What does "tsundoku" mean?
Correct answer: Buying books and never reading them
SquareDot
I am guilty of this ... now I know the word for it !!
Player #41763927
I do this too but never knew there was a name for it.
Tina's twin
all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal..but with each passing year and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more &more able to articulate who we are, whether read or unread-nick hornby
baymax
isn't that true of many of us though!!
qu1zz1cal
now I know what my daughter does !!!!
RushMama2112
Yep. Guilty. I'll own it, though. 😉
Larissa
If you look closely in the background you can see a head peeking out..... 😆
Gitesh
SquareDot, same here 🤣✌🏻✌🏻
Poekneegurl
Guilty x275 plus
deosIAM
Tina's twin, my goodness! I love this quote ❤
Taliesin12
At last there is a descriptive word for me besides “obsessive hoarder”. Too many to read in one lifetime. I like to refer to my library as “Alexandria II”. Sadly, I must sell some my books for space and cash.
Bluemoon7
If I buy a book I am reading it…. And than after I donate the book.
Micky
I have thousands of books and I have read them all. At age 9 I started reading nonstop.
Player#Honey
This question is so related to my daughter!
Anya
SquareDot, I’m also very guilty of this as well!
L
I like this question because I do this action!!
RisanekAnanas
it's such a waste
Lucie Freya
Chris, I would only give my books to a trusted friend.
Rocky
I suffer from this! 🫨
katie Houghton
SquareDot, I love reading books
Chris
I made up my mind a year ago not to buy any more books. I only broke my promise one time by purchasing Robert Sapolsky’s last 2 books: ‘Behave’ and ‘Determined.’ Glad I did. Otherwise I’ve kept my promise. Our home was beginning to look like a wing of the Library of Congress or the National Archives. We are getting rather long in the tooth and we don't want our children to deal with all this that we've collected. We give books to prisons and other facilities. They are often difficult to part with.
Gigi
SquareDot, ditto
Player #130715560
buyings book
Thandie morrison
I’m guilty to okay I didn’t do it
Wombat
Alin, literally though, totally relatable. Literally my vibe. On god no cap literally fr 💀💀💀😭🔥🔥💀
Elenora
qu1zz1cal, haha😄☺️
Bose
if you are a Japanese and you think Japan is great like this comment
Lisik
SquareDot, me too
Alin
frfr no cap no cap
Trento
warlock, yes it's called sensible, as newspapers are only advertising and biased journalism 🤣 good for crosswords and scrap paper
Mars V
I’m saving them until I need them.
jean
GRACEY, We heard you the first time!!! Really!!!
bAyOy
that's my weird obsession. buying new books and collecting them. Although I know I have no time to read them, at least they're mine 🤣
Abigail
Relate, though sometimes I read books in the evening cause when I went home from school I am exhausted.
dann
this is me , sometimes.😄
Tombot
Player #41763927, there is not a name for this in English. Japanese has a name for it.
Hyugs
so am I Tsonduko
Phawnix
What is the term for buying more video games than you can play? 😅
Geo
I'm also guilty of that. Life has become so busy that it's become hard to even finish a single chapter per day
Ambi
SquareDot, me too. But I am planning to read one book every three months. It’s terrible to be attracted to certain reading material and then let them collect dust on the bookshelf.