Advantages: A very engaging novel with strong characters Disadvantages: None in my view
Review of Heart and Soul, a novel by Maeve Binchy
I am reviewing the paperback version of the book, 544 pages, Published by Orion, ISBN 978-0752884646, cover price £7.99.
About the Book
Maeve Binchy is a popular author of romantic novels, generally set in Ireland. I have read several of her novels and I find that there is something rather comforting and familiar about picking up a Binchy novel. It is almost like meeting up with an old friend and catching up with his or her news. Binchy writes in a simple, yet totally structured fashion and her characters naturally unfold as the story progresses, I find myself wanting more as I finish each novel, the mark of a good storyteller in my opinion!
The characters in Binchy's novels are very well drawn and although Heart And Soul can be read as a stand alone novel, I recognised ...
Advantages: free game Disadvantages: tactical, requires thinking
Hearts is a game you can find almost anywhere. It's more than likely on your PC as one of the pre installed games you find in applications. It's available on all the free gaming sites online, to be played against other people or computer generated opponents.
-Idea of game-
The idea of the game is to get rid of your stockpile of cards without gaining any of the heart cards as they mean big points, and this is a game where you try to collect the least amount of points possible.
-How to play-
The game is played with four players, and the deck of 52 cards is dealt equally between the four. Spend some time quickly sorting your cards into suits at this point. One thing to remember is that each heart card has a point value of one and if you are unlucky enough to have the Queen of spades at the end of the game, this is worth thirteen ...
ang_2906 25.06.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hearts
Advantages: Easy to learn, good fun, and competitive. Disadvantages: none
3 cards to pass to another player, the rotation of the pass changes each hand and are as follows:
Cards are passed to the right at the first deal.
To the left with the second.
Across with the third.
At the fourth deal, players keep their own cards.
The first person to start the game off, will always be the person who has the 2 of clubs in their hand. You must follow suit on each hand where ever you can. On the first down if you can't follow suit, you can play any other card, except for the queen of spades or a heart.
After the first deal you can play any suit except hearts, until hearts has been broken. This means a heart has been played into someones hand.
Ok before I continue here are how each card scores that has been put into the trick, a trick is the person who has the highest card takes the four cards. That is ...
kineticspade 19.06.2007
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