Physical Books vs. Ebooks...a confession

So, there have been three books on my Goodreads Currently Reading shelf for quite a long time. It isn't that they aren't lovely books, actually when I'm reading them I'll devour large chunks at a time. The problem is *whispers* they aren't on my Nook. This means that these three books aren't easily accessible; I can't carry them all with me, in a cute little bundle of awesome, wherever I go. I can't look up words and concepts I don't know the second I don't know them. I mean surely I can't be the only one who starts reading a physical book, finds a word she doesn't know, touches it with her finger and suddenly...nothing happens. I've gotten used to the power of my finger and its ability to highlight. I've gotten used to never losing my place. I've gotten used to the WIFI. The most important point, however, is that these books don't light up which means I can't read them in the dark or in the car and if you knew how often I'm waiting in the car at night or how often I go to bed early just to read without interruption for the tiny tot, you'd understand how important it is that I be able to read under cover of darkness.

I've been noticing the change in my reading habits for awhile now...I just didn't realize how much.

I hope there's a 12-step program...er...maybe I should just come to terms with the fact that I adore my ereader and move on. What do you think?

Booking Through Thursday (E-volution)

         From Booking Through Thursday:

E-readers like the Kindle and iPad are sweeping the nation … do you have one? Do you like it? Do you find it changes your reading/buying habits? If you don’t have one, do you plan to?

     As you all know I have had a Nook for a long time. I do enjoy it and it has changed the way I read, of course, blogging has also changed the way and what I read. Together they have ruined/made my reading world better.

Here's what happens:

1] Every once in awhile I type in 0.0 into the BN search all the books that are free pop up and I'll shuffle through those downloading whatever covers and titles tickle my fancy.

2] When a blogger author talks about their books going on sale for 99 cents in the eWorld, I'll find it and download it without thinking...what's 99 cents?

3] I love getting new books on the cheap, I love finding old books to download free or on the cheap...I love finding books, books, books...

I still bring books with me wherever I go, I still buy print books, sometimes I double up and get them in print and for the eReader, I have bought more books...I don't know if this a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm happy.

Feel free to share your answers below, on the original post (above), on FB or on your own blog!

Nookie, Nook, Nook

          Over the summer my husband and I bought ourselves Nook eReaders from Barnes and Noble, we got the 3G WiFi version. Yes, we knew the NookColor would be out by Christmas, but we didn't want to wait and knew that we'd need a color eReader as much as we needed 'a new hole in the head' (thank-you very much grandpa for that little phrase).
          Um, to be quite honest, my husband uses his quite a bit...but, I rarely touch mine. You see the thing is I like books, I like the feel of the spine and cover, the weight of it as it sits in my lap...I like to turn the pages, but most importantly, I like to write in my book, the way that Mortimer Adler says, I like to own and possess my book, and you can't do that with an eReader!
          What I find I do like about my Nook is that books without spines and covers and actual pages are wayyyyyy cheaper than their archaic brethren, so my Nook holds all my b-list books. This list includes any book that I want to read, want to own, but don't want to pay $24.95 or $14.95 for, it includes books that I can't wait to own (sure, this sounds like the opposite of b-list, but it also means that I don't care enough about them to mark them up and I don't want to go to the bookstore to get them) like the latest in a series and it includes books that I already own, but can get free or cheap on the Nook. I have yet to finish a book on the Nook, as I only read them when I'm waiting for planes, in a hotel room and there's some down time or when I have nothing else to read.
          Now, I can tell you right now, my husband loves the Nook (he won't actually say that and when I talk to him about it he always gives some technical answer as to why he uses it, but I know it's sweet, sweet love). You see he takes that thing wherever he goes, he even took it to Las Vegas were he attended a friends wedding. He puts, on the Nook, books that he really, really wants. He has read all of Michael Lewis on the Nook, more financial books about, um, financial things...non-fiction type stuff. AAAAnd, he doesn't take notes, he doesn't understand why I feel the need to take notes, he doesn't understand why the little notes option with the Nook isn't enough for me...I show him examples of book markings...he still doesn't get it.
         So, our library (we share an account) in our his and her Nooks (his is the no nonsense, 'why waste money on a cover' subtle black cover and mine is the 'look at me, look at me, I've got a Nook inside', memorable lines from books adorable cover--he wouldn't let be get a Kate Spade), looks something like this (examples of the latest downloads): the complete Sherlock Holmes, The Big Short, all the Oz books, the latest Chelsie Handler, the latest Pat Conroy, the latest Bret Easton Ellis, more Michael Lewis, The Wall Street Journal, Eat, Pray, Love...you see I'm the downloading fool, he's the actual ereader.