I did the math once: books on the to-be-read pile, times average reading pace, against an optimistic lifespan, and then I quietly closed the spreadsheet and bought two more books. The TBR pile isn't a queue; it's an estate. Someone will inherit it. There's a Japanese word, tsundoku, for acquiring books faster than you read them, and knowing the word changed nothing about my behavior. Because here's the secret: an unread book isn't a failure, it's a future. My pile will outlive me, and honestly, that's the most optimistic thing I own.

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