1sillywabbit Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 At home I often use my mobile but mostly postcards, photo's, or those free perfume strips shops hand out, makes the book smell wonderful Dog ear... noooo never :shock: Have some lovely beaded Book thongs I use for fav hardbacks... Wabbit x :wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Ooh - good idea with the perfume strips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sillywabbit Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Ooh - good idea with the perfume strips! Yes Try them Kell They are perfect for bookmarks .. I also use them in my bag, makes it smell lovely The whole family get them for me now Wabbit x :wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 However, it was discussed over in RISI that perfumes are a personal preference, and they weren't keen on them in swapped books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyCatcher Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I'm horrible with bookmarks - I'm always losing them! At the moment I'm using one with cocktail recipes on it (I went to a talk for a hospitality course), although I'm not sure how long that one will last before it too goes missing. Usually I just use a trivial pursuit card - that way I learn something new everytime I open my book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronny Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I collect postcards and I often use them for bookmarks and I try to match the card to the book if I can :oops: I have too much time on my hands I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esiotrot Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Oh this thread has made me want a nice bookmark- I am going to ask my 3 year old to make me one. I currently am using my business card as a bookmark but have used receipts and the cover sleeve if its a hard back book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Sometimes with swap I get a postcard inside it. Also have various others. My youngest made a bookmark at school once and they laminated them...so I use that a lot. Also was sent to lovely bookstrings from someone in the USA I did book trade with on Bookcrossing.....they are unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyRich Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I use the first piece of paper I can find to hand be it a receipt or a price tag or old envelope. Sometimes when I clear out my purse or handbag and I come across old cinema or train tickets I tuck them into books I know I will read in the future ready to use as bookmarks! It's always a nice surprise to come across a ticket of a favourite film I enjoyed tucked in a book I had forgotten about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icecream Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I use things like that too Tammy, but I also have lots of bookmarks. Got a really nice one for a birthday pres once, but eventually it broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I use a Minack Theatre bookmark, and I sometimes use a sticky note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I have hundreds of bookmarks, but I never seem to know where any are! I know where...3 are, at the moment. I also use whatever peice of paper I can come across if I can't find one! I just like to:readingtwo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceguyEddie Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I use a Minack Theatre bookmark, and I sometimes use a sticky note. That's a coincidence as my wife was only saying yesterday that we ought to go there when we are holidaying in Cornwall later in the month. I can never find a bookmark in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I need more bookmarks. I'm currently using a dog eared old leather one that I've had for YEARS. When I was younger I had a metal one with a butterfly shaped hook that hooked over the spine of the book. I wonder if I still have it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I have a bookmark that my mum made for me. It has a picture of a goldfish in a bowl and a rabbit cross-stitched on it along with my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I noticed something weird about myself. When I was going through my books a few weeks ago and getting rid of some, I would take out any little scraps of paper I had been using as a bookmark...but then when I needed a new one, I found one of the old scraps and re-used it. I didn't throw it away, and I didn't simply tear off another little piece of paper to use. By the way, my nice copy of Anne of Green Gables is slung over the arm of the chair in my living room! I need to find another scrap of paper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 copy of Anne of Green Gables is slung over the arm of the chair in my living room Wow! Using books as interior decorations! You really love books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I use any old scrap of paper I can find, usually a shopping receipt or an old (non-winning) lottery ticket. At the moment though I am using a bookmark that my daughter made using a scrap of paper and some felt tip pens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I have a funky new one that my mum bought for me, it's a Bagpuss one and it's a magnetic tab that you slip over the page you're on. It's really cute and it supports a good cause (asthma uk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I used to be grabbing random bits of paper all the time to mark pages but i finally dragged my finger from my backside and bought 30 bookmarks off ebay for a few pounds. My books are now generally in better condition and my paper is saved from tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofkublakhan Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 <snip>..... or sometimes I try to memorize my page number.. and always forget it! </snip> Guilty! It never works....walking around thinking 62, 62, it's page 62.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 For me I have two bookmarks. My first one has a picture of a wolf in the snow. It is an images of Canada one. I love this one and use it the most. My second one is metal with brown leather. It has the quote "May you live everyday of your life," inscribed on it. The quote is by Jonathan Swift. Sorry to bring this back up. I just thught I would share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Space Hamster Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I never use a bookmark and just remember where I am. It might take a quick flip back and forth, but it only takes a few seconds. I have never used a bookmark. Although, I really like the idea of bookmarks I never use them. Maybe I don't use bookmarks because I know, me being me, that I will loose them. Maybe because I can't be bothered with them. Maybe it's because I'm a londoner! Who knows? It's a mystery. I might buy a bookmark and try it out some time... Ah, and this made me laugh heh - i treat books terrible. they get turned down on the corners, read in the bath, chucked at people, covered in fingerprints... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I have a metal filigree one slips over the page I am at. Very useful. I get nagged by my oh if I turned down pages. He bought me the book mark to stop me doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooncat Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 i've given up with book marks as i always loose them! even a lovely one from my sons school where u get their school pic printed on the book mark - it will turn up eventually no doubt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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