I use whatever is around… a receipt, a square of TP, a cat’s whisker once. I have a bunch of bookmarks but they’re never around when I need them (and I always forget to grab one when I grab a book off the bookshelf).
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I don’t. I just look at the page I’m on when I’m done reading and then open it to that page when I come back.
Came here to say this, thinking I'd be the only one. If I can't remember the exact page I enjoy thumbing through and skimming sections til I get to where I left off. Most of the time though I just open up to where I left off and continue
Yup, the book tends to remember about where it was last opened anyways. Sometimes I memorize the page number to be sure.
Some cardboard advertisement card I got with a shirt I ordered online.
I fold any piece of paper into one of those dog-ear corner bookmarks. I've got dozens around, made of everything from sticky notes to receipts to a parking ticket. They way I do it has a line going down the middle on one side that I use to show me which side of the page I'm on.
I have a bunch of magnetic bookmarks, I'm usung mainly them because thise don't fall out accidentally
Primarily, library receipts!
Small sticky notes. That allows me to bookmark at a specific sentence rather than just the page.
Kleenex, usually since I can never find my real bookmark. I seem to have left it in a book somewhere in my bookshelf...
I keep bookmarks whenever I get them, also picture postcards etc. I have some that I've bought, others I've made (e.g. knitted or embroidered). Mainly I use strips of thin white card that I razor off an A4 sheet.
Many years ago, I fell from the stairs due to a diabetic episode. I was kept in a coma for a few days. When I woke up I had this id bracelet on my arm. I still use it as a bookmark till this day.
I laminated some of my duplicate Pokemon cards (don't use holographics as they heat up in the laminating machine!!!) and use those, now.
A bookmark... one of these magnetic ones (although you need to careful; some of them are too thick and leave actual marks on the pages).
A sticker of cute dogs in space suits and the caption “we want fully automated intergalactic luxury gay space communism” because it reminds me of Ian M. Banks - also gets a laugh out of people 😁
Book Darts! I’m typically reading for research and writing and the book darts are great for coming back to the right sentence when I’ve stopped off. I’ll leave them in long-term if I’m swapping between edited volumes—I’ve got a tin of 100, so it’s no problem if I leave a few within books here and there. I typically add one to the first page whenever a new book comes home. If I haven’t got one already placed or I start reading while out and about I dog-ear.
I use the receipt I get from the library when I check the book out. No danger of forgetting due date.