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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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?”
Chaotic evil mwah ha haaaaaa
Over my life I’ve gone from neutral evil to chaotic evil to chaotic good and now am lawful neutral
I use the dust jacket flap.
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.
Fuck me I hate those things. Straight to the trash.
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.
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
What’s neutral+neutral evil+chaotic good?
Mental illness
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.
As with tradition, chaotic good.
Sorry but the whole chart is misaligned here. Lawful good is dog-earing the page: it requires zero extra items and uses the structure of the book itself, and it doesn’t get in the way like a (shudder) ribbon does.
All others are chaotic evil options that get in the way of reading
But… But it’ll damage the the page. 🥺
I try my best to never stop mid-chapter so I don’t relate to any of this.
I’m consistently in the middle of many, many books. I use dollar bills so I get a reward for actually finishing.
I’ve been most of these, but mostly chaotic good.
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
Calm down, Satan
Tear each page out as you read them. You’ll always open the book to the page you’re on
This is delightful, thank you for sharing.
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.
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.
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 from the pages. 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!)
Chaotic Good +, I usually end up making a bookmark at my desk by folding and taping paper or a post-it
