I haven't been having a lot of luck with the books I've been choosing to read lately. First, The Lost Symbol was a huge disappointment; now, I'm reading The Weight of Numbers by Simon Ings. It looked so intriguing and like such a cool concept... not so much. It isn't what I expected and the gratuitous graphic content (both violent and sexual) is certainly not something I need to read. I'm all for difficult content IF it serves a purpose; after all, life is full of difficult things. But when it's just there for "entertainment" purposes, I have no use for it. That is not the mark of a good writer. I'm ALMOST inclined to put this book back on the shelf (or better yet, drop it off at a pawn shop) without finishing it, but I keep hoping it will get better and I really have a hard time not reading a whole book. It's one of these books with various plot lines, (different people, settings, and time periods) that all intertwine somehow and somewhere along the line. So I'm hoping for a brilliant connection of all of them at some point, but I'm not holding my breath. I sure hope the next book I choose is better than these last two... Any suggestions?
On another note, I can't find my signed copy of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake and it's starting to stress me out. I vaguely recall lending it to someone and making her (or him?) swear to guard it with her or his life, but I have no idea who that was. Any chance it was you?
