I am interested in what you use as a bookmark. I have a basic one from the library and I use it until it wears out. The bookmarks I use don’t have any special qualities or significance. They are simply functional.
I read one book at a time. Some of you read several books at once, so you will need a lot of markers. Do you use certain ones for specific purposes? Do you get them from the library or cheap ones from bookstores or do you actually go out and buy them?
Should be interesting to read your responses.
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bibliopirate
January 28, 2012 at 4:40 PM
My bookshop gives them out for free, if those aren’t around I use receipt or any random bit of paper.
Richard Mansel
January 28, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Thank you. My wife uses pieces of paper or whatever she has.
Eugene Adkins
January 28, 2012 at 4:47 PM
I usually use the “traditional” soft cloth type for my Bible. For the rest of my books I usually end up with a little piece of paper or most often a pencil/pen that doubles as a bookmark until the next time I pick it back up.
J. Randal Matheny
January 28, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Pieces of paper, when I don’t have anything else handy. My mom bought me a bookmark with my name. I use it when it’s nearby. For my Bibles, I’ve ripped out the cloth markers out of old agendas, for a NET Bible that has no marker, and for others that do, but I want more, for teaching or preaching.
ameliaclaire92
January 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM
I use a metal bookmark that has my name engraved on it. Though it does fall out a lot since it’s heavy, I absolutely love it since it’s unique.
Richard Mansel
January 28, 2012 at 6:58 PM
ameliaclaire92 that is great.
dhparker
January 28, 2012 at 9:19 PM
I use whatever scrap of paper I can reach when I need to close the book. It’s fun to pick up a book I want to reread and discover a grocery receipt from ten years ago, or one of our kid’s old drawings (kids are 38 and almost 40 now), or a scrap of rough draft for a book that’s been published for several years, or some combination of words that make me wonder what on earth I was thinking.
I have been given bookmarks. I’m sorry to say I almost never use them. I’ve never bought one.
PartlyPixie
January 29, 2012 at 3:11 AM
I use fortune cookie fortunes. When I lose or destroy one, that means it’s time for the fortune to come true!
I’ve been doing it since I was fifteen and discovered both boys and Chinese food. This is the first time I’ve actually questioned the practice since then.
Chris Gallagher
February 3, 2012 at 1:16 PM
I started using my business cards as bookmarks. I do this because if I am out reading and need to hand out some information it is quick and easy. It also does not cause me stress when I lose a bookmark.
Friends and family have bought me some nice bookmarks and I cannot find any of them.