What do you use as a bookmark?

[Robert Zwilling]

Mostly odd pieces of paper, but whatever is handy and won't break the book.

 

[CupofJoe]

Someone gave me a Mallorn tree decorated soft leather bookmark that only goes in my Tolkien Books. Somehow the age and the feel of the leather are just right when reading Papa T.
Other than that, usually, it is anything paper that comes to hand. I've found film ticket stubs and grocery receipts from years gone by.
I did find a picture of a naked woman folden inside a book [something Playboyish]. I had borrowed it from the library. So I'm assuming there was a teenager bemoaning the loss of some of their porn. Or it was some sort of strange pass-it-on gift...

 

[Rodders]

Alas, my kindle doesn’t allow me a book mark, it when I used to read physical books, a train ticket stub was my go to choice.

I have a couple of Star Wars book marks in my collection including a really nice one with a Millennium Falcon tassel.

 

[BigBadBob141]

Errrr a book mark, surprise, surprise, I have dozens of them, most paper from various bookshops and some leather, but not a rasher of bacon which was once found in one library book!I
P.S. I absolutely hate dog ears, it's just so damned disrespectful to the book!!!

 

[Galactic Bus Driver]

Before I transitioned to e-readers, and on the odd occasion I'm reading one of the few actual books I don't have a digital copy of, I use oversized Denver Broncos novelty paper clips. I used to use all sorts of odd bits and pieces of paper, cloth, leather, plastic, cellophane, vinyl, ribbon, naugahyde, rubber strips, aluminum foil, or any other bit of scrap material that came to hand, even the occasional bookmark. All of them worked well, but only the novelty paper clips, kept me from losing my place when I inevitably fell asleep over my book while reading in bed at the end of the day.

I've never dog-eared so much as a single page, but I did purchase a paperback copy of one of the Arthurian books by Mary Stewart that had maybe twenty pages dogged over before final trimming to size had been done. Those pages looked rather odd being a quarter inch or so wider and taller on that one corner before I finally trimmed them down.

 

[BigBadBob141]

Unrepentant Book Junkie, dude that sums me up to a tee!

P.S. REF: CupofJoe.
I would never do that to a pin up, that's what walls were invented for!!!

 

[tinkerdan]

I just used an unused bumper sticker for one of the present US presidential candidates--not going to say which, because that would be too political and we'd have to close this thread.

 

[dask]

My current bookmarker:

 

[paeng]

A bought a large scrap of leather from a shoe factory and had it cut into bookmarks, together with a pressed design.

 

[mooselowe88]

I use a Shardblade........I know a guy. ‍

 

[Thiswriterinme]

I have a couple of bookmarks that I crocheted for myself, they also make good birthday presents! I'll also sometimes use Tarot Cards, scraps of yarn, or fabric. Basically, whatever is handy if I don't already have a bookmark designated for that book.

Like others, I refuse to dogear pages, and I'm not a fan of highlighting or underlining in my own books. I like them to remain "clean." If there is a passage or point of interest that I want to be able to reference, I have a whole set of flat, clip-on bookmarks that are reserved for marking pages in books that I might want to go back to someday. If I don't have those, I'll use a paper clip or something that won't ruin the page.

 

[BigBadBob141]

P.S. If you don't believe me about the walls and pin ups remark go have have a look at some of the walls of Pompeii!

 

[.matthew.]

When I still read papperbacks, I'd run out of real bookmarks and often end up using scraps of paper or torn envelopes.

 

[JunkMonkey]

The first thing that comes to hand. Quite often another book.

 

[TheEndIsNigh]

I thought I had replied to this thread ages ago.

Most of you will know my feelings on this, but for those new to the site and unfamiliar with my workings I'll explain again.

Tear of the back cover and use that. I've now refined this in recent years to using scissors to slice off say two inches so that if that gets lost or falls out you have some more cover to go at. Obviously, when you've gone through all the back cover (I usually get three bookmarks from a cover) you have to start on the front. With hardbacks you have to use all the cover unless you have a particularly robust pair of scissors.

If you're careless to lose all those made from the two covers, then there's nothing left to do but start on the dedication pages and so on. The good news is these are easily torn with no need to hunt for the scissors.

You might think this is just wrong, but one advantage is that, when looking at a pile of books, it's easy to tell which you're finished with and those that are on the to be read list.

 

[Elckerlyc]

A well thought-out method. I can appreciate that.
I just rip the pages out once I have read them. No bookmark needed. It also leaves me with an abundance of paper leaves which can than be used for obvious and less obvious purposes.

 

[asp3]

For library books I often use the checkout receipt or the hold receipt. For books I own I have an old plastic wrist band (the kind they put on you to prove you've paid or that you're of legal drinking age) I got at Burning Man.

 

[AlexH]

I thought I had replied to this thread ages ago.

Most of you will know my feelings on this, but for those new to the site and unfamiliar with my workings I'll explain again.

Tear of the back cover and use that. I've now refined this in recent years to using scissors to slice off say two inches so that if that gets lost or falls out you have some more cover to go at. Obviously, when you've gone through all the back cover (I usually get three bookmarks from a cover) you have to start on the front. With hardbacks you have to use all the cover unless you have a particularly robust pair of scissors.

If you're careless to lose all those made from the two covers, then there's nothing left to do but start on the dedication pages and so on. The good news is these are easily torn with no need to hunt for the scissors.

You might think this is just wrong, but one advantage is that, when looking at a pile of books, it's easy to tell which you're finished with and those that are on the to be read list.

That technique might explain some of the second-hand books I've bought!

 

[Elckerlyc]

I have a bunch of bookmarks, from various sources. 4 more are currently 'at work'.
Fiction I read on my e-reader, but for non-fiction books I stick to paper.

 

[HoopyFrood]

I’m currently using the collection of wallet-sized photos of my Masters graduation, as it was the first thing at hand when I needed a bookmark the other day.