title: How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice
author:  Jordan Kaye 
description: Starred Review. In their introduction, experienced barhands Altier and Kaye state that a "good drink, when it's put together right and is suited to the occasion, transforms you into a better version of yourself," setting the tone for this sharp guide to drinks for every conceivable occasion. Buoyed by wit as bracing as a gin martini, the duo lead a tour through dozens of cocktails, offering suggestions for the end of a long unlucky streak (a Gin Rickey) and when sitting next to a movie star (the rum and fruit-juicy Mary Pickford) as well as more commonplace events like meeting the in-laws (the gin-based Fine and Dandy), a high school reunion (a Rusty Nail), or flying coach (a Madras). Rather than devolving into sheer novelty, misogyny or mean-spiritedness, the authors deftly walk the line (rare exceptions include "last drink before AA"), offering cogent information on a drink's creation and characteristics, along with sharp commentary such as "your sexual orientation is at best a self-fulfilling prophecy, and not a very interesting one at that" in the entry for sexual experimentation (calling for a rye-and-maraschino liqueur Fancy Free). The duo, veteran New York drink-slingers both (Altier currently runs a Manhattan bar), keep a canny balance between the educational and the irreverent, making for a terrifically entertaining guide to informed imbibing.
zlib_text: ALPHA’S FAKE OMEGA
  OMEGA FOR HIRE #1
  
  ARIA GRACE
  
  Surrendered Press
  Alpha’s Fake Omega
  Copyright © 2019 by Aria Grace
  All rights reserved.
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and
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  "J
  1
  DANTE
  ust, please, don't show up to work drunk." My manager's voice grates in my ear.
  "It's just one of the hazards of the job." I adjust the cell phone in my hand and look out the
  window of the cab. The city slowly creeps by as we inch our way through the early morning rush
  hour. "Besides, it's not like I'm really drunk."
  "No, but I guarantee you smell like booze and have bloodshot eyes. Go home and sleep it off. You
  don't have anything on the schedule for today, so take the time to clean up and unwind." Levi, my
  manager at Omega for Hire, sounds condescending at times, but his heart is in the right 