as one so afflicted, here's a group for people who use books for mail art purposes or even just labor under the yoke of book addiction, those yearning masses who amass books intended for reading but which, mostly just pile up.
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Started by Mail Art Martha. Last reply by Mail Art Martha Jan 10. 3 Replies 0 Favorites
What is better, to have a Tsundoku pile or line up your books along a shelf? My Tsundoku are on the top of my chest of drawers, but I have also a smaller collection on a pile inside a bookcase. I…Continue
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"I have a book that, due to lack of printing, reached my hands with several blank sheets. I didn't noticed that because I bought it at a book fair and as it happens to me so often I have too many books to read and lack of time to do it. At the time, I didn't remember to ask for the exchange from the editor and I bought another edition, this time complete and with a hard cover. I never threw this book away anyway. I have a huge attachment to books, even books with missing sheets or damaged pages.
Today I started to illustrate that book.
Janus sent me a postcard with a page from a book stuck on one side and on the other instructions to add my view on it. Obviously ideal for this group. The page is from Candida by Bernard Shaw.
By the way I am reading the Pickwick papers at the moment. Very funny and full of turns of phrases, something I much enjoy.
here's a tsundoku link I found today online in someone's "pocket"
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/tsundoku-the-art-of-buying-books...
Perhaps I'm in the right place. I'm heavily inspired by things I read and old books. My husband has been libraries for all his adult life. He used to be in charge of weeding material at his previous branch, so I received many great books with damaged spines that they weren't allowed to sell/give to the public.
We are self isolating! Soon may be obligatory. At last I shall work through my pile of To Read Books!
Joining this group already relieves me. Thank you for this initiative, Ficus.
Yes, but no doubt a lousy job on my part. They looked like photocopies (the paper can't have been good enough for one thing) and get used very rarely. Those in your photo look exquisite. Acrylic transfer turned out somewhat better for me than my version of copies.
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