Comments on Puzzle #9397: I need more...
By Heather (heatherkewl)
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difficulty: 
solvability: line & color logic only
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
Puzzle Description:
no matter how I stack my books, I need more shelving.
#1: Alison Deem (Indigo) on Jun 29, 2010
Nice! Me too!#2: Trish (tryingmysoul) on Jun 29, 2010
Very nice.#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 30, 2010
ain't it the truth, Heather#4: Laura (Sunidesus) on Jul 1, 2010
by the way ...cool puz :)
Ha! I read almost exclusively on an eReader these days, but I run out of shelf space anyway.#5: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 1, 2010 [SPOILER]
Because I still like having the "real" book version of books I like.
I love books, and I love pretty bookcases. Nice puzzle.#6: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 1, 2011
Love it! I'm very familiar with creative stacking.#7: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Feb 26, 2011 [SPOILER]
more shelving AND more books!!!#8: Carol Brand (KarylAnn) on Aug 22, 2013 [SPOILER]
Nice, Heather! I too am dealing with this dilemma...I really must weed through and discard some books!#9: Tonia Bergh (tonia) on Aug 22, 2013 [SPOILER]
Very nice! It seems that we all have another thing in common; besides being puzzle addicts, we are bibliophiles! :)#10: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 22, 2013
What is it about a book, even if it wasn't very good, that you can't bear to part with it? :)#11: Carol Brand (KarylAnn) on Aug 22, 2013 [HINT]
Oh people part with them alright. I'm a librarian and you should see some of the awful books people donate to the library; moldy, dusty, smelly, stained. I guess it's the only way they could say goodbye to the books; knowing they were going to the library. They give them to us and we put them right in the dumpster. We, of course, save, use, and or sell the many books we receive that are in good condition.#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 24, 2021 [SPOILER]
Separate from bibliophilia, but inextricably linked is bibliomania.#13: Belita (belita) on Mar 21, 2021
Bibliomania is the hoarding of books. Even ones that are not useful or even of interest to the owner. It can be a sign of OCD.
Somewhere between the two is tsundoku. It is a Japanese word meaning to acquire books and letting them pile up, but with the intention of reading them. (That "intention" is the sticky part!)
So I'm a tsundoku. I'll have to try that word out on people and impress them.
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