I need my ereader due to my vision issues. But I love my dead tree editions. I love their smell, their covers, their print fonts. Some have deckle edges. I’ve got books over 150 years old. Some are available in ebook form, but I won’t part with them. There’s just something about a dead tree edition that can’t be replicated in ebook form :-)
Gotcha beat...we have an almost 300 year old copy of the Magna Carta...like you I love books...they got me thru a difficult childhood, PLUS in an emergency you will always have FUEL. :*)
My Kindle would be useless.