I'm facinated by the idea that some books are 'better' than other books.....surely a good book is one you've enjoyed? Our shelves have comedy, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austin and other 'classics',Keats, detective novels, sci fi and Harry Potters all mixed up together....so what? Anyone wanting to make an analysis of our intellect from looking at our bookshelves is almost certainly going to think we are schizophrenic........again, so what?

I liked the Da Vinci code,and all the others. The characterisations and dialogue are pants but the storylines are exciting and there are all sorts of things I didn't know in them but then I've met very few books I couldn't get on with.....except for Jeffrey Archer and the Barbara Carthorse school of writing.