Review Survivor's Club
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This book is really interesting once you get past the vast amount of details on mundane topics.  The story itself is good but not everything ever learned about every topic needed to be filled in.
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The Club Room 237..Loved it. Can't wait to read the next book! Alex is hot..and I'm. really intrigued to see where they will end up..
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WWF
SURVIVOR SERIES

Spoilers

1. RANDY SAVAGE, JAKE ROBERTS, RICKY STEAMBOAT, BRUTUS BEEFCAKE & JIM DUGGAN VS THE HONKY TONK MAN, HERCULES, DANNY DAVIS, RON BASS & HARLEY RACE-this was an excellent opening match with some of the best talent that the WWE has ever had. The match is fast paced and full of back and forth action. The Macho Mans team wins this one with Savage, Roberts and Steamboat remaining.

2. THE FABULOUS MOOLAH, ROCKIN ROBIN,VELVET MCINTYRE & THE JUMPING BOMB ANGELS VS SENSATIONAL SHERRI, THE GLAMOUR GIRLS, DONNA CHRISTIANELLO & DAWN MARIE-we follow that opening match with a womens elimination match and it is just as good. This is a fun match and shows what the women are capable of. Great action that leads to a team Moolah win.

3. THE HART FOUNDATION, THE ISLANDERS, DEMOLITION, THE BOLSHEVIKS & THE DREAM TEAM VS STRIKE FORCE, THE YOUNG STALLIANS, THE FABOLOUS ROUGEAUS, THE KILLER BEES & THE BRITISH BULLDOGS-one of my favorite matches, I love the concept here with the teams of teams. Great match full of great talent. The longest match on the card I believe but it does not feel long. Back and forth action that sees Strike Forces team take home the victory.

4. HULK HOGAN, PAUL ORNDORFF, DON MURACO, KEN PATERA & BAM BAM BIGELOW VS ANDRE THE GIANT, ONE MAN GANG, KING KONG BUNDY, BUTCH REED & RICK RUDE-the main event of the evening and certainly one of the most hyped as Hogan and Andre would face off once again after Wrestlemania 3. This was a great main event and a great way to end the event. All of these competitors did a great job but as you know it was a standout performance for Bam Bam Bigelow. Andres team would go on to win but it was a fun way to end the show.

The first Survivor Series event was and still is one of the best events that the WWE has had. I miss this being the Thanksgiving Day tradition. This event was full of great talent and great action with very competitive matches.
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It's about filming the equivalent of Survivor but with romance. The beginning did not catch my interest, so I have stopped reading it. Maybe later I will return to it.
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Just like any season of survivor, i enjoyed it alot and will keep watching future seasons, thank you amazon prime for making this possible
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This book is excellent.  I give it 5 stars.  I could not put it down and read it almost in one day.  I recommend this book for book clubs.  Our book club read it and rate it very highly.
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This was a very mediocre PPV. Although it did have it's highlights.
Survivor Series elimination match
Godfather, D'Lo Brown & Head Bangers def. Dudley Boyz & Acolytes
Not a bad opener. Head Bangers went first, they're ... so thats good. D'Lo finally won for his team last eliminating Bubba Ray Dudley. ***
Kurt Angle def. Shawn Stasiak
It wasn't a bad match, kinda boring though. Angle is great but Stasiak is just pants. ***
Survivor Series elimination match
Val Venis, Mark Henry, Steve Blackman & Gangrel def. British Bulldog & Mean Street Posse
This was a lot better than the first SS match. Blackman, Gangrel and Henry were hilarious by eliminating the Mean Street Posse straight away. Then Bulldog impressed me by taking out both Gangrel and Blackman easily. Venis finally put Bulldog away with a Money Shot. ****
One-Fall sudden death match
Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, Tori & Debra def. Ivory, Jacqueline, Luna & Terri
This was way too short. Moolah finally got the pin on Ivory, i do like Mae and Moolah but they demean the women's division when it has genuine athletes like Ivory, Jackie and Luna. This was the first time i ever saw Jacqueline and i just think she is great!!! ***** (i'm biased, any match with Jackie in is 5 stars)
Kane def. X-Pac by DQ
This was probably the worst match on the card. Kane was battering X-Pac (good thing!) then DX runs in and ruins it. **
Big Show def. Boss Man, Prince Albert, Mideon & Viscera
Another mediocre match. Big Show destroys Albert, Mideon and Vis, but thats no big thing as they are all pants anyway. Boss Man runs off, Big Show wins (woooo) ***
WWF Intercontinental title match
Chyna def. Chris Jericho
Finally, a decent match. This is the best match on the card in my opinion. Chyna and Jericho bring their feud to a head in this match. Chyna finally gets the win with a pedigree from the top rope. Plus Miss Kitty was at ringside which is always a good thing. *****
Survivor Series elimination match
Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian def. Too Cool, Hardcore & Crash Holly
Again, this match is ok, nothing too special. Hardyz & E & C are great but the opposing team are useless. Jeff Hardy gets the win by pinning Hardcore. To think they made this match drag on forever and they cut the women's match short. **
WWF Tag Team title match
New Age Outlaws def. Mankind & Al Snow
Why was Mankind put in a match like this? He should have been in the main event!! Anyway Mankind and Al put on a great show making the usually boring New Age Outlaws bearable, but they don't win the Tag titles. ****
Triple Threat match for the WWF title
Big Show def. The Rock & HHH
Stone Cold gets run over so we have to suffer the Big Show. An exciting match made crap by the big lump of nothing. Only good parts were when Big Show was down. Not only did we have to watch a humiliating performance by Big Slow, but he actually won. ***
An ok PPV, a lot of bad bits though.
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After Nicaragua Survivor went through a pretty shady dark patch that I thought would spell the end of the show. An over-reliance on returnees and gimmicky twists, bad editing leading to predictable seasons where half the cast were invisible and too many obnoxious characters shoved down our throats in return. Things weren't looking bright for my favourite show with just Philippines being the bright spot of a pretty weak string of seasons.

