< the merits of a bookshelf

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~tetris

> I am always in a state where I know that I could move out in less than a year, and
> carrying a lot of books is quite painful when moving out (I must say that I have no 
> furniture, so I can move out with just a car, in one trip). 

I was in the same boat for many years, my entire life in a rucksack and a few boxes. I even took pride in my minimalistic lifestyle... but as you get older you visit other people's homes and can see that non-spartan homes have a certain comfy allure to them. I'm slowly beginning to accumulate objects, and damn the (moving) consequences later.

> Maybe a solution is keep a "map" of the book you've read, that you display on your 
> living room. This way people can see how literate you are and it is an interesting 
> starting point for discussion. 

That's a very cool idea - I could use an old ebook reader to display it, and update it as necessary!

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