Book nuts:

[RedAllan]

I have just counted 15 bookmarks tucked in the corner of one of my book shelves, yet every time I pull a book out to read I wind up using a random bit of paper.

 

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[ProfessorPendark]

I use playing cards. Jokers usually, unless the deck is already missing a card or two.

 

[freckles10179]

Bookmark

Even though most books are in digital format , there is something so nastalgic about reading paperback books. Some of the thing I've used as bookmark are recipits, or just dogged ear the page.

 

[oggbashan]

I rarely put a book down before I've finished it because I am (or used to be before I had double vision) a speed reader.

An average length novel used to take me twenty-five minutes.

It has annoyed my wife for years. She would take a week to read the same novel and I would remember more than she could.

 

[FataMorgana]

Tons. I used to use antique postcards a lot then leave them in the book when finished. Someone bought me a gorgeous silk one that I use a lot but my favourite is a William Morris one. Leather ones remind me of childhood and I HATE metal ones.

People who turn down the page should be burnt alive.

 

[Hrairoo]

Depends on how big the book is. Less than 200 pages? That's a day read; just fold over the top corner to mark the spot. More pages than that, I'll actually stick something in the book. Whatever is handy, usually paper.

 

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[Hrairoo]

Any old piece of paper. Mostly because I start several before finishing any and read them at the same time. Two years ago, I got an account at the local library and have some of the introductory pamphlets(like their "you should donate!" and the "sign up for our online catalogue!" flyers) tucked inside a couple books.

 

[NoUseForAnyName]

I have one made out of metal which I really like. It has the quote "you open the books and the books open you" (roughly translated).

I have a second one I use for thick books, a metal rod with a traditional Chinese mask at the end which I recieved as a gift once.

 

[LLCox]

I rarely put a book down before I've finished it because I am (or used to be before I had double vision) a speed reader.

An average length novel used to take me twenty-five minutes.

It has annoyed my wife for years. She would take a week to read the same novel and I would remember more than she could.

The better the book is the more my reading slows down because I don't want it to end.

 

[ElijaRDC]

I dogear pages like a complete heathen.

 

[NoUseForAnyName]

I dogear pages like a complete heathen.

That is SAVAGE!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Pieces of paper, generally, including the book sales slip. For permanent aid in finding a particular page, I'm a great fan of Lee Valley Book Darts.

 

[HubNerdUK]

I used to be one of those people who turned the corner of a page down to save my place in a paperback or if it were a hardback book I would use the dust cover.

Nowadays I read via kindle, but the odd writer will always have me purchasing a good old fashioned book.

 

[_MissBehavingBadly_]

Usually remember the page, nerdgasms.

Every single bookmark I own was gifted, perhaps three in total and probably somewhere still in the wrapping.Quirky, but sentimental value.

 

[With_David_Bowie]

The leather one I mostly ate I cant remember where it came from now... but the fact the libraries I was borrowing from basically spat out reciepts mayde it redundant

 

[littlemscurious]

Best bookmark I had was the one that I embroidered; lent my sister-in-law a book with the bookmark because I hate it when people turn down pages. Unfortunately booked was returned without bookmark, turned down pages and cup marks. Always just gave her my books after that because I didn’t want to see the state of them afterwards. I can recommend using ribbons for bookmarks.

 

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