No, it’s not a game where you get the numbers in the right boxes. Apparently, and I have my sister to thank for this, Tsundoku is a Japanese word that describes piling up books to save for later – even if you never get round to reading them.

Guilty!

A literal translation is “to pile up reading,” and as I look over at my bookshelves, I can see multiple examples. Some I can give myself a pass on, after all, most people won’t read a Bible Commentary from end-to-end.

Others? Well, there’s quite a stack of non-fiction, for which I blame Amazon. It used to be that using a credit card didn’t feel like spending money. Now, when I can use the points from that credit card to fund my book-buying habits, there’s no stopping me.

I prefer most of my non-fiction in hard copy, and for the moment, Amazon is still delivering. Goodness know what will happen if I have to move everything to digital because the new iPad Pro only goes up to 1Tb of storage!