Lockdown book thread - 14:46 - Jan 18 with 4499 views | joe90 | I thought it might be a nice to have a book thread where we share what we've been reading and to use as reference point for anyone looking for inspiration for their next read. To kick things off... 1: London Review of Books - I've got a yearly subscription. It's long-form journalism, covers a broad range of topics. If you enjoy current affairs and want something more substantial than what you get in the papers go for it. 2: Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela I've been meaning to read this for a long time. My wife bought it for me for Christmas. Despite it's length, it's very readable and seems to have been written to suit a broad range of reading abilities. 3: Waterlog - Roger Deakin A non fiction journal about outdoor swimming in the UK. | ![](/images/avatars/26289.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:03 - Jan 26 with 991 views | blacky200 | I thought at the start of lockdown I would make a start on the Jack Reacher series. They're ok to kill a few hours of easy reading. Not much brain power needed. Got through all 25 of them. | ![](/images/avatars/1269.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:10 - Jan 26 with 979 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:03 - Jan 26 by blacky200 | I thought at the start of lockdown I would make a start on the Jack Reacher series. They're ok to kill a few hours of easy reading. Not much brain power needed. Got through all 25 of them. |
25 in a few hours? Jeez... | ![](/images/avatars/1570.gif) |
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Lockdown book thread - on 15:18 - Jan 26 with 968 views | QPRSteve | Been reading a lot of crime fiction over the last year and have struck a good seam of Australian writers. I can recommend: Emma Visik Jane Harper Chris Hamer Gart Disher All very good reads. Can any of our Aussie based people recommend any other writers? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:50 - Jan 26 with 956 views | robith |
Lockdown book thread - on 10:29 - Jan 26 by Esox_Lucius | Just after Xmas I began re-reading Steven Erikson's Malazan: Book Of The Fallen. I have read many thousands of books in my lifetime but this ranks right up there for an absorbing escape from real life. It took me a year last time to read all 10 books but I am hoping to do it in half that time with lockdown. I can also recommend anything Stephen Donaldson has ever written. I knew they were good books when I started getting angry at the main character for his lack of decisiveness in the White Gold Wielder trilogies. |
So I read Gardens of the Moon in 2019 and it just left me totally bewildered. However last year I read Deadhouse Gates, reading the Malazan wiki chapter summaries after each one and really enjoyed it - the ending was bloody traumatising though! At current rate I will complete the Boook of the Fallen in 2028 | ![](/images/avatars/6058.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:54 - Jan 26 with 943 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:50 - Jan 26 by robith | So I read Gardens of the Moon in 2019 and it just left me totally bewildered. However last year I read Deadhouse Gates, reading the Malazan wiki chapter summaries after each one and really enjoyed it - the ending was bloody traumatising though! At current rate I will complete the Boook of the Fallen in 2028 |
'Deadhouse Gates' is one of the finest war books ever written. I'm re-reading 1-10 at work and currently on No.5 'Midnight Tides'. [Post edited 26 Jan 2021 15:56]
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Lockdown book thread - on 15:56 - Jan 26 with 936 views | Esox_Lucius |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:50 - Jan 26 by robith | So I read Gardens of the Moon in 2019 and it just left me totally bewildered. However last year I read Deadhouse Gates, reading the Malazan wiki chapter summaries after each one and really enjoyed it - the ending was bloody traumatising though! At current rate I will complete the Boook of the Fallen in 2028 |
I have just read through the first few chapters of Memories of Ice after taking a days break from finishing Deadhouse Gates. Definitely not a series that you can rip through is it? At one point my Kindle informed me that I had 40 hours 12 minutes left in the book. | ![](/images/avatars/9990.gif) |
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Lockdown book thread - on 17:39 - Jan 26 with 888 views | hantssi |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:10 - Jan 26 by BrianMcCarthy | 25 in a few hours? Jeez... |
To be fair Brian it’s the same story with the names and locations changed! Tom Cruise was a good choice to play a 6’5” man!! | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 17:52 - Jan 26 with 880 views | robith |
Lockdown book thread - on 15:56 - Jan 26 by Esox_Lucius | I have just read through the first few chapters of Memories of Ice after taking a days break from finishing Deadhouse Gates. Definitely not a series that you can rip through is it? At one point my Kindle informed me that I had 40 hours 12 minutes left in the book. |
I regret stacking them on my kindle whenever I see them on sale - I find longer books much easier to read in a real book. Sense of achievement when Malazan ticks over 1% is crushing | ![](/images/avatars/6058.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Lockdown book thread - on 18:59 - Jan 26 with 862 views | traininvain | Really enjoyed the Cartel / Power of the Dog trilogy by Don Winslow. All about the cartels in Mexico. Think I heard they’re making a tv series based upon the books. | ![](/images/avatars/8501.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 21:19 - Jan 26 with 827 views | queensparker |
Lockdown book thread - on 18:59 - Jan 26 by traininvain | Really enjoyed the Cartel / Power of the Dog trilogy by Don Winslow. All about the cartels in Mexico. Think I heard they’re making a tv series based upon the books. |
Another vote for these - an incredible series! | ![](/images/avatars/1909.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Lockdown book thread - on 20:15 - Feb 2 with 728 views | BrianMcCarthy | Started this yesterday and just finished it. It's a murder mystery but has gorgeous imagery of swamplands in North Carolina and a lovely tale of a young girl fighting against a cruel upbringing. Beautiful book. | ![](/images/avatars/1570.gif) |
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