I'm in a Book Quandary

Yes, I "dismissed" The Cookbook Collector. I was 125 pages in, but it had to go. It did not seem to have a theme--a Point. It was going nowhere, although perhaps, by page 350, it might have, before ending at page 400, but I lost all patience with it and couldn't continue.

So I'm on to finishing Great House by Nicole Krauss, and I think to begin The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. I loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ,so much so that I've been afraid to start the second book in the trilogy.