I reluctantly bought a Nook a couple of years ago. At first I didn't like it--no book smell, no getting lost in the literal page. Instead there was this bright, white-colored screen(which I learned to adjust). But now I LOVE IT! I can still read when hubby is asleep, without worrying about him wanting the lamps off; I can sample a gazillion books before I pay hard earned money for something that only seemed good or had an interesting front cover but no substance; it holds all my favorite magazines (no more stacks upon stacks upon stacks collecting dust spiders); and I can do SO much more with it besides reading, like games, music, etc. You should try one. They're less expensive now than they were when I bought mine. I won a writing contest, though; so that was the only way I could afford it back then.