https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:31:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880727 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:03:09 +0000 meredithNYC 2880727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@merriment: yes!! This book was so, so good. Best fiction I've read in a long time.</p> <p>Best nonfiction: Say Nothing, which is about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. I didn't expect to love it like I did, but it was incredible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880520 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:48:37 +0000 Oliviapope 2880520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daisy Jones and the Six - so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880507 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:19:10 +0000 Silva 2880507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: so glad you are enjoying them! I burned through them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880485 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:00:58 +0000 rattles 2880485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880408 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:09:45 +0000 merriment 2880408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.<br /> I'm still thinking about it literally months after finishing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880401 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:26:07 +0000 autumnleaves 2880401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is really good </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880393 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:56:59 +0000 josina 2880393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: The Great Alone is next on my list, just downloaded it.</p> <p>I just finished If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin, very good book; really makes me want to keep my kids in a bubble though and not let them grow up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880360 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 04:31:06 +0000 erinbaderin 2880360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recently loved the Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately/page/2#post-2880341 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:53:21 +0000 misolee 2880341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>currently reading: Becoming and love it!</p> <p>Loved:<br /> Thirst: A story of redemption, compassion, and mission to bring clean water to the world<br /> Eleanor Oliphant<br /> The Girl with Seven Names<br /> Crazy Rich Asians Series (loved it more than the movie!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2880340 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:45:31 +0000 lamariniere 2880340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: I finally got around to trying Tana French and I tore through the first 2 books in about 5 days! I’m definitely going to continue the series. It was a great recommendation! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869582 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:12:06 +0000 winter_wonder 2869582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many great options to add to my list. Thanks, guys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869399 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:50:42 +0000 yin 2869399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pachinko<br /> I Should Have Honor<br /> Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine<br /> All You Can Ever Know<br /> Everything I Never Told You </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869370 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:14:10 +0000 wrkbrk 2869370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: It’s not depressing per se. It’s heavy. But so beautiful. I read it then started following their story - the wife does TED talks now. I really think it’s worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869362 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:17:48 +0000 erinbaderin 2869362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: If you liked Simon you should try Leah on the Offbeat - it’s the same characters. </p> <p>@lamariniere: It was sad, but not depressing, if that makes sense? It was beautiful and affirming but not grim. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869355 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:03:54 +0000 lamariniere 2869355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: I think you have to get into them a bit. I keep coming back for the 2 main characters and they get better and you learn more about them with every book. I can’t wait to see what happens next. </p> <p>@wrkbrk: I always consider When Breath Becomes Air, and I first heard about it on Cup of Joe a few years ago, but I’m afraid it will be too depressing. Thoughts? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869340 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:37:51 +0000 Chuckles 2869340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: the medical book sounds interesting. I love the diagnosis column.<br /> I recently read Simon Versus the Homosapien Agenda. It was a really good easy read. I also highly recommend The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It's one of those books that I stayed up way too late to finish reading. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869338 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:33:19 +0000 Chuckles 2869338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChitownRo: yes! I'm about 2/3 of the way through, and it's so good. Though, I have to say, depending on your politics, also very depressing because she and their whole family are such a stark contrast to the horrible-ness currently in the white house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869333 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:06:10 +0000 rattles 2869333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my three favorites I read last year were The Heart’s Invisible Furies, A Prayer for Owen Meany and Only Child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869331 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:53:36 +0000 wrkbrk 2869331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: Checking it out right now! Doubly so because the name is a play on a Rod Stewart song 😍 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869330 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:26:34 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2869330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: I LOVED ‘when breath becomes air’. So good. You might also like ‘Every patient tells a story’ about weird medical diagnoses. There’s a column in the NYT called Diagnosis written by the same author I believe. Being Mortal is also on my list! Love medical memoir type books! </p> <p>@lamariniere: @Silva: I really want to get into this series but I’ve had trouble with the first bit of ‘Cuckoos Calling’...does it get better if I stick with it?! I’ve checked it out of the library twice now and couldn’t get much past when he grabs her boob to stop her falling down the stairs ha it seemed kinda cheesy? But I hear everyone loving the books so much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869326 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:00:24 +0000 Silva 2869326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: there are 6 books in the Dublin Murder Squad series- I think the first one is called In the Woods. I tore through them all, there are definitely ones I liked more than others<br /> Jane Harper is another great author to check out if you like what I snobbily call “literary mystery/thriller” ;) (well written, psychologically/character driven) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869323 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:54:09 +0000 lamariniere 2869323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: 10! Wow. I really hope the next one picks up on the same day where Lethal White left off, I’m dying to know what’s gonna happen with the plot! I haven’t read Tana French. What should I start with? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869300 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:52:10 +0000 Silva 2869300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: I knowwww. I’m already in withdrawal. I read somewhere that she has plans for 10 more! Have you read tana French? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869297 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:30:57 +0000 lamariniere 2869297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: yes! I am obsessed with that series! I cannot wait for the next one, and I hope she doesn’t keep us waiting for years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869295 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:51:53 +0000 erinbaderin 2869295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I loooooved This Is How It Always Is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869293 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:16:20 +0000 magnolia 2869293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: oooh I wanna read the new murakami! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869291 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:14:05 +0000 magnolia 2869291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: ancillary justice by Anne Lechie</p> <p>It’s science fiction and the first of a trilogy</p> <p>Also I’m reading “we were 8 years in power” by ta-nehesi Coates and it’s fantastic so far </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869290 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:10:47 +0000 Lindsay05 2869290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It’s been awhile since I read it but Heavier then Heaven about Kurt Cobain. If you can get past the terrible editing and writing, Cracked Not Broken about a Golden Gate Bridge jumping survivor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869289 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:09:54 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2869289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im reading the woman in the window right now and it’s great. </p> <p>Then she was gone<br /> Educated<br /> This is how it always is (oh my gosh I loved this)</p> <p>Anything Liane Moriarty </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-lately#post-2869282 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:48:51 +0000 Mama Bird 2869282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I loved What Alice Forgot too. I first read it while extremely mad at DH (with good reason), and it made me stop and rethink my anger and my approach to our disagreement a little. Re-read it recently, and enjoyed it just as much because now I was focusing more on all the other stories in the book. </p>