How sad for you two folks...books have a visceral effect that the Net will never be able to provide....
Yeah, but I'm on a small Pacific island without access to a good book store or library. I did, however, love Amazon.com when I was in the US. Probably the online shopping thing ;) I'm a daughter of a reading specialist and an electrical engineer, so both options work for me.
I read alot of fiction when I was little, but now, I have no interest in reading fiction.
I'm an information collector and the internet affords me to find out whatever I'm interested in at the moment.
And the experience and knowledge of Freepers is amazing, not to mention very funny.
So don't feel sad, I've learned more online then I ever did from a book. (not including the Bible)