Me too. I used to force myself to finish all the must-read books listed by The NY, but it's excruciating. Some books are not even my cup of tea.
When people said, "Oh, my habit is reading. I read every day." Other people normally ask, "Really? What's your favorite book?" The best situation was that bragging person can say a book's name and start analyzing how good this book was.
But normally, they couldn't even think of a book's name. Some said "Game of Thrones", but that's the name of the TV series. The book's name is "A Song of Ice and Fire."
I love your perspective and I'll also try to study a book instead scan through the pages.