THIS BOOK!!!! I was so excited when I got the e-ARC and then for whatever reason couldn’t get to it for a little while. Once I finally sat down and started reading it I literally could not put it down and finished it in one sitting (oops)

✨HOOK, LINE, & SINKER by Tessa Bailey✨ - ★★★★★

Okay I LOVED this book! I was so excited to get approved for the sequel to It Happened One Summer and it did not disappoint. I actually loved it even more than the first book!

First of all, I *had* to pull out my Hunt a Killer copper mug for this drink! For those of you who don’t know - Hunt a Killer is a subscription mystery box game where you and your friends/family solve a crime. I bought a subscription for my family last Christmas and none of them have wanted to do them with me so @stephanielib and I are going to do a binge solving night. It’s like an at home escape room! 

I knew that for this drink I wanted to incorporate beer, but then something fruity, fancy and fun to show the stark difference between Piper and Brendan. But oh boy when I saw this drink come up on Pinterest I literally died laughing - because how perfect is this?! 🤪

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Emily Henry just makes me love love! It’s that simple. I loved this book - along with the rest of the world. Although this book doesn’t hold the special place in my heart like Beach Read does, it was still a 5 star read. I’m soooo ready for Book Lovers to come out because Emily Henry is just one of those authors that can literally do no wrong in my eyes! 

First of all, I just want to say that I loved getting to read Julia Whelan’s debut novel because she has narrated almost all of the audiobooks I’ve listened to! This book had me in my feels. What I thought was going to be a fun, summery romance quickly turned into a deep, dark, and messy tale. Reminiscent of “Me Before You”…

I’m kicking off the week with maybe the most adorable drink I’ve ever made, for the most adorable book I’ve ever read! I knew that for this book I needed something unconventional, fun, as blue as the cerulean sea, and of course that included ice cream.

39 hours, 3 states, 100000 cups of coffee later…. 🗺 Did someone say girl’s weekend?! This was initially supposed to just be a weekend in Boston - one night and enough time to see the sights. Well, in true Anna + Stephie fashion, it turned into an entire “New England Weekend Extravaganza”. We planned out every hour of this trip to make the most of it, and we started off so strong but then the universe interfered and we had some hilarious mishaps along the way…

I chose this drink because the Sea Breeze was the cocktail that Nina kept mentioning her mom would drink every day, and ultimately it turned into Nina’s poison of choice as well. However I put a little spin on it and topped the drink with a Raspberry White Claw to add a little bit of sparkle - and of course some waves! 

A little recap of my birthday weekend spent celebrating with Stephie! We had a blast in our jampacked tourist weekend in D.C!