Is it not?
Wow! All the readers I know are pretty cool. My 8 year old niece's school do regular reading mornings with the parents and kids sharing reading experiences, and she plows through a book a week and is still 'one of the cool chicks' at school.
Folk should stop worrying about what other people's opinions are and do what they enjoy - cool, geeky or nerdy. No wonder kids these days get so fecked up with all the labels society places upon people.
Love a fat, forty, female, nerdy geek with anger issues.