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We Tried Trader Joe’s Kibbeh
As the box says, Trader Joe's Kibbeh is a Middle Eastern-inspired stuffed meatball. Ground beef cooked with onions and other seasonings are enclosed in a bulghur shell and fried. When they get to you, you just throw them in the oven or airfryer. The ingredient list is impressively clean. Cooked beef, onions, water, cracked…
Recipe: Trader Joe’s Mini 5-Layer Dip
So, no one's having a big Super Bowl party, right? But one thing remains true, you still gotta have your snacks. At my house, I'm the only one who likes 5-layer dip, so this is the perfect opp to size it down and make just enough for two. So, ta-da! Trader Joe's Mini 5-Layer…
Review: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley I finished the ARC and immediately ordered a signed copy from my local indie. The thing that initially drew me to The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon was the fact that it was set in the world of public radio about two co-hosts who pretend to be…
Review: While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown
They always say immersion is one of the best ways to learn a language, but when your parents send you to Japan to live with your grandmother for 5 months, it sounds like punishment. That’s where we start with Waka in WHILE I WAS AWAY, Waka T. Brown’s middle grade memoir, out Tuesday, 1/26. While…
REVIEW: If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Keeps you guessing right up until the end...ideal for true crime podcast fans. In If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier, Obsessed true crime podcast fan Sera Fleece drives to Happy Camp, California, searching for host Rachel Bard, who's suddenly gone missing. With little more than the clothes…
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DailyWaffle’s 2021 Must Read YA Books
As promised, here's my list of 2021 Must Read YA Books. I'm featuring six titles here, but of course I'm tracking a longer list over on Bookshop.org. And while it's targeted for a teen audience, as a reader who rarely if ever saw herself represented in YA fiction, I'm devouring and championing these stories every…