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Booking Through Thursday: Mark!

Posted by on Thursday, 10 December 2009

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On Thursday, October 29th, Booking through Thursday asked:

What items have you ever used as a bookmark? What is the most unusual item you’ve ever used or seen used?

True confession: Whether it’s a serious novel or a catalog offering a great selection of unique gifts for her, I tend to dog-ear, or use the flaps of a dust cover, rather than an actual bookmark, at least with my own books. I’ve even been known to – horror of horrors – leave an open book face down.

With books that belong to other people, however, I’m much more respectful, and always use bookmarks. What kind? Typical choices are:

  1. Business cards, usually other people’s, sometimes my own.
  2. A clean square of toilet paper (I read in the bathroom a lot.)
  3. The receipt telling me when a book is due back to the library.
  4. A used boarding pass from an airplane flight.
  5. Receipts from recent purchases.
  6. Emery boards.
  7. A dollar bill.
  8. Movie or theatre ticket stubs.
  9. Postcards.
  10. Hang-tags from new clothing.

Sadly, I’ve never noticed any particularly unusual or interesting bookmarks.

11 Responses to Booking Through Thursday: Mark!

  1. December 10 2009
    Novroz

    wow…that are quite an unusual bookmark ;)

    I used my baby pets’ picture

  2. December 10 2009
    Jo

    Same as me. Sounds like virtually anything thats close to hand! I’d love a collection of pretty bookmarks though!

  3. December 10 2009
    wendy

    ha! I use all those too and didn’t mention one of them in my list

  4. December 10 2009
    Beth

    Great Answer! I also have to admit to laying a book face down. I love the idea of using postcards as bookmark though!
    Hugsxxxx

  5. December 10 2009
    Yvonne

    I used to collect bookmarks and would put alot of thought into what I was going to use. I don’t do that anymore. I don’t dog-ear, but I’ve used receipts and postcards or whatever is lying around.

  6. December 10 2009
    gautami tripathy

    I too use pretty much anything!

    Booking through Thursdays: Spot on!

  7. December 10 2009
    Novel Insights

    You know I think some of those are pretty unusual and interesting! I have been known to dog-ear a page or too and leave books face down but I am the same – more respectful with other’s books.

  8. December 10 2009
    Priscilla

    Boarding passes–how could I forget those?! I’ve also used money and emery boards. :)

  9. December 10 2009
    Alayne

    I don’t know, clean toilet paper is pretty interesting. Hahaha. Here’s my mark!

  10. December 10 2009
    Marce

    Gasp you dog ear :-0 that is worst than book head down for me.

    You do have some interesting unusuals.

    Here is mine
    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-bookmark-are-you-using.html

  11. December 10 2009
    Nise'

    I’ve used many of the same items.