LOL, Bee. I thought about it for a bit and I cannot really think of any guys I know who finished one of her books. (Actually, I did in my first year at university: "The Edible Woman" and I was forced to write some damned essay on the symbolism of the turtle in the story. It was then while chewing my leg that I lost the taste for Atwood. It's not because she's female; it's because I could never understand what the hell she was talking about. (Alice Munro--on the other hand--is my favourite short story writer. Her I understand.)