I'm hoping you all use them and not do gory things like bend down page corners. But even if you do, where is your bookmark? What book is it in at the moment? Do you have a dozen bookmarks all in different books? When's the bookmark going to move on?
My bookmark (I have hundreds, but try to only have a few working at any one time) is currently in "A Vision of Murder" by Victoria Laurie, the third Psychic Eye mystery featuring Abby Cooper.
The bookmark will be moving along tonight when I go to bed.
I have a couple of books going right now but little time to read -- the final week of the school year brings its own special craziness, you know. I'm trying not to start anything at work since I won't be there for much longer and have too much to do when I'm in my office.
At home I have two current starts. One is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In March I joined an LJ community that proposed a reading calendar to finish all of the HP books in time for the release of book 7 and I've been loosely following that (ok, I'm 2 weeks ahead of schedule, but since I've only read the 6th book one time, I'll probably go through that one twice). I also have a bookmark (yep, I do use them -- and have a couple of extras hanging around if needed) in a paperback that I bought at a thrift shop, a light mystery/crime-type novel called California Angel by Nancy Rosenberg. I read that here and there, as I do the first one. I also have a copy of Dragonlover's Guide to Pern and a couple of specialized dictionaries next to where I normally sit to use my computer. And the Bible -- not reading in any order (I've been through cover-to-cover several times already) but read some every day.
And of course, the ever-increasing file of unread Triad posts. I tend to accumulate about 30 of them and then start reading them down to zero (currently on a read-down stage and have 19 to go through).
I currently have bookmarks in:
Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book
DragonQuest (My current project)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (I tried to read the last two before the last book came out but I got too sad when I started reading about Dumbledore again, so I switched to #5 But I got to worked up about Sirius, so I stopped.)
The Misanthrope By Moliere (for school)
and I think thats it.
I currently have a bookmark in...
Haruki Murakami's Underground which is about the 1995 serin gas attacks. He's usually a fictional author, and I like his short stories, but this one is all interviews with the victims, some of the perpetrators I think and some of the former and current members of the Buddhist cult responsible. Its really interesting.
Lesley Downer's Madame Sadayako which is also non-fiction but it puts Memoirs of a Geisha to shame, just because this is the biography of a real Geisha who became world famous and was the first female actor in Japan. Her life was so amazing I can't even believe she's a real person!
And C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, which is also non-fiction, but I like everything he writes. So I know I have a bookmark in The Great Divorce and in my complete paperback of The Chronicles of Narnia.
And I don't use bookmarks. I use recipts or whatever scrap of paper is handy.
No bookmarks. I bend the page corners down. All my books are well-loved. I keep losing bookmarks, though, so I had to have this habit...
I use whatever is handy, and I'll bend page corners before I'll put a book face down on its spine. Which makes me ANGRY.
Anyways... I just ran out today to get Carrie Vaugn's 'Kitty Takes a Holiday' (a series I'd recomend to anyone), and a debut novel called 'Jack Knife' about time travel and Jack the Ripper that was recomended by a smart friend of mine whose judgement I trust. I haven't had a chance to peek at them yet, though...
I have collection of bookmarks, mostly I use old post-cards. Few of them are made by my son. I never bend pages or leave book open face down. :shocked: Currently I'm reading H.G. Wells Modern Utopia (in finnish translation).
Quote from: "Paula"I never bend pages or leave book open face down. :shocked
Quote from: "Yvonne"I use whatever is handy, and I'll bend page corners before I'll put a book face down on its spine. Which makes me ANGRY.
You know, when I don't have a piece of paper handy the way I always keep my place is to put a book face down on a hard surface and then sit on it for a while and then bend it straight back until the spine creases at exactly the right spot and it just seems to magically open to that page! Is that wrong? :angel13:
I don't do any of that - you see where I live, pages have numbers ;)
Currently, I'm re-reading 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes' by Diana Gabaldon.
Next on the list is #4 in the Honor Harrington series, then after that, something by Robert A Heinlein
*whispers* I'm not reading any book currently.
*whispers even quieter* I bend page corners and lay books face down!
But don't worry, currently there are no books being tortured, only scrapbooking magazines.
I have a demo day coming up which I have to prepare for, as well as classes starting in the new term. I am also getting a trivia night prepared for this weekend for the local footy club, so all systems are go at the moment.
And I haven't bought a new book in aaaaaages. I haven't even stepped into a book shop in - I don't know how long. I am getting a new ink cartridge for my printer this week, so as of Sunday night I will be curling up with some great new writers I have recently discovered.
Their names are too many to mention, but they're all part of this online club I discovered......
Like Vix I usually save up some posts and then read them all at once, this time I have *goes to check* *faints* Almost 200 to read. That would probably equate to almost two whole Pern books!!!
Yay! Thanks guys. Though I can't promise not to fold down pages, or leave the copy open and face down. ;)
Quote from: "Kaysea"I bend page corners and lay books face down!
I heard that!
Quote from: "Eimi"Quote from: "Paula"I never bend pages or leave book open face down. :shocked
Quote from: "Yvonne"I use whatever is handy, and I'll bend page corners before I'll put a book face down on its spine. Which makes me ANGRY.
You know, when I don't have a piece of paper handy the way I always keep my place is to put a book face down on a hard surface and then sit on it for a while and then bend it straight back until the spine creases at exactly the right spot and it just seems to magically open to that page! Is that wrong? :angel13:
Many, many years ago I worked for Doubleday (ok, only for about a month -- it was a summer job and the factory was caught in the middle of a major hurricane and flood) and was assigned to about a week in the publishing area (most of this facility was taken up with mailing machine so I had to stock feeds of multiple inserts for mailing envelopes for the other 3 weeks). At any rate, we had to do a quick riffle through to make sure print was even, glance at top to be sure spine tab was showing and pages were evenly cut (one reason why I refused to buy recent hardcovers with purposely uneven pages), inspect cover for any blemishes, and last of all -- a quick spine snap to allow easy opening of book.
