The purpose of the action research is to examine what happens when non-English major junior college students at a technological university discuss English literary works via an online discussion board. The researcher invited 94 third-year junior college students (19 girls and 75 boys, ages 17 to 19) to participate in the study. Students read self-selected English literary works during their leisure time and posted responses about the books on the University's E-Learning Discussion Board to share with their group members. The researcher used qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect and analyze data. Data sources included students' reading posts, open-ended exit surveys, students' reading comprehension test scores, students' pre-study and post-study writing scores, and there searcher's journal. The findings of the study suggested that the students benefited from the reading and writing experiences, gaining confidence in their reading abilities and developing the ability to write longer English essays. However, they also encountered challenges during the process. In this paper, the researcher provides pedagogical suggestions to other teachers of English so that they can implement similar Internet-based instructions in their curricula.