Bookmarks

People sometimes use the oddest things as bookmarks in their books.  I shouldn’t complain, however, since anything is better than turning down the top corner of the page, or breaking the spine of the book by laying it open face down, or putting a pencil or pen in it and closing the book.  Thankfully, here are some things I have seen people use.

      A purchased bookmark (APB) with an uplifting saying on it
      APB made of leather or cloth that was a souvenir from someplace visited
      A free bookmark given by the bookstore from where the book was purchased
      A sales receipt 
      An airline boarding pass
      A used monthly train ticket
      A used metro or subway card
      A two-dollar Jefferson bill
      A scrap blank piece of paper
      A scrap piece of paper with something written on it
      A pencil or pen
      A folded blank piece of paper
      A business card
      An appointment card from a doctor or dentist
      A shopping list
      An old letter to someone
      An unused postcard
      A postcard received from someone
      A blowout card from a magazine
      A ribbon built into the book or the book caddie
      A flyleaf, either the front of the back, of the book
      A Post-it note
      A homemade postcard with pressed flowers, a pressed spice or herb covered in plastic
      A homemade bookmark obviously made by a child, usually one’s own
      A blank 3x5 card
      A 3x5 card with random notes on it
      A 3x5 card with notes about the book on it

And each one of them, except for the blank scrap of paper or the unused Post-it note, has some story behind it.  Maybe the story is connected to the book; maybe it’s connected to the reader.   Maybe neither.  But it still has a story. 

(Gadugi 11 font)