You can learn a lot about the world from reading.
He did not seem to look up from his reading.
There was a light in his eye when he looked up from reading.
From my reading of the paper, both effects appear important and there is no simple answer.
Children learn vocabulary and how to think from reading, not watching.
Consider what in the person's thinking is preventing them from reading.
And running water was a good way to break a trail; she knew that from reading.
It isn't lack of time that keeps people from reading.
One man chuckled as he looked up from his reading.
They will not be very like the idea of "religious people" which you have formed from your general reading.