I'm not an avid reader but nearly always having a book going, usually reading in small doses at bedtime. Just finished the John Adams biography and have started Nothing Like It in the World, the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the 1800s .. talk about an Outdoor Adventure .. <g> Like you, I rarely read fiction.
Also like you, I prefer miniblinds to draperies. When I bought my house 26 years ago, it had a mixture of draperies and shutters, which I relaced with miniblinds .. they gave the house a simpler cleaner look, which still seems to work for this old bachelor.
Justin