Quote from: "Vix"...one reason why I refused to buy recent hardcovers with purposely uneven pages...
Rough cut is just a tradition, like gilt or marbled edges. I like it on some books but didn't feel it was quite the thing on the latest Artemis Fowl hardback.
Quote from: "Vix"...a quick spine snap to allow easy opening of book...
Probably not a good idea now. Hardbacks used to be stitched in signatures and would last more than a lifetime but now they're just cut pages glued into hard covers - paperbacks, in effect, in hard covers. And lately the ones I'm getting from the US have a revolting wave in the text block so that looking from the top the covers are straight and the pages have a couple of waves between spine and page edges. Instead of lasting a lifetime these books won't last any longer than paperbacks.
Okay, that's apparently a hot topic with me. :laughing5:
Most of my bookmarks are in the form of paper clips or index cards (plus the occasional dog-earred page). At the moment, the only things I am actively reading are my textbook for history class and "Into the Woods" for play analysis.
Dog-ear baby! I fold down pages, I lay them open on the spine, I HOLD MY PLACE WITH MY TEETH if I have to pause to do something else quick...
My books are a big ol' well loved mess. Which is why I keep backup copies of many of them. I keep them around until the covers fall off, then I keep going until I lose too many of the pages to read, then I go on ebay and buy a lot of books and start over. ;)
I have been forced to quit hardback and go to paperback only, though, mostly at the request of my husband. I read myself to sleep, and apparently dropping the book on his head when I doze off hurts way more when it's hardcover. :D
I figure the authors don't mind how I abuse their books since that just means I need new copies eventually!
(I have confessed to Becki at one point that my most favorite book currently is sitting in a stack on my bookshelf... a stack because I have 4 copies. *hides*)
My bookmark is currently in Melanie Rawn's "Sunrunner's Fire." :love5: I tend to use bookmarks, and I always use them when I'm reading a book that's in hardcover.
I use whatever piece of paper is nearby, but I do have a few actual bookmarks. I'm not reading anything in particular at the moment. Too busy with the end of school and all, but I have plans to get book 7 of Harry Potter.
Quote from: "Bree"I have been forced to quit hardback and go to paperback only, though, mostly at the request of my husband. I read myself to sleep, and apparently dropping the book on his head when I doze off hurts way more when it's hardcover. :D
LOL
Poor Mike. I can understand this request.
I've been relatively busy of late so I don't have as many bookmarks going as normal. I do use bookmarks, though someone mentioned receipts and I use those too...
I'm reading the Chronicles of Narnia to my daughter (read it many times to myself). Have some bookmarks in my Pern books since joining this club. Re-reading [/i] Bittersweet by J.G. Holland. Husband and I are reading Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. Was re-reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis but got distracted - do still have a bookmark there. Have a few bookmarks in my Bible, mostly the minor prophets which I haven't read overly much, and I did just resart the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I am looking forward to reading the final Harry Potter when it comes out in July, and my husband and I have this agreement about reading these classics that we have been collecting....
Quote from: "Ainsley"and my husband and I have this agreement about reading these classics that we have been collecting....[/i]
I love the classics! I collect them too. And then never read them... :ops:
Quote from: "Eimi"Quote from: "Ainsley"and my husband and I have this agreement about reading these classics that we have been collecting....[/i]
I love the classics! I collect them too. And then never read them... :ops:
Yep!
Want to...Mean to...Really think it's a great idea...end up reading a few pages and getting distracted by life!
Quote from: "Ainsley"I'm reading the Chronicles of Narnia to my daughter (read it many times to myself). [/i]
Same here! I'm going thru Chronicles of Narnia with my son! We finished The Silver Chair last evening. That leaves just the Narnia's Last Battle to be read. After it, maybe we'll tackle the Hobbit.
I last read them when I was teenager and I now see then quite differently than fifteen years ago. I didn't realize back then of how much religious-symbolism they contain.
Currently I am halfway through Philippa Gregory's <i>The Constant Princess</i> which is about Catalina, Infanta of Spain aka Katherine of Aragon. Very good. Katherine is one of my favorite historical figures and I take pride it sharing her English name. :D
I'm also going through George Orwell's <i>1984</i> again - for the 7th time. It is easily my favorite book and I never get bored of it... and I recommend it to everyone.
I want to find another biography about Katherine of Aragon and I recently finished a biography of Catherine the Great of Russia (my namesake). Powerful women - my favorite subject.
Also, I don't use bookmarks. When I was in high school/college, I'd be reading 10+ books at once and have numbers written on my hand - so I could remember which page I was on. But, with 2 books going, I can usually remember them.
I loved 'The Constant Princess'. And '1984' is an absolute classic.
I'm still plodding away at the HP books -- but ahead of schedule for book 6 release. I've also starting reading Gregory Maguire's <i>Son of a Witch</i>, getting into it slowly since it's been a while (a few months) since I read <i>Wicked</i>.
And I'm still plodding away at the Triad posts -- up to 70 at one point yesterday but made it down to 40. Then Jane posted some more. :confused2:
Quote from: "Vix"... but ahead of schedule for book 6 release.
Book 6?
Quote from: "Jane"Quote from: "Vix"... but ahead of schedule for book 6 release.
Book 6?
Ok, book 7.
I read forum posts while my morning coffee is brewing so I'm bound to make a few mistakes.