Yes, You Use Your Bookshelves to Humble-Brag But That’s OK

We’ve all seen Zoom interviews with people sitting in front of well-stocked bookcases. But why do so many of us like to make our book collections the centre of attention?

Nicholas H. Simpson
Checkmate
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5 min readAug 24, 2021

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How many books do you own? Have you ever counted? Are they lovingly arranged in…

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Nicholas H. Simpson
Checkmate

PhD candidate, language geek living and working in South Korea. All about UK culture, Korean life, cross-cultural differences and English language.