https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 01:38:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently/page/2#post-2921150 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:35:01 +0000 JennyPenny 2921150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: The book Comfort and Joy definitely reads like a Hallmark movie. It’s not going to win any awards but it’s a feel-good book with some surprises </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2921146 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:48:26 +0000 oldschooolmama 2921146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot- I just read it yesterday and I do not get the hype. I heard it was becoming a movie or show for Netflix so I'm wondering if I'll like that version more. </p> <p>I recently enjoyed confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2921139 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 22:39:57 +0000 winter_wonder 2921139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this! I'm curious about any good backlist books you've read and enjoyed? I'm also looking for a cozy Christmas read if anyone has any recs! I read Seven Days of Us several years ago and loved it, so anything like that would be great!</p> <p>Recent backlist I've enjoyed:<br /> 1. Dear Mrs. Bird - AJ Pearce<br /> 2. Miss Jane - Brad Watson</p> <p>Newer:<br /> 1. The Authenticity Project - Clare Pooley </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920247 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:44:02 +0000 hellobeeboston 2920247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11-22-63 by Steven King was a really interesting read! I loved it.... i need to watch the series now on Hulu.</p> <p>Two fun books: Watch Me Disappear and Pretty Things both by Janelle Brown. Very entertaining.</p> <p>I'm currently reading "A Discovery of Witches" and "Catch and Kill" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920243 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:40:05 +0000 mediagirl 2920243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner<br /> My name is Eva </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920215 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:21:00 +0000 bpcmarj 2920215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recently read "Rodham" by Curtis Sittenfeld and really enjoyed it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920188 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:29:25 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2920188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A book that I read that I absolutely hated, even though it's getting huge buzz - Leave the World Behind. I keep seeing countless reviews about how it's such a modern-day reflection of race relations and societal dynamics and I am so utterly confused after having read the book. If someone has read it and thought otherwise, maybe we can talk about it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920150 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:10:28 +0000 winter_wonder 2920150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: yes, it was amazing! I need to see if he reads Commonwealth!</p> <p>@autumnleaves: can't believe I forgot to put Hidden Valley Road on my list! I read that in a weekend bc I couldn't stop!</p> <p>@miss ariel: oo! I need to pick that up. Her writing cracks me up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920145 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:31:42 +0000 Miss Ariel 2920145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnleaves: I’ve been wanting to read Hidden Valley Road. It sounds really intriguing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920137 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:45:03 +0000 erinbaderin 2920137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: Tom Hanks read the audiobook?!?! That sounds amazing. </p> <p>@autumnleaves: I might have to give up on waiting for the library to get a copy of this and just buy it myself. </p> <p>@wrkbrk: Picked up the Jessica Simpson book on your recommendation, really enjoying it so far!</p> <p>I know this is so last year but I just finished the Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes and really enjoyed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920134 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 08:53:25 +0000 autumnleaves 2920134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hidden Valley Road is the best book I have read this year. Dutch House is next on my list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920123 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:29:15 +0000 Miss Ariel 2920123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: I’m glad you like it! I recently picked up the sequel (You’ve Been Volunteered) but haven’t started reading it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920116 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:29:28 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2920116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: I just finished Invisible Life of Addie LaRue as well and loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920100 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:16:51 +0000 winter_wonder 2920100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just started Class Mom and it is hilarious so far! Thanks @miss Arial. </p> <p>I'm also listening to The Dutch House on audio and LOVE that Tom Hanks reads it. Great rec @erinbaderin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2920095 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:56:03 +0000 josina 2920095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just finished Unbecoming by Rebecca Sherm... one of those books that I'm sad is over! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919876 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:01:31 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2919876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay book posts! Some of my recent favorites:</p> <p>Mexican Gothic - creepy but not too creepy (I'm not big on horror and this was just about comfortable for me)</p> <p>One to Watch<br /> The Immortalists<br /> Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop<br /> Fighting Words (meant for a middle grade/young YA audience but a beautiful read on a tough subject matter)<br /> There There<br /> Vanishing Half<br /> Maggie Hope books (there's a bunch of them, Maggie is a young woman spy in England during WWII)</p> <p>Right now I'm reading the Beekeper's Apprentice, a spin on Sherlock Holmes, and really enjoying it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919837 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:22:08 +0000 foodiebee 2919837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: So glad to hear that it didn't upset you for me to say that! Thank you so much for your thoughtful response.