Reading - Hobbies

Frequently, though not invariably, the reader's choice of subject will be related to another hobby: antiques, music, astronomy, fishing, art, or any one of hundreds of other topics. The real hobbyist can never learn enough about his hobby to satisfy him, and books provide the best means of acquiring additional knowledge.

Often, too, a person's business or profession will be the determining factor in his reading habits. This may be because he believes that such reading will make him more proficient in his work; or it may simply be that he is one of those lucky people who love their calling and find it more interesting than any other subject.

A lawyer, for example, might devote his leisure to reading biographies of other lawyers, reports of famous trials, or recounts of factual crimes. A painter might concentrate on books of art and color reproductions of paintings in museums he has not been able to visit.

When you have finished a book on ceramics, for instance, its bibliography may list some dozen or fifty other books for you to study, or to enjoy. Each book you read suggests several more until you have literally a lifetime of reading ahead of you.

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