Dumb question this thread is about reading

I finished Pride and Prejudice and I did like it. The book now for my space (award winning book) is The Secret History.  I am not very far into it yet. 

Years ago I was in a class for future reading teachers and librarians. Book reports and book questions were brought up. The professor said, (with a big eye roll and sarcastic voice), "Yes, because the first thing I want to do when I finish a good book is have 10 questions about it or have to discuss every detail."


I confess that if I found a book to be very good, I am prone to say to a friend, "Oh,you should read ___ as I really liked it. (and give my reasons)" However I have never been drawn to a book club.
I love reading for pleasure.

I think there are different types of readers and not all people who consider themselves readers are interested in reading classics or otherwise deeper/more difficult books. You're a thinker and you're used to reading non-fiction which is often deeper and 'less quick and easy' reading than popular chick lit and beach reads. Sounds to me like your friend's reading might focus more on fun books not literature - and that's okay but perhaps not a good fit for the poster based book club.

I would vote for read what you want to read and perhaps start a thread here about the book you're currently reading if you want to discuss it. I suspect that most anything on your poster, someone here has read and would discuss.

I'm in an on-line book club myself - there's a challenge list of 25 books posted each year and there's a prize (book themed Christmas ornament) that the host provides if you complete it within the year. TBH this year's books have been a struggle - some I just didn't enjoy at all, others have been hard to track down - I've ended up requesting 7 via ILL (out of the 25) - but there have been some I wouldn't have ever chosen but really enjoyed. To me, that's kind of the point - to read outside my comfort level. I'm at 21/25 books and I'm waiting on ILL for the remaining 4. But they are also only a fraction of the books I've read this year - I'm at 213 so far

I really enjoy reading, but I wouldn't join a book club to discuss. I read to enjoy the story or learn the information- not to dissect a plot or look for symbolism that may or may not be there. I did that in high school and college lit classes. 

I'd let the joint reading fizzle out. If she's interested in doing it, she can reach out to you.

ETA- if time is an issue for her, maybe she can get an audio book to listen to instead.

I would just read at your own pace. Do you belong to a book club? If not, you might see if there is one in your area. Check to see what books they have read in the last couple of years to see if those match your interests.

I imagine that Friend likes to read but not the types of books on this particular list. She might love romances, chick lit or mysteries. You can enjoy reading as a hobby and never read anything on the NYTimes bestseller list or the classics. So many books, so little time.

Two of my friends and I are big readers. We like the same type of books. Our independent book store is big into author talks and we get a lot of best sellers authors come on the book tour to our little town. When we first start going, we felt we had to read the book first. But then we found we liked going and hearing the author before deciding to read the book.

We recommend books to each other and pass them back and forth as each one is finished. We exclaim what we really like about it or not, whether we were surprised by the ending etc, but other than that don't really discuss the books with questions. It is nice having our little group that likes to read, though.