https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:07:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2286196 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:54:18 +0000 LovelyPlum 2286196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay, thanks for this thread. I am 100% the same way. I really struggle to separate characters' emotions from my own. I can't wait for some new books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2285510 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:12:36 +0000 erinbaderin 2285510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about Nora Roberts? She's a little Danielle Steele-y but not too bad. She also gets weirdly into paranormal business sometimes, but I love and reread the Brides Quartet and the Inn Boonsboro trilogy.</p> <p>And if you like YA, I can't say enough good things about Sarah Dessen. </p> <p>Chicklit, Jennifer Weiner. I just finished her most recent, Who Do You Love, and it was sweet and cute. My favourite is Little Earthquakes but the main characters loses a child to SIDS (before the book starts, not a spoiler) so you might want to skip that one. Good in Bed is another good one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2285099 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:38:32 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2285099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Rosie project! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2285064 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:07:18 +0000 babybean404 2285064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hooray so many more to add to my list! I feel so much better when I'm in the middle of a good book! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2285054 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 17:53:28 +0000 blackbird 2285054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also a Stephanie Plum fan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284921 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:21:31 +0000 Mae 2284921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally loved the stephanie plum series! Technically they are sort of cop(ish)/often murder mysteries. But they are meant to be funny. Main character is a woman bounty hunter who has pretty much no business being a bounty hunter. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284919 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:15:46 +0000 MrsSRS 2284919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tamora Pierce or Terry Pratchett? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284845 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:28:09 +0000 LibbyLou 2284845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hunt killers trilogy! Don't be dismayed by the title! It's YA about a teen who's father was a serial killer so he helps police catch serial killers bc he was raised by one. Not gory or anything bc it's YA. It was quick addicting reads for me.<br /> Code name verity was good too! It took a few chapters to get in to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284843 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:27:43 +0000 Finfan 2284843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you liked Wonder, you might like George by Alex Gino (about a transgender elementary student) or Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (about a girl with cerebral palsy). I think they are both really well done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284803 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 09:03:16 +0000 smores 2284803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Glass Kitchen by Linda Francis Lee was light, fluffy reading. As is anything by Sarah Addison Allen, I especially liked Garden Spells. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews- all great chick-lit reads! Lisa Wingate has great light reads too.</p> <p>I loves the YA dystopian series Delirium and Matched. </p> <p>Ready Player One was a fun, fast read all about the 80's pop culture in a dystopian world. </p> <p>I'm fairly certain all of those steer clear of those topics you want to avoid. It's been a while since I read some of them, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284573 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 15:48:29 +0000 Chuckles 2284573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read The Royal We, which was written by the women from the Go Fug Yourself website, and it was very funny and pretty good. Very light reading but still a good story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284549 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:44:35 +0000 YouGotMe 2284549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you choose to go the John Green route as suggested above you may cry through parts of some of the books. It's worth it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284547 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:40:35 +0000 Anya 2284547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babybean404: awesome! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2284542 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 14:34:48 +0000 babybean404 2284542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: just finished the first spellman book and I'm hooked! Read it in one day! Thanks for the rec! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2201129 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:31:55 +0000 Anya 2201129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like the Spellman series by Lisa lutz for light and funny (but not totally mindless) reading. If you liked the quirkiness of where'd you go Bernadette I think you'd like these too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2201125 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:24:56 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2201125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babybean404: Ooh, that gives me more ideas then!</p> <p>The Line series by JD Horn- a little bit darker, but I'm a huge wimp and could handle them<br /> Anything by Sophie Kinsella or Emily Giffin.<br /> Have you read the City of Bones books? Decent, for YA books.<br /> I've heard great things about John Green and Maureen Johnson as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2201120 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:19:37 +0000 babybean404 2201120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: yes I love chick lit! I enjoyed the night circus, discovery of witches, and divergent series! Keep the suggestions coming, I'm adding them to my check out list :)<br /> I also like YA books--loved Wonder. I've also recently read Where'd you go Bernadette and I liked that one too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2201116 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 20:14:41 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2201116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you like chick-lit type books?<br /> I really like Marian Keyes for fluffy reading. If you'd like something a little less romance-heavy, I enjoyed The Night Circus, A Discovery of Witches, the Divergent series, the Thirteenth Tale. I'm sure I'll think of more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-suggestions-for-the-sensitive-type#post-2201109 Sat, 06 Jun 2015 19:57:19 +0000 babybean404 2201109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always been sensitive, and ever since having a baby I seem to be even more so. When reading books I get sucked into the characters and really feel their feelings--which can be pretty awful depending on the book! I also have a really difficult time reading about bad things happening to infants, or about infertility, or miscarriages.</p> <p>I read the girl on the train based partly on recommendations from the boards. I was definitely sucked in but it was a painful experience.</p> <p>With that said, does any one have any relatively light (but not Danielle Steele) book suggestions? Bonus points if it's likely to be available for kindle download through my library! </p>