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MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NTBR PILE

Yesterday’s post (From the TBR pile to the NTBR pile) generated some comments from Mastodon participants that have me thinking more about the question whether I should sell or give away some of my books, acknowledging that I’m never going to read all of them.

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THE COST OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH

E.J. Levy:
Truth takes its toll. While lies may fuel conflict, wars are almost always fought in the name of truth, that unbending tool of the ideologue, the tyrant.

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BOOKSTORES, VALUE AND SCARCITY

Jeff Deutsch:
Value increases with scarcity. But scarcity can also result from our undervaluing something of great value.

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FROM THE TBR PILE TO THE NTBR PILE

For the last six months or so, I’ve been more strategic than I was before not only about deciding which books I want to read but also about reading them.

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FINDING A WRITING TOPIC

I expect to receive a book in the mail tomorrow. It’s a used copy of After Montaigne, a collection of essays by contemporary writers, each of whom takes as inspiration one of Montaigne’s essays and writes something on the theme of that essay.

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READING PLAN: DECEMBER 2023 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024

Another quarter; another reading plan. (Cf. 2023 Books of Summer and Reading Plan: September through November 2023.

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