The Truth

Advantages: Smell, long lasting
Disadvantages: None

...Introduction As you would expect from a leading fragrance manufacturer Calvin Klein has a wide variety of popular perfumes for both men and woman with many having different styles of the same fragrance line for men and women. The shape of the bottle is often slightly different for each sex and Calvin Klein's Truth fragrance is no different. With so many different fragrances on the market Truth has done well throught it's time on the market as One of the most popular fragrances from Calvin Klein in recent years Truth was launched in 2003 and continues to sell well five years on in 2008. The Smell Now onto the smell of the fragrance and you won't be dissapointed with it as you get a really fresh scent with hints of canopy greens accented by basil and there's also a hint of cardamon. The fragrance also has a slightly woody tone...

jcneil 04.04.2008 (05.04.2008) · Read review
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The Truth Is Never Pretty

Advantages: Very funny
Disadvantages: Crude

...Abby Ritcher (Katherine Heigl) is an uptight producer for a failing daytime TV show, she likes things done her own way and when she doesn?t like something or someone she has no qualms about making it known. Abby, despite being stunning and very successful is unlucky in love, her inability to give into her control freak nature makes it almost impossible for her to give any man the chance to even get to know her. Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler) is a loud, crude and brash womaniser who hosts a television show on a barely noticeable satellite channel. On Mike?s show The Ugly Truth he explains to women how they?re never going to find a man, how men are incapable of thinking about anything other than sex and that they should basically give up and go home. His show is very controversial and when Mike is hired on Abby?s show to bring in ratings...

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Review of The Ugly Truth

The truth is ugly

Advantages: Brilliant chemisty between brilliant actors, hilarious
Disadvantages: May be too crude for some

...together - at the beginning of the film Abby dislikes Mike and her performance showed real disgust and loathing. But, as they become closer, their friendship blossoms and subtle flirting begins, you start to see real feelings for each other creeping in. Admittedly, the film is a little predictable and anyone with half a brain can see that something will end up happening between Abby and Mike, but this doesn't make it any less enjoyable. It is full of witty humour and so many things had me laughing out loud, mostly coming from the straight-talking Mike. It may be a little crude for those who are quite prudish as it contains lots of blunt and sexually explicit conversations about male and female feelings and actions towards the opposite sex but it is only speaking the truth which, as it says in the title, is ugly. A mild masturbation scene...

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Review of The Ugly Truth

Plain Truth

Advantages: Enjoyable read, insight into the Amish life
Disadvantages: None that I found

...Katie, to get her to open up and tell her the truth to allow Ellie to represent her properly in court. As time goes by the two of them build an unlikely friendship and find they have more in common than they first thought. A figure from the past comes back into Ellie's life and makes her consider her future and also reflect on her decisions from the past. How will living the Amish way of life affect Ellie's decisions for her future? Is Katie guilty? As the front of the book suggests "Does a different way of life mean a different right and wrong?" Why I liked this book. Firstly I was interested in the Amish story, although not having any direct experience of Amish people my parents went on holiday to Canada and came across Mennonite people who live in the same way as the Amish. They shun the modern ways...

AJ26 18.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

The Truth May be Simple, But Justice Is Complicated

Advantages: A fun, fast-paced political/legal thriller that keeps you on your toes.
Disadvantages: Some of the characters behave inconsistently and border on caricature.

...INTRODUCTION It?s been a while since I have read a political or legal thriller worthy of the genre, particularly since John Grisham?s output has become so formulaic and predictable in recent years. At a recent kid?s birthday party, a friend overheard my less than complimentary remarks about Grisham?s latest work and suggested that I check out David Baldacci instead. He was so keen to get me started that he loaned me a second-hand copy of one of the writer?s earlier novels. Set free from the sense of entitlement often engendered by a book?s price tag or created by a much-hyped author?s pedigree, I got stuck in straight away despite the fact that I had two other novels on the go. BASIC DETAILS ?The Simple Truth? is the fourth novel from prolific American author David Baldacci, whose 1996 debut ?Absolute Power? was later...

