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Local literary experts (from Richland Library, Books on Broad in Camden + Barnes & Noble in Forest Acres) and mixologists (Josh Streetman from Motor Supply Co. Bistro + Jordan Moore from The Oak Table) are suggesting these book + drink pairings for Summer:

📚 Lowcountry Bonfire by Susan Boyer | 🍸 Manhattan

📚 Same Beach, Next Year by Dorothea Benton Frank | 🍹 classic Daiquiri

📚 Gradle Bird by J.C. Sasser | 🥃 Old Fashioned

📚 Saga by Brian Vaughan + Fiona Staples | 🍸 radish-infused martini or hibiscus tea with egg white

📚 You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson | 🥂 frozé

📚 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson | 🥃 Negroni

📚 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson | 🥂 Champagne cocktail

See the full list of pairings.

3 min read / Go Columbia

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