[GlenBarrington]

All, My wife loves to cook and she has expressed some curiosity about my PRS-350. I was thinking for Christmas, maybe I would get her a reader and a couple of eBook Cookbooks.

Knowing my wife, she might try to read in the kitchen, cookbooks or not and she might get all sorts of splashes on the reader. Should I think about a waterproof/pancake batter proof and/or a shock proof reader? Is there such a thing? I've never paid any attention to that sort of thing.

Is the kitchen just too hostile for an eBook reader device? Anything I should look out for?

Also, Ladies, is this gift OK for a Christmas present to a wife? I once bought her some stereo speakers for Christmas and the disappointment was surprisingly too heavy to ignore. But she did say she wanted some new stereo speakers. Apparently there are hints for gifts that should apply for certain holidays and not for others. And I now suspect stereo speakers are great gifts for the 4th of July or maybe Holloween. I'm sick of buying 'safe' jewelry and perfume and ready to take a risk!