That's a rather scary statistic, and I don't understand hostility towards reading. Aversion, I still can't really understand, but at least it's not hostility--I suppose some people just need a different form of input.

Personally, I'd read as much of the book as I had time for, hopefully all of it, and maybe check the Cliff Notes out of the library to help with whatever paper.. I certainly never replaced the book with the Notes.