'I am an addict'

Yes, it's true.

And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

My addiction: booklights for reading in bed.

I buy them all, then toss them in the trash or give them to friends.

Because they're never what I want and need.

Getting what you want and need is sometimes important.

I mean, the Rolling Stones did a whole song exploring this concept.

You can't always get what want

And if you try sometime you find

You get what you need

But I digress.

Booklight issues always revolve around lack of brightness, instability, or ugliness.

I guess I had no choice but to order the one pictured up top (I chose grey as opposed to the blue one pictured).

It's $24.95 here.

"Sure-Grip clip attaches firmly to any book."

Looks fairly compact (runs on 3 AAA batteries).

Three LEDs, the number in this device, are the minimum required for in-bed reading, in my humble opinion.

More is always better, but it's a trade-off between the number of LEDs, battery size, and battery life.

This illuminator is said to provide 70 hours of light from a set of batteries.

We will see, won't we?

Probably not, actually, 'cause if it's as big a flop as every previous one of these pretenders to the in-bed booklight reading throne, it'll be in use no more than 10 minutes before I toss it over the side.