Books and Booze Podcast

NEW ACHIEVEMENT! It’s our first Nostalgic Read episode. REWARD? Our bad Princess Donut impressions. We’re pumped to re-visit the first book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. It’s outrageous, violent, fun, disturbing, and hilarious. I truly never knew I needed a man and his ex-girlfriend’s cat entering an dystopian game game, but I really did. Christine brings you A Canadian Dirt...

It’s an end of an era. Books & Booze Twilight Saga coverage is finally over. Before we can say goodbye, we need to have the most prestigious award ceremony you’ve ever been to… A Books & Booze Award Ceremony.  Awards are as follows: Cocktail Countdown  Favourite Moments Cringe Moments Casting Hill I Will Die On The Steve Buscemi Award for Achievement in Multi-Casting Medal of Honour Ultima...

This is the last of our Breaking Dawn chats! The Twilight Saga is over! We are relieved and devastated, a real mixed bag of emotions as per this whole book series. Let’s dive in (and don’t worry we have lots of movie adaption comparisons). Jamie brings you our final Twilight Saga cocktail named after a beloved character; she calls it “Alice, Alice, Alice” and it’s a lovely strawberry lemonade froz...

We continue the horror-show that is the Twilight Saga. Breaking Dawn is getting fun though guys, and yet more horrifying all at the same time. Let’s hang out with the happy family: Edward, Bella, Jacob, & Renesmee!!!! Christine brings you a blood-themed cocktail for Bella’s new pregnancy craving. YUMM (just kidding, she screwed it up again - it was a dud). We chat about Bella's 5-second pr...

It’s a Twilight Saga monumental moment, a wedding of a lifetime, and honeymoon of the century. Join us for Part 1 of our Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer coverage. Jamie brings you a celebratory wedding cocktail: a lavender old fashioned YUM!  We chat about hot dad Billy, Alice’s wedding planning talents, a surprise love triangle, the movie adaptation, bad wedding speeches, relations with a vampir...

It's our final Eclipse book chat. THANK THE HEAVENS I thought this book would never end. Don’t get me wrong, we looked for the light in the cracks… and we found Seth Clearwater. **Trigger Warning: S.A. chat in this episode AGAIN! Because the bad behaviour keeps bad behaviouring from these characters. Let’s celebrate the loser of the episode Jacob Black, who Bella calls her sun. Here is a book cock...

We are still here. When will they Shut The F*** Up, you ask? Apparently never.  Jamie & Christine BOTH made a cocktail. OUR FAVOURITE COCKTAILS we’ve EVER made on this podcast. If you’re going to recreate any book cocktails, these are it. Then we chat a few fave podcast memories, fun book questions, Jamie's (VERY SPECIAL) birthday, and what we have coming up next on the podcast. Also, we can’t for...

It’s Part 2 of our Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer coverage and I never thought I would say this but, TEAM NO ONE! *Trigger Warning; S.A. chat in this episode* because there is S.A. in this book! Weeeeeee To celebrate our wavering Twilight allegiance, we celebrate a silly lil Edward line; Christine brings you a cocktail named, “This is the skin of a killer, Bella.” Disappointing, which you know what, r...

It’s Book 3 of the Twilight Saga: ECLIPSE! These books keep getting bigger so we're breaking it down into 3-parts. Let’s dive into our continued love triangle (sort of) and bad wigs. Jamie brings you a love day cocktail that tastes delicious and rightly named: “You are my life now”. Edward Cullen really has a way with words. Do you think he likes her, or LIKE likes her? We dive into Eclipse by...

Okay, NOW we’re going to the cottage. It’s our final installment of Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid and we are weeping. Recovery from this book/show will be a long road. Jamie brings you a Scott & Kip book cocktail to cheer you up! It was so f-ing good. Yes, it does have blueberry AND banana, thank you for asking. Then we chat Part 3 of Heated Rivalry where we get Scott & Kip’s final scene, the cott...

It's a Twilight re-do! We are releasing a brand-new Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Part 1 episode (the first one had major sound issues). Let's revisit our youth and chat the Twilight Saga MF-ERS! Stephenie Meyer brought us Bella "cold medicine abuser" Swan, Edward "beige turtleneck" Cullen, and Jacob "bad wig" Black. We are forever grateful. Christine brings you a cocktail in honour of the apple boo...

It’s Part 2 of Heated Rivalry tv show/book. Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have taken over our lives. If this is you as well, then join us friend. Christine brings you a cocktail in honour of Shane Hollander. Isn’t Shane the best? This book cocktail is a shandygaff: part beer and part ginger ale. This is perfect for him. Then we chat Heated Rivalry. We cover whether Jamie is a good Canadian, Sco...

