May
12
Truth is Vanity
Filed Under I'm a Bookie
I hate to admit this, (writers for writers!) but when it comes to buying books, the library acts as my middleman.
How it works is like this: I get a sample, and if I like the product, I go back for more, but this time, at a price. Since my guy doesn’t deal, I have to go to his bookie or sometimes his dealer to buy direct.
Before I buy, my sample gets shelved into a few categories. One-time reads only; cute, but bookshelf optional; want to reread again, don’t know if or when I will, therefore not necessary to own; gotta own it, even if I’ll never find the time to reread it; and drat, this book isn’t at the library and it’s not even on order!
Many purchases over the last couple of years have been made under the umbrella of “gotta own it, even if I’ll never find the time to reread it” category. However, Sloane Crosley’s, I Was Told There’d be Cake was decided by “drat, this book isn’t at the library and it’s not even on order” category despite all the attention the book has been getting.
All I know so far is that Sloane is 29 and the PR darling of the moment. I think. Or she’s the “young writer” darling of the moment. Not sure. Maybe the PR campaign about her collection of essays (from my understanding, love, life and Long Island Ice Tea) has been lost on me.
The media however has been eating it up. The icing too.
I first learned of the book through DailyCandy. Then, Leah McLaren,
Let’s help Crosley out. Let’s get her off the “Biography” aisle at the bookshop and into a category of her own. Let’s call it “Vanity.” And let’s help Crosley lead many women, past and present, Chanel or Clinton, Monroe or (Leah) McLaren exercise their ego – cute or barbed, clever or baked – into a genre women everywhere will love to hate and hate to love when chequing out (not checking out!) stories women can relate to.
Trust me. Just one taste, and you’ll be hooked!
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