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    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    i love reading especially a good series of books but my favourite of all time is the reacher books by lee child
    JACK REACHER

    Name: Jack Reacher (no middle name)
    Born: October 29th
    Measurements: 6'5", 220-250 lbs., 50" chest
    Hair: Dirty-blond
    Eyes: Ice blue
    Clothing: 3XLT coat, 95 cm. pants' inseam
    in my minds eye he is the perfect man lol
    the second best books are the charlie parker series of books by john connelly
    charlie parker is a ex cop become private dectective and although they are gruesome in parts also quite funny as he as 2 hired assasins a big black guy called louis and is partner in more ways than one angel makes for really good reading :smile: :smile:

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    • Posts: 78 Member
      i have read one or two lee child books, i cant say i have herd of the one you mentioned, but i did like the ones i read :)
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      Killing Floor (1997


      Die Trying (1998
      Tripwire (1999)
      Running Blind (known as The Visitor in the UK) (2000)
      Echo Burning (2001)
      Without Fail (2002
      Persuader (2003)
      The Enemy (2004)
      One Shot (2005
      The Hard Way (2006)
      Bad Luck and Trouble (2007, ISBN 0-385-34055-9) Shortlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2009[14]
      Nothing To Lose (2008)
      Gone Tomorrow (2009)
      61 Hours (2010), winner, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2011
      Worth Dying For (2010)
      The Affair (2011)
      A Wanted Man (2012)
      [edit] 17 books in all
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      Oh Yeah, Jack Reacher is dead cool, haha! Got quite a few books and audiobooks.

      However, I'm afraid I won't be able to go and watch the movie - I'm so gutted they picked Tom Cruise to be Reacher! Unbelievable! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
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      haha so i can see you might have read a few then :P
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      Oh Yeah, Jack Reacher is dead cool, haha! Got quite a few books and audiobooks.

      However, I'm afraid I won't be able to go and watch the movie - I'm so gutted they picked Tom Cruise to be Reacher! Unbelievable! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
      don,t get me started on that its absoloutly ridiculous i hate tom cruise he can never be reacher ill find a good pic of reacher lo[img]lhttps://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrcfgTJxuHYoFWi2WEib6t6tucWBatGSrUdxaeYG-TDPchwJWXrg[/img] how bout this
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      Blood Meridian, by Cormac MacCarthy.

      Character: Judge Holden
      Description: Enormous and hairless, a brutal killer, philosopher, god-like, but very much mortal. The epitome of extreme violence that inhabits a part of every man's soul.

      Quite frankly, I doubt Jack Reacher would last 5 minutes with the guy... :-)

      --P
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      Blood Meridian, by Cormac MacCarthy.

      Character: Judge Holden
      Description: Enormous and hairless, a brutal killer, philosopher, god-like, but very much mortal. The epitome of extreme violence that inhabits a part of every man's soul.

      Quite frankly, I doubt Jack Reacher would last 5 minutes with the guy... :-)

      --P
      lolhow many in series or is it just 1 book jacks a hero not a brutal killer although one blow and your gone lol
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      Blood Meridian, by Cormac MacCarthy.

      Character: Judge Holden
      Description: Enormous and hairless, a brutal killer, philosopher, god-like, but very much mortal. The epitome of extreme violence that inhabits a part of every man's soul.

      I am intrigued.....
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      I am intrigued.....
      i have just googled him and he is a real historical person who killed in the 19th cent gruesome lol
    • Posts: 1,063 Member
      I don't know why, because the character is very much hard to love, but Bukowski's Henry Chinaski character in a lot of his books.