</p> <p>@erinbaderin: Migrations was very dark (which I like!) but ultimately hopeful. I hope you like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919835 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:52:22 +0000 MamaCate 2919835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: thank you for mentioning the criticism about American dirt as I didn’t know there had been significant criticism. This comment led me to google this and read a whole bunch about it that I had not been aware of. I thought the book was well written and I thought she did a good job describing post traumatic symptoms but I can see the bigger picture concerns now that I stopped to consider them. Thanks for helping me understand the book differently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919818 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:37:20 +0000 wrkbrk 2919818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Thanks for this! I saved your list. I really liked When Breath Becomes Air, Jessica Simpson’s memoir Open Book (promise!), Educated, I’m Just Happy to Be Here, Silent Spring, and a book called Proof of Heaven. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919817 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:28:24 +0000 erinbaderin 2919817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: I also really love nonfiction - here's some stuff I've loved, would love to get more recs from you!</p> <p>Nonfiction but not memoirs:<br /> The Feather Thief - Kirk Wallace<br /> The Only Plane in the Sky - Garrett Graf (hard to read)<br /> Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing<br /> I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara</p> <p>Memoirs:<br /> Once More We Saw Stars - Jayson Greene<br /> Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too Soon - Kelley and Thomas French </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919816 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:19:18 +0000 erinbaderin 2919816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: This was one of the ones I just bought, glad to hear a good review!</p> <p>I had a weird experience with American Dirt - I preordered it, and then while I was waiting for it to come I read all the criticism. So I read it, and I enjoyed it as a story in the sense that there was a lot of action and it moved along quickly, but it also frustrated me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919813 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:04:02 +0000 foodiebee 2919813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Loved Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy! </p> <p>I know many who enjoyed American Dirt, but I read a lot of the criticisms of it before picking it up and decided it wasn't for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919810 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:41:10 +0000 Chuckles 2919810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (from Hyperbole and a Half) - a super funny and also deep fast read</p> <p>Maybe you should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919808 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:07:57 +0000 bhbee 2919808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just read the invisible life of Addie Larue and really liked it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919806 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 07:13:32 +0000 wrkbrk 2919806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: The Smallest Lights in the Universe was excellent. I don’t like fiction, and I tend towards memoirs, which this was. Sara Seger is a brilliant planetary physicist at MIT whose husband died when they had two young kids at home. It was truly a great read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919800 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:37:40 +0000 MamaCate 2919800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great thread idea!<br /> @charm55: just finished the searcher and it was great! I recommend all the Tana French books.</p> <p>@petitenoisette: @karenbme: Yaa Gyasi has a new book out—it is on my holds list on my ebook app!<br /> @LadyDi: I was going to come recommend American Dirt! Hard to read at times but worth it and well written.</p> <p>I have also been enjoying the Maisie Dobbs mysteries, American Spy, and I am currently reading the new Robert Galbraith mystery that was recently released. I also recommend the Vanishing Half and the Mother’s, both by Brit Bennett. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919795 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:10:25 +0000 karenbme 2919795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! I have read so much less than I would have hoped during quarantine, but crazy times.</p> <p>Agree with @petitenoisette: though, Homecoming was fantastic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919782 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:26:20 +0000 Fawn 2919782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a big fan of young adult books, so most of the books I've read recently fall under that genre. Almost all of these are pretty heavy books emotionally and are not always easy reads due to the subject matter (sexuality, eating disorders, abuse- physical, emotional, sexual, and mental health disorders, etc.)</p> <p>The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos </p> <p>My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell</p> <p>Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson</p> <p>The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis - I had to take breaks while reading this, it made me pretty upset a few times</p> <p>The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty - there's a mental health aspect to this book, but not a heavy read and surprisingly good as I wasn't expecting much from this</p> <p>Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - super cute and light, I love Sophie Kinsella and have read all of her books, including the entire Shopaholic series </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919778 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:43:46 +0000 charm55 2919778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love these threads ! I’m always looking for good book ideas. </p> <p>I’m currently reading The Searcher ... it’s really good so far. I just started but so far cant put it down. </p> <p>I also recently read The Girl With Seven Names. It’s about a North Korea defector and was absolutely riveting . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-books-youve-read-recently#post-2919776 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:11:50 +0000 petitenoisette 2919776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi really blew me away. </p> <p>Second @nwm: with Such a Fun Age </p>