2019 09-26 Nine Perfect Strangers hosted by Kathy

Whew some of us had fun getting into town. Traffic bluntly was a Bitch. LOL But we made it. There was road construction for me on Hwy 6.  Grrr.




Those present were Gaye, Kathy and Barbara, Lauren, Me, Jan and Brenny. Missed the rest of you.  Thank you Gaye for opening your home to us.
  You missed some good food and some good homemade bottled drinks Brenny brought and shared.
 My favorite was a grape drink. All of them were very light and refreshing.  Thank you so much Brenny.  There was lots of laughs and discussion with this book.
I really wanted make a batch of smoothies in honor of Marsha.  Wait Brenny what did you put in those bottles. I felt very energized driving home.  mmmm

We all liked the book. My comment was that I did got irritated with the characters because they were so damn judgmental. Francis thought Tony was a serial killer. I mean he probably had to worry about her sitting in her car beside the road screaming and beating on the steering wheel.  I was reminded that in some way or the other we are all judgmental. Ok point made.   Of course you had to laugh when Tony's pants dropped at the pool revealing his tattoos. LOL

It surprised us all when we found out that Marsha had a second child and just walked away.
And cried when Zoe told the story of her brother.
Her mother was tightly wound but she did lose a child
Her father was boring

Carmel was obsessed with her appearance thinking she was fat. Which apparently she wasn't
Lars was spa junky.... Wonder if he still was after being locked up with 9 strangers thinking he was gonna die
Francis needed to feel better and regroup especially after reading the bad review and the fake online romance.

Jessica & Ben - Lottery winners .. relationship issues. She obsessed with changing her appearance and he's obsessed with the car

And Tony the x football player - Had to love him.
Each character had a secret that would be uncovered while being locked in a room without food for longer than anyone expected.

Could you go a whole week with no wine, snacks, phone and no talking?  Well my talking is limited to the dog, cows and Jerry... Does that count? Wine it would be struggle and I don't have bad snacks in the house anymore. No phone probably but again hard. What about you?

I would give the 4 out of 5 stars. It wasn't what you would call a page turner but I kept reading to find out what brought each attendee to the spa.
I was glad Moriarty tied up the loose ends at the end and didn't leave you wondering what happened to everyone after their interesting spa visit.

Okay now for your next book.....  Barbara's book choice was/is One Second After by William  Forstchen.  Our next meeting will be November 7th. Location to be determined later.

Next to Choose:  Brenda, Cheryl, Deborah, Denise, Diana

I already got the book and started listening when I drove home.

SEE Y'ALL IN November.

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