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Goonch

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11. In the books by Lee Child, Jack Reacher is described as

Sun Oct 12, 2025, 01:10 PM

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a towering, extremely muscular man, standing around 6'5" and weighing 210-250 pounds, with ice-blue eyes and blond hair. He has a massive, powerful physique, described with terms like a "six-pack like a cobbled city street" and hands the size of dinner plates. Beyond his physical appearance, he is a highly intelligent, lone-wolf ex-military policeman with a pragmatic, unemotional demeanor and a fierce sense of justice.

Jack Reacher is described as a large, powerful, ex-military police officer who is 6'5" and 250 lbs, with a rugged build and weathered appearance. His fighting style is brutally efficient and direct, relying on his size and strength along with skills from his military background, incorporating tactics like striking first, using the environment, and dirty fighting to neutralize threats quickly.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? [View all] hermetic Oct 12 OP

Listen to all Goonch Oct 12 #1

That sounds hermetic Oct 12 #2

;-{) Goonch Oct 12 #3

Ummm... I'm not understanding this post Bayard Oct 12 #5

Me either hermetic Oct 12 #7

In the books by Lee Child, Jack Reacher is described as Goonch Oct 12 #11

I'm a fan of the ack Recher novels LogDog75 Oct 12 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Goonch Oct 12 #18

Based on his moral code, Jack Reacher kills people he believes are irredeemably evil and deserving of death Goonch Oct 12 #20

All 29 (30 in November)? That'll take awhile. rsdsharp Oct 12 #10

"Horse," by Geraldine Brooks Bayard Oct 12 #4

Yeah, hermetic Oct 12 #8

Judgment Prey/John Sandford cbabe Oct 12 #6

I haven't read hermetic Oct 12 #9

The Prey series by John Sanford is one of my favorites LogDog75 Oct 12 #17

The Letty books are good, too. Also the cbabe Oct 12 #22

I love how other characters in the books refer to Virgil Flower as LogDog75 Oct 12 #23

And his hair is too long for a cop. And the band tshirts. A great character. cbabe Oct 12 #24

Yes, indeed Bayard Oct 12 #25

I'm reading Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. rsdsharp Oct 12 #12

Crichton at his best: hermetic Oct 12 #13

I picked this book up at the library yesterday LogDog75 Oct 15 #32

I enjoyed it quite a bit. rsdsharp Oct 15 #33

I finished both of the Guncle books by Steven Rowley mentalsolstice Oct 12 #14

Long wait lists hermetic Oct 12 #15

The Secrets of Secrets by Dan Brown LogDog75 Oct 12 #19

Thanks for that hermetic Oct 12 #21

I plan to read this too but I haven't started it yet FakeNoose Oct 12 #26

Just finished it EverHopeful Oct 13 #28

I'm thinking this will probably become a movie, starring Tom Hanks FakeNoose Oct 13 #29

It makes sense to me EverHopeful Oct 13 #30

Still reading the third volume of The Magdalene Chronicles by Gary McAvoy yellowdogintexas Oct 13 #27

Just finished "Dry" PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 13 #31