Dog-Ear or Bookmark?

[Caroline]

I always dog-ear my books. Some say this is abuse. I say it's a display of my affection. Do you dog-ear your books or use a bookmark? Do you have any special bookmarks?

[Liz Wall]

I'll turn down the pages and highlight in my paperback books, as long as they're not special to me. I take very, very good care of my hardbacks/special books.

[Larissa S]

I use ribbons, not bookmarks. I took this idea from a Jane Austen BBC series. They're a lot cuter and easy to mark and put no pressure between the pages. Some thick bookmarks do that and it bothers me. So: ribbons!

[Kayla]

I dog ear the lower corners of my books to mark pages that I adore - I am a serial book-abuser.
Dog-earring for the win.

[Hannah Margret Wall]

Personally, my mom's a librarian so dog-earing is blasphemy in my home. Of course, I lose bookmarks left and right, but most of my books are from the library. So I just use the reciept I get :/

[Gretchen Marlow]

I like to use bookmarks on my new books. Old paperbacks that i have flipped through thousands of times though are different. I always dog-ear those, especially my copy of Shel Silverstein's poems, to mark my favorites. Then I guess it really is a display of effection. I don't like it when my sister steals my new books and when I get them back they are marked up and dog-eared, though. I like to damage them myself ;) Good question!

[Bridget Channing]

I tend to dog-ear my books alot just to save my page but there are times when I either use my edward cullen book mark..*shame* or some random piece of paper.

[JuliaLovesBooks]

DOG EAR!
People say it's abuse... but honestly I sleep with books and read them near water, food, dirt, and the the like, and I have this strange habit of nervously tearing the margins, so dog-earing is the least of my problems. Anyways, if I didn't dog-ear, I'd probably bend it backwards (which even I, the book killer, think is a little harsh) or rip out th blank page in the back as a bookmark because I cannot seem to not lose a real one. *hangs head in shame SORRY BOOKS!

[AbbyLouisa]

I always use a bookmark. I always feel like I am hurting my books if I dog ear them. I also won't write in my books in anything other than light (verrrry light) pencil. Especially in library books.

I feel like books need to be respected, and I always share books, and I feel like damaging the books ruins them for future generations.

[Julia]

I don't like dog-earring my books, but I NEVER have a bookmark on hand! If it's a hardcover, I'll just use the dust jacket's sleeve thing to mark my page. Otherwise, I remember the page and take a guess later on.

[Chelsea]

I'm weird and don't dog-ear books and I also do my best to not break the spine on the books, at least not the first time through. And I generally don't use bookmarks either, I always try to end on a chapter so it's easy to pick up, otherwise I just do my best to remember what page/section I was on and try to find it again later.

[ayourdyourd]

Bookmark, or if the book has a jacket, I use the jacket flap (ie Harry Potter). Although, I do underline some books, which I definitely consider to be a sign of affection. I usually only underline the theory books I read for school, though.

[Roxana R.]

I used to dog-ear books when I was little. Then my mum told me she always read from where she remembered, so I usually do that now. But since I started buying books myself, I've switched to bookmarks. Somehow, I can't bring myself to damage them... I also have tons of books that I sort of inherited and have underlined quotations, but I always keep a notebook where I write them down along with the page and line number ^_^
Something I do for books that I really love is make a bookmark that I leave in there in case I ever read them again. I painted a space ship one for sf books :D