Bookmarks

[vaxocentric]

What do you use for bookmarks, in that quaint, paper-format sense?

I don't read books cover to cover very often and usually I'll just remember where I was in the book for the short period of time I'm pulling info out of it. Otherwise I just use the closest, flattest thing. Often a cocktail napkin or boarding pass. I seem to always be around those

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[bluestained_elf]

I use a metal bookmark I was given about 8 years ago, with the inscription '"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." Emerson'

I've thought many times to have lost it, and many times I've been relieved to find it again. When you have old friends that you drift from, it is nice to look at these little gifts to reflect.

Sorry, my sentimentalism is showing...

[pandorasfox]

I frequently carry books with me just in case I get stuck places so my bookmark is whatever I can pull out of my purse......most often a receipt or a gum wrapper.

[rgpick]

I usually just use little random pieces of paper I find nearby.

[iheartoothecae]

Whatever's handy: stray envelopes, torn off pieces of paper, cats. Right now I have a boarding pass in one book and a vehicle inspection report (wtf??) in the other.

I used to use ribbons, but they look too much like toys for certain members of my household to leave alone.

[bluenautilus]

the receipt from half-price