I was tagged by CJ Hill over at My Year of Reading Seriously.

a). What issues/topic interests you most–non-fiction, i.e, cooking, knitting, stitching, there are infinite topics that has nothing to do with novels?

History is my number one non-fiction genre. Not surprising, since I’m a classics major! I own dozens of books, both textbooks and works I’ve bought purely out of interest, on the Greeks and Romans, with a few books from other periods thrown in.

I have a dozen or so cookbooks. I adore the Williams-Sonoma Collection cookbooks, though—they have delicious recipes, with incredibly mouthwatering full-page photos illustrating each one.

I also have a weakness for reference works: dictionaries (French and English), grammar references (ditto), and atlases (I love maps!)

b). Would you like to review books concerning those?

If I sat down and read a history book from cover-to-cover, I would certainly review it, but that’s not how it usually works out. Using a textbook for a course means the reading is spread out over several months, and we often skip parts that aren’t relevant to what the professor is focusing on. I tend to do the same thing when reading history on my own—read parts here and there when I feel like it, rather than reading straight through. I never feel like I’ve really read a non-fiction book. (Although if asked for well-written works on Ancient Greece and Rome, I could certainly come up with recommendations!)

c). Would you like to be paid or do it as interest or hobby? Tell reasons for what ever you choose.

No, definitely not! If I was being paid, I’d have an obligation to read within a certain time frame, which is the surest way to make me lose interest in a book. I’m just perverse that way.

d). Would you recommend those to your friends and how?

Probably not, because few of my friends are interested in the same topics as I am. Those who are are usually people I met in my classics courses!

e). If you have already done something like this, link it to your post.

Uh-uh.

f). Please dont forget to link back here or whoever tags you.

Done!

Like CJ, I’m not a tagging kind of person, but I’d love to see other people’s answers to this meme, so I’m throwing it open to anyone who feels like answering. Consider yourself tagged!