If you're a reader, you'll appreciate one of Scot McKnight's latest posts (how does the man write so much?!), On Marking Books. Here's a heavily ellipsed quote:

Eighth, if you don’t like a book don’t read it. ... If you find a book boring, find one that isn’t boring. And that will limit the writers you read, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, it will lead you to cut back on some influential biblical scholars who have the capacity to write mind-numbing prose backed up with buckets of references and footnotes that show off everything they’ve read and don’t advance the argument — except to show that they’ve read the stuff.