Day 5 of Blogging the twelve days of Christmas #blog12daysxmas

New Year's Eve is coming up in only a couple of days so why not have a party to celebrate the New Year arriving!

Your library has some great books that might help you get started.  There are some cookbooks here in this list but there are also some great books on making cocktails.  Click here for the library catalogue.

For making cocktails check out these books:

Fizz : recipes for fabulous cocktails & party food by Pamela Clark.

500 cocktails : the only cocktail compendum you'll ever need 

The cocktail Jane Rocca - fabulous drinks and fabulous illustrations by Kat Macleod.

Or maybe you want to venture out have a look at Melbourne's bars and pubs for 2012 to find a special place where someone else will make the cocktails!

For fun party food check out these books:

Dress your cupcake : bake them! Dress them! Eat them! by Joanna Farrow

Hip hip hooray : 40 fun party cakes Julie Lanham

Make me cake and cookie pops

Party : how to make a brilliant bash : the essential guide

Food, fashion, friends Karen Bussen

My party Pete Evans

Party music to get your groove on!

Disco music : originals  various artists for the retro discotheque!

Born this way Lady Gaga put your meat suit on and boogie off to this one!

Zonoscape Cut/Copy quirky, catchy tunes that will keep this one on replay!

Beyond the sea Various artists - groovy tracks to dance to from the fifties to now!