Poll: How do you mark your place in a book?

[Shadowfaze]

Whatever comes to hand, usually a stray Yugioh card or something like that.

 

[drbarno]

Usually I just make sure to get to certain points each sitting (usually chapter beginnings) before finishing, then memorise where I'm up to from that. Haven't used a bookmark in years.

I do the same, or generally leave it face-down if I get distracted by something that needs my attention.

 

[freedomweasel]

I just remember. At most I have to look for 30 seconds to find the right page, but usually I just stop at a chapter or something.

 

[Jedamethis]

Where is the, "I memorise the page contents" option? Because I do that.

Me too. Never needed a bookmark...

 

[Unrulyhandbag]

I usually look at the page number and remember it.

on the e-reader thing I just press bookmark or turning it off does the same job. no point remembering page numbers when they change with the font size.

dog ear...books are to be used and battered.
cant stand people who are overly protective of their shit

Sounds like the way I treated my lotus ("if the working parts are good then who gives a shit I probably break the body on a track anyway") but not my books. When my children get their fingers on my books they'll be worn worn with suitably thumbed pages but otherwise in perfect condition.

Unlike the books I borrow from my dad who apparantly subscribes to you method of book care. I'm lucky if there's a spine attached and all the pages are still around.

 

[War Penguin]

I memorize the page number.

What? It's not that hard.

 

[UnwishedGunz]

i hardly think most people read books...playboys dont count

i normally just fold the page in half

 

[Slash Dementia]

I use a tag off of a Doctor Who t-shirt I have as a bookmark. Sometimes I also use my bus pass, but that's only the three days a week I go to college.

 

[SaunaKalja]

Bookmark, usually a piece of paper. But whatever I choose to use as a bookmark the first time, I use the same all the way through until I've read the book. So if I happen to pick a corner ripped from a trash mail ad, I won't throw it out and switch for a better even if one would be readily available.

Currently I'm using a playing card, a joker to be exact.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

With urine, like any self-respecting territorial animal.

 

[XJ-0461]

Random piece of paper used as a bookmark.

This. I usually grab whatever the nearest and least important piece of paper and use it as an improvised bookmark.

 

[BrownGaijin]

Book mark. I have a Garfield and LOTR book mark lying around.

 

[scorptatious]

Unless if it was a book that belongs to the school I'm in, I normally use dog-ears. Otherwise, I'd use a bookmark.

 

[Buizel91]

Well, when a Blue moon comes out, and the planets align, and i acctualy do read i usually just keep it open, but flip it upside down

 

[HerrBobo]

Other, I remember the page. Its not that hard.

 

[supermariner]

i tend to use the concept of guilt to mark my page

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Dog ear for me. I don't know why, but I just can't stand bookmarks. I don't know what to do with it when I'm reading and I feel like everyone is looking at it to see what kind of bookmark I have. Yes I know I'm weird. Oh and they always seem to fall out.

 

[dex-dex]

I have used anything from receipts to tests.

 

[Jonluw]

Random piece of paper used as a bookmark.

This. I usually grab whatever the nearest and least important piece of paper and use it as an improvised bookmark.

I often use the receipt I got when buying the book.

Oh, and one time I also tried to lie a paperback spread out, face down, in the sun. This, it turns out, is not a good idea. The book was sort of ruined, but it's not like it really matters. The book in question was after all *Ahem*[sub]eclipse[/sub]*Ahem*...