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Tsundoku, Part 2

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 by bakatsundoku

When I was a child, there used to be this program (I don’t know if it still exists – oh look, it still does) called Scholastic Book Club. It was very much like those record clubs of the early 80s, where, if I remember correctly, you’d get some books for

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Tsundoku

Posted on September 8, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Tsundoku is a Japanese word I relatively recently discovered.  It means, essentially, “Piles of books”.  Or, more accurately, someone who has piles of books that they haven’t read. I have always loved reading.  Ever since I was a child, I was an avid reader.  I learned how to read when

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Today’s Japanese Book Haul

Posted on July 11, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Today I went to Half Price Books again. There wasn’t much manga, but there were a few interesting books 8 picked up. First up was another dictionary. I didn’t know Takahashi Minami wrote dictionaries, but hey. This book was pretty cool. I like this book. It has a very nice

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My Japanese Book Collection

Posted on July 3, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have books. I have piles and piles of books on almost every conceivable topic. They are overflowing my bookshelves, occupying a futon, and basically just making a wonderful mess in my house. So I bought a bookcase with manga sized shelves. These are most of my Japanese books. I

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Japanese Books I Bought Today

Posted on July 2, 2021 by bakatsundoku

So today I went to Half Price Books, and I bought some Japanese language books.  Let’s take a look at what I found. I spent less than $100 on everything you see. First, I found some dictionaries. I like dictionaries. I’m not sure why, as I can find everything I

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