https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:20:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573786 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:46:53 +0000 Bao 2573786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: oh really? Bummer...I read the second but not the 3rd yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573716 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:57:13 +0000 Mrs. Train 2573716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I started the second but haven't finished it yet. I was super excited about the movie too but it looks like they changed the main girl from controlling fire to air so I am a little worried about how much they changed the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573620 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:17:41 +0000 alphagam84 2573620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me Before You </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573608 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:10:29 +0000 hilsy85 2573608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: I loved Still Alice. </p> <p>I always recommend The Invisible Bridge if people like historical fiction. I recommend the GoT series if people like fantasy and like long reads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573595 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:01:08 +0000 Bao 2573595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Train: I love Miss Peregrine! Have you read all 3? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573522 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:15:06 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2573522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the series)</p> <p>The Warmth of Other Suns, which is about the black migration from the South to other parts of the country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573516 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:11:40 +0000 Mrs. Train 2573516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I just had a conversation with my moms group about books. Most of them were reading things like Me before you and all the other books by her and I was reading Miss Perrigrines home for peculiar children. I just kind of laugh it off. I am a nerd. I like science fiction and fantasy books. so when the topic comes up those are the books I recommend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573371 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:49:32 +0000 regberadaisy 2573371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: @mrsjazz: just placed a hold on In The Woods. Sounds interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573358 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:40:37 +0000 littlebug 2573358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: Tana French is always at the top of my recommendations list! Happy to see another fan; so few people have heard of her books but they're so good.</p> <p>The Book Thief is also a go-to recommendation. And, of course, Harry Potter. I really enjoyed Room, as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573352 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:34:22 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2573352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I'm reading Outlander now. It's really interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2573347 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:31:57 +0000 regberadaisy 2573347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: every time I read Night Road, I cry like a baby. Such a good but sad book but also *real*. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2569380 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:47:01 +0000 LuLu Mom 2569380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kristen Hannah:<br /> Firefly Lanes<br /> The Night Road<br /> The Nightingale </p> <p>The Hunger Games Series<br /> The Divergent Series<br /> Delirium series </p> <p>Just finished Me Before You and loved it!<br /> Just fi </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2569369 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 07:35:14 +0000 looch 2569369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read mostly non-fiction, although I did read a fiction book this past December.</p> <p>I mostly recommend Bill Bryson, he writes the kinds of books that you can pick up after a brief hiatus and still get through.</p> <p>I also recommend Far From the Tree. It was suggested to me and I really think any person, it doesn't have to be a parent, could get something out of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568930 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:32:47 +0000 Alivoo01 2568930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a heavy book reader of YA and Fiction stuff. Reading is my escape so I tend to not read non-fiction stuff unless someone highly recommends it.</p> <p>I also recommend books based upon what the other likes or is in the mood for. Apart from what others have listed, I recommend Bright Side and Archer's Voice a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568579 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:13:55 +0000 Adira 2568579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fantasy:<br /> <i>Mistborn</i> by Brandon Sanderson<br /> <i>The Name of the Wind</i> by Patrick Rothfuss<br /> <i>Dragon Song</i> by Anne McCaffrey<br /> <i>Kushiel's Dart</i> by Jacqueline Carey (warning: mature audiences only)<br /> <i>The Way of Shadows</i> by Brent Weeks<br /> <i>The Eye of the World</i> by Robert Jordan</p> <p>Sci-Fi:<br /> <i>Old Man's War</i> by John Scalzi<br /> <i>Red Rising</i> by Pierce Brown<br /> <i>Ender's Game</i> by Orson Scott Card<br /> <i>The Rowan</i> by Anne McCaffrey</p> <p>Young Adult:<br /> <i>The Hunger Games</i> by Suzanne Collins<br /> <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</i> by J.K. Rowling<br /> <i>A Monster Calls</i> by Patrick Ness (warning: you will cry!)<br /> <i>Uglies</i> by Scott Westerfeld<br /> <i>The Golden Compass</i> by Phillip Pullman<br /> <i>Vampire Academy</i> by Richelle Mead </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568530 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:33:20 +0000 lamariniere 2568530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kafka on the Shore<br /> The Count of Monte Cristo<br /> All the Light We Cannot See </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568503 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:34:07 +0000 avivoca 2568503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Harry Potter<br /> Hunger Games<br /> Memoirs of a Geisha<br /> Outlander series<br /> Nickel and Dimed (non-fiction) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568500 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:31:17 +0000 bloved 2568500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the person.</p> <p>Personally I love "chick lit" (although I abhor the term) so recommend:<br /> Anything by Marian Keyes (although the Walsh Sister stories are my favorite)<br /> Anything by liane Moriarty<br /> Anything by Maeve Binchy (favorite is Circle of Friends...much better than the movie)<br /> Anything by Kristin Hannah (especially night road...but be ready to sob)</p> <p>My favorite book of all time is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</p> <p>My favorite "smart" book is The Bell Jar</p> <p>Other random favorites...Harry Potter, Girl in Translation, Room, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (children's book) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568488 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:14:43 +0000 Bibliolove 2568488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recommend authors usually....Jim Harrison, Charles de Lint, Margaret Atwood. Depends on genre though, too. </p> <p>Growing up, "Beauty" by Robin McKinley was my all-time favorite. It's a fantasy re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. </p> <p>I re-read a lot of books for comfort. Some non-fiction Christian ones, but also stories of strong women making life changing choices. My favorite of those is "The Virgin Blue" by Tracy Chevalier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568485 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:09:45 +0000 Tidybee 2568485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unbroken<br /> Still Alice </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568481 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 21:03:18 +0000 delight 2568481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: wonderful thanks! I'll add it to my summer reading list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568471 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:49:52 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2568471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Yes, it's just as beautifully written. <i>Kite Runner</i> is probably still my favorite because the story was so compelling for me, but if you love his other books, I think you'll really enjoy <i>And the Mountains Echoed</i>. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568451 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:30:36 +0000 delight 2568451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: I really loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns too. I have And The Mountains Echoed too but haven't opened it yet. Is it as good as the other two? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568448 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:25:53 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2568448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: oh my gosh, yes!! I love that book too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568445 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:21:58 +0000 delight 2568445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always recommend The Book Thief. It's my all time favourite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568435 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:16:04 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2568435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- Ender's Game<br /> - The Harry Potter Series<br /> - Anything by Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner, And the Mountains Echoed, A Thousand Splendid Suns)<br /> - Anything by Jhumpa Lahiri (The Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies, The Lowland...)<br /> - The Fault in Our Stars </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568433 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:12:49 +0000 Bao 2568433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: now I'm curious what some of your favorites are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568426 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:07:27 +0000 mrsjazz 2568426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nonfiction:<br /> The Glass Castle<br /> The Chronology of Water<br /> Unbroken</p> <p>Fiction:<br /> Depends on what they're looking for.<br /> But my top recs are anything by Octavia Butler but especially Kindred<br /> Tana French books<br /> Gillian Flynn books </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568378 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:19:06 +0000 shortcake 2568378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always recommend one my favorites, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" or "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/books-you-recommend-over-and-over#post-2568345 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:24:47 +0000 mrbee 2568345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recommend the books that make me sound the smartest! Haha kidding, sort of. But I usually don't mention any fantasy or sci-fi books (which I love), because most people aren't into that stuff... </p>