Love, Sex, Death, and Words

I thought I would really like this book. It combined my love for History and Literature in one little volume, but I was frustrated and deeply saddened to abandon it around the 65% mark. Why? I stumbled upon this paragraph concerning the Pottermania phenomenon:

“Reading (particularly reading a 600-page book) is the epitome of couch-potatoism.(...) Reading is a good thing (...) but would it not be an even better thing for children to be outside-actually “doing” something, rather than passively “reading” or “watching” something?

Well done, sir! Way to spread the love for reading in young minds by telling them not to sit down with a book and, practically, wasting their time on it! I wonder why on earth did you make the effort to write a 600-page book...Perhaps you wanted your readers to appreciate it while playing football...