Arik FriedmanJan 7, 2023
Kristin, She Reads

I may need to take this quote to heart.

"Think not of the books you've bought as a 'to be read' pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood." - Luc van Donkersgoed, as quoted at https://www.instagram.com/p/CnBV6PqPxZm/

The TBR pile is dead! Long live the #BookCellar!

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Show threadTiffany LiJan 5, 2023
@verumsolum love this!
Show threadGeorge StationJan 5, 2023
@verumsolum “The Bookseller’s Book Cellar” is a title waiting for a home!
Show threadDr Dan MarshallJan 5, 2023
@verumsolum I live in a book cellar!
Show threadTracingVRL by A.J. FishJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum "Book Cellar" FTW
Show threadTracingVRL by A.J. FishJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum "Book Cellar" rhymes with "Book Seller" need thesaurus. Book cave. Book collection.
Show threadCapritiaJHJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum Be nice if I had a much bigger wine cellar to store them all in though. Not to mention less antique hardware and electronic musical instruments etc. etc...
Show threadBarbChamberlainJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum Reminds me of this piece on @openculture about Umberto Eco on owning books you haven't read https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/the-virtue-of-owning-books-you-havent-read-why-umberto-eco-kept-an-antilibrary.html. #Bookstodon #books #TBR #reading
The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an “Antilibrary”

When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you'll get around to reading it. But perhaps there are other, even more important considerations, such as the intellectual value of the book in its still-unread state.

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Show threadShannon EichornJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum OMG I love this! This describes what I actually do!
Show threadmiloshJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum lovely quote. But I would say that my bookcellar rather contains the "to be *re*-read books". The books that are waiting for their first reading are near my bed to be picked in an emergency sleeplessness. While I go to the bookcellar with an idea of what book I need. (I like this word bookcellar).
Show threadmarkJan 6, 2023
@verumsolum And you can enjoy the same bottle multiple times. Something kind of biblical about that
Show threadBethJan 7, 2023
@verumsolum I love this!!
Show threadflutterfli007Jan 7, 2023
@verumsolum 💯
Show threadSunny Peace & JK SunJan 7, 2023
@verumsolum 🙏🙏🙏 i definitely am taking this to heart!
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jan 9, 2023
@verumsolum This is so true for me. I have a TBR list of over 650 books dating back to 2008, and I rarely go in any kind of order. Sometimes I read what I just recently discovered. Sometimes I pick something that I added to the list 5 years ago. Sometimes I'll choose something vastly different from my previous read. There's no rhyme or reason. It's all about how I'm feeling and what I want as a diversion from [waves vaguely at life] "all of that." #Bookstodon