https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:14:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743505 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:59:41 +0000 mamimami 743505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Unbearable Lightness of Being is my all-time favorite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743460 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:47:43 +0000 MrsH 743460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>harry potter was a great series. I really like insurgent and the hunger games too. I read a lot so it is hard to give you my favorites. For fun reading I really like the stephanie plum series and the hannah swensen series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743377 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:31:28 +0000 Lozza 743377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also really love a few books written by journalists about a certain topic/period in history, most notably Randy Shilts' "And the Band Played On" and David Halberstam's "The Children." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743352 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:06 +0000 hellobeeboston 743352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: i also tried so hard to love Gatsby - i may try to read again (third time)... but I just can't get into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743342 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:23:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 743342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: i just read Firefly Lane! i liked it!</p> <p>it's soooo hard to narrow down my faves, but here are a few (I'm all over the place with genres):</p> <p>Wolf Hall<br /> Devil in a White City<br /> Harry Potter books<br /> Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay<br /> Other Boleyn Girl<br /> Little Women<br /> The Firm (I read most of grishams books, this was my fave) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743275 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:02:27 +0000 Sweet T 743275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's sounds like it'll be really good! It's been a while since I read Firefly Lane. I'll probably reread it before picking up the new book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743260 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:56:45 +0000 sooz 743260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Grapes of Wrath<br /> To Kill A Mockingbird<br /> Middlesex </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743117 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:28:46 +0000 BlueberryPie 743117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Power of One. I've been sitting here for five minutes thinking of what to say, but nothing is good enough. I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743102 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:24:32 +0000 sandy 743102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: loved The Kite Runner!</p> <p>My other favorites:</p> <p>The Time Traveler's Wife<br /> Life of Pi<br /> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743084 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:21:17 +0000 lavender 743084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Kite runner </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743079 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:20:42 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 743079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: lol, how u doin'! She really had some sound advice, some hidden gems woven into her story of overcoming addiction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read/page/2#post-743059 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:16:53 +0000 Smurfette 743059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: oh really?? I didn't know it was out yet. I will have to get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-743020 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:12:29 +0000 futuremama 743020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: @IRunForFun: I hated the ending too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-743010 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:11:34 +0000 littlek 743010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I wouldn't not read it.. but I am not like "awesome book"<br /> @MsLipGloss: Yay, very anti climatic.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-743001 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:09:57 +0000 MsLipGloss 743001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: That's how I felt. I got to the end and thought whaaaa? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742996 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:09:13 +0000 IRunForFun 742996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: This is why I am not sure if I should read it. A lot of people have said they hate the ending... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742992 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:08:36 +0000 littlek 742992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I just finished Gone Girl.. everyone says how good it is, but I wsa disappointed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742987 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:07:42 +0000 IRunForFun 742987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OK, I seriously went and looked at my bookshelf to pick out some favs. My list is super random:</p> <p>- In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez<br /> - We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates<br /> - Songs in Ordinary Time, by Mary McGarry Morris<br /> - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg (also love her other books, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, and Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!)<br /> - The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak</p> <p>There are just too many!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742915 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:54:50 +0000 Bao 742915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: that doesn't seem to bad actually! I just saw it at Target for $21 so maybe I just need to research </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742835 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:40:37 +0000 Cole 742835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I seriously went down the responses and realized I love about half the books listed! My top two are Jane Eyre and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, after that it is a 100 way tie! </p> <p>I just finished Gatsby and enjoyed it but I feel like I am missing something. I wasn't totally captivated like I am by anything that falls into my favorites category. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742827 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:37:57 +0000 MrsKoala 742827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Lozza: Oh, yay! Not many people I know have read it so I can never talk about it! I devoured it and cried while reading it. I've only cried while reading two other books, White Fang and Atonement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742768 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:27:47 +0000 .twist. 742768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG. SO HARD. </p> <p>Pillars of the Earth<br /> The Hobbit<br /> Girl With The Dragon Tattoo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742761 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:26:20 +0000 Sweet T 742761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I got mine at Walmart a few days after it came out for $16. It might even be less in other places. The prices are always higher here.</p> <p>ETA: just wrote on your wall! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742751 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:24:58 +0000 Bao 742751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I just started the Hobbit not long ago, I still have to finish that one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742747 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:24:15 +0000 Bao 742747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sweet T: Hmm I think we have the same taste in books :) I was wondering about the storyteller, I want to read it but of course it's in hardcover only and I can't spend that much right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742745 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:23:45 +0000 Lozza 742745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: I loooove the Blind Assassin. That might be on my list as well.</p> <p>It's interested to me that so many people say Gatsby- I don't care for Gatsby at all, but Tender is the Night is one of my favorites. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742729 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:19:37 +0000 Sweet T 742729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: oh I loved that one! The sequel came out on Tuesday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742723 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:18:49 +0000 MsLipGloss 742723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I really didn't like Gone Girl . . . the characters were just not believable to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742707 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:16:39 +0000 Smurfette 742707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Firefly Lane </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-best-book-you-have-ever-read#post-742691 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:15:16 +0000 Sweet T 742691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Harry Potter series!<br /> My Sister's Keeper<br /> The Time Travelers Wife</p> <p>I recently read The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult and it was really good! </p>