Learning new things

Today I learned how to gain access to the library books that were hiding on my Nook, thanks to a little help from a friend.  
The lady I spoke with at the library when I got my card said that, although the library books automatically disappear from my computer after two weeks, they are on my reader forever, or as long as I want them there.  
That sounds to good to be true; we'll see.  
Not every book you're looking for at the public library is available as an e-book.  I imagine there will be more and more of them, as time goes by.  But just don't think you'll be able to borrow every single book you want to read in the form of an e-book.  
I found out there's a dictionary on the Nook, so if I come upon a word I don't understand it's easy to learn the meaning, without losing my place in the book I'm reading.  There's also quick access to footnotes, which is really handy in the lengthy book I'm reading now, "Anna Karenina".   
Didn't I just say here yesterday that I don't like love stories?  
Guess what?  I'm reading a love story, sort of.  But it's also a book about farming and horse-racing and who knows what all; I'm not yet halfway through it, so anything could happen.    
Anyhow, if I skip a day or two of posting on my blog, you'll know it's because I'm reading.  And reading.  And reading.  

Reading

My Nook ereader arrived Saturday; I'm figuring it out one step at a time.  It's very user-friendly, so I'm not having much trouble.  
I can make myself more comfortable now when I read.  I lay the nook down on my lap, only reaching down to "turn a page".  
Thanks to bloggie and Facebook friends, I've found I have access to lots of free books on the Internet;  Inkmesh is great for finding the freebies.  There are classics I've always wanted to read, and great old books like "The Good Earth" and "Grapes of Wrath" that I read in high school and will certainly read again, if I live long enough.  
Looking at the free downloads on the Barnes and Noble site, most of the newer free books on the list don't much appeal to me.  There are love stories, which I dislike unless there's a bigger theme in the background, and several vampire-themed stories.  I don't care for fantasy, fairies, witches or vampires.  I was once in a reading group whose monthly selection was "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe".  I understand the symbolism in the book, but talking animals just don't do it for me unless we're talking about comic books.  
I actually lean toward biographies:  My two recent favorites are "The Color of Water" and "The Glass Castle".  Those are true-life stories that amazed me; Cliff enjoyed them, too.  
I loved "Water for Elephants", which isn't a biography but sort of feels like one, in the same way "Green Mile" does.   
I'm not quite sure about this business of reading library books on my Nook and how it's going to work:  I downloaded a book I wanted onto my computer, registered my computer and did all the right things.  The Nook shows up on my computer, but I'm not allowed to click and drag the book onto it.  One of these days I'll go to the library, talk to someone, and see what's going on.  I have plenty of books to keep me busy in the meantime.  I'm tackling "Anna Karenina" at present; wish me luck, it's a long book.  I hope I don't get discouraged trying to remember which character is which.  I thought the old Germans around here had long last names, but that's nothing compared to Russian surnames.     
I'll keep you posted.