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When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Rating - 8/10 This instant New York Times Best Seller read was one of those books that you couldn’t get away from on social media and...
Chrissy's Books
Jan 14, 20215 min read
Black Girl Magic Sprinkles by Chaunetta A Anderson & Trinity L. Anderson
Rating - 9/10 How adorable is this book! I love the title of it and I'm always ALL about that Black Girl Magic! Yassssss I read this cute...
Chrissy's Books
Jan 13, 20211 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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Nov 15, 20206 min read
Big Hair, Don't Care by Crystal Swain-Bates (children's book)
Rating - 9/10 Yay!! My first ever children's book review for Chrissy's Books you guys! How adorable does this book look! I sooo wish that...
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Nov 4, 20202 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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Oct 24, 20206 min read
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Rating- 10/10 Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerhouse of a journalist and writer. Let’s just start with that. In case you haven’t heard of him,...
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Oct 16, 20208 min read
A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Rating- 9/10 When I saw this book cover and title, I knew I had to read this book! It gives off a soulful and rich vibe that I was...
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Sep 18, 20206 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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Sep 4, 20205 min read
Remembered by Yvonne-Battle Felton
Rating- 8/10 I would like to thank my dear friend Nicole for sending me this Women’s Prize Longlist read all the way from the U.K. Nicole...
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Aug 26, 20205 min read
Luster by Raven Leilani
Rating 8/10 Firstly, I would like to send a huge thanks to Farrar, Straus and Giroux books at Macmillan publishers for sending me an...
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Aug 3, 20204 min read
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Rating - 10/10 This book has taken the book world by storm since its release on June 2nd, 2020. It’s a NY Times #1 best seller, and It...
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Jul 14, 20205 min read
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Rating - 9/10 I know I know, I am super duper late to the party for reading this book you guys. When this book came out in 2017, it was...
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Jun 25, 20206 min read
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Rating - 10/10 I saw this book on the gram (Instagram) earlier this year and said to myself, I have got to read this! I love reading...
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Jun 18, 20207 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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Jun 11, 20204 min read
Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
Rating - 9/10 First and foremost, I would love to thank my dear friend Nicole, a fellow bibliophile (Check out her Podcast - Shelf Life)...
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Jun 5, 20208 min read
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Rating 7/10 This is my first book review in 10 months you guys! I took a bit of a hiatus from reading and instead went on a glorious road...
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Mar 21, 20204 min read
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Rating- 9/10 Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue This was one of those books that I kept seeing all over instagram last year and had...
Chrissy's Books
May 6, 20195 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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Feb 3, 20198 min read
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Rating- 8/10 The Alchemist by Paul Coelho I’ve always heard about this book from various people since it was like mega famous back in the...
Chrissy's Books
Dec 31, 20184 min read
The Leavers- Lisa Ko
Rating- 10/10 The Leavers- Lisa Ko Words cannot describe how amazing this book is. A good friend of mine had told me it was one of her...
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Nov 20, 20183 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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Nov 5, 20185 min read
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