There are only two kinds of books that are truly loved - those pristine and undamaged, and those which look like they’ve been through the apocalypse

  • @[email protected]
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    5 months ago

    Book Darts are the way. The only way. (That’s a “sentence pointer” made out of copper. It’s archival quality, so it won’t damage your book, even if you leave it there for a very long time.)

    • sp3ctr4l
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      45 months ago

      Absolutely, putting a book down open face will fuck up the spine, and if done for a long time or repeatedly, the whole book will be deformed and maybe even fall apart.

      That seems much more chaotic to me than dog earing a few pages.

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    55 months ago

    Small post-it notes

    That way when I get distracted by another book, I can leave the mark right there. Considering I’m always “in the middle of” at least five books, this is the best solution I’ve found.

  • Elaine Cortez
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    25 months ago

    Lawful evil here since I have a habit of writing down reminders for random things on a notepad file

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    35 months ago

    Lawful evil. If I’m just reading through a book and can’t remember where I left off, it’s probably not a book worth coming back to. Bookmarks are exclusively for passages I want to come back to after I’ve finished the book - in those cases it’s usually just a scrap of paper.

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      5 months ago

      I throw dust jackets away immediately, because I think they’re an abomination and books look and feel better without them. And then I dog-ear the pages because it gives them character.

      I must be extra chaotic extra evil.

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        55 months ago

        I throw them away because I will tear them, the tears will catch on my hands, and it will slide half-off at the worst possible time.

    • beefbot
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      95 months ago

      I’d love to do this clearly easier method except that dust jackets are the devil. One, they ALWAYS get ruined, ALWAYS. Two, they’re weirdly loud if you read in bed & your partner is trying to sleep. Three they sure don’t keep dust off if you store books on a shelf standing up

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    35 months ago

    Ugh, I feel unrepresented. I sort of remember where I was, read a bit to see if I recognize it, and then skip a little forward or backwards depending. I have definitely skipped entire chapters before because the style/sentences sounded like what I remember.

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    55 months ago

    Chaotic Good +, I usually end up making a bookmark at my desk by folding and taping paper or a post-it