Should I or shouldn't I?

[beelikej]

First addition to my bookpile arrived today; I found a second hand copy of Naked Came The Stranger by Penelope Ashe (1969) - author's name is a pseudonym for a group of -male- journalists who were appalled at the poor writing in the then-current best-sellers, so they decided to have a contest to see who could write the best/worst smut/pulp. Can't wait to read it *grins*

There are more books on the way, but I already updated My readinglist. I now have three books left on the pile (including the one above)

I'm not sure if I want to finish the book I'm currently reading though: Tampa by Alissa Nutting, about a 26 year old woman seducing one of her highschool students.
The main character is such a horrid person. I had hoped for possible unreliable narrator vibe, but she's totally aware of what she's doing yet just doesn't care.
I bought it to prepare for Lolita (on my readlist because of classic status) and I wanted to see a feminine point of view of such a situation. But it's just very crude.
The cover is cool though. So there's that.

What do YOU do when you don't like a book you're reading? Should I continue in the hope it gets better? Or maybe I should consider it a "hateread" -like tanisafan suggested- and just get a kick out of angrily turning the pages in a WTF mode?

Comments

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Life is too short to read shitty books, watch shitty movies and eat shitty food.

Unless said things are GLORIOUSLY bad, in which case embrace them!

Mediocre shit? Nope. Move on.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Life is too short to read shitty books, watch shitty movies and eat shitty food.

True, so true, thanks for reminding me. This book is definitely not delightfully bad, just frustrating. I'm moving on \o/