I'm dying to know what book this is too! Bestseller...people read to prove they're intelligent... not sure that's enough clues for me.
I really just hate that feeling of slogging through a book, though. I used to do it all the time - my pride would not let me quit! - but lately I've been putting them down if they don't grab me in the first 25 pages or so. Life's too short, and there's too many books I need to get to, to waste it on something I'm not enjoying.