When the idea for Blood vs. Water was announced I kinda wrote it off already, especially with the announcement of the return of the ill-fated Redemption Island twist. Luckily however, it managed to surprise me somewhat.

The returnees picked were a rather diverse bunch with some interesting choices of people I thought we'd never see again as opposed to the lacklustre bunch Cagayan gave us which was dominated by OTT loudmouths I never wanted on my screen again. Plus adding the whole family / friend dynamic added another interesting later into the game that allowed for more character development in stead of constant strategy talk that can become boring if you don't actually get to know the people.

The editing was a vast improvement and I feel like we really got to know every character even if they were less visible or important to the story. A trend that thankfully has been kept up since. Plus to top it all off we had a number of interesting and shocking headline moments that made things pretty exciting.

Overall, the season wasn't a real favourite of mine as it still had its fair share of problems. Things did get a little dull after the merge when the game descended into pretty much constant strategy talk rather than the balance we had before. But it was a nice step in the right direction for the show and ushered in a new age of much better Survivor I am very greatful for.

The only real complaint I have comes from the Survivor geek in me. Can we please keep some continuity with the covers and put the winner in the front centre? Plus can you please include the full titles as a bonus feature as this was the first season where it wasn't aired in the episodes? Those two things will make me a happy Survivor fan!
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Just finished The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood.  It was quite interesting and gave me pause on how I would react in a dire emergency.  I found the references very well done - though I admit I didn't try to check them.  An enjoyable read and information that everyone should have - have passed it onto my "young adult" children.
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4.5 stars

Being a big fan of the TV show Survivor I thought On the Island might be a book I would enjoy. Actually more than just the elements of the survival aspect attracted me. I downloaded the sample from Amazon and was intrigued enough after reading it to download the entire book even though it's told in first person (which I do not enjoy) with each chapter alternating between  T.J. and Anna's point of view.

On the Island featured a courageous 16 year old T.J. recovering from cancer looking to be tutored over the summer by the 30 year old high school teacher Anna, hired by his parents in order that he could catch up on his school work. Anna was looking for a little adventure, time away in a remote location and earn a little extra cash but in reality it was an all expenses paid work vacation in an exotic locate. Boy did they both get more than they bargained for in what should have been a simple case of "How I Spent my Summer Vacation". What a tale they both had to tell if they managed to beat the odds and survive.

I never felt that T.J. was a normal 16 year old boy. He certainly acted more mature that I imagine most 16 year old boys do. Plus having to fight for your survival makes a boy grow into a man in a hurry and I'm pretty sure he was already well on his way to being a man having had to battle cancer and come out on the winning side. Anna on the other hand had been in a steady relationship with her boyfriend for 8 years, but it was easy to tell they weren't on the same page when it came to making a future together which was why they were still only dating. A little time away for Anna was a good chance to re-evaluate her relationship.

While T.J. and Anna were trying to survive the stone cold truth that they were indeed stranded on an island with no food except what they could forage for, no shelter, no fire, sickness, battling the wildlife and the elements...and not for a measly 39 days like the cast of the TV show have to endure, but a heck of a lot longer. What a daunting task these two virtual strangers had ahead of them.

It was only natural that once Anna and T.J. settled into a routine of surviving day to day that their attraction would take their relationship in a new direction and they would turn to their natural baser instincts to comfort each other.  I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the "cougar" aspect but the good thing was that author Tracey Garvis-Graves did a great job of making the transition a smooth and natural one from a student/teacher relationship into one of a man loving a woman. I totally had no issues with the age difference between T.J. and Anna.

