The best word to describe it is the Japanese word "Tsundoku", which is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them (yet). The term is also used to refer to books ready for reading later when they are on a bookshelf. I'm guilty of this.

Better Than Food · August 22, 2024

Right there with you

Jon Sanders · January 20, 2021

Ah, so glad I joined the Patreon. Love this stuff.

Haden James Riles · October 20, 2020

Oh boy I know I don’t see The Magus on that dang shelf 🙌🤙

Petar Aleksov · October 18, 2020

Amazing video!

Derrik · October 17, 2020

Being a Pessoa fan, definitely check out Saramago's The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.

Joe Howden · October 17, 2020

Love these!

Seneca Hall · October 17, 2020

I had the chance to meet Rikki Ducornet a year after I graduated high school and she is without a doubt one of the sweetest human beings I've ever met, and Phosphor in Dreamland is one of the most bizarre books I've ever encountered. Also the singer of Steely Dan gave her his number but she lost it so he wrote a song about it.

Leonardo Estrela · October 16, 2020

Haven't read that particular book, but you REALLY have to read Le Carré! It's very, very good.

Reau Bitten · October 16, 2020

Thank you, Cliff! I was looking forward to this and I'll be looking forward to the next one.

Adelaide Damoah · October 16, 2020

❤️🙏🏾❤️

Kendell Robles · October 16, 2020

Loving the bookshelf tour, Cliff. Please keep it up! Would love to see the rest of it!

Jeffrey Jackson · October 16, 2020

I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Pale Fire. Lolita was tough for me, but I was really entertained by Pale Fire. I’ve never read anything quite like it.

Levi S · October 16, 2020

Can’t wait for part 3!! Not boring at all, keep it up!

Sammy Gonzalez · October 16, 2020

Hey Cliff! Just wanted to say that I’m loving the book tours, loving the content, keep up the good work and stay safe.