We interrupt your regular scheduled programming to bring you Heated Rivalry. We have consumed the hit tv show and book several times at this point and would like you to join us on this unhinged ride with us. For Heated Rivalry Part 1, Jamie brings you a cocktail in honour of Illya Rosanov. Is it actually a cocktail? Well, that's debatable. What we do know for sure is that he would LOVE it. Hint: I...

It's A Court of Frost & Starlight by Sarah J. Maas, a little interlude after the A Court of Thorns & Roses series 3 parter. We needed this... I think. Jamie brings you a Christmas Margarita. It has coconut and too much ice, but it looks beautiful. Beauty is all that matters so we are FINE with it. We chat Holiday vibes, Feyre and her art, Elain as the delicate flower, and Nesta's s...

It’s our New Moon conclusion! Will she choose Jacob or Edward? Also, where is Edward!? Let’s find out. First, Jamie brings you a Bombardino, a warm Italian cocktail with egg liqueur. Everyone needs to try this. It’s the closest we can get to a 1 day Italian excursion to save our vampire boyfriend. We chat Part 2 of New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, the second installment in the Twilight Saga. We get a...

Where the hell have you been, Loca? It’s time for New Moon. We are in our Depression Era and Jacob Era, and we need you to come along. To help, Christine brings you a cocktail named: October, November, December, January (IYKYK). It’s a dark rum because it’s dark times. Don’t worry, there’s cinnamon. The Twilight Saga continues as we chat underrated character Carlisle, Edward wanting Bella to eat t...

Our Twilight Saga journey continues with Part 2 of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. And lucky for everyone we have fixed our audio YAY!!!!! Jamie brings you a cocktail that is technically from part 1 of Twilight, but we don't care. It was tasty and it's got Coca-Cola (as we know Bella can drink an impressive amount!) We continue our Twilight chat with more Edward hot and cold ("I'm so...

In our special Halloween Book Club episode, we chat the book 'A Dark & Secret Magic' by Wallis Kinney. This cozy (but a little dark), halloween-themed, romance mystery was EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED. Christine brings you a book cocktail straight from the pages of the book: Pumpkin Pomegrenate Punch made with a honey pumpkin syrup. YUM. We absolutely ate this book up. It had nonsense, a hot...

The War of Lost Hearts Series by Carissa Broadbent is done, book friends! We loved these books so we took a look back on our journey with this series. Our finale includes prestigious awards, like: - The Cocktail Countdown Winner - Favourite Moments - Cringe Moment - A Casting Hill You Will Die On - The Steve Buscemi Award for Achievement in Multi-Casting - Ultimate Loser - Overall MVP Jamie brings...

We are done Mother of Death & Dawn, the last book in the War of Lost Hearts series by Carissa Broadbent! We needed to honour a favourite character of ours, Sammerin. So, Christine brings you a plum wine cocktail that he would surely love. We dive into the last portion of this book. We chat war (duh), unique and complex characters, nail-biting action, and somehow Carissa tied up all these story...

Our last War of Lost Heart series book: Mother of Death & Dawn!!!! Awww. Jamie brings you a character-themed cocktail this week... Ishqa ! It's orange and yummy. Then we get into Part 1 of this Carissa Broadbent book. We chat Tissanah's funny jokes, Heist vs. fight scenes, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane, and of course the new guy Brian! (oops, Brayan). More importantly, who's your favourite Backstre...

Gimme some [Spoiler Free] book reviews baby... AGAIN. We are talking about more 2025 reads and DNFs. We let you know whether "yes" we recommend, "maybe" we recommend this read, or "no" do not read this. We cover: A Fable for the End the World by Ava Reid Hexed by Emily McIntire Hungerstone by Kat Dunn The Bear & The Nightingale by Katherine Arden Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Qui...

It's Book Club time!!! And we chose a YA Horror. WHAT!? We're talking Don't Let The Forest In by C.G. Drews. Jamie brings you a book-themed cocktail with Oreo goodness because yes, there's a beautiful Oreo scene in this book. We talk hauntingly poetic writing, teenage love, monsters, and anxiety. Also, can we all agree this needs to be 90s-esque Tim Burton teen rom-com? Thanks. As per usual, we br...

Part 2/2 of Children of Fallen Gods! The twists and turns in this book have left us needing a refreshment. Christine brings you something that will warm your belly and loosen those limbs: It's called an Old Pal and it's for our misguided babe, Nura. It's got a dark shadow, sour twist, and bitter aftertaste. Perfect. This brings us to the book. Carissa Broadbent, I am shooketh. We chat identity rev...

It's Part 1/2 of Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent! Jamie takes you on a cocktail journey. This cocktail has many names and wrong colours, but it's all going to the same place (AMIRIGHT?) Then we continue with the War of Lost Hearts series. We have a new POV, everyone's name starts with an 'A', and this plot has left us so confused (in a good way). Join us to chat Aefe, Moth, Missanah,...