text: books have been made obsolete by the increasingly frenetic pace of life?   as a book lover, i would have to automatically say no. but it's true that i read a lot less books and magazines because i do a lot of reading online. but they are far from completely obsolete, and i don't believe that they ever will be. a lot of people still love to snuggle up with a good book sometimes, or read on the bus, or on a plane, etc