Bookmarks.

[jztusk@mastodon.social]

@Maker_of_Things

I voted #2, but instead of a random scrap of paper, I use a very specific scrap of paper. Specifically, I have a huge pile of old multicolored weekly transit passes that I pull from - perfect size, slightly stiff cardboard, kinda retro. I love 'em.

[beecycling@wandering.shop]

@Maker_of_Things I've currently got several card bookmarks, so I'm using them. I'm quite fond of one from a bookshop in Canada that came along in a second hand copy of Annihilation, along with the actual receipt from the shop from when it was bought. I wonder how it ended up here in the north east of England. Bought on holiday? Brought over by a Canadian moving here?

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@jztusk
That is the same as me with the tram tickets.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@kim
I couldn't do face down.
Paperbacks would sometimes lift up and lose the page, unless the backs were broken. And they take up too much space.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@beecycling
That's a cool find as a bookmark.

I browsed a secondhand book stall in Manchester and recognised a book title. I picked it up and found it still had my tram ticket in it, years after I gave it to a charity shop!
I took the ticket and put the book back.

[jztusk@mastodon.social]

@Maker_of_Things

Yeah, I noticed you mentioned that!

I wonder if we're two special flowers, or if it's a thing lots of people do?

Is it too late to add "Old Transit Pass" as another option?

[beecycling@wandering.shop]

@Maker_of_Things As for the why, I'm not super fussy about not turning corners down, especially in paperbacks, if it's a hardback, or even just an especially nice paperback edition, I'll try to keep it nice.

[beecycling@wandering.shop]

@Maker_of_Things LOL, fun! I've found a few fun things in second hand books. Like this Peanuts cartoon strip from a calendar that I posted about last year.

https://romancelandia.club/@beecycling/115169004075896475

[autoperipatetikos@neurodifferent.me]

@Maker_of_Things I said random/scrap, but I also have specially home made ones and ones that came with books. I never know exactly when I'm going to start reading, so most often it'll be anything within reach and then change it later.

[tempusfelix@wehavecookies.social]

@Maker_of_Things

A steel paper knife that I made. Or a random scrap of paper.

[dewines@toot.wales]

@Maker_of_Things I said Random paper, but usually it's a post-it note. I've found that if I use them as intended, they can make the page sticky if I don't come back to the book until some time has passed. I therefore fold the post-it in half, so the sticky bit sticks to itself and I have a neat little bookmark.

[jacel@m.prettyshiny.org]

@Maker_of_Things for a while, every time I brought a handful of dollar bills back from the US because I don't like using cash and so my smaller change never got used, I'd put them aside and use those as bookmarks.

I have mostly switched to an e-reader for the last decade or so, and the US has gotten much more cashless-friendly, but I still have a few tucked away for when I need them.

[doubletreble@cupoftea.social]

@Maker_of_Things

I have had this #bookmark for decades, it's travelled with me, moved house with me, I have to find it before I can start a new read!

[irina@wandering.shop]

@Maker_of_Things I have *some* specially made bookmarks but mostly use random bits of paper, or when it's a book reserved from the library the reservation slip. (Or the previous person's reservation slip, which can be interesting if the book has to come from a different library than mine)

[unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz]

@Maker_of_Things

A post-it note makes a good bookmark, because you can stick it onto the back of the book while you're reading, and it generally doesn't fall off or get in the way.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@jztusk
It is, unfortunately
Any editing voids the votes already made.

I should have included book face down on open page.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@beecycling
When I was a kid, turning the corner was usual, until I found some corners stayed turned and there could be a few turned corners to confuse me.

Then I got told off for it by someone, so I stopped.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@autoperipatetikos
Yes, my 'anything' is more likely to be a shop receipt or a business card, until I go to get a tram ticket.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@tempusfelix
I have seen antique silver ones for bookmarks and page turners, and that was what made me think of the poll.

I just wouldn't know what to do with it wile reading.

[maker_of_things@cupoftea.social]

@jacel
I guess a dollar bill would be cheaper than buying a nice bookmark, too.