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Chrissy's Books
Sep 15, 20235 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jul 1, 20235 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
May 23, 20237 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Apr 10, 20234 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
May 18, 20224 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Mar 8, 20225 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Feb 11, 20224 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jan 28, 20224 min read
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 -...
Chrissy's Books
Jan 14, 20224 min read
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’....
Chrissy's Books
Oct 7, 20213 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Sep 17, 20213 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Aug 30, 20215 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Aug 10, 20214 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jul 28, 20215 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jul 17, 20214 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jul 8, 20218 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
Jun 27, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
May 13, 20214 min read
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...
Chrissy's Books
May 6, 20215 min read
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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