Without giving anything away On The Island showed two people grow, trust in each other and display a strength of character that enabled them not only to survive but learn to truly love.
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I loved the characters, plot, and writing style in this book. These people are true survivors who band together for the good of the group as a whole and for each person's family, and their individual survival.

They live just outside of a Texan city in a nice subdivision. The group has quite a wide range of personalities as well as skill sets. Although they don't always all agree with each other, they setup a microcosm of a democratic society and fight for their survival. Well written.  It is exciting, adventurous, emotionally evocative, and at times, funny. I loved the ending.
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Shel: Truthfully, I had some mixed feelings going into The Simple Wild. On the one hand, I enjoy K.A. Tucker's novels and characters. On the other hand, I wasn't sure if I was up for the wilds of Alaska. I'm less a camping and more of a glamping type girl and the idea of inhabiting a space that was going to be as spare and harsh as Alaska seemed like work. My curiosity about who I'd meet in this novel won out, though, and after a bumpy start, I was flying through the pages.

Shel: I'm not sure I necessarily liked Calla, her mom, her dad, or Jonah, at first. All of them seemed a bit stubborn about some pretty important things--things that would impact their lives or the lives of their loved ones, or the way they perceived things--and I found myself shaking my head at them all. I also had a little of a hard time getting into the setting of Alaska--it seemed like such a harsh setting to live in, especially for someone as spoiled as Calla (or me, for that matter) and I just couldn't (and can't) fathom making a choice to live in the wilds of Alaska. That being said, once I got passed those things and got to know the characters, I was invested. I laughed at the games and snark between Jonah and Calla and I came to really enjoy the interactions Calla had with her dad and her new Alaskan friends. And, I was so completely caught up in their stories that the ending snuck up on me faster than I was prepared for--making me sad to see that there wasn't another page of chapter to flip to after the last page.

Shel: So, all in all, while it took me a little longer to fully sink into this novel, I found that once I got passed my own preferences, I enjoyed what these characters had to offer.
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Loved the twists and turns. It is always interesting when they bring back past Survivors to see how the new Survivors will deal with them.
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I was surprised by how much I liked this book.  I've never watched the tv show 'Survivor' though I've seen enough commercials for it to know something about it.  I recognized the similarity of this story, of course, to the tv show; but interspersed with scenes from 'the show', is a whole different narrative of survival.

The writing is very well done with building suspense. The switches from the show in present tense to a later time aren't clearly defined but are easy to determine and don't interrupt the flow of the book.

The characters are interesting and realistic, the story fascinating. I was transfixed to the end.

I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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Title: Castaway Cove

Series: Shelter Bay bk 6

Author: JoAnn Ross

Genre: Contemporary

They've never met. But they're destined for each other...

Single dad Mac Culhane has traveled to some of the world's most dangerous war zones, but now he and his young daughter have settled in Shelter Bay, where he's become the late-night DJ for the local radio station. The last thing he expects is to connect over the airwaves with a caller. . .

After a painful divorce, Annie Shepherd opened up a scrapbook store in town and started volunteering with local senior citizens. Although she loves her work, dreams of the family she longs for keep her up late, listening to Mac Culhane's voice on the radio.

When Mac and Annie finally meet in person, the attraction between them is instantaneous. But Annie isn't ready to lay her heart on the line, and neither is Mac. Fortunately, no one in Shelter Bay is about to let a perfect match escape the magic of true love.

Review: I love Shelter Bay and it's residents. It reminds me of the town I grew up in.

This was the first time I'd read a book where the military hero was not Special Forces, and I really liked it.

One of the things I loved about this book was how Mac and Annie first start talking. From there we watch as these two wounded souls come together and fall in love and start to become a family.

One of the things that is talked about in this book is Alzheimer's. This peak into what it's like for not only the person but also the family of the one suffering from this horrible disease is one of the best parts of the story.

As always in Shelter Bay we catch up with characters we already know and love, which is part of being in a small town.

This is another great installment in a series that I have grown to love with each new book. If you haven't yet discovered this series then you need pick up this book. Each book can be read as a stand alone.

Grade B+

Review by: Heather
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Got it on sale.  LOVED it!  LIke the new X Factor in Air and new characters and different combos.  I think spencer is still a bit OP
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Survivors is a BBC TV show about...you guessed it, survivors.  A virus kills off most of humanity.  The survivors are faced with a changed world including threats, challenges and unlikely alliances.  What made this show so good was how they developed the characters and made you care what happened to them.  People who would never have been drawn to one another in the world they lived in before the virus, find value and strength in each other.  AWESOME SHOW!!  Both seasons are definitely worth buying.  I'm disappointed BBC didn't make more.