Well said. It isn't necessary to read really highbrow things all the time, if you find something entertaining and enjoyable then that's all that matters.
As I've mentioned on here before I am a massive sci-fi fan and have shelves of classic sci-fi novels. A lot of them are pretty average but enjoyable but a lot of them also base themselves are ideological theory, politics and world affairs. It's amazing the amount of things that sci-fi writers have predicted will happen in their fictional future worlds which have then come true. There are some really intelligent works amongst all that popular sci-fi but because people turn their noses up at it they will never get to experience it.
As I say, it doesn't matter what you read as long as you enjoy it. There's a reason writers like Tom Clancy have sold so many books, because it's enjoyable.
I agree about James Patterson though....