https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:44:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672768 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:56:12 +0000 twodoghouse 2672768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: Oh, thanks for the recc! It was available from my library without a wait list so I'll check it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672766 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:51:00 +0000 knittylady 2672766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Station eleven! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672765 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:47:52 +0000 Anya 2672765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I didn't really care for it 🙈 so I probably have no business butting in but you should try The Interestings. I thought it was sort of thought-provoking in a similar way (and with a hearty dose of self-absorbed characters lol!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672759 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:41:12 +0000 twodoghouse 2672759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: The Handmaid's Tale is amazing. Margaret Atwood is one of my favorites. I should reread that soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672758 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:40:18 +0000 twodoghouse 2672758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I didn't know it received bad reviews! I thought it was beautifully written. Most of the characters leave something to be desired - not the writing of them, but just that they are almost all whiny jerks! But that doesn't bother me. I think some of my favorite novels are populated by miserable/self-absorbed human beings. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672753 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:35:04 +0000 MrsKoala 2672753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I reread the Handmaid's Tale and that was the best that I read in 2016. Not sure if it counts. I didn't read as much regular fiction as I wanted to since I was sick for most of 2016 and when I don't feel well, I go for comfort reading, namely romance or mystery or a combo of the two. The best comfort read was Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672731 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:01:56 +0000 Anya 2672731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: yes I read that one a few years back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672729 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:58:56 +0000 ShootingStar 2672729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: Have you read The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton? I thought it was by far her best book. </p> <p>I've just realized I read nothing memorable in the last year. I tend to go in phases where I read a lot and can't put books down until they're done. But if I was like that all the time I'd spend a small fortune on books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672722 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:35:39 +0000 Bao 2672722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: yes it's my all time favorite too, I would say that and HP are tied...HP may be slightly above, but still! Let me know what you think of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672718 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:19:16 +0000 erinbaderin 2672718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: @hellobeeboston: Are they really? I don't know, I didn't read any reviews. I read that it was Barack Obama's favourite book of 2015 and added it to my list. I'm only 1/3 through it but I'm enjoying it a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672717 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:13:11 +0000 winter_wonder 2672717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: yes, you should! It took me a couple tried to get into it, but then I loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672714 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:00:36 +0000 JennyPenny 2672714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: @winter_wonder: I was going to the say the same thing! So good!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672713 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:00:32 +0000 hellobeeboston 2672713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: WOW. that is quite a statement... Harry Potter is one of my favorites of all time! OK, I'm in. Reading it next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672712 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 18:59:51 +0000 Bao 2672712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: read the Nightingale! Best book I've ever read besides Harry Potter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672708 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 18:49:13 +0000 hellobeeboston 2672708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: ok, you and others are convincing me that I should finally read this.</p> <p>@Bao: wondering the same about this book and the "meh" reviews!</p> <p>My fave this year was either the Red Rising Trilogy (I'm a dork) or The Martian, such a fun, great read... and I really enjoyed the Outlander books even though they were a little trashy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672690 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:50:50 +0000 Bao 2672690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: @erinbaderin: I wonder why the reviews on this are so bad? I've been putting it off because of that...so I should read it?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672689 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:47:43 +0000 erinbaderin 2672689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I'm reading that now - I love it but it's been hard to make progress with my husband and toddler home. Hopefully when they go back to work/daycare and it's just me and the baby I'll be able to focus on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672685 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:10:20 +0000 Bao 2672685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: same!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672561 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:56:27 +0000 twodoghouse 2672561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672559 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:50:51 +0000 alphagam84 2672559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lol I just came here to comment and the Nightingale was what I was going to say! haha. I just read it and it was so good, read for 3 hours straight one night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672553 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:33:00 +0000 Anya 2672553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You by Caroline Keynes and The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672544 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:23:37 +0000 erinbaderin 2672544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pancakes: I read it! I liked it, but not as much as Life After Life. The last paragraph....!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672542 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:21:36 +0000 Pancakes 2672542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Excellent choices. I recommend A God in Ruins for you in 2017 :) I still think about Life after Life often.</p> <p>When Breath Becomes Air would probably also be my pick for best read in 2016. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672538 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:17:38 +0000 Mrs. Oreo 2672538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me Before You. I cried a few times while reading it and bawled my eyes out by the end. I even hugged DH while crying after reading it. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672536 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:16:06 +0000 erinbaderin 2672536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Life After Life was the book I enjoyed the most, but I think When Breath Becomes Air was the best book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-book-you-read-in-2016#post-2672534 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:11:16 +0000 winter_wonder 2672534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think mine was probably the Nightingale. </p>