"There are just too many books to read. And while one might make the very good point that you could just wait to buy them when you have more room, there’s something about putting them in a row with other books, read and unread, that creates the cumulative impression of your reading self. Because, when it comes to reading, there will always be more books that you haven’t read than books that you have, and your reading ambition will always be more important than your reading accomplishments. A library of mostly unread books is far more inspiring than a library of books already read. There’s nothing more exciting than finishing a book, and walking over to your shelves to figure out what you’re going to read next. [I]t seems to me that having too many books on your hands is a pretty wonderful problem to have."

http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2012/02/16/the-wonderful-and-terrible-habit-of-buying-too-many-books/?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=d52589aa39-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-d52589aa39-304646177

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