/lit/ - Literature

I have very low verbal IQ. What can I read to remediate this? I have the brainpower to learn multivariable calculus and multiple foreign languages (I'm fluent in English and Spanish, and capable of reading children's books in French), however, when it comes to expressing complex ideas and thoughts I often find myself fumbling for words to accurately say what is in my mind (very often having to look up words or translating ones that accurately express what I want to say from one language to another).

Another problem I have is that the ideas and thoughts I have are extremely simple. For example, when Lolita is discussed on this board (which happens often) my only input is that I really liked the picture Mr. Nabokov painted with his descriptions of 1950's America. That's it. I just don't have anything else to say about it. Or when Blood Meridian is discussed, I really liked how gory and violent it was. That's it.

What can I do to alleviate myself from being such a simple-minded (dumb, perhaps?) person?