Do you fold the page or use a bookmark

ColourPurple · 21 Sep 2010 at 20:18

Never fold! I don't want my books looking tatty. Usually just end up with a makeshift bookmark of some kind, usually a receipt or train ticket.

Aod · 21 Sep 2010 at 21:23

i have a Kindle now so that's sorted. when i'm reading a physical book though, i just remember the page number, i find it very easy.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 21 Sep 2010 at 22:18

I usually have several books on the go, but I have only one real book mark. I just use Royal Mail 'sorry you were too slow' cards for the others. I have plenty knocking around. Perk of the job.

I could never fold a page though. Defacing a book in that way makes me uncomfortable. Food stains on the other hand, bolognese sauce especially... that's cool.

semi-pro waster · 21 Sep 2010 at 22:21

I used to remember the page number(s) until I was about 12 or 13 then started using bookmarks although I can't remember why I changed, it might have been due to having several books on the go at once. I never fold the corners of my books - while I'm not particularly precious about how my books are kept (they're meant to be read and enjoyed after all) it's just not something I do.

marl · 21 Sep 2010 at 22:54

I fold the pages. Memory is too bad to remeber page number and generally I'm too lazy to use a bookmarker.

gee3000 · 21 Sep 2010 at 22:57

I use a sheet of toilet paper.

Bennie-Mac · 21 Sep 2010 at 23:53

I set the book face down so the table is my bookmark.

Nix · 21 Sep 2010 at 23:57

I've got lots of free bookmarks, so I use those.

Linda · 22 Sep 2010 at 00:03

20 year old Garfield Bookmark, still in mint condition, I guess being sandwiched between pages of a book preserves book marks.

If I have 2 books on the go I use the nearest receipt or scrap of paper

Werewolf · 22 Sep 2010 at 00:06

Bennie-Mac said:
I set the book face down so the table is my bookmark.

*lets out a small ook*

You shall be amongst the first to be put up against the wall, and hung by your ankles when the Secret Order of the Librarians take over...

Bennie-Mac · 22 Sep 2010 at 03:36

Werewolf said:
*lets out a small ook*

You shall be amongst the first to be put up against the wall, and hung by your ankles when the Secret Order of the Librarians take over...

Pah i fear no Librarians! The day they come for me will be their last...

All will be slain by heart attacks from witnessing the poor spine condition of all my books. MUWAHAHAHA!!

Vanilla · 22 Sep 2010 at 03:48

I sometimes fold. Otherwise I tend to use peoples business cards as bookmarks

EdGey · 22 Sep 2010 at 05:35

Books? This is 2010.

Rainmaker · 22 Sep 2010 at 08:51

EdGey said:
Books? This is 2010.

So?

PCs, Kindles et al. are useful tools but nothing will ever replace a real, physical, lovely bound paper book. They smell lovely and are great to handle and read.

Jingo... · 22 Sep 2010 at 17:14

I like the feel of a page, and the knowledge I can put it down next to a swimming pool lounger and it's not desirable to nick/won't get wet etc

cHk4 · 22 Sep 2010 at 17:18

I eat the pages I read.

Deadbeat · 22 Sep 2010 at 17:20

Does nobody else go commando? I don't use bookmarks, fold the page, bend the spine or mark my place in any way. I just open it again and continue reading. Sometimes I make an effort to remember the page number, but I always forget it before I pick the book up again so it's pretty pointless.

semi-pro waster · 22 Sep 2010 at 17:48

EdGey said:
Books? This is 2010.

And yet I don't think any other media form will ever entirely supplant the pleasure I get from reading a physical book. Few things in life are simpler yet more satisfying than relaxing with a good book on holiday. Maybe the physical sensation of holding a book doesn't matter to you but I'm afraid reading text on a screen just doesn't give me the same feeling at all, it's fine to absorb information up to a point but it is lacking as an experience.