Nine Perfect Strangers – Cannonball Read 17

Some Wellness Resort porn for a year of no travel

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

December 27, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Nine Perfect Strangers is a relatively recent (2018) Liane Moriarty novel. A high powered city career woman, Masha, has a heart attack and is born anew- she loses weight, finds new purpose and opens a small wellness resort in the countryside. The novel follows the arrival of 9 guests who will be staying for a week, all with slightly different backgrounds and goals for the week- there is a couple with marital problems (Ben and Jessica), a writer suffering a crisis of career and life […]

They Knew Each Other By the End

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

September 28, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR13bingo: flora. There are trees and plants on the cover. If I were to teach a class on creative writing, I would without question assign one of Liane Moriarty’s books. The only other one I’ve read of hers was Big Little Lies, mostly because her accuracy on relationship dynamics is so painfully on point that I can’t stand it. I imagine I’ll finish her catalog someday. Whether I do or not, she’s a writer that perspective writers should study. Her characters are so […]

Two Star Reviews

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

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August 14, 2019 by Caitlin_D 5 Comments

Tonight’s reviews will focus on books that were a little … disappointing because I have to write those reviews at some point and now is as good a time as any. At least my first lackluster books checks off a few Bingo boxes! CBR Bingo: Reading TBR Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty I put Nine Perfect Strangers on my TBR two months before its release and bought a copy within a week of its debut yet somehow it took me seven months to pick it […]

Spoiler: None of Them are Named Balki or Larry

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

August 1, 2019 by lumenatrix 2 Comments

What would you do to achieve ultimate peace with yourself, your purpose in life, and maximize your health and well being? Tranquillum House will help you to this place of ultimate centering and self actualization in a pristine spa setting… Sounds lovely… Nine people arrive at the Tranquillum House in a remote part of Australia all seeking self improvement. Some want to lose weight, some are dealing with chronic health problems, and some aren’t even sure what’s wrong, just that something isn’t right. It’s a […]

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