So, this is related to reading, but not any specific book.
I have come to the conclusion that I have a bookmark goblin. A little creature that comes along and gobbles up not only my proper bookmarks, but also the stuff I use as temporary bookmarks as well!
I swear, I take whatever I’m using as a bookmark out of my book, place it down carefully, go to get it back after reading and POOF! It’s gone.
This has led to me using a good variety of things to mark my place in my books:
– Scraps of paper
– Tissues
– Greeting cards
– Money
– Gift vouchers
– Pens (I don’t recommend this one!)
– Sweet wrappers
– Food bags
The list could go on and on!
My current bookmark is a thank you note card, a pretty one 🙂
This is one of the things I do love about the Kindle and eBook readers, that I don’t have to worry about scrabbling round for a bookmark in the middle night when I’m done reading.
Still, I do read quite a few paperbacks, so it’s probably about time I try to find and reprimand my bookmark goblin, or invest in some GIANT-sized bookmarks that I will never be able to lose 😀
Do you have trouble finding bookmarks? Have you ever used anything unusual as a bookmark?
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I’ve used scraps of paper, napkins, and other odd things as bookmarks. A video game instruction manual got used once. My bookmarks tend to break, especially the laminated ones that I inevitably scratch the top surface off of. I use a metal one these days, which I tend to hold onto because it has a cord that I mindless spin around while reading.
A metal one sounds quite useful! At least then it wouldn’t rip or break 😀
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My dogs are the bookmark goblins in my house (they like sneaking off with my desert as well).
Thankfully my dog does tend to prefer socks to anything else 😀
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I used to have a dog that liked underwear. That could sometimes be embarrassing.
I used to use the cut off corner of an envelope that fit perfectly at the ear of the page, but it just disappeared altogether one day. Before that, all of them got lost so I’d be using a bunch of random shit too haha.
Since getting my Maori proverb and jungle bugs ones, I haven’t lost them yet, so I think I’m overdue for one or the other to up and wander off one of these days.
There are tons of lovely bookmarks out there, but they always get put to the back of my must-buy list! Instead I end up getting another book instead or something 😀
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I buy ’em at the same time – eliminates competition. c;
Yup, I had a post dedicated to the troubling loss of bookmarks. I think it’s a conspiracy.
I have a special place for my books so I think I haven’t lost any 😀 Interesting tale though 😀
I need to get better at keeping track of my bookmarks 😀 I had tons of pretty ones at one point!
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I can’t bring myself to use anything other than an actual bookmark, so I make sure I have a plentiful supply 😉
I keep meaning to be good and use bookmarks properly, and then I turn around and it’s gone! I will probably move my bed one day and find a mountain of bookmarks hidden down the side 😀
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I have a huge box of promotional bookmarks for my own book, so I never run out. I do keep misplacing them. They show up all over the house.
I really need to get around to making some of those for my own books, they always look really awesome 😀
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Maybe they wind up wherever the socks go in the dryer – that mysterious black hole. I’ve used nail files, pictures, scraps of paper. Right now, I’m using the bookmark the author signed for me when I bought the book.
That’s a good point, I will probably find heaps of socks and bookmarks one day randomly 😀
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Ugh I have the same problem. Sometimes I get weird looks because of the odd bookmarks I use. I’m also a big klutz so I loose bookmarks that way. I’ll trip and fall, loose my bookmark and have to get a new one.
It can get pretty embarrassing when you pull out your book and have something odd sticking out the top of it to mark your page 😀
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I have a variety of bookmarks, but I’ve been known to grab anything at hand if I can’t find one – and yes, I’m a scatterbrain so it happens from time to time! 🙂
Yes! I gave up on normal bookmarks long ago and have been using random scraps of whatever for years, which leads to some fun rediscoveries of random notes I scribbled in high school years ago. 🙂 But now even those scrappy bookmarks disappear now, thanks to my own ever-present bookmark goblin, who is a year old and likes to eat paper as much as she does chocolate.
I too use a variety of things as bookmarks, such as stickers–of course ones with the back seal still on 🙂 I like the idea of using decorative cards and notecards!
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I do the same thing. My bookmarks just end up vanishing. Usually when I’m between books, as they’re not stuck in some stable location then. I had a few nicer bookmarks that I put a few bucks into, which did last a good while longer. I spent money on them, so I was more focused on getting use out of them. In the end, though, they disappeared much like all the others.
When it’s time to read, I slot my bookmark into later chapters of the book – a good chuck of the way ahead of where I’ll end up reading in one sitting. 😀
I forgot to mention how AWESOME IT IS that you’re reading Dragon Age: The Calling! I love that book. I hope you’re enjoying it too!
I loved it, it was a brilliant book and really added a lot to the game series 😀
That’s a brilliant idea about putting the bookmark further into the book, I can’t believe I never thought of something so simple before!
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I hope that means you’ll be reading the third book next! It’s my favourite of the DA books so far. 😀
I have read them all, I was doing re-reads of them, because I love them so much! 😀 Though I read them out of order this time, which was a little off putting!
This happens to me all the time! Hm… I wonder if there’s a secret society of bookmark goblins who’ve come to gobble up all our precious markers. (I can just imagine their slogan: Taking Over The World, One Frustrated Reader At A Time. 😉 )