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The Second You're Single by Cara Tanamachi
Rating: 6/10 Believe it or not, this is the actual book that got me out of my 1.5 year reading slump! I don't know how it did it, but it...
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Chrissy's Books
- Jul 1
- 5 min
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Rating: 10/10 I am so so late in the game with reading this insane bestselling read!! Like VERY late! But ALAS, here I am, catching up...
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- May 23
- 7 min
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay
Rating: 10/10 I have been reading this book for a very long time! It's one of those books where I would read it in short burst throughout...
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- Apr 10
- 4 min
Will by Will Smith (with Mark Manson)
Rating 9/10 Fun fact** I actually listened to this audio book a month before the whole Oscars fiasco! My review is solely based on the...
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- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Rating: 8/10 This book has been on my tbr list since its release in early 2020, or the early pandemic days as I like to call it. This was...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 4 min
Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Witherspoon
Rating 8/10 I adore Reese Witherspoon immensely. She just seems like a really lovely person inside and out whenever I’ve seen interviews...
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- Mar 8, 2022
- 5 min
My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between by Mari Andrew
Rating: 9/10 I was in a total mood for a self-love and self-reflection kind of book and this book definitely hit that spot! Also I'm kind...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
Find Me by Alafair Burke
Rating: 6/10 I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump recently, no lie. This is the first book that I’ve picked up in four months! I guess I...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 4 min
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
Rating: 9/10 I remember being drawn to this book last Summer by the beautiful tropical and bold cover that it has. Also, what a title -...
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- Jan 14, 2022
- 4 min
Here For It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas
Rating: 9/10 I remember seeing this book on Instagram last year and thinking, I must read it! I LOVE the title of the book ‘Here For It’....
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- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Therapist by B.A. Paris
Rating: 8/10 This is now my fourth B. A. Paris book that I’ve read. I seem to really like her books! I was in the mood for a...
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- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
Rating: 8/10 So I’ve been dreaming of a Florida holiday recently, and thought to myself, hm this might inspire me even more to travel to...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 5 min
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: 10/10 This has to be one of the most heavily talked about books of summer 2021. I kid you not. This book has been legitimately...
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- Aug 10, 2021
- 4 min
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness
Rating: 7/10 This is my first book that I’ve read by one of the Queer Eye gang and it’s been on my list for a good while. I absolutely...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas
Rating: 7/10 I remember seeing this book floating around the book world of Instagram and thinking, I don’t know what the heck this book...
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- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Rating: 5/10 I was chosen to be a part of the @mystery.book.club and their pick for June was this new debut release from Zakiya Dalila...
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- Jul 8, 2021
- 8 min
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Rating: 10/10 I first came across this book on Oprah’s Instagram account back in August of 2020. She posted a video choosing Caste as her...
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- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
Rating: 8/10 I remember seeing this book on Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s Instagram account. She is a Vietnamese author of an absolutely amazing...
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- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Rating: 7/10 I recently was asked to be part of a digital book club for this great book blog account I follow on Instagram called...
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- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
Rating: 9/10 How stunning is this book cover! I know I always say this about covers, but this time, I mean it. This is one of those times...
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- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
Rating: 9/10 A lot of people have been raving about this book since its release in June, 2020. The immensely talented Roxanne Gay called...
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