Apparently some people have not heard of this. It's called 'book sounding', or 'book dowsing', depending on which one you like better. You can practice it in libraries, on your shelves or on a friend's book shelves. You run your fingers (or eyes, depending on rules) along the books almost randomly, until one just FEELS right or stands out in some way that is impossible to deny. You take that book down, go to a comfortable chair and give it a very good try to read, not just one page like you might at the shelf, but a few chapters.
You might 'accidentally' pick up a book about rope, or growing herbs, or a love story that takes place at the turn of the century, or a zombie child that goes through time. It really could be anything. Maybe not accounting or rocketry tables.. put that back, maybe. It could be your thing.
The point of book sounding is to open your mind and have an adventure. I also love to do it in 'friends of the library bookstores' and thrift shops. You NEVER know what you'll find - or does it find you? For a quarter you may be reading a selection of short stories edited by Isaac Asimov that is no longer in print, or suddenly realize a favorite author wrote something you missed, somehow, and now it is right here in your hand. It has happened to me.
I wrote this article because a Google search for 'book sounding' showed nothing, and 'book dowsing', still nada, no description of the activity! But I've seen people do it in real life, in movies - what do they call it? It is so obviously a vibration thing when they are doing it with their fingers - something calls to the fingertips.
So, go try it. See what the Universe tosses your way.
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