Why you shouldn't feel guilty about your to-be-read pile
Why you shouldn't feel guilty about your to-be-read pile Stacks of books that are yet to be read: a monument to optimism, or an 'obligation graveyard'? ( Print text only Cancel As a lover of books, I've always seen to-be-read piles as wonderful monuments to optimism — stacks of books assembled dangerously high, ready for my future self to enjoy. A future self who miraculously has more time to read than my current self. There's a Japanese word for this accumulation of books that pile up without being read: tsundoku. At three syllables, it economically sums up the fact that book lovers buy ...
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