#Tsundoku

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Reading books and acquiring books are completely separate hobbies.

i need to get off the computer and get around to my

[ijustkindalikebooks]

Tom Gauld for The Guardian's Autumn Reading Special.

[thisisnotmyhomeplanet]

[blackswaneuroparedux]

積ん読

Tsundoku is the Japanese word to describe buying books and letting them pile up unread on shelves, floors, and nightstands.

[lost-carcosa]

[holespoles]

What is Tsundoku?

Just buying books and piling them up can be effective! (1) Buy books (2) Stack books (3) Brain cells are activated by receiving radio waves from piled books that cannot be explained by modern science!

Tsundoku" or "piled reading " is a term used to describe the state in which books you have acquired are left piled up at home without being read. There are similar words such asbibliophilia andbibliomania, but there is no word other than Japanese for the same concept or habit, and it became popular in the UK and other countries in the 2010s as "tsundoku. In "Words of the World That Cannot Be Translated" by Ella Frances Sanders, "tsundoku" is introduced as a word that does not express nuance well in many languages, along with " kurisarehiki " and " wabisabi".

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[weepingfoxfury]

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday ...

Sometimes I wonder if I've posted pictures before ... sometimes I consider going back through all my posts to check ... most times I just blow a raspberry and carry on regardless. ;-)

On the occasions that I stop in my hallway and actually acknowledge the plethora of books, curios, bad/good art etc etc that reside floor to ceiling, I can't help but imagine that one day I'll end up on the TV on one of those hoarder programmes.

Not that that bothers me.

I'm more bothered/amused by the idea that one day (just like Indiana Jones) I'll be passing through the hallway and everything from either side will collapse toward me and I'll be buried beneath it all as the Hairy Horde look on.

I laugh as I picture this. I laugh imagining the ignominy of such a happening ... I wonder which item will end up atop the pile that is on top of me ... and I'm pretty sure that one of the cats will eventually answer the question 'would your feline eat you once you were dead?'

Still ... that day is not today. I passed through unscathed. Mind you, I did attempt to discuss some of this with Giorgio ... but he remained as silent as ever beneath his two hats. Though I swear I heard a titter and saw his shoulders shake a little.

Hmmmm ... I think perhaps I should invest in a hard hat and mini grappling iron and make sure I'm armed at all times with pen and paper for a final memoir ....... after all ....... you never know ;-) ...

[tigermousse]

me, buying more books, while I haven't read all I have at home

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[aurelyah]

Tsundoku is the Japanese word to describe buying books and letting them pile up unread on shelves, floors, and nightstands.

[kimseokjin27412]

Most people have emotional support pets or blankets, I have emotional support books...just carrying them around makes me feel better.

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[mckitterick]

tsundoku

a visual definition

[lost-carcosa]

[persa-tra-i-miei-pensieri]

Tsundoku è una parola d’uso colloquiale che si può tradurre come «l’atto di comprare un libro e poi non leggerlo, di solito mettendolo in una pila di altri libri non letti».

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Al parigino Charles Asselineau, autore nel 1860 di un divertimento intitolato L’Inferno del bibliofilo, apparve sotto forma di un demone elegante – redingote con il bavero verde grigiastro, cappello dalla lunga falda inclinato sul naso – per trascinare il suo eroe negli inferi del Lungosenna, tra il girone delle bancarelle e quello delle aste di libri.

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«Compra e non pensarci», gli sussurra affabilmente il demone ogni volta che lo vede tentennare; e cosí, un acquisto dissennato dopo l’altro, il bibliofilo si ritrova carico come una bestia da soma di libri che non ha nessuna intenzione di leggere, e indebitato per piú di trentamila franchi.

Cit. "Il lettore sul lettino. Tic, manie e stravaganze di chi ama i libri"