I think people's minds operate in different ways.
I love books and have always got 2 or 3 on the go upended in various parts of the house. Read a lot. Books are also the one thing I won't throw away, so they are on shelves all over the place and stored in boxes in the garage. Love novels, biography, history, loads of stuff.
DP loathes reading, is reading a book about astronauts at the mo which he has had on the go for years, I think he reads a paragraph at a time. He really does not see the pleasure in it that I do and finds it hard to concentrate.
I sometimes can't follow the plot of a film or TV programme. If I have ever watched, say, CSI or something, I drive DP batty by saying 'who's that, what does that mean, what's she doing, what the bloody hell are they talking about now?'. I come across as a complete thicko but often can't get the gist of it.
So, my brain works better reading, DP's brain works better with films and TV. Doesn't make me better than him or vice versa. I think it's just the way we're plumbed in.