My wife bought me a nook color for christmas / my birthday / valentines day / about three more special occasions. They aren’t cheap, I’ll say that.

She has a kindle and loves that she is carrying around dozens of books in a little tablet, she thought maybe I’d want a nook. I wasn’t overly excited until we actually walked in to the bookstore and played with one.

I guess you could say it was love at first sight. Such pretty colors! Such a sharp screen! Books! (Yeah, I’m not what you would call an avid reader, but I would like to be reading more, so now I have an excuse). We bought one on the spot.

So I had my nook and it had some books (and not about hooks) and a couple of games and you could sorta surf the internet but my fingers are big so it was a huge learning curve and well, it was just sorta ok.

But then? I found out you could unlock it. Just like a phone, where you aren’t tied to just what comes stock with the nook. And now I can have games and apps and a different browser and live wallpapers and all kinds of stuff, and it’s really cool now.

And I still read books on it, too.