The Life Changing Magic of Finally Reading All Those Books You Bought
And the extra spell of buying just a few more along the way
I recently learned the name to one of my most constant and pervasive afflictions.
“Tsundoku”
This simple Japanese word describes the practice of purchasing and collecting many more books than you could ever hope to actually read.
Well, I must admit, I felt a little called out when I discovered this…
But I also felt some strange sense of calm. There was a word for it! Words are easily one of my very favorite things, and here was one that described my hardcover hoarding habit in perfect detail!
And if it had a word, such a thing must also have… *gasp* dare I say it… yet more similarly afflicted book loving folk?
Bookstagram and BookTok confirmed these suspicions.
Very quickly after diving into the world of book obsessed social media accounts, I realized that I was not alone. The book haul videos abound! The stacks upon stacks of “to be read” selections vastly outnumbered the “have read” piles!
My poor, bibliophile, little heart could hardly handle it. I read constantly, and yet for every…
