Hi TheSkippingStone! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the many interesting and helpful forums here. I believe there is at least one for art and literature. I am a fellow bookworm, and also sometimes have more than one book going at a time. I did this more when I was younger, though. Now I mostly have one book going, while also keeping up with articles at various favorite websites. I like many genres. Sci-Fi, mysteries, animal stories--both true and fiction, funny criminal anecdotes, other humerous stories and anecdotes, historical fiction, adventure stories, history, some biographies, some westerns and sometimes war stories, and to a lesser extent--regular fiction and politics. My varied reading tastes are a lot like what you would find in a public library.
You will find WP an interesting site. I do, but don't have the time to log on here as much as I'd like.