"That must be a good book"

That's what she said. Actually, "she" was the fourth person to say that. That day.

It got me to thinking. Is saying, "That must be a good book" (or its equivalent) tantamount to saying, "I'm functionally illiterate and will take any opportunity to avoid reading"?

In my experience, the title of this post is only invoked when I don't immediately put my book down and engage in whatever other activity the speaker thinks I should be attending to. Almost like I'm rubbing their nose in their inability to gain knowledge, or joy, if it's not coming from a TV. And they want me to stop. Like it's my fault they're not on board the reading rainbow.


I think I'll stop now, before I get all vitriolic and stuff.