I’m actually not a huge fan of bookmarks! Don’t get me wrong, I shudder at the thought of dog-earing a page, but I prefer the use of unconventional items as bookmarks.

I use pretty much whatever I have on hand. Napkins, receipts, money, business cards, sticky notes, straw wrappers, elastics, notes, tags from clothes, recycled pieces of paper etc.

I know it sounds dumb but I think what people use for a bookmark can say a lot about them.

For example, someone who bought a bookmark may appreciate the finer things. Someone who made a bookmark might be crafty. Someone who uses whatever they find may be too engrossed in the book to make time to find/make a proper bookmark. Or maybe they just like to use seemingly ordinary things in unexpected ways.

I don’t know why my answer to this very simple question turned into an extensive analysis about bookmarks and what people use for them and why and what that says about them. Sorry about that. :P