The Nook
is packed: David Nicholl’s One Day, Isabel Wolff’s A Vintage Affair, Iain Pears’ Stones Falls, couple old Martha Grimes & Georgette Heyers, The New Yorker and other assorted books for all seasons and reasons. New Tana French on order.
While I’m gone, you might like Deirde Madden’s Molly Fox’s Birthday, Deborah Noyes’ Captivity, Minrose Gwin’s The Queen of Palmyra, Martha McPhee’s Dear Money. Details to come.
Also choice bites: Susan Hubbard’s Season of Risks and Meg Cabot’s Insatiable.
Leaving on a jet plane
June 30, 2010 by patebooks
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On a Clear Day I Can Read Forever 
One Day got such a great review in EW, and it made me want to immediately download it onto my Kindle (I just might still!). Have a great trip!!!
Glad you have a NOOK. Best dedicated reading device yet. And, am looking forward to hearing how you like A VINTAGE AFFAIR. I loved it.
How do you like the Nook? I love books, and I love gadgets, so I’m kind of torn on the whole e-reader question.
I like the nook. It’s just gadgety enough. Can’t beat it for portability. I’ve got 40 plus books on it, as well as my subscription to the New Yorker, and there’s room for thousands more. Yet I am still buying real books! The nook further enables my addiction…
Nancy: I was going to ask the same question as Todd. As an old-time book lover, I find it hard to imagine loving a Kindle or a Nook.
I can, of course, understand carrying only one item — as opposed to a tote bag full of books — but I find it hard to imagine that the reading’s as pleasurable.
What has been your experience?
Because I have a book-like leather cover for the nook, the experience isn’t that different, just one page at a time, and easy to bookmark stuff to come back to. It also automatically goes to furthest point read, which is nice, and being able to change font and sizes is handy. Also able to download samples/excerpts of books.
What’s really cool is how the New Yorker has all the cartoons together! And the subscription is $2.99 a month, and it automatically appears every Mon.
Still, as far as reading pleasure, in the end, it’s all about the words and story. Right now, I’m reading Tana French’s Faithful Place, rapidly hitting the forward page click instead of flipping pages!