https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:25:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1647299 Tue, 20 May 2014 14:08:34 +0000 littlebug 1647299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any time anyone asks for book suggestions, I always suggest Tana French's books. They're mysteries/police procedurals (which I normally don't like) set in Ireland. I have torn through all of them. </p> <p>I second @MamaMoose:'s suggestion of This is Where I Leave You. I simultaneously laughed out loud and cried actual tears at that book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1647266 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:59:29 +0000 kjpugs 1647266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My go-to recommendation is Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I have corresponded with the author and he said it's been purchased for a movie so best to read it before it's in theatres! I LOVED it. Favorite book of all time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1647258 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:57:14 +0000 MamaMoose 1647258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked The Orphan Train as @hilsy85: mentioned.</p> <p>I also just finished This Is Where I Leave You which was was really good. It's coming out at a movie this year and I wanted to read it first.</p> <p>Defending Jacob is older but I just read it for my book club. Very intense. If you like Law and Order you'll love this book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1647243 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:54:25 +0000 cmomma17 1647243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: no you're not, I'm only halfway through! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1647238 Tue, 20 May 2014 13:53:45 +0000 aegie 1647238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eleanor and park </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646878 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:15:43 +0000 Cherrybee 1646878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you read The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly yet? I read it during one 2hr train journey to work (it's really short) and I cried the entire way. I then read it again on the way back!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646875 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:14:33 +0000 mrsjyw 1646875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: i read it and it was meh. i predicted the ending. and wasn't surprised! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646872 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:13:11 +0000 Running Elley 1646872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished Gone Girl and loved it! I think I'm one of the last people to read it though lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646865 Tue, 20 May 2014 12:09:59 +0000 Lozza 1646865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm currently reading both Ancillary Justice (SF, but it got a good review on a romance blog, so that made me think I could handle it when I'm generally not a huge SF fan) and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairlyand in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente (middle grade) and both are really good so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646776 Tue, 20 May 2014 11:38:25 +0000 hilsy85 1646776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read The Orphan Train (about, literally, a train that brought orphans from NYC out to the midwest to try to get them adopted) and really liked it! I also recently finished The Invention of Wings (about abolitionist Sarah Grimke and the slave she was given on her 11th birthday) and found it really interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-good-book-recommendations#post-1646757 Tue, 20 May 2014 11:34:41 +0000 mrsjyw 1646757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read Wonder a couple of weeks ago. I don't really have a genre and enjoy all good novels.</p> <p>Any can't put down 'til the end books you've read recently? </p>