keeping your place  

That is a great tip - whilst I never dog ear the pages of a book, I keep on misplacing my bookmarks.

I can never seem to keep track of my bookmarks when I'm finished a book, so I will often just grab whatever is handy when I start a new one (piece of scrap paper, envelope, etc).

The local library here still uses cards with the return date in the back of the book, so I usually use those now. I slip it in the pocket while I'm reading and when I finish the book so it doesn't get misplaced.

Never need to go on the hunt since each book comes with one.

I use a broad-tipped marker and black out the parts that I've read. That makes it easy to get to the parts I haven't read yet, plus it forces me to remember everything I read. The public library has banned me from ever darkening their doorstep again.

*grin*

Actually, since my son usually has one or more Pokemon cards lying around, I appropriate one for a bookmark.

I often use junk mail as a bookmark, they work great. That and the dust cover of hardcoverbooks work great too if you don't have a bookmark handy.

I have dozens of bookmarkers. A few are pretty, fancy little ones made from tooled leather or handmade paper and many are giveaways from the library or bookstore. Unfortunately, I never seem to have one handy so I always wind up marking my place with an old, used envelope, a store receipt, an unused napkin etc. Whatever is handy is my bookmarker. LOL

What a cool tip Mod..very cool and I will pass this on..now if I can only remember to do it! :)

That's an excellent idea with the envelope corners to be used as bookmarks! But for me, too much hassle.

I have various actual bookmarks that have been purchased by me or for me by friends and family, and I rarely ever use them (except for one crocheted cross that I keep in one of my bibles).

I have two most common bookmarks in my books.... either a piece of folded toilet paper square or a cash register receipt. The toilet paper bookmarks started years ago when I rarely had tissues in the house, and would use toilet paper rolls instead, and it was just the most handy. It continued after having kids, because to be brutally honest, I get a lot of reading done in my bathroom because it's the quietest room in the house when the boys are awake. As for the cash register receipts, that is usually when I purchase a new book, and I'm so anxious to read it, that I pull it out of the bag, along with the receipt, and read right away.

I usually find a leaf while I'm walking to the bus stop and use it until it is misplaced. Then, I go and grab another. My current leaf-mark has lasted me 6 months. They're always a lot more interesting than flat paper bookmarks.

I love bookmarks myself and it's common for me to buy them just because their pretty or have a verse or saying on them I like. I give them to others as gifts alot (an excuse to buy more) but have a dozen or more around the house to use...

This idea of the envelops is a great idea though and can see me using it sometime when I've misplaced other bookmarks.

I usually use a book mark. But if there isn't one available I have used everything from a toothpick to a corner of a piece of junk mail! I don't ever dog ear a page in a book.