| just discovered the term "bookdragon” and I have never felt more seen in my
life. Unlike a bookworm, who reads like their little life depends on it, a bookdragon hoards books like treasure. I used to think I was a bookworm, but now I know that I was very, very wrong.

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[–] 12 points 11 months ago*
[–] 4 points 11 months ago

Mods‽ I'm in this picture and I don't like it!

Actually that's a lie, I do kinda like it. Dragons are cool, I suppose

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    @NickEast_IndieWriter I think this is part of the "reading books and buying books are two separate hobbies" thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Stares at the teetering stacks. Oh. Well, that explains quite a lot.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    In the book collecting circles it is usually referred to as bibliophilia vs. bibliomania.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I like the term but it's there a generally accepted threshold for how many books we need to read over a given time period? I need to know so I can title myself correctly.

    I aspire to be a bookdragon!

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I don't get wanting to have so many books, it looks cluttered and takes a lot of space. I had one bookcase. I read every book I bought as soon as I bought it. After the bookcase got full, everything went to goodwill. That process repeated several times until I switched to ebooks. That's why I "had" a bookcase, now I have whisky and wine storage. And I have a little over 1300 books in my reader, my pocket, and any other connected device I want to access them from.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    You can have both. And many people love to revisit the same books over and over again. My gf has 6 book cases, don't shelves double filed. And she has around 7 to 800 books on her Kindle. She'll read 3 or 4 at a time.

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