::onto other things

So I was looking through my bookshelf last night trying to decide what to read next. Til We Have Faces stuck out, but as I've read it before (though a long time ago), I thought a break from C.S. Lewis would be called for. Then I saw East of Eden. I'll get to that one day...but again, just went through the biblical parallel so a change of pace would be nice. Then I found The Life of Pi. Now, Aaron read this a while ago and really enjoyed it. So, I picked it up and went to ask Aaron about it. The conversation went a little something like this:

Me: "So...what's it about?"
A: "Just read the book."
Me: "The blurb said it's about a boy stuck on a boat in the middle of some ocean or something with a 450 lb. tiger."
A: "Yah."
Me: "So, if you were trying to tell somebody why they should read this book, what would you say?"
A: "I don't try and tell people to read books."
Me: "Ok, but why did you like it."
A: "I just like reading stories about people and animals."
Me: "So, the boy is just stuck on a boat with a tiger in the middle of nowhere."
A: "Yep."
Me: "Does he eventually get out of the boat?"
A: "Just read the book!"
Me: "Ok....but does the tiger at least talk to him while he's in the boat."
A: (looks at me with confused expression) "No."
Me: "Well, I just lost interest."

I went ahead and read the introduction, which I never do. And I have to say, it caught my attention. So, yes...I'm going to try and read this, though I have very little reason for enthusiasm towards it.