https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:04:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928445 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 23:40:05 +0000 lisa1783 2928445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little late but the Press Start series was a HUGE hit and helped my son transition to Wings of Fire graphic novels </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928424 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:16:59 +0000 erinbaderin 2928424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My fourth grader recently INHALED the Academy series - he's soccer obsessed, and so these were right up his alley (an American kid gets invited to go to a summer Academy in London to try to make their youth Premier League team). He was staying up late, he was reading in the car, he was picking reading over screen time, it was amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928423 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:34:40 +0000 SteelerGirl 2928423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7 yo is obsessed with the Wayside School series. Her entire class has been listening to her teacher read them aloud over the course of the school year and they all love them. She also loves Dragon Masters, as someone else suggested. And Magic Treehouse. She really enjoys listening to audiobooks before she falls asleep each night. Maybe give that a try and see if it translates to actual reading. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928422 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:24:14 +0000 Miss Ariel 2928422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In second grade The Amulet graphic novels were one of the first series my daughter really got into. (Plus the final book is about to come out!) She now really loves the I Survived books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928384 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:54:19 +0000 JennyPenny 2928384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son loved all the series mentioned here already, so I agree with all those recommendations. He also liked Real Pigeons and Zita the Spacegirl. One other thing I’ll add is Percy Jackson was the series that helped my son branch out from graphic novels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928382 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:34:20 +0000 erinbaderin 2928382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dragon Masters? Hilo and Bad Guys are more graphic novels but might be good, Hilo in particular is WONDERFUL. The Wild Robot has three books, and they were hugely popular with my 2nd and 4th graders. Notebook of Doom and Eerie Elementary series? Oooh, and Mac B Kid Spy is great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928380 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:05:44 +0000 LadyDi 2928380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@togetherthroughlife: We have not! I'll add that to our list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928379 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:46:31 +0000 togetherthroughlife 2928379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried Nate the Great?</p> <p>Another one that’s more graphic novel / diary style is Big Nate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/series-similar-to-wimpy-kid#post-2928378 Sat, 11 Nov 2023 22:03:27 +0000 LadyDi 2928378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3rd grader is loving the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Other than Dog Man this is the first book series that he's really taken to and he wants to read all of the time. I love it that he's so into the books but he's going to plow through them pretty quickly. What are some similar books? I am looking more for chapter books than graphic novels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927646 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 10:48:27 +0000 josina 2927646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My #1 favorite recent read was Artemis by Andy Weir, ALL of his books are amazing so add them all if you haven't read them yet! </p> <p>Other favorite recent reads -<br /> The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave<br /> Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell<br /> Verity by Colleen Hoover (really good and her only suspense novel)<br /> Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927642 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:13:41 +0000 MoonMoon 2927642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved This Time Tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927502 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:35:59 +0000 LadyDi 2927502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JennyPenny: These are great ones. Thanks for starting this thread.</p> <p>I really enjoyed Hamnet (a fictionalized story about Shakespeare's son who inspired Hamnet) and Anxious People. I keep track of my books on Goodreads and I am up to 30 for the year but I really haven't had many that I LOVED. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927484 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:19:58 +0000 winter_wonder 2927484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Nothing Man (thriller)<br /> Corrections in Ink (memoir of a woman's experience in prison)<br /> Take my Hand (fiction but inspired by real events on birth control in the south).<br /> Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (memoir about his involvement with solving the Golden State Killer crimes). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927483 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 19:52:47 +0000 peaches1038 2927483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just finished The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie and I really liked it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927481 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:17:57 +0000 hitchhiker 2927481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Aria. I have several of these on my list, but haven't read any of them. Adding the others now... