About Tsundoku
So… What is Tsundoku?
A tsundoku (積ん読) is a Japanese pun which is used to describe what happens when a person has so many unread books that they begin to pile up, and encroach on such intimacies as desk and hard drive space. In a effort to help you, the readers, to save time in reducing the size of your piles, and to limit the number of deaths caused by random avalanches, we have decided to provide our opinions of books. We will tell you which books we think you should definitely be reading, and which we think are simply not worth your trouble. In our posts, we will try our best to be critical while remaining fair, and do our best to have some fun. We all really love reading, and the most important thing to us is that we do our part to keep you guys reading awesome books. Browse Our Book Pile!
The Tsundoku Scale:
Imagine you had 10 books in a pile. Which would you put first to be graced by the sun and your own excited hands, eager to pick it up and read it? And which, would you designate to the netherlands of dust, candy bar wrappers, and dead, dried out cockroaches?
Top of the Pile: The cream of the crop, the books that bring a smile to your face just mentioning them. The books you can’t stop talking about, writing about, or dreaming about, to the point where your significant other begins to wonder if you’re cheating on him or her. Ratings: 8-10
Middle of the Pile: The book that is perpetually on your reading list, but maybe you don’t always get to. A book that is satisfying, but not life changing–the ordinary joe of books that is always nice to have around. Ratings: 4-7
Bottom of the Pile: The book that you won at the ‘Secret Santa’ at work that feels more like a bag of coals than a present. The book that keeps you up in a cold sweat at night thinking how could I have ever read such garbage. Ratings: 1-3
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No problem, I look forward to reading your blog and I liked your Pokemon post!
Ohh wow, I love that as a book reading scale! So simple but very unique, I’ve never come across another blog that does it that way. Awesome. 🙂
Thank you very much!
Why doesn’t English have a word that means Tsundoku? Describes my house to a T!
I know haha, we really should have a word like that in English! 🙂 And to think that in 10 or 20 years the word Tsundoku might even sound a little archaic with more e-readers and less book piles…
Hi Tsundoku Reviews! I’ve been enjoying reading your reviews and blog, so I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. I hope you’ll accept. http://rjwalkermiller.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/one-lovely-blog-award/
Hey Robb, thanks a lot! We are honored to have been nominated, and we will definitely accept!
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! Love your blog! http://readfantasybooks.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/one-lovely-blog-award/
And thank you likewise Ashley! As I said before, it is a real honor and I appreciate that you thought of us!