That's why this eBookReader interests me.
This may sound strange but one of the great joys of my life is curling up at night with my dogs, a beverage of choice and a real book. I love the feel, the smell, the weight of it in my hands. I can get lost for hours in a bookstore or a library. Maybe if I traveled I would enjoy a Kindle.
You and I share the same pleasure, my friend, except my critter of choice is a Tonkinese cat. ;-)
I adore dead-tree books too. I love the smell of ink, the paper, the feel of the page edges as they curl...but my 40-something eyes aren't too appreciative these days.
I'm going to take a lot of flack for this, but I'm looking at an iPad. I don't think of it as a computer at all, but a utility device that will keep my calendar and hold my appointments, let me read a book, listen to music, watch an anime, type in notes or work on a writing project, all without hauling out my laptop or waiting for the desktop to power up. It'll help me in the kitchen with recipes (I want a magnetic docking station for the 'fridge!), make waits in doctor offices more pleasant, and I'll be able to expand the text size and put off bifocals a little longer.
Here's another point that reading this thread made me think of -- eReaders may help with allergies. Books are notorious dust collectors and bug-magnets unless you keep them locked away. Why have the books if you have to store them in airtight conditions? An iPad or eReader (my husband has the bigger Sony) would put a lot more reading material in my hands rather than paper on my shelves.