Bookmarks Collecting Without Realizing It

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I seem to have accumulated dozens of bookmarks over the years, real ones made of paper, card, plastic, leather and in one case, metal. Generally whenever I spot one, I buy it or pick it up and a few people send them to me. It's only in the last few days I realized that I have a decent modest collection of them. My favourite shows four giraffes that seem to move when you adjust the position of the book mark. It's like a 3D optical illusion. I use my bookmarks, obviously to mark pages reached in books I'm reading, though I often also mark the pages I hope to reach before I stop reading any given day, the half way point of the books, pages I want to refer to in giving talks, etc. It is a very functional collection. I often have more than one book going, a big volume to read at home, a smaller lighter volume to take when travelling, as well as poetry books, short story collections and books sent to me for reviewing which means pausing my reading of my own collection. Book marks pave my way. I hate turning corners of pages to mark a reading point and dust jackets can crease if used to mark reading landmarks. Arthur Chappell