Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Don't be intimidated ...

... The Tyranny of the To-Read Pile. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I became inured to this when I was a book-review editor. The situation was hopeless, so I stopped worrying about it. And yes, unread books are starting to pile up in my Kindle.

2 comments:

  1. But isn't there something also soothing and comforting about a neverending to-read pile? A reminder that no one single person will ever capture the entirety of human thought, that we'll never run out of things to learn or thoughts to contemplate? It's very Zen.

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  2. Generally, yes. But if you're a book-review editor, the sheer endless flow can be overwhelming.

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