Nine Perfect Strangers

“Relax and enjoy the journey. The stream will carry you this way and that, but will carry you forward to where you need to go”

Synopsis: Nine perfect strangers is about a group of people that attend a health and wellness retreat. They are complete strangers and their reasons for attending the retreat vary from weight loss to spiritual awakening. Things start to seem off and the guests begin to question if the center’s methods are actually safe.

Corey’s review: I was really excited about this book because every year my mom and I go on a retreat together. The book started off promising and then took a weird turn. I love Liane Moriarty as an author so I was disappointed that this fell short for me. The storyline was just odd and seemed to jump from one weird situation to another. Sadly I would pass on this one.
Rating: 2/5

Nicholette’s review: I’ve also been a fan of Liane Moriarty! My first exposure to her was What Alice Forgot, and I enjoyed it so much! I’ve read several others as well, and since they are about the issues of middle aged women (and I AM a middle aged woman) I guess I can relate. I didn’t read this one with Corey and sadly, based on the review, I probably won’t put it on my bedside table

Menu:

Throughout the book the guests are given a smoothie for breakfast. I thought it would be fitting to create my own healthy smoothie. I actually do drink one of these 3-4 days a week and it keeps me full for majority of the day because of the fat and fiber. One addition that I did not add below is protein powder (because I ran out!) I usually add one scoop of protein to my smoothie mixture.

Method:

In your blender layer the ingredients the following

1) 1 cup of almond milk/regular milk/ coconut water- basically any liquid base.

2) 1/3 cup oats (optional) depending on the day ahead I’ll add these or omit

3) 1tbs maca powder

4) 1tbs peanut butter or almond butter. You could also use an avocado. I would just switch up other ingredients to match the taste

5) handful power greens

6) 1/4 cup frozen fruit- any mixture will do.

7) blend together