HA!! Maximum Ride, I've always thought about reading them, and maybe I should start!!
I think the thing that bugs me, and I see it sometimes on this forum, but not in a majority of the people, is that when someone finds a book entertaining that is not a literary masterpiece, they seem to be looked down upon, like it's not okay to enjoy it. Or they must not be intelligent enough to understand why it sucks.
But then again I think peoples expectations are way too high in general.
Oh and as a side note: MR Mathias....it's Joe, not Jeff