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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, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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’....
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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...
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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...
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Apr 8, 20215 min read
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
Rating: 9/10 This book has been on my to read list for the longest time since its release in April 2019. Ever since my good friend Nicole...
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Mar 5, 20215 min read
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Rating - 10/10 I have had this little book on my shelf for the longest time! I’m sure we have all heard of Chimamanda right?! I feel like...
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Feb 4, 20216 min read
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Rating - 7/10 Alright Alright Alright...I couldn’t resist. I love McConaughey, I find him weirdly interesting, I think he’s an excellent...
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Jan 3, 20216 min read
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Rating - 9/10 After seeing this book on Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine book club when it came out earlier this year I knew I had to...
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Nov 15, 20206 min read
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Rating - 9/10 I had first heard of Ibram X. Kendi back in 2016 when he won the Non Fiction National Book Award Prize for his book,...
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Oct 24, 20206 min read
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture
Rating 9/10 Once upon a time, I was scrolling through the Instagram bookish world and came across this beauty of a book, I knew right off...
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Sep 4, 20205 min read
More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
Rating- 8/10 Obviously I wouldn’t read this book if I wasn’t an Alicia Keys fan y’all. Alicia Keys has been one of my favorite artists...
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Aug 18, 20205 min read
Educated by Tara Westover
Rating- 9/10 I cannot believe it took me this long to read this book! I’m sure everyone has heard of this best selling memoir right?!...
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Jul 2, 20208 min read
The American Dream by Jim Cullen
Rating - 7/10 Seeing as it’s 4th July, A.K.A - Independence day (in the US), I thought I’d read a nonfiction book about the birth of...
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Jun 11, 20204 min read
This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope by Shayla Lawson
Rating - 7/10 I would like to say a big thanks to HarperCollins Publishers for sending me an advanced review copy of this dope book! This...
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Apr 4, 20203 min read
The Little Book of Bob: Life Lessons From a Streetwise Cat by James Bowen
Rating 6/10 I would like to firstly thank Sarah from Thomas Dunne Books an imprint for sending me a gorgeous review copy of this book!...
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May 1, 20193 min read
I'm a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso
Rating- 9/10 I’m a Little Brain Dead by Kimberly Davis Basso I got to know Kimberly through instagram through our love for books, such a...
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Feb 3, 20198 min read
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Rating- 10/10 Becoming- Michelle Obama What a title. Becoming Me, Becoming Us, Becoming More. Those are the main sections in Michelle...
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Nov 5, 20185 min read
Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race- Reni Eddo-Lodge
Rating- 10/10 Judging by the title of this book, you would think that this would be a provocative and radical read. When in reality, it...
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