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I do this same thing, but have an interesting story as to how I picked up this habit.

In a diffrent age I lived in baltimore, and every day on my way to work would walk past the same homeless (or at least I thought) man sitting behind the church, who would be reading and have a pile of books next to him. One day I passed him and he was exchanging a book with a woman. My curiosity got the better of me and I watched the exchange and listened to the conversation. Apparently, he lived in the church, in trade for cleaning, with his basic needs provided for he had taken up to forming his own little book exchange for tips. After talking with him for a bit, about what I read and what I liked he promised me a book for the next day... Over the course of the next year, I read some rather interesting things that I NEVER would have picked out on my own, and was introduced to them in such a way as to make them much more palatable. As an example I had never been a fan of military history, after throwing a pair of military scifi books my way i got something more factual and loved it.

Because of him, I basically read anything any one gives me... fiction, non fiction, domain specific stuff.