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
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Chaotic war-crime: dog-ear where you make the fold exactly big enough so it points to the line you left off on.
Yes I did this sometimes as a kid and I still feel bad for the librarians who had to see the devastation I wrought.
You don’t memorize the page number, you just sort of remember where you are and find it
Ok Satan
Hi there, it’s called ADHD, kill me :)
We might need a 3rd axis for this, I feel it can be connected to any of these 🤔
3d alignment chart would actually solve as many problems as it causes. I’m into it
Me whenever lose my bookmark thinking it’s the worst thing to happen to me, my book is ruined, and then I find my exact spot in 6.4 seconds.
Is that chaotic lawful?
What’s neutral+neutral evil+chaotic good?
Mental illness
Right now I actually use my eBook as a boommark for my paper book. What category is that?
I’m neutral evil
even the CE doesn’t tear the corner of the page, and fold it to stick out a bit?
Over my life I’ve gone from neutral evil to chaotic evil to chaotic good and now am lawful neutral
Tear the page you’re on out and keep it in your pocket to look back to when you need to start again and you can find the page # on the torn out page. /S
Tear each page out as you read them. You’ll always open the book to the page you’re on
Calm down, Satan
Guess I’m chaotic good. Library gives a receipt for checked out books and even puts it in the book, so I just use that.
You’re thanked for that goodness!
My wife used to handle library returns. They had to examine each book for signs of bed bugs, and found interesting things used as bookmarks. Sometimes money, personal notes, or random business cards.
But I tell you, no story beat: A razor blade. Yep. Just fell right out. Naked and sharp. How’s that for chaotic evil??
(Thankfully nobody was harmed. Glad they all wore gloves!)
Well that’s a terrible bookmark! You have to be able to pick a bookmark up safely I feel!
Right?! And who would have a razor so close by that it would even make a convenient “Oh I’ll just use this then” bookmark? That was a weird one. I hope it wasn’t some kind of cruel joke.
On the other hand, she found like $50 once. Who knew books would be risk/reward mystery chests?
In any case, once a book is returned, it’s purged from the user’s history for privacy reasons, so… (Shrug!)
I leave the whatever it is in the book at the end. Not in library books, mind you. Don’t like making more work for librarians. I started the habit when I found a baggage claim ticket in a book I bought at a used bookstore. I leave them in when I pass them on to the next owner.
I’ve found a few ersatz bookmarks over the years. The best so far was a 6 of clubs. The worst was a used q-tip.
I’ve been most of these, but mostly chaotic good.
I’m consistently in the middle of many, many books. I use dollar bills so I get a reward for actually finishing.
Chaotic Good +, I usually end up making a bookmark at my desk by folding and taping paper or a post-it
This is delightful, thank you for sharing.
I try my best to never stop mid-chapter so I don’t relate to any of this.
Okay, and where is throwing the book aside and remembering the page, and when you inevitably forget where you were, just starting from the last place you vaguely remember?
“Previously on… Or wait, does this sound familiar? Did we jump forward instead?”
