Playing cards make the best bookmarks.

[BossLackey]

For the last five or six years, I've had a deck of bicycle cards on my bookshelf that I use exclusively for bookmarks. I often juggle several books at a time before settling on one, so I usually have 5 or 6 bookmarks floating around, especially if I stopped reading something a while ago and put it back on the shelf.

It is incredibly handy to just get a new card from the deck when I start something instead of looking around for something that would make a good bookmark. Or worse, using a thin receipt (which I often used to do after buying a book).

They're cheap, plentiful, and the perfect size. My only complaint with this method is that they're just a little too thin so that you can't flip to the page quite as easily as with a thicker bookmark.

For some reason this feels like something a grandpa would do. I'm okay with that.

 

[doublechocochip]

I love my wooden bookmark

 

[Deleted member 9241]

I just fold the page in half

 

[davepoobond]

so what happens when you actually need a complete deck of cards, do you go through all your books and lose your place?

 

[SoH]

I love my wooden bookmark

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Do these not fuck up the book binding?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I use matchsticks.

 

[Bakrider]

Ah yes, my copy of Mystical Space Typhoon has served as an excellent bookmark for many manga.

 

[TortoiseRevenge]

I use Pokemon cards with plastic sleeves on them and that has worked well for me for the last couple of years

 

[BossLackey]

I just fold the page in half

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Psycho detected

 

[BossLackey]

so what happens when you actually need a complete deck of cards, do you go through all your books and lose your place?

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Yeah. Every time me and da bois play poker, I go through every book to find my bookmarks, which takes a long time. I then lose my place in my books and have to start over.

I've been reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone since it was published.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

I dog ear the page. Call me a monster. *shrug*

 

[Pankratous]

I just fold the page in half

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I bet you litter at Costco as well after eating, you absolute animal.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Damn this is a good idea.

I normally use sticky notes or store receipts but I frequently find I don't have any at hand.

 

[Baked Pigeon]

I've done this before with those plastic decks that you use at parties for drinking games.

 

[Brazil]

I just fold the page in half

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Get out

 

[Hilbert]

I do the exact same thing down to having a pile on the bookshelf that I just grab from when starting a new book.

I actually double checked the OP wondering when the hell I posted this thread.

 

[Serule]

If you collect any CCGs, you likely have stacks of extra commons laying around.

I've been using cards from the Final Fantasy CCG as bookmarks; They are a little thicker than other playing cards.

 

[BossLackey]

I do the exact same thing down to having a pile on the bookshelf that I just grab from when starting a new book.

I actually double checked the OP wondering when the hell I posted this thread.

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Great minds think alike.

 

[BossLackey]

I dog ear the page. Call me a monster. *shrug*

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What fucks me up the most about this is that you take very good care of everything you own. You're just gonna murder a book like that?!

I am disappoint

 

[PassiveObserver]

I use old concert tickets. Or I'd visit the library and grab some free bookmarks.

 

[Deleted member 46958]

I just fold the page in half

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I winced.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

What's a bookmark, old man?

 

[Doggg]

I use tarot cards.

 

[Tezz]

I use a long strip of ribbon and tuck in into the back so it won't come loose. Like the kind that come in Bibles.

 

[Hilbert]

I dog ear the page. Call me a monster. *shrug*

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I don't do that, but I cant be mad about it.

When I see a beat up dog eared creased book, I see a book that has been read and loved. I cant be mad at that!

 

[Kevers]

I just fold the page in half

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I wish Crucifixion was still a thing.

 

[Fat4all]

ive got an inuyasha bookmark

 

[Fat4all]

 

[Barls]

I use a white 3x5 index card with "This is my bookmark" written on it.

 

[BLEEN]

I just put the book down open-faced. That's how it's done.

 

[Deleted member 19813]

Well, manga and light novels are my main hobby. I'm currently using one bookmark, yet I typically have more than one thing going at once. This is a great idea. Thanks for the tip. I'm going to buy a set of weeb playing cards from RightStuf.

 

[hateradio]

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Kawaii~


Also, what is a book mark? Why do you need to mark a book? And to that effect, what is a book? Isn't it just on your screen?

 

[Mattakuevan]

I use old pokemon cards :x

 

[Dice]

I um...use a square of toilet paper.

 

[Fat4all]

Also, what is a book mark? Why do you need to mark a book? And to that effect, what is a book? Isn't it just on your screen?

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a ha ha ha

what a book, Mark

 

[RomanticHeroX]

I use a Cards Against Humanity card that says "Guacamole."

 

[Regiruler]

Ah yes, my copy of Mystical Space Typhoon has served as an excellent bookmark for many manga.

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How does anyone own only 1 MST? You either don't have any yugioh cards at all or you have a playset of Commons from different sets.

 

[hateradio]

I um...use a square of toilet paper.

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What a shitty book.


Heueueueueueue

a ha ha ha

what a book, Mark

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Do you want to work on a screenplay with me?

On Mark and His Books?

 

[Fat4all]

Do you want to work on a screenplay with me?

On Mark and His Books?

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[wenis]

I do this too, I have a stack of decks with missing cards (for whatever reason) in my closet tied with a rubber band. I start a new book, i grab a new card.

 

[BossLackey]

I use a white 3x5 index card with "This is my bookmark" written on it.

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Damnit this is better.

 

[hateradio]

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Books: Mark My Words

 

[Deleted member 11039]

I use a rubber band. Take it off and put it on my wrist while I'm reading. Don't have to worry about it ever falling out or anything.

But now I kind of wish I used playing cards. Seems cooler.

 

[JJDubz]

I just fold the page in half

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[Ryuelli]

I just fold the page in half

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When I was younger I hated doing this (or damaging books in any way - to the point where I wouldn't even let people sign a yearbook). Now I'm the complete opposite. I prefer books that have "aged" characteristics. I don't know what it is, but knowing that someone before me had read this same book adds a bit of magic to it.

 

[Bakrider]

How does anyone own only 1 MST? You either don't have any yugioh cards at all or you have a playset of Commons from different sets.

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So true, I must have several dozen MSTs. I use that card because it used to be a staple and I kinda miss seeing it.

Haven't competitively ran MST in years.

 

[y2kyle89]

^my go to bookmark

 

[Bazza]

Use a Bicycle card as well, the packs usually come with at lease 1 non-playing card card so I use that and leave the actual playing cards complete.

 

[wvan13]

I loaned a book to a friend and got it back with a Magic the Gathering swamp land inside it as a bookmark. I thought it was a good idea and still have it in some book around here.

 

[Jegriva]

I just fold the page in half

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Just tear the page.