/lit/ - Literature

Hi guys, I don't come here often because I haven't read a book since high school, but I really need your help.

There's this girl in one of my classes at Uni that's cute and shy, and she's also a big bookworm. She always has a different book with her, and not YA stuff either-they're always long and difficult looking classics-some of them are even in the original language, like French or Russian, from what I can recognise (I live in an English speaking country).

So my question is, as someone who hasn't read for pleasure in about 8 years, how can I a) start reading and b) fake knowledge of more difficult things. This girl is near perfect for me, attractive, not a slut, intelligent, interested in things I do like, like films and video games (she's mentioned them in class) but I'm worried she'll think I'm not up to her standards because I don't read a book a week.

Please help.

Why does this board hate women? Arguably, literature is a hobby that is enjoyed by both sexes in equal measure. What does it have against them?

In part a question spawned by another thread on here (Schopenhauer one)

Hi! I need an advice. I'd like to read something in English and, since it isn't my native language, it should be something that I can handle, something relatively easy to read and interesting for a person in his twenties. Thank you!