Hi mochoh timcheh:
Having just arrived back from Pesach vacation, I saw this post and to put it mildly, I was severely disappointed that such a thread should exist.
First of all, may I humbly suggest that you pay attention to your own learning (& davening) and not be so intrusive of other’s derachim.
Secondly, reading and chanting ANY sefer is quite legitimate in and of itself. My father, shlit”a (& he should be gezunt bis 120 yahrs mit simcha) memorized a number of sugyas in Shas, so that when a shayla was presented to him, he could quote the mekor in those Gemaras instantly.
True, we have a mesora specifically for Tanach, Mishnayos (Maggid Mishnah) and Zohar/Tikkunei Zohar, but as mentioned earlier, ANY sefer is pleasing to HaShem.
I am quite certain that there were critics and pessimists who offered the same response (as you did) when Daf Yomi was in its infancy back in the 1920’s — see how it has blossomed today and caught on to include Yerushalmi, Tosefta, etc…
Again, at this time of Sefirat HaOmer when the talmidim of Rebbi Akiva perished because they were “lo nohagu kavod zeh lazeh”, it behooves us to be a little bit more respectful of everyone, no matter what madgreiga they are in life, no matter what derachim they choose, no matter what minhaghim they practice.
Respectfully yours, R.T.