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Review of The Simple Truth - David Baldacci

The truth, the plain truth and nothing but...

Advantages: great read
Disadvantages: none

...I have read quite a few of Jodi Picoult's novels before, but having just finished 'Plain Truth' I feel that this was the most moving and compelling by far. In 'Plain Truth' we are taken right into the heart of the Amish (Plain) Community in America, where an eighteen year old girl, katie Fisher, is accused of murdering her new born baby. Katie claims not to remember what happened on July 10th, when in the middle of the night in the family barn she gave birth silently and secretly, only later, after falling asleep, to discover that her newborn has died. Once the baby's body is discovered, there is a police investigation and Katie stands accused of first degree murder. There is a great deal of evidenve to incriminate her, not least is the fact that she concealed her pregnancy from everyone. Meanwhile, the reader has also met Ellie...

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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

The Truth is out there

Advantages: Detached from the Discworld series, great piece of satirical writing.
Disadvantages: Central characters are inherently unlikeable.

...William de Worde is a want away member of the aristocracy. He has chosen a low key life away from his high born and relentlessly racist family. He eeks out a modest living writing letters of current events to notable members of society but finds himself forced into the strangely alluring and increasingly dangerous world of the newspaper. In short, William de Worde has been press ganged but is starting to enjoy it. 'A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.' "The Truth" is one of Terry Pratchett's lesser known Discworld novels. It is a novel that crept in under the radar and rarely appears on any favourite lists. However, it is a very good fantasy novel and the central theme of journalism allows Pratchett free reign to ridicule the media and the ever gullible public. If you don't usually read books about...

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Review of The Truth - Terry Pratchett

Truth is it's great!

Advantages: Fab story, great characters, funny, well written
Disadvantages: None

...coming out. How far is Catherine willing to go to keep her past buried and all colleagues in the dark about it? And what is the big secret she's hiding? Naked Truths is the follow on from Jo Carnegie's debut novel Country Pursuits. I haven't read this yet, although I do have a copy of it on my bookshelf upstairs, so I was worried about whether I would be able to get into this having not known any of the back story or what happened in the first book. I needn't have worried though, because the book was so well written and enjoyable I felt like I hadn't missed anything and got straight into the characters without a hitch. Anything related to Country Pursuits was well explained, so this book is perfect as both a follow on for those who know the characters but it works equally well as a stand alone book too which is great! The book starts...

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Review of Naked Truths - Jo Carnegie

The whole truth and nothing but the truth?

Advantages: Thrilling book about a murder in an Amish town
Disadvantages: May be upsetting

...Have you ever stayed in a place where there is no electricity? That means no television, music, and computers. A place where people don?t have a telephone, don?t use cars. Hard to imagine nowadays, but for some people this is still the case and life is very different for them, although many are very happy and it could be argued that we are the losers not them! This is about the Plain Truth. The Book *********** I must be a Christian child Gentle, patient, meek and mild; Must be honest, simple, true In my words and actions too?. Must remember, God can view All I think, and all I do. After the acknowledgements the book starts with this Amish school verse. The story itself begins with 18year old Katie Fisher dreaming of her little sister Hannah who had died previously , when suddenly she wakes and leaves her bedroom to...

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Review of Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

Who wants to play the truth game?

Advantages: Good suspense novel
Disadvantages: Slow Start

...for some time and the booze has been flowing. Then she hears then playing ?the truth game?, in which her mother is asked which one of her children she loves the most. Her answer was she loved all four of her children equally; this confuses Kate as she only has two other sisters. Years later Kate and her sisters are attending the funeral of their much-loved Grandfather; she is reminded of this night. As previously her mother had died several years before drowned accidentally in a lake. As a result being the next of kin his three grandchildren expect to receive the bulk of his sizable estate. They are however surprised that he did not use the family solicitor who is also a friend of the family, opting for an unknown local solicitor instead. The will shocks and somewhat disappoints them, as the estate is split between his four grandchildren...

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Review of The Truth Game - Janet Tanner