YOU SAID:
I read lots of books.
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの本を読みます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I read a lot of books.
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの本を読みました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have read a lot of books.
INTO JAPANESE
私はたくさんの本を読みました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have read a lot of books.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.