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ITT: Bookmarks of choice.

>> No.2677356

I use the receipt I received when I purchased the book.

>> No.2677358

I have this cute laminated bookmark with one of my little sister's school photos in it. It was something the company who took her school photos offered.

>> No.2677360

I just fold the page in half.

>> No.2677363
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Foreign currency.

>> No.2677365

I have a 50 South African Rand banknote.

its glorious

>> No.2677368

In middle school my teacher gave me a hand stitched bookmark with a peacock on it. The back is blue felt and the border & tassel is a golden yellow. It's one of my most prized possessions and I use it in the book I'm currently reading, otherwise I have a nook and/or I use what I have lying around. I also have a system to see which of the two pages I'm on. The side of the bookmark with the most information is the page I'm on. For a magic card that would be the front where the photo is, for a receipt it would be where the purchases are.

>> No.2677372

>>2677360
So its YOU, you fuck.

>> No.2677377

Mostly I remember the page. Or I'll just open up to a random page and start reading from there.

>> No.2677378

I use a shiny Charizard Pokemon card.

>> No.2677381

>>2677360
Scum.

>> No.2677396

>>2677381
>>2677372

two sensitive souls who haven't yet realized that their mass-produced paperbacks will nearly disintegrate in a couple hundred of years regardless of whether they pedantically preserve them

>> No.2677400

If you can't recall what page you're on - are you really reading the book?

I guess it's obvious /lit/ would need bookmarks.

>> No.2677402

I rip the page out and put it in my pocket. It's not like I'm going to read the book again anyway.

>> No.2677403

>>2677378
I remeber when I got my shiny Noctowl. I nearly had a fucking heart attack. Oh childhood, I will never stop.

>> No.2677408

I usually just grab something I have laying around at the moment. Paperboard from a shoe box or pack of gum, guitar pick, netflix sleeve. Sometimes I put two books together and they mark each others places. I'm almost always reading like 5+ things at a time.

>> No.2677409

>>2677360
inb4 404

>> No.2677410

>>2677396

people dont live for 200 years so no one gives a fuck about that degradation

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>>2677377
>Or I'll just open up to a random page and start reading from there.

This, I cannot comprehend.

A professor once explained how he rarely read a book from start to finish, but instead just sort of read the end, and then read it, or went back and forth. I nearly lost my shit. I just can't deal with that.

>> No.2677420

>>2677412

There was a study I heard about a few months ago that said when you know the ending you tend to enjoy a book more, mostly because you feel anxious about the unknown.

I couldn't do that though.

>> No.2677421

One of the advantages of a kindle is that it saves your place but if I'm reading an actual book I'll use a train ticket, I usually have a ton hanging about.

>> No.2677426

>>2677420

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/aug/17/spoilers-enhance-enjoyment-psychologists

>> No.2677428

>>2677412
Well, I do this usually if the book is loosing my interest, and I just want something to read. Then the story itself isn't really important anymore.
I found out a while back that randomly thrusting myself into the book will actually hold my attention more, maybe because I have to use the context to figure out who the people are and what has already happened.
But I don't do this all the time.
I force myself not to read the ending though.

>> No.2677438

Business Cards.

>> No.2677440

>>2677412

That professor sounds awesome. How organized was he with the class?

>> No.2677449

Fold the corner at the top of the page. If it's a library book I use a note on a paper the size of a check. It's from my old neighbor from where I used to live. Guy was a Captain in the Marine Corps and used to go fishing with me. This note is just asking how I'm doing, and it ends with "Semper Fi, Joe". I don't know, I just really like it.

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>>2677449
I'm the opposite; I will only fold a corner if it's a library book.

>> No.2677456

>>2677438
This
Sturdy and free. What more could you ask for?

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>>2677426

This cannot be correct. Remember what Barthes said about the French and striptease. When she gets naked you get bored.

>> No.2677482

6 of hearts my friend gave me in high school. i had a sweet promo card that came with an order of records that i used for about a year, but i think it's lost. or still in a book somewhere.

>> No.2677486

either my gy!be ticket stub or the instructions from a marmaduke happy meal toy

my copy of the recognitions came with a bill in it from 1970 for a water softener so i'm using that

>> No.2677494

I use a patch with the logo of a diy vegan anarcho crust punx band

>> No.2677500

Where I live, these days you get a bookmark with every book you buy. At least a lot of stores do this.

>> No.2677505

I use the bookmarks the used bookstores I buy from give me.

So if someone asks me about the book or where I go shopping for books I show them it.

>> No.2677510

>using bookmarks
>not remembering the page you were on
Really? Are guys like reading 5 books at a time? I've never used a bookmark and never needed one. I still don't get the point of them.

>> No.2677523

>>2677510
I'm reading 4 books currently, so a bookmark is quite useful

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Because poorfag who takes the bus constantly and I have no other use for these .50 cent tickets.

>> No.2677576

Picture of my dick

>> No.2677578

>>2677360
you monster!

>> No.2677633

>>2677403
I remember losing my shiny Noctowl
Oh childhood... y ;_;

>> No.2677644

>>2677360
Reported.

>> No.2677662

>>2677472
Subnormality is fucking amazing.
Had to be mentioned.

I'll just remember the page if it's a physical book, but I usually read on my kindle.

>> No.2677724

>>2677378
I use pokémon cards too. I have Haunter, Dark Vileplume, and Charmander in three different books right now.

I also use a Boba Fett bookmark my brother got me for Christmas

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>>2677724
>Pokemon cards

Get Out