All About Nooky. I mean, Nooks.

My husband bought me a Nook for Mother’s Day. (Doesn’t the word “Nook” sound…X-rated? I find that I always let my voice drop when I say it). When e-Readers began to pop up in the purses of my friends, I quickly skittered over to the “Oh, I like the sensory experience of real books. The smell! The purr of fanned pages under a thumb!” camp, with all the other people low on discretionary funds for trendy technology Luddites. But then I actually got my hands on a Nook (See what I mean about the word? I’m blushing…), and I suddenly felt as nostalgic about my “real” books as I would a collection of Ford Model T’s cluttering up my front lawn. That is to say, y’all can take those bad boys to a museum. I don’t want them. However, I’ve lived with the Nook for awhile now, and I find that my initial rapture was—as usual--a bit dramatic.


The Pros? I love how many books I can store on my Nook. My house is overrun with books, but I have always been—and will always be—a person who buys books. It’s my thing. I love how easy and turbo fast it is to purchase the books I want. It’s actually…dangerously convenient. Almost like you didn’t even spend any money. Like forking off bites of birthday cake when you’re whizzing through the kitchen. Doesn’t even really count. I love how lightweight the Nook is. While this sounds old-womany, big books kind of hurt my hands. I like how organized and accessible and portable my reading material is. The Cons? I’m terrified to read in the bathtub or the pool. This majorly cramps my style. The shame of returning a conspicuously wavy library book is one thing; the idea of dropping a $300 gadget into the tub is another kettle of fish altogether. I don’t find it as easy to flip back to previous sections of a book to remind myself of a character’s name or to reread earlier passages in light of later ones, since I am not likely to “bookmark” these passages at first pass. Also, my reading light doesn’t clip on my Nook. I’m sure Barnes and Noble makes one just for the Nook, but after dropping 300 bucks on the e-reader, itself, I’m fresh out of discretionary funds.




What about you? Do you have an e-reader? I’m sure many of you have hashed out the pros and cons of Kindles, Nooks, iPads, etc. on your blogs. If you’ve posted about this topic, leave a link to the specific post below so I can snoop around in your thoughts.