<p>Don’t forget to check your library. Our local library has Nooks, a Kindle Fire, and a Kindle Touch 3G available for loans to patrons with a few preloaded books. I’ve tried out both Kindles and much prefer the Fire, mainly because I don’t like the gray-green screen of the Touch, and because I preferred the way it flipped through pages. I wasn’t overly impressed with the internet capability because of the lag but it did work OK. I’m still on the waiting list for the Nook but am now waiting to learn about the rumored mini-ipad. I do have an Itouch and have read books on it but it isn’t practical.</p>
<p>One problem I had with using a Kindle vs a real book is that I did not have a sense of how much book was left (even though I could look at the page numbers) so read way too far into the night.</p>