Hi summersover. Can definitely understand your concerns about your friend, yes, but I wouldn't jump to conclusions too soon if I were you, and it's good that you haven't. It may damage his trust in you [but that could be repaired with an heartfelt apology if need be] but you'll have to sit down, again, and ask him outright to answer the questions you originally put to him, and be assertive, tell him to be clear with his replies this time, and from there you can decide what to do next. If you're still not happy with his answers then obviously you don't trust him and a proper friendship should have trust. As for the books, well, he has funny tastes, boring tastes in literature, and I'd let that go for now, give him the benefit of the doubt on that count. You have a lot of good feedback in your thread and I hope the whole situation turns out to be okay summersover.