Well, it’s been a busy few months and I fell off the wagon with regard to documenting our cocktails for Boozy Book Club. Here are the highlights for December: Book Club Book: we chose Christmas on Ice by David Sedaris; in December, we aim for something short & sweet, ideally holiday-themed. This one was spot on. Book…

Our latest book was Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt. Our group rarely chooses best sellers, but for July we seem to have chosen a book that many people are reading and discussing right now. Since it’s a thoroughly enjoyable, heartfelt book with compelling characters and an intriguing story line, I am not surprised!…

For February, which is Black History Month in the US, we’ve chosen a book about key figures in a legendary section of another Midwestern city, Detroit. Unlike some of our recent choices, this book actually has cocktails in it, too — it is Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall. This book, technically labeled historical fiction,…

Our book for January was Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, a rare example where we selected a book that is on top of many of the bestseller lists. I really enjoyed this book, but given the fact that most of the male characters are portrayed in a poor light, I was interested to see…

Tonight’s the next meeting of the North Shore Distillery Boozy Book Club. For December, we typically choose something short, and often (but not always) holiday-themed. In past years, we’ve read short stories by Truman Capote about the holidays, a Christmas-themed mystery by Agatha Christie, and last year it was Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, for example.…

At the distillery, we’ve had a boozy book club going for several years now. Each month, we read a book that we chose together, and then we get together to discuss it. I prepare a flight of three mini-cocktails paired to the book or themes of the book, and we sip those while we talk.…