*We allow you to join with your Reading Friend, and not just on your own, because:

Two (you and your Reading Friend) are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor (reading). If one falls, the other will lift him up. But it is sad for the person who falls and has no one to lift him up! A person alone can be overpowered by an enemy, but two can withstand and easily defeat the enemy (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).