I think boswd sums up my thoughts exactly
I just recently had to make the decision between Nook and Kindle, and the Nook won hands down. The problem with reviews about the device is that they are mostly old and do not reflect the current performance of the device with the new firmware.
For more points about the "ereader wars" (all in good fun lol!) see my responses in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87874