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The Gnostic Bible, by Willis Barnstone
The Cake Bible, by Rose Levy Beranbaum
I Was Told There'd Be Cake, by Sloane Crosley
Briefly Told Lives, by C. Bard Cole >44- I have been stalking I Was Told There'd Be Cake on BM- it looks really funny. ... . . . there are a lot of positive reviews on the LT page but I started to find myself a little bored.
Then there's (2) I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley, which I also haven't touched in a few weeks. The great thing about books of essays is you can pick them up and put them down ... ... to do best, and then I realised that it was insane to think I'd have the time to do that. So brief comments only.
36. I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley
Really enjoyed this. Like a slightly more awkward, less confident version of Carrie Bradshaw (fictional) or Cynthia Heimel (re ... >107: I just got I Was Told There'd Be Cake from BookMooch and ended up starting it instead of any of the other 5 I was theoretically picking my next read from (oh, the irresistible siren call of the new book..). Only read two so far but the pony essay at the start was completely priceless. 12.) I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Sloane Crosley ***1/2
A collection of personal essays by a member of my generation (Crosley is about three years older than I am). Entertaining and with several observations that make me nod and smile in recognition. Great voice and evident mastery of ... ... topic more often, and then I don't want to duplicate all my posts here!
I posted reviews on my most recent reads, I was told there'd be cake (a fun and light reading) and the french translation of The girl with the dragon tattoo. I asked this in my 999 thread but I will ask it here, ... ... sample and it caught my attention. I have the book, I just need the right time to read it now.
So this past week I read I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley. I had some good laughs with this one! It's a collection of essays with a good sense of humor, and for that it deserved a 4 ... 
1. I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Sloane Crosley
A small collection of short humorous essays (sometimes I think all I read are short essays). Unfortunately, Crosley is a little inconsistent. Some were really ...
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23. I Was Told There'd be Cake: essays by Sloane Crosley
24. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
25. Truth & Beauty: a friendship by Ann Patchett ... by Brandon Sanderson (6/2/2009) *****
11 - The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson (11/2/2009) ****
12 - I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley (13/2/2009) **** ... a cat by Pam Johnson-Bennett (4/1/2009) ****
2- Profession: Historienne d'art by Johanne Lamoureux (1/2/2009) ****
3- I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley (13/2/2009) ****
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Possible reads include : Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves, Histoire Romaine, ... 1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
2. I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
3. Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
4. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim)
5. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson) Hmm so many good books:
Best Memoir: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Best Essays: I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Best History: This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
Best Crime Novel: Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
Best YA: Graceling by Kristin Cashore ... ... field between me and the woman who called my differential equations 'nonsensical' in front of fifteen other teenagers."
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley Oh my, I really should not check these posts (I'm smiling of course)...Glassreader, I've added the book I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley to my tbr mountain...
Like you, I need something funny to read.
I just finished City of Thieves by David Benioff. What a great read! Now I'm ready for something lighter -I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley. It looks promising.
#136 bookgirl271 - I felt the same way when I read The Handmaid's Tale for the first time. Stick with it - you'll ... #85 - I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley, 240 pages. A hilarious bunch of essays! I Was Told There'd Be Cake
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I heard that the second book is awful, so I haven't bothered reading it, but I do love the title. I got I was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley and The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly in the mail. I love Cake and can't wait to start Lost Things! I'm really loving I was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley. It definitely lives up to the witty, humorous title! If you like David Sedaris, try this book! There's a really great essay about playing Oregon Trail in the early 90s. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
One in A Million by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Translator by Daoud Hari
Stone Creek by Victoria Lustbader
The Disobedi ... ... unlike most of of Palahniuk's characters before this, the characters seemed one-dimensional in their quirkiness.
36. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley - I feel like I've found a sister and friend in Sloane Crosley. Her writing is witty and funny and full of things I wish I ... In the spirit of the holiday I actually started reading Beaches last night.
Up next will probably be I Was Told There'd Be Cake or Chasing Harry Winston.
No, but you might get a copy of I was told there'd be cake. :) ... the book along with the notes and essays accompanying it. This play is probably my favorite of WS's comedies.
12. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley - This was a delightful collection of essays. I loved Crosley's style and was psyched that she had an entire essay about the ... ... who is interested in learning more about the group in Texas that was raided and had hundreds of children removed.
41. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
I was excited to read this book as I'd read several good reviews, but I was really disappointed. I did laugh on occassion ... ... Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein (278 pages)
43. Field of Fire by James O. Born (352 pages)
44. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley (228 pages)
45. Simply Magic by Mary Balogh (433 pages)
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omphaloskepsis in 50 Book Challenge : omphaloskepsis looks up - 2008 reads (Apr 18, 2008, 10:02am) Just finished: 19. I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley.
In progress: A treasury of great American scandals by Michael Farquhar. Notes on I was told there'd be cake:
This collection of essays is pleasant enough, but it somehow lacks the wit that I expected. The book is almost like the illegitimate child of David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler. I was amused by some essays, and would catch myself chuckling now ... Finished Tell me where it hurts by Nick Trout and starting I was told there'd be cake by Sloane Crosley. Just finished:18. Tell me where it hurts by Nick Trout.
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