I do this sometimes.
Reading is often an escape mechanism that I use. I'll read just about anything, but if I want to not deal with things, I'll bury myself in fantasy novels. I've had a growing appetite for non-fiction lately, but it isn't the same thing at all. I've been like this for years. Used to drive my family crazy. I can read to the exclusion of doing things like eating and sleeping until I finish a book.