How do you mark your place?  

I admit it I'm a page folder. I have a 4 yeat and a 2 year old known for messing with my books causing that bookmark to fall out. Before having to worry about little hands I would either look around for scrap paper or fold the page.

I hate spoiling a good book by folding a page which many readers tend to do. I prefer a bookmark. I am not specific on any special type of bookmark. I tend to use any available bookmark that fits it nicely in the book.

Cheers!
Ram

Hello ally; Wow, I have tried to memorize the page number as well, thinking, at the time, no problem but that failed rather quickly. I have a whole raft of book marks. When I grab a book to read, I often use one of them. This is if I am reading a novel. If I am in a book to use for educational or reference purposes I tend to use pieces of paper.
If I have a book handy that I begin to read and do not have a book mark with it, I too will use scraps of paper. I do not fold pages in books ever. If I am in a magazine and want to refer back to something I will dog ear the page, no problem.
The bookmark that you got last years sounds extremely useful. Durable is good.
Congratulations on your graduation! Cheers.

I am ashamed to admit that I rarely mark my place. I usually turn the book upside down while it is open to my place. I know that this is bad for the book, and I read a lot, so I am very hard on books.

It depends on the book. I fold the corners of paperback books to mark my place. But usually with hard cover books I'll use a cheap bookmark to remember my place.

I used to bend the corner but after a while It takes a toll on the book. I have used scrapes of paper too. Now I use narrow ribbon as a book marker. it works out pretty well for me. I can leave it on the page I'm on and it stays in the margin.

I use a 3 in. by 5 in. blank card with about 3/8 in. sticking out of the book or small format magazine(Science Fiction magazine). I have been using the same one for years and it has bent corners and the part that sticks out is smudged from all kinds of stuff. But it works well and does not damage to the book.

Well, I don't always have a bookmark with me, I'm more of a slob. I usually mark my place in a book by folding the corners.

I used to flip the top of the corner of the page...it is a classic way..and that's why they say books that have been read a lot won't look good anymore..I'm proud to able to make my books like that..

I LOVE to read. If I read a magazine then just flip it over and leave it on the page that I was reading. If I am reading a book then I acutally like to use a business card. It works great because if I'm starting a new page then I just place the bookmark sticking out the top but if I have to leave off on a certain spot like in the middle of a paragraph then I place the bookmark underlining sort of the sentence that I left off on so when I go to pick the book back up I wont have to skim down and find where it is that I left off. Now on occasion my son will get into my book and take my business card bookmark out and then I have to flip through the book trying to find where it was that I left off.