Reading what you dont like..

When we read, do we always like it? Then why do we read it? Lets keep the textbooks, office manuals out of the discussion. What about the rest? The question is strictly to people who harbor a love of reading. I have always tried to maintain a distance from the so called bestsellers because I have reason to believe(proven theory!)that my taste in books isn't matched by the majority's. So I stick to what I like, that means a lot of safe and in your comfort zone reading. I have found experimentation has led to horrible repercussions like leaving a book unfinished and that features on my list of things I simply hate to do! One disastrous example is the LOTR! Trust me I have nothing against fat volumes, I love them but this one is absolutely beyond my reach. Not that I will leave it alone, a long holiday is just what I need. But one stream of reading that I seldom dare to touch is non-fiction. I find them boring, preachy and lengthy. I don't see the point of learning from someone else's mistakes and experiences when I have so many to call my own. Anyway fighting all my inhibitions this time I have taken the plunge and chosen a safe option. The book that I am currently raeding is Vinod Mehta's autobiographical piece, A Lucknow Boy. I am through with a major portion of it and realize that the language used is simple(something I stressed on in my earlier posts)and incidents well cut and clean. If someone is not liked it is made absolutely clear. So I would like to say just go ahead and discover the joy of non-fiction raeding, cheers!