      Also, both the Hap and Leonard characters in Joe R. Lansdale books. They are layered, interesting and flawed.
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      " shantram" by Gregory David Roberts. The story of an escaped convict who breaks out of prison and goes on the run to India , where he lives in a Mumbai slum, becomes the slim doctor, falls in love, joins the Bombay mafia, fights the soviets in Afghanistan and makes a Bollywood movie. Scarey thing is, much of it is TRUE.
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      " shantram" by Gregory David Roberts. The story of an escaped convict who breaks out of prison and goes on the run to India , where he lives in a Mumbai slum, becomes the slim doctor, falls in love, joins the Bombay mafia, fights the soviets in Afghanistan and makes a Bollywood movie. Scarey thing is, much of it is TRUE.
      oh my he,s a very busy character lol:laugh:
    • Posts: 372
      A Song of Ice and Fire series... Jon Snow.
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      The Dark Tower series by Stephen King....Roland Deschain in my all time favorite character.
    • Posts: 147 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 1,381 Member
      I don't know why, because the character is very much hard to love, but Bukowski's Henry Chinaski character in a lot of his books.
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      Love Bukowski. Post Office is a classic. Great pick.

      --P
    • Posts: 534 Member
      Zeddicus "Zedd" Zu'l Zorander - Wizard of the First Order, Namer of the Seeker of Truth, Guardian of the Sword of Truth.

      From "The Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind.

      Or

      Matrim "Mat" Cauthon - Son of Battles, Wielder of Ashandarei, Prince of the Ravens.

      From "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan
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      A Song of Ice and Fire series... Jon Snow.


      Love Jon, but Tryion has all the funny lines.
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      I am intrigued.....

      It's been named to many "Best of" lists. McCarthy (sorry, misspelled in my original post) is arguably the best living American writer. Blood Meridian is, in my opinion, his best but also probably his darkest work (and he specializes in very dark novels).

      If you're a reader, and haven't yet tried anything by McCarthy, I would start with All the Pretty Horses. Don't let the title fool you, it's very much an adult book. The prose is amazing.

      After that, Blood Meridian. But again, it's an incredibly dark and violent work. It's doesn't white wash life in the western US in the 19th century, where the law was de facto unenforceable and there existed few limits on excess, other than the tenuous morality that exists within all of us. But a man's morale absolutes can also be his weaknesses. Ya know what I'm sayin'?

      --P
    • Posts: 231 Member
      bump and thanks
    • Posts: 7,646 Member
      Christian Grey, :wink:
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      Tuff one indeed it was really hard to narrow it down but if I MUST choose one character... It's one character in the following six novels.

      Fantasy
      Dragon Lance: Chronicles series and Legends series. ~ Raistlin
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      bump and thanks
      iv never heard of a book called bump
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      Christian Grey, :wink:
      iv googled this and sounds interesting ill see if i can pick one up at library
    • Posts: 562 Member
      O.. M... G! FINALLY people who love Lee Childs books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive read all the Jack Reacher books as well as own each of them!! LOVE THEM! I can read them over and over!!
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      O.. M... G! FINALLY people who love Lee Childs books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive read all the Jack Reacher books as well as own each of them!! LOVE THEM! I can read them over and over!!
      thats what i,m doing now reading them again i havn,t read THE AFFAIR YET but i have it i have all of them also lol:heart:
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      It's been named to many "Best of" lists. McCarthy (sorry, misspelled in my original post) is arguably the best living American writer. Blood Meridian is, in my opinion, his best but also probably his darkest work (and he specializes in very dark novels).

      If you're a reader, and haven't yet tried anything by McCarthy, I would start with All the Pretty Horses. Don't let the title fool you, it's very much an adult book. The prose is amazing.

      After that, Blood Meridian. But again, it's an incredibly dark and violent work. It's doesn't white wash life in the western US in the 19th century, where the law was de facto unenforceable and there existed few limits on excess, other than the tenuous morality that exists within all of us. But a man's morale absolutes can also be his weaknesses. Ya know what I'm sayin'?

      --P


      Ah, he also wrote Ho Country for Old Men - Nice! Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely read one of his!
    • Posts: 43
      The Dark Tower series by Stephen King....Roland Deschain in my all time favorite character.

      Epic!!!

      :)
    • Posts: 2,139 Member
      So many to pick....

      However, currently my favorite character from a book is Charley Davidson....she cracks me up. She can be found in the Darynda Jones books...
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