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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[loopy777]

I try to make staying on top of the books I own a priority, and I've done pretty well. Aside from a couple of reference books (for a fictional setting), I've read everything I've bought this year. And that's even with Barnes & Noble inundating me with coupons over the last month.

My one failure is the Robotech novel series I completed last year. I haven't read the ones based on the 'sequel' material, and I'm waiting for a chance to do the whole series in a single run. Soooon....

[ljwrites]

You are an anomaly in the modern world. I've had to put a moratorium on my book-buying because I have so much unread stuff lmao.