https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 20:25:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1951190 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:38:10 +0000 MrsKoala 1951190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All The Light We Cannot See </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1951163 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:20:14 +0000 namaste 1951163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And The Mountains Echoed &amp; This is Where I Leave You were my favorites. </p> <p>Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir was the funniest thing I've read this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1950769 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:29:47 +0000 Miss Sarah 1950769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: East of Eden is one my favorite books ever! Nice choice. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1950721 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:04:14 +0000 IRunForFun 1950721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: I'm reading Midwives right now and it's definitely keeping me up past my bedtime! I already loved Chris Bohjalian so I knew I'd like it, but wow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1950550 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:45:15 +0000 .twist. 1950550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MK0180: I've been on such a King kick. I thought I would HATE him, and that he would be so dull and dry. However, I've completely done a 180 and am now a HUGE fan! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1950543 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:43:00 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1950543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@woodentulip: I loved Eleanor and Park too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year/page/2#post-1950525 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:37:43 +0000 MK0180 1950525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I am currently reading The Shining :) So far it's awesome and a hell of a lot better (and darker) than I thought it would be. Our wedding was at The Stanley Hotel where King was inspired to write it. I can't wait to read the sequel. </p> <p>So this year, I'd have to say The Shining. Ken Follett's new book Edge of Eternity was also good (the last of his triology). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950510 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:31:07 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1950510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Adding these to my list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950488 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:16:18 +0000 mediagirl 1950488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: I have Freedom sitting on my shelf at home. I need to try picking it up again. I couldn't get through it the first time I tried.<br /> @mrsjazz: @loopedd: that book sounds really interesting. I may be curious enough to pick it up. I just hope I can get through it...<br /> @sera_87: good for you! I haven't read nearly as much as I had hoped I would this year. I go in spurts. I'll read 5 books a month and then none for 2 months.<br /> @bpcmarj: Wild sounds great! I'm going to pick that up, too.<br /> @Mama Bird: @Mrs.KMM: there are a couple of Toms River books out there. Who's the author?<br /> @Anya: sob fest!!<br /> @MamaBehr: yeah! I just finished that one, I really enjoyed it.<br /> @mrbee: Life Animated sounds interesting. Any other non-fiction reads you have enjoyed?<br /> @shortcake: Beautiful Ruins has been on my list for a while now. I'm not sure why I haven't requested it yet. I'll have to do that. It looks so good.<br /> @MsMiranda: I just picked up Station Eleven! I'm excited to read it.<br /> @Mrs. Champagne: I agree!<br /> @ScarletBegonia: thanks for the reminder about the Rosie books. I read the first one but want to read the second one, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950472 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:09:45 +0000 MediaNaranja 1950472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I'd be lying if I said there weren't a few sad bits, but overall it talks about the immense respect that one man had for the elephants he worked with in Burma, and how they worked together. I found it more uplifting than I found it sad, if that makes sense. And nothing that outright horrified me.</p> <p>And yes, add East of Eden to your list! It looks like a beast but it reads so quickly because it is just incredibly interesting and well-written, and the story so good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950462 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:05:17 +0000 raspberries 1950462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I'm in the middle of this now! So good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950460 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:04:44 +0000 mediagirl 1950460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Little Misters Mom: @MediaNaranja: interesting. I don't think I've ever read East of Eden. I need to add that to my list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950448 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:00:31 +0000 mediagirl 1950448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: the last book I read about elephants swore me off reading about animals for some time. This book sounds interesting. If you tell me it doesn't talk about animal abuse, I'll read it. I love WWII books. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950350 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:13:44 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1950350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: I read Toms River last year and really enjoyed it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950085 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:15:33 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1950085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The husbands secret was really good. Couldn't put it down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950080 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:09:18 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1950080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where'd you go, Bernadette?<br /> The Rosie project &amp; the Rosie effect </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950072 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:31:50 +0000 MsMiranda 1950072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: I LOVED We Need to Talk About Kevin. Picked it up a couple of years ago on a recommendation knowing absolutely nothing about it.... completely wrecked me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950071 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:30:47 +0000 MsMiranda 1950071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1950049 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:15:33 +0000 lamariniere 1950049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L'Incolore Tsukuru Tazaki et ses années de pèlerinage - by Haruki Murakami </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949980 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:26:45 +0000 mrbee 1949980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All non fiction picks: Life Animated (about a young boy who gets autism and then becomes obsessed with Disney cartoons), Flash Boys (by the author of The Blind Side about electronic stock markets), and Make it Stick (about learning/studying).</p> <p>I also really loved The Sports Gene (a Malcolm Gladwell style book about sports that kind of slams on Malcolm's previous books too). The author did a great job telling stories while grounding his whole book in rigorous science. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949939 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:35:36 +0000 Suzanne44 1949939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: me too! I haven't seen the movie yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949921 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:10:27 +0000 shortcake 1949921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Beautiful Ruins<br /> Behind the Beautiful Forevers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949906 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:48:04 +0000 bpcmarj 1949906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@woodentulip: i loved it, too!!! So well done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949897 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:35:22 +0000 MamaBehr 1949897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"What Alice forgot" it is AH-mazing. </p> <p>It's about a chick who loses her memory, she wakes up and thinks she's pregnant with her first child, but it is 10 years later. It made me so reflective on my marriage, who I want to be i want to be in 10 years, what my children will be like in ten years<br /> Ah.<br /> So good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949892 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:30:51 +0000 cait 1949892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved (and am currently finishing the last book of) the Madd Addam trilogy by Margaret Atwood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949885 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:26:10 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1949885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm reading Gone Girl now and it's great! I keep thinking could there be two more unlikable people?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949873 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:58:58 +0000 Ra 1949873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This year, I've really liked:<br /> The Discovery of Witches/All Souls trilogy<br /> Unbroken<br /> Gone Girl<br /> Orphan Train<br /> The Glass Castle<br /> Scar Tissue (Anthony Kiedis memoir)<br /> Conversion<br /> Saving Max<br /> The Pact: A Love Story<br /> The Boy Who Could See Demons<br /> Dark Places<br /> Sharp Objects<br /> We Need to Talk About Kevin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949835 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:12:28 +0000 Mama Bird 1949835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another non-fiction recommendation - Toms River. It's not a complete surprise to me because it's in my line of work, but it's still a rather shocking read. It also made me resolve to really do my homework on the neighborhood if we ever decide to buy a house, and to waste less because I never know what innocent little thing I'm using is having horrible environmental consequences somewhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949833 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:07:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1949833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved And the Mountains Echoed, but I'm in the middle of Goldfinch and thoroughly enjoying it too!</p> <p>@Little Misters Mom: @MediaNaranja: East of Eden is also one of my favorite books of all time, and John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors!! SO GOOD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-book-youve-read-this-year#post-1949831 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:05:59 +0000 woodentulip 1949831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love love loved Eleanor &amp; Park. A quick and super easy read but it was amazing. </p>