30 Day Book Challenge, Day 9: What is a book you thought you wouldn't like, but you ended up loving?

Life of Pi, by Yann Martel! One of the reasons I loved being in a book club is that I read books that I otherwise never would have read. One such book is Life of Pi. And no, it isn't about math!

Pi is a sixteen year old son of a zookeeper who is immigrating to the United States from India with his family. His father plans to open a zoo in America, and to that end, he has brought several exotic animals with him on their voyage. Whilst crossing the Pacific on a Japanese ocean liner, the ship goes down. Pi finds himself on a life boat with an orangutan, a hyena, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker--a 450 pound Bengal tiger.

Richard Parker quickly devours all of the other animals, and Pi must depend on his vast knowledge of animals and his cunning intellect to survive the better part of a year on a tiny life boat with a hungry, seasick tiger.

The book has a wonderful ending with a twist that will make you want to start reading the whole book all over again just to see if you can discover the "truth." I picked up Life of Pi reluctantly, but finished it completely enchanted.