What bookmark are you using? December 2009

I am using a bookmark made of papyrus, with a picture of Nefertiti at the top and the hieroglyph alphabet on the bottom. My daughter gave it to me as a gift after her trip to Egypt.

I made a bookmark that consist of an elastic band that goes around the cover of the book with a ribbon attached to mark my place and a few beads to make it pretty.

* Edited to correct spelling*

My bookmark comes from City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, which consists of three vertical still B&W frames of Allen Ginsberg giving what looks to be a poetry reading from the 1960s.

I'm actually using a bookmark at the moment which is rare for me but if i didn't with the book I'm reading I'd completely lose track of where i was and it would turn into a horrible mess. I'm using my flat metal bookmark which my mum brought back from ireland and it's got a lovely little horseshoe charm on the end with a four-leaf clover in the middle.

I'm using a magnetic bookmark with a lovely beach scene.

I'm using a plain cardstock bookmark I stole from my school library. I have one with Lewis Carroll on it, but the cardstock one has my tally marks on it. I decided that for every five books on my shelf that I read, I can buy one book this summer, so I'm keeping track. :)

I don't know if this will work--my first time trying to add a photo. Buth ere goes....I made these over the weekend and used the light blue for a hard back and the peach for a paperback. I love the sliders because if the cats come a long and tug, the book mark stays put :)

http://www5.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=681790028/PictureID=20923663028/a=141...

Mine is a photograph of the silhouettes of "Masai Giraffes and Savanna Trees (Giraffa camelopardalis)." It has this factoid on the back: The Giraffe is able to feed on foliage beyond the reach of all other terrestrial browsers. Big bulls can reach 19 feet and have a 18 inch tongue to browse the crowns of the tallest trees.

I'm using an old train ticket.

I almost always use post it notes. In fact, I'm going to start a new book tonight and already have a post it note inside the front cover just waiting.

Used a bookmark with a cat on the front,while reading Homer's Odyseey by Gwen Cooper

I was using a receipt from the corner store, while reading The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. I finished it at lunch though. I will let you know what I pick up to hold my place in my next book.

I always use an old business card. It is a great size and shape for scanning down the page of almost any book and the fact that one side is always blank minimizes distractions while I'm reading.

A pretty paper bookmark from MGI that has a picture of Mount Desert Island on it.

I'm using the bookmark that we gave out as favors at my wedding in September.

I'm using a hand-stamped bookmark I got for my birthday. It says "Ooh la la!" and it has a party dress on it.

I'm using a receipt from Pappy's Sweet Shop, in my student union. It's from the last time I went there as a student, so that's kinda cool. ^^

This may sound weird, but I'm using a bookmark made out of dry elephant poop. A friend got for me at the San Diego Zoo.

For The Man Who Loved Books Too Much a subscription card from Bookmarks Magazine.

I am reading a used copy of The Bean Trees. I found a piece of paper in it with a few notes on it about the book. I will read them when I finish the book. Fun!

I am using a bookmark, that I received for Christmas. It is a replica of a Turkish rug. Very pretty.

I am using a bookmark I bought about 10 years ago. It has a Thomas Kinkade scene on it in shades of lavender.

For The Stress of Her Regard I'm using a 2-dollar bill my friend brought me during her trip to Virginia.

I'm trying to get out of the habit of dog-earing my pages, but it is difficult when I'm reading more than one book at a time LOL

I am reading Lamb by Christopher Moore and am using a bookmark from Left Bank Books in St. Louis.

Mine in King's Dragon is a beautiful bookmark-shaped photo of an arbor in Monet's garden in Giverney. My wife and I biked to the garden on our anniversary trip to France and Italy. Warm memories on a frigid Chicago day in December!

In A Suitable Boy a colorful bookmark of a minaret; in The Book of Negros (a/k/a Someone Knows My Name) a bookmark of African animals.

I use a beautiful soft broken in leather bookmark that I received many years ago from the library. I actually work in the library and you really can't imagine the things we find in books that people use as markers.

I'm using a Magic the Gathering playing card. It has a picture of a sea monster on it. The creature is rather ugly, but it makes me laugh every time I see it. There are inside jokes between my father and I that go along with it.

Oh, and yes. Yes, I am a nerd, but a very happy nerd.

I save my tickets to Cal sporting events (women's basketball and occasionally football) for just this purpose. Go Bears!

On the more exotic side, I'm using a ticket to the Cairo Museum and a ticket to the famous Mummy Room (that one's holding my place in C.N. Reeves' Valley of the Kings). In my Coptic Book of Hours is an EgyptAir ticket from Luxor to Cairo.

I knew there was one thing that bothered me about my Kindle...invisible bookmark!

I am using a cocktail napkin from Halloween for The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer. I has goofy looking skulls on it.

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