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Tsundoku: when unread books pile up

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There is a specific linguistic term for your terrible habit of buying novels you will never open. 'Tsundoku' is the Japanese word for acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up in your home without ever actually reading them. It proves that delusional aspirational purchasing is a universally recognized human flaw.

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