For the review & saga of my most prized possession, you can find Part I, Part II, and Part III at the simple click of a link.

Hmmm.  So they’ve gone and done it.

Today I received a software update for my Nook.  I’ve bought six books in the last two and a half months and for me, that’s a score.  I’ve read five of the six.  Or, if I’m playing it honest, I actually abandoned the last two novels I started for being insufferable, and I’m a third of the way into PRODIGAL SUMMER, by Barbara Kingsolver.  I’m not worried, as it’s practically guaranteed to be brilliant.  David Foster Wallace’s, INFINITE JEST, is sitting patiently in queue, waiting for me to find out if my crush on him is deep or shallow.  I can’t wait.

I’m loving the reading I’m doing (even when I’m hating it) and loving the ease and convenience of the device.  It’s terrific.  But like I said way back in Part II of my review, I really liked the fact that my Nook was for reading books - full stop.  It wasn’t for emailing.  It wasn’t for games.  It wasn’t for me to see if anyone has responded to my comment on a thread over at the forums of Absolute Write.

But hell’s bells, now it is.

This new upgrade sped up the Nook’s book-loading and page-turning capabilities, which is groovy gilding on the techno-lily.  I approve, although I really didn’t have any complaint before an hour ago over how fast it clipped along.  Also, I can now read any ebook for free from inside a Barnes & Noble store (for up to an hour a day.)  That’s a cool, crafty way to keep their brick and mortar shops relevant and full of coffee drinkers and their wallets.  Nice.

All of this is fine, but now I’ve a cramp in the wry dimple in my right cheek from scowling at my Nook while fiddling with the new Chess and Sudoku games.  Worst of all, I’ve loaded my favorite websites into the new wi-fi internet browser –  just to see how it works, you understand.  Of course I won’t pull myself out of a story to check the weather forecast on my Nook, or sneek just a quick peeksie at my email for a note from my agent after I get to the end of this chapter… or maybe here at the paragraph break, just to get it off my mind.  No really, I won’t.

Dammit.

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