What kind of bookmark do you use when you read? Pictures are optional.
Here's what I have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSCN1483.jpg
It's awesome. :D
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What kind of bookmark do you use when you read? Pictures are optional.
Here's what I have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...2/DSCN1483.jpg
It's awesome. :D
I usually either just put the book face down on the pages I last had it open or use something random I can grab that works as a bookmark. :redface:
my bookmarks are usually random pieces of paper or pencils or things of that nature. my most recent bookmarks were plane boarding passes because i was reading on the plane
This one is used in Day Watch that I am re-reading. Its a metal Celtic banding one that hooks over the top of the page.
Bookmark Onehttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...309/photo1.jpg
And this one is one my friend designed, its an isometric level for a game, this is actually one of his business cards. I use this one in the book about serial killers I'm reading.
Bookmark Twohttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...309/photo2.jpg
Receipts and flyers.
How come people know I love books and read and take them anywhere and they refuse to give me a bookmark as a gift? I find this a wilful disregard of my needs. :mad2:
I've got a couple of nice ones. They're hiding in books I put down and forgot to pick up xD Sometimes I end up just smashing a book in one sitting though.
You sad bloody peasants and your paper books that have pages. My Nook is its own bookmark.
Even back in the days of yore when I read actual books, I would often be too lazy to find something to be a bookmark, and would just remember the page number. And by "remember" I mean "glance at the page number for a fraction of a second and then forget it immediately thereafter," and so I would flip through some pages before getting back to my spot.
I usually just use the receipt from when I bought the book. That's if I'm not reading the ebook version.
Of course lately I've been bringing so many strips home (to the extent that I am running out of places to put them) that I rarely buy books anymore, but since I buy orange juice almost every day at work I still have tons of receipts.
Just grab a random object that's lying around.
I have 5 or so bookmarks and don't use them :)
I was actually pretty good at memorising that. I'm great at remembering useless numbers. Maybe if I converted birthdays into purely numerical values I would remember them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
Oh I do this "remembering" all the time and seems like my to-be-read-pile of books takes a lot of time before they diminish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
In highschool which I always run out of things to insert in between the book pages, I take out a strand of my long hair. :jess: And then when I pick the book up again I'm like, "ew, hair!!! *throws*" and then I'm like "Oh no! What page did I leave it again..."
I don't read; reading is for four-eyed geeks life you guys. :stare:
I use the remembering method Weasley does.
I have never had the need for a bookmark as I can always remember the page I was on last, however I do use them for sentimental reasons if someone gave it to me. I have a small pile of them somewhere, and some of them I actually like.
I remember making a bookmark for a school contest in the 4th grade. I ended up getting 2nd place. :D
concert tickets
Train or subway tickets do the job nicely. :}
My, that's going back a bit.
Back when I used to read off dead trees, I would just lay the book open, text side down.
dogears
Me too, high-five! Who needs a bookmark when you can just remember! Now where was I... crap, around here somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
a coupon for "responsibly caught tuna"!
My mum's friend made me one out of beads for my 18th birthday, it's beautiful and purple, I think it's at my parents house though stuck in my copy of Fight Club that I never finished...
I have one of those clippy bookmarks that have a light. Reading in the dark with a little light on just bright enough to illuminate the page is amazing.
I have a Planned Parenthood bookmark right now. It's pretty dope.
I dog ear even though I love my precious books.
Otherwise I leave it face down and open.
Occasionally I throw a playing card or receipt or something in there, usually when the book is new and I want to try and keep it in good condition and before I get tired and cannot be bothered to look after the book.
Got some little Half-Price Books bookmark ad thingy a while back. The end frayed after a while after constantly squishing my book into my purse, so I tore it off.
When I was younger, though, I collected bookmarks and had some of those soft plushie-like ones that bend.
I used to use a post it note. Now I use technology.
I usually just stick another book in there.
Whatever scrap paper I find
I bought a butt-ton of Spongebob Squarepants valentines when they were 90% off in March.
So now I have a bunch of cheap bookmarks. :)
I do have a nice magnet clippy Very Hungry Caterpillar one that I use sometimes though I generally use train tickets. I travel a fair bit with work and trend to read on the train, so I tend to have them to hand.
I dog-ear, or just keep the book open to that page, face down. All my books are well loved, aka wretchedly abused.
All you dog-earing people make me sad. I bet you write in your books too. BOOK ABUSERS.
I like long rectangular bookmarks that I can use to move along while I'm reading. It helps concentration when I'm in that "read the same sentence 10 times over" state. If I don't have a bookmark like that, closest piece of scrap paper does the trick.
I write in angsty books that make me feelsies when I read them. (SPOILER)(it's mostly chuck palahniuk)
I use a single toilet paper square. Two ply.
I don't need a bookmark. I just remember my place.
Folded?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
Used?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
You sinner and blasphemer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
If it is not memorizing the page number or the chapter, then it is usually the receipt or whatever scrap of paper I can find. Sometimes a pencil if it is for schoolwork and I am note taking. Otherwise, my Kobo takes care of things.
I have a Garfield bookmark from like the fifth grade I still use.
What? I don't use it on library books, as those belong to everyone. If they are books I bought myself, who cares? Honestly, I read books so fast, and re-read them so much, I usually have to buy new copies for covers falling off.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Summoner of LeviathanYou sinner and blasphemer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
If it is not memorizing the page number or the chapter, then it is usually the receipt or whatever scrap of paper I can find. Sometimes a pencil if it is for schoolwork and I am note taking. Otherwise, my Kobo takes care of things.
I never use anything specific but I do use some kind of bookmark, whatever's closest to where I'm sitting when I'm reading. I always look at the page I'm at before I put the bookmark in there, but I always do use a bookmark. When I was much younger I'd fold the corner of the page and use that as a bookmark. xD Never liked it cause I don't like ruining books like that, but I was lazy like that at times. >:D I stopped doing that years ago though~
As a side note I'd like to add that, by far, I much prefer reading actual books than reading them digitally, and I always will. <3
It is okay, I realize you are not the only book abuser here. Poor books used and abused then replaced...*sniffles*Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's BoobsWhat? I don't use it on library books, as those belong to everyone. If they are books I bought myself, who cares? Honestly, I read books so fast, and re-read them so much, I usually have to buy new copies for covers falling off.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Summoner of LeviathanYou sinner and blasphemer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
If it is not memorizing the page number or the chapter, then it is usually the receipt or whatever scrap of paper I can find. Sometimes a pencil if it is for schoolwork and I am note taking. Otherwise, my Kobo takes care of things.