Your Most Unique Bookmark?

distant.star · 09-11-2010, 04:02 AM

What is the most unique item you have ever used as a bookmark with a paper book?

Every time I go into book stores or card/gift shops the finest bookmarks are available; some really beautiful. Yet when I look at my old books, actual bookmarks are almost never used. And the oddest items turn up.

Most common, for me, has been the original cash register receipt for the book I'm reading. After that, it could be anything, and I have used:

paper napkin
paper towels
ruler
pen knife
plastic knife
shoelace
envelope
index card
sticky note (post-it note)
post card
photograph
file tab
unfilled prescription

Anyway, the list goes on -- and on....

What's the strangest item you have used as a bookmark in a paper book?

Stitchawl · 09-11-2010, 04:59 AM

My final divorce decree in 1970.
I wanted to be able to look at it several times a day.

Almost as enjoyable as seeing my military discharge orders.

Stitchawl

TGS · 09-11-2010, 05:55 AM

Bookmark? That's the little black triangle in the top corner of the screen right? Didn't know you could use anything else

neilmarr · 09-11-2010, 06:03 AM

Funny you should ask that DistantStar. I've always been a re-reeader of my treeboks and often used to use family snaps, cinema tickets to favourite movies, drawings and letters from the kids ... all kind of sentimental stuff. Re-reading a book would bring back memories of what I was thinking first time around, a bit like diary entries might. Now, like TGS, it's a wee black triangle in the top right of the screen. Not as much fun, but I wouldn't ever revert to treebooks -- happy snapshots or no. Neil

HarryT · 09-11-2010, 06:04 AM

"Most unique" does not make any sense. Something is either unique or it is not. There are no "degrees of uniqueness".

nohmi2 · 09-11-2010, 06:18 AM

When I am reading pbooks, I have a small collection of money-clips that I choose from. It keeps your place, never falls out and never gets lost.

Cheers.

neilmarr · 09-11-2010, 12:37 PM

***"Most unique" does not make any sense. Something is either unique or it is not. There are no "degrees of uniqueness".***

You're such a pendant at times, Harry (though I love it). Qualifying a superlative in an informal forum post surely doesn't suggest ignorance of the rules of grammar so much as sheer enthusiasm. Hope some here agree ... almost completely! No hard feelings. Neil

HarryT · 09-11-2010, 12:41 PM

LOL

. No, it just struck me as amusing. If two things are unique, can one be said to be more unique than the other?

.

ardeegee · 09-11-2010, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

"Most unique" does not make any sense. Something is either unique or it is not. There are no "degrees of uniqueness".

Exactly what I wanted to say-- that's a pet peeve of mine. (As are writers describing their own work as "unique".)

http://www.despair.com/individuality.html

As for bookmarks, I sometimes collect world banknotes, I think I've used some obscure foreign currencies as bookmarks before.

distant.star · 09-11-2010, 04:13 PM

Thanks, Harry. I spent many years working with prickly copy editors, and I love and respect every one of them.

phenomshel · 09-11-2010, 10:26 PM

I guess probably a ponytail holder. One of the "scrunchy" sorts, not a rubber band type.
Most common for me to use is the receipt our library prints out (like a retail store receipt) telling what books you checked out and when they're due back.
Both are pretty pathetic, considering I have an art glass jar on my desk crammed full of author bookmarks (autographed and non-autographed) that never get used.

Fat Abe · 09-12-2010, 12:34 AM

A postcard of Hedy Lamarr, in the nude. I will always return, or should I say, come back to a book with her photo (nude or not) as the bookmark.

kindlekitten · 09-12-2010, 01:52 AM

horse hair, my hair, cable ties, a pine needle, the bit of paper you pull off of your cigarettes when you first open it, a patch from a muzzle loading rifle, braided clovers, a sprig of lavender, a sprig of rosemary, a match, a toothpick, a swizzle stick from a drink, a cherry stem..... yeah.... pretty much whatever was to hand that wasn't too terribly gross

09-11-2010, 04:02 AM	#1
distant.star I would prefer not to. Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sierra foothills Device: Kindle	Your Most Unique Bookmark? What is the most unique item you have ever used as a bookmark with a paper book? Every time I go into book stores or card/gift shops the finest bookmarks are available; some really beautiful. Yet when I look at my old books, actual bookmarks are almost never used. And the oddest items turn up. Most common, for me, has been the original cash register receipt for the book I'm reading. After that, it could be anything, and I have used: paper napkin paper towels ruler pen knife plastic knife shoelace envelope index card sticky note (post-it note) post card photograph file tab unfilled prescription Anyway, the list goes on -- and on.... What's the strangest item you have used as a bookmark in a paper book?

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09-11-2010, 04:59 AM	#2
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	My final divorce decree in 1970. I wanted to be able to look at it several times a day. Almost as enjoyable as seeing my military discharge orders. Stitchawl

09-11-2010, 05:55 AM	#3
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Bookmark? That's the little black triangle in the top corner of the screen right? Didn't know you could use anything else

09-11-2010, 06:03 AM	#4
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Funny you should ask that DistantStar. I've always been a re-reeader of my treeboks and often used to use family snaps, cinema tickets to favourite movies, drawings and letters from the kids ... all kind of sentimental stuff. Re-reading a book would bring back memories of what I was thinking first time around, a bit like diary entries might. Now, like TGS, it's a wee black triangle in the top right of the screen. Not as much fun, but I wouldn't ever revert to treebooks -- happy snapshots or no. Neil

09-11-2010, 06:04 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	"Most unique" does not make any sense. Something is either unique or it is not. There are no "degrees of uniqueness".

09-11-2010, 06:18 AM	#6
nohmi2 Pensively observing. Posts: 1,758 Karma: 12675456 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Varied.	When I am reading pbooks, I have a small collection of money-clips that I choose from. It keeps your place, never falls out and never gets lost. Cheers.

09-11-2010, 12:37 PM	#7
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	*"Most unique" does not make any sense. Something is either unique or it is not. There are no "degrees of uniqueness".* You're such a pendant at times, Harry (though I love it). Qualifying a superlative in an informal forum post surely doesn't suggest ignorance of the rules of grammar so much as sheer enthusiasm. Hope some here agree ... almost completely! No hard feelings. Neil

09-11-2010, 12:41 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	LOL . No, it just struck me as amusing. If two things are unique, can one be said to be more unique than the other? .

09-11-2010, 04:13 PM	#10
distant.star I would prefer not to. Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sierra foothills Device: Kindle	Thanks, Harry. I spent many years working with prickly copy editors, and I love and respect every one of them.

09-11-2010, 10:26 PM	#11
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I guess probably a ponytail holder. One of the "scrunchy" sorts, not a rubber band type. Most common for me to use is the receipt our library prints out (like a retail store receipt) telling what books you checked out and when they're due back. Both are pretty pathetic, considering I have an art glass jar on my desk crammed full of author bookmarks (autographed and non-autographed) that never get used.

09-12-2010, 12:34 AM	#12
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,817 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	A postcard of Hedy Lamarr, in the nude. I will always return, or should I say, come back to a book with her photo (nude or not) as the bookmark.

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09-12-2010, 01:52 AM	#13
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	horse hair, my hair, cable ties, a pine needle, the bit of paper you pull off of your cigarettes when you first open it, a patch from a muzzle loading rifle, braided clovers, a sprig of lavender, a sprig of rosemary, a match, a toothpick, a swizzle stick from a drink, a cherry stem..... yeah.... pretty much whatever was to hand that wasn't too terribly gross