Rating- 8/10 I’m sure you have all heard about this book one way or another. It was all over social media last year when it came out, what an iconic book cover and title right? Sort of has a timeless feel to it by just looking at the cover. A lot of my book blogger friends have all read this book and I’ve heard mostly great reviews about it, it also was on everyone’s favorite books from 2018 so I had to finally get my hands on this read and see what the hype was all about. Fu

COLLAB REVIEW with Rebecca from A Tale of Two Pages Ratings: Chrissy - 7/10 | Rebecca - 5/10 The Wife Between Us | Collaborative Book Review Chrissy’s Rating-7/10 Rebecca’s Rating- 5/10 This is a first for Chrissy's Books you guys! A collaborative book review, or buddy read if you will. Rebecca is a fellow book blogger buddy of mine who I have done some cool guest posts with in the past and we thought it would be fun to do a book review together. So we did just that! T

Rating- 5/10 Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff I have wanted to read this book for the past like 2 or 3 years, ever since my close friend Iggy was reading it and was very engrossed in it. So much so that she was pretty much reading it every spare second she had and I wanted in on that action. Two years later, I finally got my hands on this book! Haha better late than never amirite? So let’s get down to the synopsis and my thoughts on this book. Fates and Furies is a story abo

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 wanted to read it for ages, it was also an Oprah Book Club selection for last Summer and we all know Oprah picks some great books for her book selection! I was recently convinced to read Behold the Dreamers by Kimberly Davis Basso, the author of my previous book review for I’m a Little Brain Dead. I saw it on her instagram account and she told me

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 lovely human. She approached me in regards to doing a book review on her memoir/nonfiction book I’m a Little Brain Dead. When I checked out her site I was totally keen to get stuck in, especially because it’s based on her real life experience of her stroke! Insane right? I also thought it would be great to read a book by an indie author and

Rating- 8/10 The Mother-in-Law - by Sally Hepworth A few weeks ago I was gifted an advance review copy of an awesome thriller called The Night Before by the lovely publishing group, St Martin’s Press. They also happened to have this upcoming book that looked totally irresistible and I was able to get an advance review copy of The Mother-in-Law which made me super happy! Annoyingly, it took me a while to get to reading it because I had too many books on my reading list, but I’

Rating- 8/10 The Immortalist by Chloe Benjamin This book has been on my 'to read' list for like the past 2 years! I think I may be the last person to read this super popular read. Everyone and their mother was posting about this book everywhere in the bookish community so I’m so glad I finally got to read this huge best seller. I’ve also always been in love with this book cover, so pretty! Especially because fall is my favorite season. Shout out to my local lib for this week’

Rating- 7/10 I would like to say a big thank you to Harlequin Publishing for providing me with an advance review copy of this fab book! This book comes out today, April 9th 2019. Exciting! I was really excited to get stuck into this book by Sarah Morgan, this is my 2nd book that I have now read by her and I just enjoy her writing so much and knew that I would adore this book. One Summer in Paris is a wonderful romance novel based in Paris of course. It follows a doting mother

Rating- 7/10 I was given the chance to be a part of one of the biggest book tours ever and did not want to miss out on all the fun! How exciting for book bloggers to be able to finally reclaim our power and influence on new authors in such a fun and awesome way. It’s so great to be a part of a community that works so well as a team that organised such an incredible book tour as this. I’m also a fan of indie authors and every now and then I’ll read a book by a new up and comin

Rating- 7/10 Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires The first time I laid eyes on this book, I was at my close friend’s house and was completely mesmerized by the cover and amazing colors of this stunning book on her shelf, the title too was just as eye catching. I’m not sure if you have seen the U.K cover of this book, but it is a stunner (check out the amazon link below review for the U.K cover). It even feels luxurious and so bold. The U.S one is p

