Rooted, and managed to hold out for a week or so before doing so..
Using Aldiko as my primary method of reading books on my NC and using Screen Filter to dim the screen below what the NC normally allows, makes it worth rooting for me. The other apps you play with for a week or two after rooting because it's new.. after that, I've settled into just reading on it and having rooted it makes it more enjoyable even just for that.
...having the Kindle app on the NC is nice too.