Musings on Words and language from a father and son
Monday, 20 March 2017
I am an arch Tsundoku-ist
In http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/08/unusual-words-for-book-lovers/?utm_source=Feb28-17&utm_campaign=od-newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=10wordsbooklovers-list-secondpanel-list
Tsundoku is a Japanese word that has no direct synonym in English. It means, ‘the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books.’ This may be similar to being buried under a pile of unread books, which is every book lover’s reality.
I have about 15 books under my bed, 25 or so in a crate in my wardrobe plus others on bookshelves around the house, Seeing them around the house and moving them gives me pleasure and I rarely feel sad they aren't read yet but then again when I do read them I remember why I chose them so i get double pleasure
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