Reading books

Kisla
Whenever I have questions about babies or parenting, I've turned to my bff, sister, or Google. I haven't fussed much about reading up on sleep techniques or any of that. 
So I  got into a conversation with a friend's friend (a middle aged single man) who told me I "really should read more parenting books". I was so pissed off and still am, but I'm wondering, are you guys doing a lot of reading to prepare?