Tsundoku (積ん読) is a beautiful Japanese word describing the habit of acquiring books but letting them pile up without reading them. I used to feel guilty about this tendency, and would strive to only buy new books once I had finished the ones I owned. However, the concept of the anti-library has completely changed my mindset when it comes to unread books.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
@corlin that's great. I did a lot of reading when I was a tween - stuff like Red Badge of Courage, Two years Before the Mast, Billy Bud Foretopman and more like that.
@NorthernInvader
Yep.
This is deeply ingrained in my psyche. As a kid my family had a huge anti-library. More books than we all could read, stacked on shelves, and in piles. We were encouraged to graze.
Serendipity was always afoot, and my sisters and I had no limits on what and when we could read.