Too many books!

[ljwrites]

An antilibrary is a powerful reminder of your limitations — the vast quantity of things you don’t know, half-know, or will one day realize you’re wrong about. By living with that reminder daily you can nudge yourself toward the kind of intellectual humility that improves decision-making and drives learning.

Why you should surround yourself with more books than you'll ever have time to read is a reassuring read, but nobody tell my husband. It's been a contention between us for years that he has far too many books (and so do I tbh), and I don't want to validate him.

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[yuuago]

The nice thing about having books at home that you haven't read yet is that sometimes, it's the middle of the week, you've finished all of your library books, and there is no time to go down to get more... Being able to grab a random thing off the shelf is much better than going nuts from having nothing to read. ;)

[ljwrites]

Very true! I love just randomly diving into stuff on our bookshelves, especially since I married and my husband's library has been added to mine.