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| 50 Book Challenge : Caroline's 2010 Challenge | | 2 | craso, Friday 10:03pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : GeorgiaDawn's 2009 Challenge | | 289 | GeorgiaDawn, Friday 2:10pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : bluemeanie11's 50 Books in 2009 | | 64 | bluemeanie11, Thursday 8:03pm | |
| San Diego Bibliophiles : What are you reading now? | | 184 | bardsfingertips, Wednesday 3:49pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Amanda's Reading List for 2009 | | 149 | alcottacre, December 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Caroline's for 2009 | | 63 | craso, December 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Cath's 2009 challenge | | 26 | ct.bergeron, December 2009 | |
| BookMooching : On-going question, please date. What are you reading now? | | 183 | CFiveSix, December 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lmichet so far | | 30 | alcottacre, October 2009 | |
| En français : les prix littéraires vous aident-ils? | | 20 | Ibarrategui, October 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Schehezerade's 2009 List | | 1 | Schehezerade, October 2009 | |
| Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 3 | | 250 | lilyfyrestorm, June 2009 | |
| Crime, Thriller & Mystery : What are you reading May 2009 ? | | 162 | Sophie236, June 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case Q2 | | 325 | girlunderglass, May 2009 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : drneutron's Books in 2009 | | 299 | drneutron, April 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 21 March 2009 | | 224 | Storeetllr, April 2009 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 14 March 2009 | | 196 | porchsitter55, March 2009 | |
| Book talk : What book has been residing on your TBR pile the longest? | | 45 | vpfluke, March 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Ingrid's Challenge | | 75 | ireed110, February 2009 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Weapons | | 19 | varielle, January 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Kathy's books in 2008 | | 76 | kmbooklover, January 2009 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : ABCs | | 122 | mamalaz, January 2009 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : poetontheone's 50 book challenge for 2008 | | 52 | poetontheone, December 2008 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : katacs trying 50 in 2008 | | 55 | katacs, December 2008 | |
| Book talk : books for people who don't like books | | 19 | fbi365, December 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Oldest book in your To Be Read pile | | 66 | CatieN, August 2008 | |
| Dutch writing in English - An appreciation : Harry Mulisch | | 14 | citizenkelly, May 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 February 2008 | | 217 | kfl1227, February 2008 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 January 2008 | | 200 | fersher, February 2008 | |
| The Green Dragon : Have You Bought Any Books Lately Part 3 | | 362 | maggie1944, January 2008 | |
| The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) | | 221 | peasly, October 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 October 2007 | | 155 | lindsacl, October 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 September 2007 | | 142 | scaifea, October 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : Do you occasionally/often go on reading sprees on one topic? | | 54 | ellevee, October 2007 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - August 2007 | | 176 | Cariola, September 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : The Problem With Package Tracking | | 31 | mrgrooism, September 2007 | |
| What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy Today? August 2007 Edition | | 86 | thioviolight, September 2007 | |
| Reading Resolutions : The "Finished" Pile | | 29 | parelle, August 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : OK, Seriously, My Body Is Trying To Kill Me | | 63 | Busifer, August 2007 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Busy91's 50 book challenge | | 4 | busy91, May 2007 | |
| Book talk : Actors who write books | | 42 | hailelib, March 2007 | |
| LibraryThing Challenges : LT scavenger hunt! | | 13 | cckelly, January 2007 | |
| The Green Dragon : So... Which books arrived at your Christmas Tree? | | 71 | clamairy, January 2007 | |
... by Loren D. Estleman (read 12-30-09)
2. Waystation by Clifford Simak
3. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
4. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
5. Soulless by Gail Carriger
6. Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
7. Her Fearful Symetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
8. In ... #52 The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
368 pages
4 stars
"British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie's first book is a spot-on spy spoof about ... ... WARS Champions of the Force- by Kevin J. Anderson
26. STAR WARS Boba Fett A New Threat- by Elizabeth Hand
27. The Gun Seller- by Hugh Laurie
28.Doctor Faustus- by Christopher Marlowe
29. A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits- by ... Current readng The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie.
Is everyone aware that these forum entries are automatically dated? Or is that just on my computer ;-) ? ... des critiques littéraires ... qui ne lisent parfois que la 4e de couverture : j'ai acheté stupidement le livre de Hugh Laurie Tout est sous contrôle encensé par les critiques, en fait il s'agit d'un ouvrage de jeunesse commis il y a une quinzaine d'années, et sorti en grandes ... ... author Marshall Karp's Flipping Out. He's a lot of fun! And I'm now, still not in the mood for heavy, about to start The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, fingers crossed... ... they are writing. I don't want it to become stripped down generic so that "I'll understand." I just read Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller and had a lot of fun looking up all of the British slang and expressions with which I was unfamiliar. I can't imagine what it would have been like if they ... ... as a lover, or whatever-- no one behaves like a philosopher ALL the time. But glad I read it, anyway.
No. 15: The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. No good. Don't waste time on it. A confused, drivelly bit of writing.