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927480 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:43:10 +0000 Aria 2927480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I love finding new books through these threads. My most recent favorites were The Golden Couple, The Silence That Binds, Olga Dies Dreaming, The Paris Apartment, and The Unsinkable Greta James. Daisy Jones and the Six was good! I’m a big fan of Taylor Jenkins Reid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927479 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:09:30 +0000 hitchhiker 2927479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those are all great ones!</p> <p>My recent favorites have been Black Cake, Sea of Tranquility, Lessons in Chemistry, Infinite Country, and Honor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-books-lately#post-2927478 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:01:08 +0000 JennyPenny 2927478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These threads have always led me to my some of my favorite reads so I thought I'd start a new one to see if there are any new favorites out there. </p> <p>My favorites lately have been This Is How It Always Is, Circe, and Daisy Jones and the Six. How about you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926849 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:23:44 +0000 josina 2926849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently on book 3 of The Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments series was good also).</p> <p>Some recent good reads were Family Money by Chad Zunker, and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (love his books!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926845 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 22:27:03 +0000 JJ2626 2926845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished the Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett and loved it. Also liked The Searcher by Tana French and the Dutch House (a few years old). For something light, In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer is very cute! I need recs for my next book so am following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926837 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:04:55 +0000 winter_wonder 2926837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: I loved Atomic Habits! So good! I'm reading Diane Chamberlain's new one, The Last House on the Street. It's not bad, but doesn't have me as sucked in as some of her others. </p> <p>I'm planning on doing a re-read of Deep Work and Essentialism this summer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926835 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:41:47 +0000 LadyDi 2926835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kayla0416: I read that last year and loved it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926833 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:27:23 +0000 kayla0416 2926833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I'm reading my MBA textbooks (ha), but over Christmas I read We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter. SO amazing. It's a Holocaust story about a family from Poland. It's the best book I've ever read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926829 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:24:08 +0000 DillonLion 2926829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend sent me Burnout and it is SO good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926823 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 06:54:38 +0000 LadyDi 2926823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I just checked Calypso out through libby. Thanks for the recommendation! David Sedaris was just in our city last night, wish I could have seen him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926821 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 20:02:09 +0000 erinbaderin 2926821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LadyDi: Oh, I liked Anxious People a lot! I just went on a book shopping spree so I’ve got a ton of stuff lined up - I’m in the middle of Sarah Polley’s Run Toward the Danger, and then reading Beth O’Leary’s The No-Show when I need a lighter break. Coming up I’ve got Hannah Gadsby’s book, The Maid, Sea of Tranquility, Hereafter by Jhumpa Lahiri, All Creatures Great and Small, and the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. </p> <p>I also just finished the Charm Offensive, which I LOVED. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926820 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:04:00 +0000 hitchhiker 2926820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I’m listening to Honor by Thrity Umrigar and reading Infinite Country by Patricia Engel. Both are excellent. </p> <p>@LadyDi: I loved Anxious People. Definitely one of the best bikes I’ve read over the past few years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926818 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 15:06:43 +0000 Chuckles 2926818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally downloaded the Libby app and just finished listening to Calypso by David Sedaris and most of Dave Grohl's autobiography. Calypso is excellent. There are few more serious parts because he covers the death of his sister and mom, but it's also laugh out loud funny. I love Dave Grohl, but I honestly lost interest in the autobiography about 2/3 of the way through.<br /> Right now I'm most of the way through the fourth Louise Penny book in the Inspector Gamache series. It's pretty good and just a comfortable read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-reading-19#post-2926817 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:54:45 +0000 LadyDi 2926817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I am listening to Atomic Habits as an audiobook and I am inspired to make some habit changes in my life!</p> <p>I'm also reading Anxious People, which so far I find really cute and amusing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-recommendations-4#post-2925974 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:17:28 +0000 erinbaderin 2925974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I recently finished it too, and I agree that I wasn’t sure about it and it was slow to get going but I ended up - actually, honestly, I’m not sure I liked it, but it was clearly a good book, I just think I wasn’t in the right mental place for it - Christmas, pandemic bummed, I think I was in a place where I needed something light. It was definitely very interesting. </p>