Advantages: most people will like at least one of these biscuits
Disadvantages: few

...I was putting some cakes I had made into a biscuit tin to keep them moist and I realised that I was using a Jacobs family circle biscuit tin, well its not really a tin but a square rigid plastic container. Any way this container is an attractive red square the lid has pictures of biscuits on it. They are arranged in a circle. The words family circle everyones favourite are printed around the picture. There is a small black background above the word family circle surrounding the word Jacobs in white. The lid is of this biscuit tin is very well fitting. It is great for storing things in afterwards. So are these biscuits my family favourites? . I believe Jacobs have made these biscuits for many years now as I have a memory of eating them for lots of years. Danone a French company bought out Jacobs who make Family circle... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent story, interesting debate topic, realistic characters
Disadvantages: Some difficult to understand American references.

...about people who lied to themselves? There should be a tenth circle, a tiny spot the size of the head of a Pin, with room for inifinite masses. It would be crowded with professors who hid away in ivy covered towers instead of facing their broken families...' It's an interesting question and one that could make for much debate over whether Dante did miss out a sin in the modern world. Graphic novel The graphic novels throughout the book add a spice to the novel and was an idea I hfor one ahd never seen before...the comic marks its lead character - Duncan - going down through the levels of hell to rescue his daughter who has been kidnapped by Lucifer - the idea of a tenth circle is also used in this. The idea of humanity however is the theme that recurs in this, as Duncan can change into a wild animal whenever he is angry or afraid... Read review

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Advantages: Well written, controversial topic
Disadvantages: Didn't captivate me like her other novels

...a parent will go in order to protect their child from the unthinkable happening to them. Trixie one day comes home in tears and tells her father that she has been by her boyfriend, Jason. When she reports it to the police, it seems nothing is what it seems to be. Things a further twist when Jason makes the whole case more complicated, and implicates Trixie in another crime...but is it as it seems? The book is full of twists and turns, mystery and intrigue. Some of the twists in the plot are unexpected, and I certainly didn't see them coming. This does not have the normal format of a Picoult novel, which is crime, family story then a court case. There is of course a crime, and an underlying family story but there is no court case at the end to end things off, which to be honest I didn't like. *The Characters* Daniel Stone - He... Read review

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Advantages: a good story line
Disadvantages: too many sidetracks and deviations

...I have been an avid fan of Jodi Picoult ever since I read her first book, and look forward immensely to reading them expecting to be totally immersed and absorbed from the first few pages. Therefore when I started to read 'The Tenth Circle' I was full of expectation. Sadly, as far as I am concerned as a reader, it did not live up to all the others I have read. I'm not quite sure why this was, as the storyline is a very good one, but perhaps the whole story meandered a little too much for my liking. I will attempt to explain... First, a little about the story. It is actually very harrowing as it deals with what happens when a teenaged girl, Trixie Stone, comes home from a party and tells her parents she has been raped. Her parents, Daniel and Laura, are obviously extremely shocked, and vow to support Trixie, as she goes through... Read review

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Advantages: greta book
Disadvantages: none

...The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult After reading so many good reviews on Jodi Picoult I thought I would invest in one of her most recent books and see how it went. They are not the sorts of books I would usually read as I am a big fan of chick lit and the simple ease and enjoyment that reading these books bring. However I thought I would try and see if I got into it and after reading the first few pages in Morrison’s I knew this book was going to be easy to get into. I paid £4 for this book even though the RRP price on the back is set at £6.99 pence and I could of probably got it for cheaper as since I have read it I have checked eBay and seen it second hand for a mere fraction of the new price. The subject of the book is a rather dark one as most of Picoult’s books seem to be and this one is that of two parents going... Read review

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Advantages: Intersting articles, good price, less repetition than weeklies
Disadvantages: The advantages contain the word "tit" if you look hard enough

...Despite not have the requisite family or, for that matter, circle, I’ve been a reader of this magazine ever since I was a little girl and used to pinch it from the collection in my mother’s bedroom, sitting on her bed having my hair dried. I read the same issue week after week for ages, never tiring of it. Times changed, I had my hair cut short and stopped reading this magazine, but re-discovered it a decade or so later when I started uni and began to take annoyingly long train trips. It’s called “Family Circle” but in my mind that “Family” could be replaced with “Mothers’”. I don’t mean this in a sexist way, but I do believe that no matter how many house husbands there are out there, this magazine is read by very few men. The first page of the issue in front of me (it... Read review

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Advantages: Great value for money and I like all the varieties
Disadvantages: Fattening if you can’t stop yourself eating them all at once

...I mostly see large boxes of biscuits for sale on the run up to Christmas and, when they are on special offer, I look for good “sell by” dates and stock up on the ones my family likes best. As I am writing this review in June, they have all been eaten now. Yesterday I didn’t go to my usual supermarket. I went to a Tesco superstore instead, where I saw Jacob’s Family Circle 1kg boxes for £2.87. At Christmas time I was buying two for £5, so I thought this was very good value, as you only had to buy one at a time, and they didn’t appear to be on special offer. It is easy to keep them airtight after opening, as they come in a plas