No. 16: Christine Falls by John Banville writing as Benja ... ... an internship, which should allow me to read a lot more a lot more quickly. Currently working on A Room With A View and The Gun Seller simultaneously.
No. 6: Practical Matter by Margaret C Jacob Larry Stewart, dull and not particularly factually accurate, for a class
No. 7: L ... ... saying it changed my life, but it did help me refine (or pinpoint) exactly what I was feeling regarding God.
Book #6 The gun seller - Hugh Laurie
So far so good, I'm about halfway through... 9. Just finished: The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. (***)
*Edited to add rating. I hope to finish The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie today or tomorrow. It started off pretty slow, but somewhere around page 160 I realized that I had at some point fallen in love with it. Laurie's love of language is obvious and often hilarious. I'll then start The War for the Oaks by Emma ... ... off from their financial resources, and suddenly became aware that the government was turning against them. I just started The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. While I loved The Handmaid's Tale, I needed to follow it up with something lighter and more comedic. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. I've had a hardback copy of it since about 1996.
He's never followed it up - something about being distracted by an offer to play a cranky limping doctor in a TV show in America, apparently. Technology is wonderful! I hope you enjoy The Gun Seller. I will definitely read his next book. I've only just found your thread, so I'm going to go back a bit and refer to Book 7 - The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. I'm also a huge fan of his, back from his days on "Blackadder" and "A Little Bit of Fry and Laurie", but I haven't read this book yet. However, I do have it as a PDF file on my ... Finished another one...
#7 The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, 339 pages
Yes, I admit it. I only read The Gun Seller because Hugh Laurie wrote it.
The book is okay, just okay. It was a fun read, but I did not find it engaging. There are very funny lines in the book and that's ... >52 Mac, I thought The Gun Seller was disappointing. I was expecting something a bit more scintillating!
- TT Msg #31, Georgia Dawn, I take it from your comment that you didn't like The Gun Seller? I read it a couple of years ago and, while the story was a bit forced, I really enjoyed Laurie's voice in his writing. The sarcastic tone was fun to read, even if the story was kinda outlandish.
Msg #43, B ... cal - I made the mistake of picking up The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie so it's part of the swap now. Why do we do this to ourselves??
drneutron - I've looked at the "no spoilers" thread and I'm trying to stay away from the other one. 2. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
I don't generally read a lot of spy type books - read this one because it's by Hugh Laurie - but it was fun. Even if I wasn't always clear on what was going on. I finished Shelf Life (at long last). Current books are The Gun Seller and Pride and Prejudice. ... YA fantasy/mystery), and Sweet Love. Still ongoing is my vampire anthology reading, and I just started The Gun Seller (I'm a Jeeves & Wooster fan and was tickled when I heard Hugh Laurie wrote a book).
Please see my second post for a list of the 46 books I read this year. Oh, what about The Gun Seller - it is a wry comedy version of an international action flick (there are drug dealers, attempted contract killings, dastardly government officials, etc). For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Hapgood by Tom Stoppard
The Iliad by Homer
Jumpers by Tom Stoppard 38. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. Enjoyed it, but had trouble keeping the characters straight. A little assist on that from the author would have helped a great deal.
I'm starting to worry that I might not hit my 50 book mark by the end of the year. I confess to having chosen some slim ... I have read and reviewed The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie and quite liked it.
Pilgrimess - welcome! I'd like you to read and review
Prince by Ib Michael.
Please choose for me from my ample tbr pile. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
The Zap Gun by Philip K Dick
Time Bomb by Jonathan Kellerman
Season of the Machete by James Patterson
Episode of the Wandering Knife by Mary Roberts Rinehart
... What a great game! I really like the idea of somebody else having to pick out my books for me.
ireed110, you should read The Gun Seller. I read it last year and loved it.
Pick out whatever you like for me, preferably from the TBR tags - please be kind. Hi!!
Glad you enjoyed The Gun Seller... Apparently Mr. Laurie has a new book titled Paper Soldiers which is scheduled for release in 2009...
At least we still have "House" while we're waiting :) 21) The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
****
I first became acquainted with Laurie through his titular role on the medical drama House MD. I found out he had written a novel, and though detective/spy fiction isn't usually my thing I just had to read it. It has all the action, twists, and hairy ... #5- The Gun Seller is our book club pick for March. I haven't picked up yet, but I need to. I love YA novels, but was really put off by its premise. I'm not much for spy novels, movies, etc. Glad to hear a positive review! Finished The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie which i really enjoyed despite the fact that it was a spy spoof (espionage not really being my thing) and am now reading Little Girls In Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan 5. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Not a fan of spy novels but the writing got me... one of the few books i smiled through almost from beginning to end... Looking forward to his next novel in 2009!!! Finished The Historian and am now reading The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie - i kind of like to mix it up!!! I loved Stephen Fry (and Hugh Laurie) in the "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" series. Not very Dutch, but the precedent was set. Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller. It was a birthday present in 1996. His subsequent transformation into a hobbling, grumpy American doctor still hasn't got it off the shelves. 2. The gun seller (A balek) by Hugh Laurie in Hungarian
It is impossible to buy it in English here! The Hungarian title means 'The dupe' (I think :) ). I don't know which one fits better :). I enjoyed this book very much. Hugh Laurie is a very talented man. Finished The Gun Seller and am now thoroughly enjoying Life With Jeeves. Still working through The Gun Seller. I love it, just between work and Netflix it's hard to find time. Next up is Life With Jeeves. The Gun Seller is the one I own. The Paper Soldier reportedly doesn't exist. But if it does, I shall find it. Oh, yes, I shall. #50 - Which one? The Gun Seller or The Paper Soldier?
