Sloane Crosley’s latest collection of essays, Look Alive Out There, combines comical anecdotes with some more heartfelt and personal stories. Crosley uses her sharp wit in describing her adventures as a typical New Yorker dealing with neighbor issues, a journalist stretched beyond her comfort zone ...
Nope; not my jam. I liked Crosley's essays, but this one - the writing is too affected for my taste. Feels like it's trying too hard to be hip and angsty at the same time. Moving on...
Looking for a fun, quick read? I just finished I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley. It's a collection of essays that are too DARN funny! It's a great summer read that doesn't involve an ounce of thinking. I'm all for not one iota of activity, even if it is just thinking. full review
Hmm. I don't really have anything great or terrible to say about this book. It was just an okay one for me which passed the time pleasantly enough and did actually make me laugh a few times. The author did rub me the wrong way a bit. (Side note: if I pick another memoir that endlessly touts the amaz...
Amusing if not always laugh-out-loud funny series of essays following the travails of over-privileged New Yorker Crosley, covering adolescent and young-adult adventures in life, love, sex and volunteerism. There were lots of things I enjoyed about the book; her essays are a fun combination of Jen La...
Just not for me. Perhaps I need more girl in me but I failed to find anything worth reading in this. Maybe I am too old and can't get into all the giggling. I tried. I did. The fact that Jonathan Lethem and his adoring crowd all found the book so great should have been a better sign for me. Denial,...
I know I'm not exactly the target market for this but it was given to me and I am a big fan of snark. David Sedaris is one of a handful of authors who can make me laugh out loud. I thought this was going to be stereotypical stories from a poor recent grad from a semi-elite college out East who strug...
A little hit and miss. Some are reasonably funny, some are relatable, some are both, but then some are just difficult to follow and lacking in laughs or point.
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