Bookmarks.
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Bookmarks. Love them, hate them, fancy ones, scrap of paper, fold the corner of the page.
What do you use and why?
I just use an old tram or train ticket as I have never got on with specially made bookmarks.
I have a pile of tickets on the bedside table just to use as bookmarks.@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social I mostly read eBooks these days, but my preferred method was either to remember which chapter I'd got to (no thanks Pterry) or just leave the book open face-down. I'm not one of those 5 books on the go at the same time people.
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Bookmarks. Love them, hate them, fancy ones, scrap of paper, fold the corner of the page.
What do you use and why?
I just use an old tram or train ticket as I have never got on with specially made bookmarks.
I have a pile of tickets on the bedside table just to use as bookmarks.I voted #2, but instead of a random scrap of paper, I use a very specific scrap of paper. Specifically, I have a huge pile of old multicolored weekly transit passes that I pull from - perfect size, slightly stiff cardboard, kinda retro. I love 'em.
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Bookmarks. Love them, hate them, fancy ones, scrap of paper, fold the corner of the page.
What do you use and why?
I just use an old tram or train ticket as I have never got on with specially made bookmarks.
I have a pile of tickets on the bedside table just to use as bookmarks.@Maker_of_Things I've currently got several card bookmarks, so I'm using them. I'm quite fond of one from a bookshop in Canada that came along in a second hand copy of Annihilation, along with the actual receipt from the shop from when it was bought. I wonder how it ended up here in the north east of England. Bought on holiday? Brought over by a Canadian moving here?
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I voted #2, but instead of a random scrap of paper, I use a very specific scrap of paper. Specifically, I have a huge pile of old multicolored weekly transit passes that I pull from - perfect size, slightly stiff cardboard, kinda retro. I love 'em.
@jztusk
That is the same as me with the tram tickets.
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social I mostly read eBooks these days, but my preferred method was either to remember which chapter I'd got to (no thanks Pterry) or just leave the book open face-down. I'm not one of those 5 books on the go at the same time people.
@kim
I couldn't do face down.
Paperbacks would sometimes lift up and lose the page, unless the backs were broken. And they take up too much space. -
@Maker_of_Things I've currently got several card bookmarks, so I'm using them. I'm quite fond of one from a bookshop in Canada that came along in a second hand copy of Annihilation, along with the actual receipt from the shop from when it was bought. I wonder how it ended up here in the north east of England. Bought on holiday? Brought over by a Canadian moving here?
@beecycling
That's a cool find as a bookmark.I browsed a secondhand book stall in Manchester and recognised a book title. I picked it up and found it still had my tram ticket in it, years after I gave it to a charity shop!
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@jztusk
That is the same as me with the tram tickets.Yeah, I noticed you mentioned that!
I wonder if we're two special flowers, or if it's a thing lots of people do?
Is it too late to add "Old Transit Pass" as another option?
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@Maker_of_Things I've currently got several card bookmarks, so I'm using them. I'm quite fond of one from a bookshop in Canada that came along in a second hand copy of Annihilation, along with the actual receipt from the shop from when it was bought. I wonder how it ended up here in the north east of England. Bought on holiday? Brought over by a Canadian moving here?
@Maker_of_Things As for the why, I'm not super fussy about not turning corners down, especially in paperbacks, if it's a hardback, or even just an especially nice paperback edition, I'll try to keep it nice.
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@beecycling
That's a cool find as a bookmark.I browsed a secondhand book stall in Manchester and recognised a book title. I picked it up and found it still had my tram ticket in it, years after I gave it to a charity shop!
I took the ticket and put the book back.@Maker_of_Things LOL, fun! I've found a few fun things in second hand books. Like this Peanuts cartoon strip from a calendar that I posted about last year.
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Bookmarks. Love them, hate them, fancy ones, scrap of paper, fold the corner of the page.
What do you use and why?
I just use an old tram or train ticket as I have never got on with specially made bookmarks.
I have a pile of tickets on the bedside table just to use as bookmarks.@Maker_of_Things I said random/scrap, but I also have specially home made ones and ones that came with books. I never know exactly when I'm going to start reading, so most often it'll be anything within reach and then change it later.
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