And what's with the touchstones?!!!
}:o| #34 ellevee The Gun Seller is one of my all-time favourites!! And you're not crazy, I tend to hear Thomas Lang's dialogue in Hugh Laurie's voice. :) I wish they'd make a movie of it starring him!
(Edited because it's 12:30 in the morning and apparently I can't write a coherent sentence!) The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie (yes, Dr. House).
It's one of the funniest, cleverest books I've read in ages. I love it. And it honestly has nothing to do with my love for the author - although I will admit I keep hearing it in my head as his voice. Because I'm crazy.
Finished Stiff ... ... like, 'I'm gonna fall, and I am NOT gonna try and soften the blow.'
He falls a lot on 'Fry & Laurie.'
I haven't read The Gun Seller yet, to motivate myself to read all the other books I have. It's sitting back in New York, cold and alone on my desk, unread... OK, now I'm depressed.
And ... ... Book That Jack Wrote
Purchased
Disgrace
Shadow Of The Wind
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Ordered From Amazon.com
The Gun Seller
Bizarro Starter Kit
And today to celebrate being unemployed and broke, I'm going to the bookstore!
... It's sad, really.
And now I want to buy his books, but CAN'T. FIND. THEM. This is NEW YORK! WHERE are they?!
Got The Gun Seller last night. Am very, very happy. We should send the guy who writes XKCD a fan letter. Because he's awesome.
So. Got home yesterday, and found The Gun Seller waiting for me in all its glory. I spent about ten minutes giggling with excitement.
But no Bizarro Starter Kit, even though THAT was the one that was expected to be ... ... imgs.xkcd.com/comics/librarians.png">
According to UPS,
The Bizarro Starter Kit is on its way to being delivered, and The Gun Seller was DELIVERED! Can I cut out early so I can go home and read? PLEASE? ... am frightening the poor guy at the mailroom by lunging out of the dark every day and demanding to know where my copies of
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
and
Bizarro Starter Kit by Carlton Mellick III are.
Even though their arrival estimate is August 9th-13th.
Stupid amazon. I ... ... replacement copy of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, since my aunt stole my old one. And on amazon I ordered:
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie (Don't judge me)
The Bizarro Starter Kit by Carlton Mellick III At Borders: Dress Your Family In Corduroy and Denim, to make up for the copy my family swiped.
On Amazon: The Gun Seller, because Hugh Laurie is all kinds of awesome, and The Bizarro Starter Kit, because I've been meaning to get it for years.
I have a PROBLEM. 25. The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
26. The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
27. Smitten by Janet Evonovich
28. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
29. The Destiny of Miro by Julie Rae Rickard
30. Save The Cat by Blake Sny ... I have read most of Stephen Fry. I am waiting on The Gun Seller to free up in the library. I have read Wil Wheaton - Just a Geek and have on my 'to read' list another book by him entitled Dancing Barefoot. ... well-known actor ... he was great in a recent-ish movie about making a movie about Tristram Shandy ... also, I have The gun seller on my TBR shelf, and that's supposed to be a pretty good novel by the actor from the TV show "House" ... and of course there's the noted author/actor Willia ... ... this one was particularly good
Thank You, Jeeves (more Wodehouse) - fun as always
Right now I'm in the middle of The Gun Seller, Breaking the Spell, and The Courtier and the Heretic, all of which are pretty good, but I'm in the mood for something new. Must...finish...half-read...bo ... **Did he sign it?? eBay, baby.. eBay.
You bet! ('It' being The Gun Seller.) Very nicely dedicated, along with Three Bits of Fry and Laurie which is also signed by Stephen Fry. (One wrote 'No!', the other 'Yes!', on seeing that the first one had signed it. I cannot remember without ... I'd love to get my hands on The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie. You'll have to let us know what you thought about it after you've finished. ... Matthew Reilly
Bones of Coral (A Thorn Mystery) James W. Hall
Mercury: Planet Novel #4 (The Grand Tour) Ben Bova
The Gun Seller Hugh Laurie
The Bartender's Black Book Stephen Kittredge Cunningham
A Cold Heart (Alex Delaware) Jonathan Kellerman
Therapy (Alex Delaware) Jonathan ...
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