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I won't be returned many books. Well, that's a lie - I *will* be returning them, since most come from libraries via Overdrive these days. But I won't be getting any money back.
It's just annoying to be jarred out of the story by errors in the text. One minute I'm exploring some Incan ruin in the rain forests of Peru, and the next I'm wondering "how could they have been so stupid as to miss this error?" To a lessor extent, I am bothered by questionable research. I remember wondering one time, while the book's hero was fighting off a killer whale, "Do killer whales really chomp at you fiercely with razor sharp teeth?" I always thought killer whale teeth were rather rounded and blunt. I ended up pausing reading for a bit so I could go and Google a picture of killer whale teeth. (Actually, their teeth are rounded, but pointy, however not "razor sharp" like a piranhas teeth. And apparently they are more "bite and hold" style creatures then frenzied chompers when trying to eat you.) I remember one book, where a bad guy was "thrown backwards" as "the cartridge slammed into his chest". What, did they throw the thing at him? Usually it's only the bullet that goes downrange, not the entire cartridge. And you're not going to be thrown backwards, unless the cartridge they heaved at you happened to be one of those giant ones from a deck gun on a Navy battleship. It just kind of takes you out of the story for a moment...
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