https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 07:05:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-859085 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:08 +0000 LuLu Mom 859085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I loved Before I Fall, I think I've read it about 5 times now! That was the first one I read of her's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858852 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:04:31 +0000 littlebug 858852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE Tana French books - they're mysteries set in Ireland. I don't typically like mysteries at all, but I couldn't put these down. And I just started the new Dan Brown book, and like most of his others, it's very gripping! And if you're into zombies, I loved World War Z! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858781 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:43:36 +0000 Adira 858781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: Yes! I have <i>Requiem</i>, but haven't read it yet! And I haven't read any of her other books, but I should! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858773 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:40:57 +0000 LuLu Mom 858773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I was just going to suggest Delirium series by Lauren Oliver, I believe all 3 books are out (I have read Pandemonium the second book, but not he final one!) Also, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver is great too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858658 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:11:16 +0000 regberadaisy 858658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything by Sarah Addison Allen or Kristin Hannah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858644 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:07:46 +0000 lioneyes 858644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3rd Gone Girl! Reconstructing Amelia was Gone Girl-ish and set in Brooklyn, which you might like. Also, The Interestings was really good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858582 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:49:27 +0000 mrsbookworm 858582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I second Life After Life - I really enjoyed it! I also liked The Interestings.</p> <p>As far as YA books, I liked Divergent and Delirium and love the Graceling trilogy by Kristen Cashore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858581 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:49:18 +0000 Foodnerd81 858581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: I was going to recommend Gone Girl, if you want fast paced-ish thriller type books.<br /> For a more traditional beach read I just finished The Island, by Elin Hilderbrand. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton was good-- kind of a family mystery, I guess, and Defending Jacob by William Landay is more like a Law and Order type story. (I just flipped back through the list on my Kindle)</p> <p>The Divergent series is good-- it's no Hunger Games, but entertaining and very fast reading. Definitely YA! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858541 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:37:11 +0000 hilsy85 858541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and it was very good! Kind of like The Butterfly Effect/Sliding Doors :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858533 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:34:19 +0000 Adira 858533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you like fantasy, I suggest <i>The Name of the Wind</i> by Patrick Rothfuss.</p> <p>Mystery, read <i>Before I Go To Sleep</i> by S.J. Watson</p> <p>Young Adult, Dystopians: <i>Angelfall</i> by Susan Ee, <i>Divergent</i> by Veronica Roth, and <i>Delirium</i> by Lauren Oliver, </p> <p>Not sure the genre of these, but I loved these young adults: <i>Everneath</i> by Brodi Ashton, <i>City of Bones</i> by Cassandra Clare, and <i>The Adoration of Jenna Fox</i> by Mary E. Pearson </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858516 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:28:45 +0000 Chillybear 858516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gone Girl was a great read, fast paced, thrilling with lots of twists and turns </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858507 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:27:06 +0000 .twist. 858507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read this book called The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt and it was such a cute, easy and fast read. I really enjoyed it. It's a very strange dark comic western... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-858499 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:24:55 +0000 Raindrop 858499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am behind in the times but the last time I went to the beach I read Hunger Games, and really liked it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857525 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:12:37 +0000 Andrea 857525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I know there is a new Dan Brown book. How about that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857512 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:53:50 +0000 Sweet T 857512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooooo I loved the Divergent series! Can't wait for the third book! I really like Jodi Picoult books. I don't think her books are "fun" but they are usually pretty easy reads. Her newest was amazing! Nicholas Sparks books are great for light beach reading too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857370 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:10:37 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 857370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: it's dystopian fiction... so more along the lines of the hunger games style. the plot is based in the future! it will definitely be a fast read because you won't be able to put it down. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857366 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:07:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 857366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: @plantains: haha ok ill check that out! I guess I read more thrillers when on vacation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857358 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:02:45 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 857358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: hahaha - I haven't read a single book since DS was born in february... maybe allegiant will be the first book I read this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857339 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:54:51 +0000 plantains 857339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: really????? I'm off to put my order in hahaha. Needless to say, @Mrs. Bee: I second the recommendation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857336 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:53:27 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 857336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: me too!! i just saw it open for pre-orders on amazon yesterday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857332 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:52:40 +0000 plantains 857332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: I love the divergent series. I am anxiously awaiting the release of Allegiant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857329 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:51:17 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 857329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't consider dragon tattoo a beach read! since you're using that as your example, i recommend the divergent series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-some-beach-reads#post-857298 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:31:12 +0000 Mrs. Bee 857298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our upcoming trip to the Philippines. I like to read fun fiction on vacation. Last time I finished the dragon tattoo series (I'm behind the times).</p> <p>What are some fun, fast-paced beach reads? They don't have to be recent... </p>