![]() ![]() ![]() Tsundoku is a habit with a surprisingly old history. However, that is usually not how it ends. Some people must be thinking of attacking their tsundoku volumes before the holiday is over, imagining hearing the books telling them, “Read us quickly.” The holiday-studded Golden Week is halfway through. ![]() Sometimes, it even makes me feel as if I’m drowning. I am perfectly familiar with feelings of restlessness mixed with self-reproach when I am stuck in the “gray zone” of indecision. “Tsundoku,” a Japanese expression written with kanji characters that stand for “pile up” and “read,” refers to a habit many bookworms are guilty of: They buy books because they want to read them but never get around to doing so, consequently amassing a substantial collection of unread books that just keep collecting dust. This was an insignificant discovery in itself, but it made me feel really close to my father. ![]() Holding it in my hand, I found an embroidered bookmark left in the earlier part of the volume. When visiting my parents’ place the other day, I found in my father’s large bookcase a book I had started reading many times in the past but never finished. ![]()
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