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A personal library too big to get through in a lifetime “isn’t a sign of failure or ignorance,” but rather “a badge of honor.”

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Tags: libraries, tsundoku, essays, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/books/review/personal-libraries.html

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Title
All Those Books You've Bought but Haven't Read? There's a Word for That
Published
Oct 8 2018
Word count
1043 words

3 comments

  1. Catt
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    I think there's a huge difference between acknowledging you still have more to know, to learn and adding books you know you won't get to to your library. In the latter, I believe it's more to do...

    I think there's a huge difference between acknowledging you still have more to know, to learn and adding books you know you won't get to to your library. In the latter, I believe it's more to do with who you want to be than who you really are.

    6 votes
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    boredop
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    If this applies to records and CDs too then I'm in good shape.

    If this applies to records and CDs too then I'm in good shape.

    2 votes
    1. balooga
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      Steam games for me.

      Steam games for me.

      1 vote