yellow wooden posts. The grey road with white road markings crosses the track. You can use toy road or draw a road onto paper or card to extend the road for the cars. With this set also comes two free standing red crossed barrier warning safety signs these are on short wooden posts fixed to...

mumsymary 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Brio Railway Crossing

Cross with Brent Cross

Advantages: Free parking
Disadvantages: Out of fashion shopping mall

...INTRODUCTION Brent Cross Shopping Centre was one of the first shopping malls to be built in the UK. It was opened in 1973. Brent Cross is archaic compared to modern shopping centres such as Bluewater and Lakeside Thurrock. The shopping centre is situated in Northwest London. BRENT CROSS AND ME From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s my parents and I regularly visited my uncle in East London. We combined almost every trip with a visit to Brent Cross. Most of the time I had nothing to buy so I simply followed my parents like a bored teenager. In 1980 my school gave me some book vouchers as a reward for running the school tuck shop. I spent these vouchers in WH Smith at Brent Cross. In 1987 I took my mother to Brent Cross via tube. My father was in India at the time attending his brother’s wedding. In...

mrpaella 12.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Brent Cross (London)

Alex Cross is back

Advantages: Better than his last
Disadvantages: Not as strong as earlier work by JP

...Alex Cross is a character that has been one of James Patterson's longer running themes. He returns in this blockbuster along with a few familiar faces. They are celebrating Alex' birthday in the opening chapter, but as usual are interrupted with the phone call they always dread...Work! Alex and his long time girlfriend Detective Briana Stone along with his kids Ali and Jannie (who live at home), and the ever faithful Nana are welcomed back. Nana and his children have been the one consistence in his life that has brought him stability, support and love, however his love for his job sometimes gets him putting his priorities the wrong way round. The call he receives becomes personal as Alex finds out that a killer has got to one of his own. His niece has been murdered and they want him in on the case. He throws himself into the case...

KathEv 03.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of I, Alex Cross - James Patterson