books...

maybe i'm more of a tactile person than i'd like to admit. but i like books.i like books made of paper - that i can hold in my hands, that i can throw in my purse, or my work bag, or sit in a hot tub with. i loves my books.

amazon has that new electronic thingee - the kindle - and i am intrigued. i am totally a gadget whore - i love my iPod - stocked full of music, podcasts, and books on tape - but that's all audio stuff - meant to be listened to, conveniently stored on a tiny 80 GB device. what did i do before iPods?

will i eventually say that about the kindle? will i think "what did i do b4 this" - but i gotta wonder, how comforting is it to walk around with your entire literary collection on an expensive, electronic device? how am i supposed to haul it out when i want to take a warm bath and read? i can't imagine a life of purely locating new reads by surfing the net - vs going to a brick n' mortar and surfing the shelves, smelling that smell of paper and coffee, feeling the coolness of the hardcovers, the lightness of the softcovers - looking at all the imaginative covers...

the thought of this possibly becoming a thing of the past makes me a little sad...