[HN Gopher] The Pleasures of Tsundoku: How I Learned to Stop Wor...
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       The Pleasures of Tsundoku: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love
       Book Piles
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2021-07-30 22:41 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | shannifin wrote:
       | I've got a lot of book piles right now as I don't have enough
       | shelves. I'd much rather have shelves.
        
       | BooneJS wrote:
       | I recently just used LibraryThing to catalog all of my books. The
       | UPC camera/scanner was nice although I had to laugh when I saw a
       | picture of a cue cat on the site! I've got all of my ebooks and
       | audiobooks catalogued as well. Turns out I loved some books so
       | much I bought them in 2 forms. Oops.
        
       | lkramer wrote:
       | I buy around 3 times as many books as I finish (although I do
       | finish many books). There is a special pleasure in browsing
       | second hand book shops and pick up stuff you like the idea of
       | reading.
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       | It also used to give me tremendous pleasure giving a friend, a
       | colleague or even a random encounter a book I myself had enjoyed
       | at some point, although after the emergence of kindles, that
       | became less and less appreciated (although some will still accept
       | recommendations).
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       | I pile up books on my desk, on shelves, next to my bed, and it
       | gives me pleasure just looking at them. I hate accumulating
       | physical possesions except books.
       | 
       | I look at my shelf (and my desk, and next to my bed) and it's a
       | monument to things I have had fleeting interests in and things
       | that are life long passions, stories that sits so deep inside me
       | that they have come to define part of who I am, but of course
       | also stories that were mere dreams and left no mark (although I
       | have another pile in a corner for those books that I intend to
       | get rid of... One day).
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       | I love books, it has been the one constant in my life since I was
       | very young child.
        
       | sonofhans wrote:
       | We lived in New Delhi for a year in the late 70s. One of my
       | favorite memories was a weekly trip to Faqir Chand and Sons, a
       | bookstore. I have strong memories of walking through the stacks
       | of books, seemingly random, and with no shelves.
       | 
       | It's a very different feeling from something as organized as a
       | library, or Powell's here in Portland. You never knew what you'd
       | find next, on what topic, or in what condition. It was endless
       | exploration, pure delight.
       | 
       | Faqir Chand is still in business. They don't have a website, but
       | the photos on their Twitter look just as I remember:
       | https://twitter.com/faqirchandbooks
        
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