Rating- 7/10 Is There Still Sex in the City? By Candace Bushnell Publication Date: August 6th, 2019 I would love to say a big thanks to Grove Atlantic & NetGalley for providing me with a free advance review copy of this awesome book ahead of the release date. For most of you who don’t already know, I am a huge fan of SATC (Sex & The City), I mean HUUUGE. Carrie, Miranda, Samantha & Charlotte will always have a special place in my heart. I could also literary re-watch the show

Rating- 6/10 Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Lately I feel like I’ve been reading a too many books with strong female characters and sort of girly books so I wanted to beef up my reading with something a little different! Especially because my last read was very romantic and super cheesy but in a good way! Ha. I picked up Solaris because #1, it’s been on my shelf for aaages, #2 It’s a cult classic, and #3 it’s a totally random genre that I hardly ever read! Sci-fi is completely out

Rating 8/10 You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn Publication Date: April 2nd, 2019 I would love to say a big thanks to Wednesday Books for providing me with a free review copy of this lovely book ahead of the release date. It’s been a while since I’ve read an actual romance novel, months I’d say. Seeing as it’s Valentine’s season I thought I would treat myself to a classic romance and boy did this book deliver!...and then some. You’d Be Mine is Erin Hahn’s debut novel. It follows two m

Rating- 10/10 The Color Purple by Alice Walker What a classic. The Color Purple is hailed as one of the ‘greats’ in English literature. It has remained a true classic for many generations of readers. A big hello and a thank you to my mom for buying this copy for me while we were ordering a takeout from our local Chinese. We walked into a little bookstore next door while waiting for our food to cook and I walked away with this gem of a book not too long ago. Seeing as it’s Bla

Rating- 9/10 The Night Before by Wendy Walker Publication Date- 14th May 2019 I would like to a say a very big thank you to St Martin's Press for providing me with a review copy of this awesome book. I COULD NOT put this book down. I pretty much devoured the entire book word for word. It’s been a while since I’ve read a good psychological thriller and this is exactly what that was! A twisty, gripping, edge of your seat, hang on every word suspenseful thriller. The Night Befor

Rating- 10/10 Becoming- Michelle Obama What a title. Becoming Me, Becoming Us, Becoming More. Those are the main sections in Michelle Obama’s eloquent memoir. The fact that we are always learning and always on a journey is true to all of us. You never stop growing and becoming the person you are today. If you’ve reached a point in your life where you say to yourself, yep i’m good. I’ve reached my full potential. Then dang! How terrible is that! You’ve completely closed yourse

Rating 7/10 On The Road by Jack Kerouac I’m not gonna lie, I did watch the movie before reading the book. Terrible, I know. Especially because I now know the movie did NOT do justice to the book. I was given this book by my BFF Isaac, he gave it to me like half a year ago and said how awesome it was, and how it’s a classic American adventure story, and I had obviously heard of it since it’s one of those books you should read in your lifetime. I was in the mood for it and I’m

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 day, but never actually knew what it was about. When I saw it in my mom’s handbag I knew I had to read it simply because it was available to me. Turns out she started reading this book in June and she’s barely halfway through, it’s December now, well basically 2019 in a minute and she still hasn’t finished it. I borrowed it and read it in 4

Rating- 7/10 Kitchens of the great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal After the last action packed and brutal book I read which was excellent by the way, I needed a nice warming book to bring me back down to my happy place. I went with a lovely looking book called ‘Kitchens of the Great Midwest’. I actually liked the title of this book so much that I brought it all the way from the U.K to the U.S with me, that’s how lovely it sounded. Big shout out to the wonderful Nadine, who gave m

Rating- 8/10 The Silence of the Girls- Pat Barker If you don’t already know, i’m a longtime fan of ancient epic Greek stories and The Silence of the Girls was right up my alley. I was given this book as a gift from one of my awesome followers of my blog, Ricardo. I’ve been asking him for a recommendation for ages and he did not disappoint! The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, is a historical re-telling of the events from the famous story of Homer’s Iliad, but with a twist.