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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Here's an interesting article about decorating with books--and some people who insist on being able to read the books they're decorating with!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06books.html?hpw
It mentions the subject of whether technology will eradicate books, as well.
Well, I think people should use what they want to read. Personally I can't imagine enjoying reading a book on an electronic device and enjoying it. Reading shorter things (like blog posts or news articles) is fine but not a whole book. Makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it.
I can't read more than a few paragraphs on an non-electronic ink reader, but the Kindle doesn't hurt my eyes at all. I tried reading a few paragraphs on the Kindle App (on an iPad) and that wouldn't work for me at all. (ETA: Don't misunderstand; I am not trying to advocate e-Readers for all! I am just very very surprised at how quickly I adapted to it. I never in a million years expected it to be the case. I love paper.)
Javachik is me.
I'm going back and forth, on the Kindle. On the one hand, it was AMAZING, just AMAZING to have on my 10 day trip over Christmas--normally, a trip with not only long plane rides, but multiple long train rides, I'd be carrying a huge bag of books, buying more along the way, and worrying the whole time about running out. And instead I had plenty to read, was never bored, and had a very light bag. Awesome.
At home, though, I'm finding I'm less likely to start/get into a new book, on the Kindle. Something about the physical act of having a stack of unread books, and picking them up one by one and knowing I've read all the pages and putting it in a different pile has more pull on me, and appeal to me, than just knowing there's unread stuff, and getting to the last screen and filing it away.
The one thing the Nook is weird to me about is that I don`t appear to have a problem starting more than one at a time. Other than that I love it. And both the SO and I use it more or less constantly.
The two things I like about reading on the iPad are that I can prop it up in its case to read handsfree, and that as soon as I hear about a book I might want to read, I can easily get a sample chapter. Oh, and the text being searchable. I keep forgetting about that, but when I remember it's very handy.
Reading a paperback right now, though. And a bit sad that I read Rosemary and Rue electronically so I can't give it to my mom to read (that park, Paso Nogal? Right by her house). So, tradeoffs. As always.
I have to admit to loving my Nook, it is lightweight so I can carry it around everywhere. (Usually have a book in hand anyways while cooking, walking around the house, bathroom duties, etc) And because I have such a hard time returning the library books in a timely fashion, the ease that I can check out book from the comfort of my own office and then they just magically return themselves and no fees for me...BLISS.
I also didn't think I would be able to read much on the Nook since I have a hard time reading too much on the computer, but I got the original non backlit Nook and it is heaven. I can read for hours and I do all to often.
Although I must thank and curse you all for getting me to read The Hunger Games trilogy. I read all three books in a day and a half. They were good, what else can I say.
The Nook has already paid for itself in a month with the money I'm saving on used books and library fees. But I also get an empty feeling of guilt in the pit of my stomach when I drive by my used book store. Think I need to still get some books from her since I would hate for her to go out of business.
I have read so much more since I got my Nook too, and I don't feel at all bad about it. I need to be better about keeping it charged, because that's frustrating, and it's also frustrating when I can't get books on it, but it was a lovely buy.
It's really helped me get back into reading things that aren't fanfic, and I'm glad of it. Especially helpful in the ER and over vacations.
Also, new books do support authors! Which doesn't help with supporting used bookstores (which don't support authors anyway), but I think they'll be around for a while, for books that are out of print or not available in e-book editions yet.