https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:18:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735528 Fri, 12 May 2017 18:48:45 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2735528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you listened to (or read) Dark Places? I may have liked it a little better than Gone Girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735505 Fri, 12 May 2017 17:30:33 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2735505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I was reading through all tj light we cannot see and liked it a lot- I didn't get to finish cause I had to return to the library so it's still on my to-read list! </p> <p>And I agree!! Unbroken was actually my very first audiobook experience and it set the bar sooo high, that no book has been as captivating as that!!</p> <p>Oh, thought of another one I liked listening to: murder on the orient express </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735502 Fri, 12 May 2017 17:23:47 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I listened. Still liked it. But I agree that would have been a good one to read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735475 Fri, 12 May 2017 16:02:08 +0000 birdofafeather 2735475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: did you read or listen to all the light we cannot see? I think I would have liked it more reading instead of listening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735473 Fri, 12 May 2017 16:00:38 +0000 birdofafeather 2735473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I check out everything online through the library now. Signed up for audible credits a few years ago but now my library has great options for audiobooks so I stopped audible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735472 Fri, 12 May 2017 15:59:19 +0000 birdofafeather 2735472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: unbroken is hands down the best audiobook I've ever listened too. And it was one of the first so I have a high bar now!!</p> <p>The Martian: very funny and captivating. </p> <p>Girl on the Train</p> <p>Don't recommend listening to all the light we cannot see. Too many people to keep straight! Took me 13 hours to start liking it! Yeeps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735387 Fri, 12 May 2017 13:14:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2735387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: same<br /> @youboots: my library uses the app overdrive- so I can digitally check out the book and hook my phone up in my car to play it. No risk of overdue fees either lol<br /> @SteelerGirl: oh that sounds good! I love Lauren Graham </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735383 Fri, 12 May 2017 13:08:16 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: it was very hyped up, so I had REALLY high expectations which never seems to work out.... it was a slow start, then I got into it in the middle with Isabel's storyline, then I really didn't like the end, although there is a nice 'twist' if you can call it that, I won't give away....I couldn't get behind the characters, mainly Vianne, but I thought it was just SO sad in parts, which I get it, really life was probably way more sad. Blah. I wanted to like it more. I really enjoyed "All the Light we cannot see" which I just read recently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735377 Fri, 12 May 2017 12:57:56 +0000 IRunForFun 2735377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Curious why you wouldn't recommend The Nightingale? I'm about 3/4 of the way through and really enjoying it! </p> <p>I always recommend The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It's described as a gothic suspense novel. It's SO good. And anything by Kate Morton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735307 Fri, 12 May 2017 11:01:40 +0000 Mrs. Oreo 2735307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you like Trevor Noah (or even if you don't know him), Born a Crime is a really good read. I loved reading the book. I've heard people say the audio book was even better because he's narrating it himself....and his South African accent is sexy to me. :silly:</p> <p>ETA: It's more of a memoir, so definitely not fiction. But entertaining nonetheless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735304 Fri, 12 May 2017 10:59:30 +0000 SteelerGirl 2735304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're looking for something light (and you're a Gilmore Girls fan) I really enjoyed Lauren Graham's memoir "Talking as Fast As I Can". She reads it and she's fantastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735262 Fri, 12 May 2017 10:18:21 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: our library uses Overdrive, digital files. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735254 Fri, 12 May 2017 10:04:31 +0000 youboots 2735254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: yes I did. I'm going to the library today. Are they just CDs? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735249 Fri, 12 May 2017 10:00:46 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: did you sign up for Audible? It's cheaper that way. Library also has free audio books </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735234 Fri, 12 May 2017 09:42:43 +0000 youboots 2735234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG why are audio books so expensive 🙄 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735231 Fri, 12 May 2017 09:38:41 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: right! It's Peggy from Mad Men! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735215 Fri, 12 May 2017 09:21:48 +0000 youboots 2735215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I really loved it. It was my first audiobook in over 5 years. But now it's hard to watch the show because it does not feel right that the lead is not her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735157 Fri, 12 May 2017 08:24:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2735157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: yes! That's it! </p> <p>@hellobeeboston: well, there are definitely hard parts seeing as it's a true story that takes place during WWII. But it actually has a really great ending. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735148 Fri, 12 May 2017 08:16:07 +0000 winter_wonder 2735148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: behind closed doors by BA Paris was so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735134 Fri, 12 May 2017 07:52:28 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: yes!! He was great, made it really funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735129 Fri, 12 May 2017 07:48:52 +0000 erinbaderin 2735129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I was going to recommend The Martian too - I loved the audiobook, I thought the reader was so great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735096 Fri, 12 May 2017 06:21:13 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: good to know! Is it sad though?! I can't do another sad book. I also listen to audiobooks on my commute and it makes it go so fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735095 Fri, 12 May 2017 06:19:42 +0000 hellobeeboston 2735095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: how was Claire Danes narration of the hamdmaids tale? I want to listen but hesitate because although I like her, not sure about her voice as a narrator!</p> <p>The Outlander series was fun, good narration. I just finished The Nightingale, but would not recommend. All the light we cannot see was a good listen. </p> <p>The Martian was also really good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735087 Fri, 12 May 2017 05:13:10 +0000 Anya 2735087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735055 Thu, 11 May 2017 23:10:02 +0000 youboots 2735055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: is this it? </p> [attach=5281/17/optnkr.337x600.IMG_6961.PNG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735053 Thu, 11 May 2017 23:07:14 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2735053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh listen to unbroken! It's soooo good and the narrator is so great. It's very long - but so intriguing. I drive for work and was actually looking forward to each day while I had this book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audible-book-recommendations#post-2735044 Thu, 11 May 2017 22:31:59 +0000 youboots 2735044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going on a trip and I'd like to get a couple books on tape. I love fiction- especially scary like Gone Girl, the Good Girl, the Silent Sister, I just finished The Handmaid's Tale. I want to avoid parenting books. </p>