Aw, yeah! It’s cocktail time! It’s also warming up in New England, which means I’m hot all the time and alternating between chugging water and finding new, fruity beers to drink. This month my drink is inspired by The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, an awesome piece of women’s fiction between a rock star and a gallery owner. Lee is an actress (she’s in the Fifty Shades sequels!) and this is her debut novel. … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Solar Eclipse
This week, the SBTB crew is at RT in Atlanta. We definitely hope to see some of you there! But because of the travel, I made this delicious drink the week before when I was still in Boston and let me tell you, it was the perfect balm for the overcast, rainy weather we’d been having lately. Fingers crossed for sunny skies when I return. I need a tan on these gams. Part of my … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Into the Sunset
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has some great weekend plans. Meanwhile, I’m making whiskey sours at 10am on a Thursday. Because, apparently, that’s part of my “job.” It’s March and my free time has disappeared in the wake of several exciting new releases and galleys that are sitting on my nightstand. This month’s cocktail inspiration comes from Kit Rocha’s Ashwin! This is the first book in the Gideon Rider’s spin-off series after wrapping up their … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Knock Knock
As I’m writing this, Boston is getting hit with a snowstorm, delivering 8-14 inches (hehehe). Both of my roommates are working from home with me, so this drink cocktail post has turned into a full day-drinking party. I couldn’t be happier. Snow. A beautiful, boozy cocktail. Good books. Marie has Swing Time by Zadie Smith. Stephanie has At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson. And me…I’m finishing up Wintersong and oh, boy. … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Crescendo
Welcome to December, everyone! I hope those who are experiencing winter are staying warm and that the upcoming holidays leave you feeling happy and loved. This is the last Covers & Cocktails post of 2016 and I want to thank the Bitchery for reading and interacting with these posts. It’s really awesome to see an idea become a monthly post on the site. Hopefully, some of you have been able to try the recipes and … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Luck Be a Lady
It’s November here in Boston and the crispness of fall has very abruptly given way to the harsh unforgiving wind of winter. As someone with lots of hair and an extremely slight tolerance for winter temperatures, this is not the best time of year for me. I will often make hot drinks just to hold them in my hands in an effort to keep warm. And I’m more likely to drink that hot beverage if it has … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Some Like It Hot
Fall is here! Do you hear that? That’s me, gallivanting through the fallen leaves in a pair of jeans that make my butt look fan-freaking-tastic. No more chub rub! No more sweating! This is my season! It also means an uptick in my brunch-going, making boozy and fruity desserts (in our apartment, we make spiced boozy apples and cranberries on the stove and then pour it over a pound cake), and shrouding myself in puffy … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: A Fond Farewell
September is upon us! And I can start to feel fall in the air. Oh please, dear god, let fall get here soon. Though I’m a Floridian, the heat and I are not friends and I do enjoy having seasons in New England, despite my allergies. While fall hasn’t quite arrived and summer is still holding on, I wanted to create a drink that would blend two of the seasons. Destined for a King by Ashlyn … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Kingsbane
It’s August and I’m just counting down the days until fall reaches New England. But I’m grateful for one thing this summer and that’s Sourcebooks Casablanca blessing me with A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet. Seriously, this book is so good and it’s – without a doubt – the best book I’ve read this year. You’ll get a full dose of my squeeing soon, I promise. With one look at the cover, I knew … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Chimera’s Fire
The dog days of summer are upon us and there’s nothing more that I want to do than stay inside with a good book, blast my little A/C because I live in New England and the monsters up here don’t believe in central air conditioning, and get a little drunk in the privacy of my own home. Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton and Covers & Cocktails fulfills two of those wishes. Ever since … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Does a Body Good
Summer is here! Well, depending on where you live, summer is here. And all I want to do is nap in the sun with an alcoholic beverage with a good book. My needs are very simple. But if an attractive man or woman wants to also feed me ripe fruit while I’m lazing about, I won’t say no. Our book this month is Paige Tyler’s To Love a Wolf, so head’s up to all of … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails Giveaway: Cooper’s Bite
