IN JAPANESE, "TSUNDOKU" MEANS COLLECTING BOOKS AND LETTING THEM PILE UP,
NOT FROM NEGLECT,
BUT FOR THE JOY OF KNOWING THEY'RE THERE,
FULL OF UNTOLD STORIES; THE JAPANESE PRACTICE OF "TSUNDOKU" BESTOWS JOY AND LASTING BENEFITS TO THOSE WHO MAKE BOOKS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIVES
