What's This Need to Read?

Hmm. Just picked up another book by Ronald Wright entitled, "A Scientific Romance."

So I'se been thinkin'...What's with the insatiable appetite for reading material? I really can't remember everything I read. And I'm not engaged in any purposeful act of research. Honestly, I have 2-3 books on the go at any given time. I will surf my usual sites and many others besides, hoping to come upon a beautifully written, lengthy article to keep me occupied. Magazine? Sure. Scholarly? Yep. Blog? Sure, why not?

Am I just idly curious or just idle? Is the constant need to read an indication that I am, perhaps, avoiding something in my life? I do know that I would like nothing more than to spend my days sitting in a library getting to know a subject - any subject - thoroughly. Ahh, research and synthesis. Hunting and gathering.

Anyone out there willing to let me spend my days looking up, sussing out, picking up and sniffing out the inner workings of some subject I have never heard about? I am easy and cheap!