Often when I purchase a second hand book, it contains a piece of ephemera. The message posted above was on a bright orange post-it note. I wonder what was wrong with the boat.
I have found blank hotel stationery, boarding passes, prayers cards, and grocery list. All of these were used to mark the spot but soon forgotten. Oddly enough I have even found book marks. Most of the book marks are Canadian in nature including one with a note written on the back, “Happy Canada Day at King’s Landing”, love Earl.
Another one quoted “this is where I went to sleep” on Prince Edward Island.
I read myself to sleep every night so I use whatever I can find just before I close my eyes. Although I sometimes use my reading glasses as a marker, pluckers are a personal favourite. Those are the annoying paper advertising inserts that you find in a magazine. The name was derived by a friend’s five year old, whose job it was to pluck out the inserts, before her Mom read the magazine.
What ever you use to mark your place remember……..
What’s the strangest thing you have found or used to mark a book?
I wonder if Bobby Greer is a reader?
Forgotten Bookmarks is my new fave blog.
http://www.forgottenbookmarks.com
I found a homemade bookmark with an obituary laminated to one side. So awesoem we kept it. oh, and that Singaporean dollar.
Yeah, the Singaporean dollar was cool.
While not a bookmark I once found small black and white family photos in the insert of a farming “calculator” from the 19th century. You should see their hats!