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?

[Scarlet Coffee]

Both. I feel that the more beat up a book is the more that it's loved.

[Cavalier]

I have my special bookmark, Avatar the Last Airbender trading card, but sometimes I dog-ear it if my bookmark is not available. I honestly don't think of it as abuse but I have had a few friends freik out about it.

[Sarah Conard]

I actually don't use either. I either remember what page I'm on (more difficult to do when reading at school) or I read until the end of a chapter. But, I do find Dog-earing (wait...what? I just turned that into a verb?) books to be a bad thing. Not really "abuse" per say, but damaging. I did that to a book once when I was little, and the corners kept weakening and would rip off the page. Since then, I mostly memorize page numbers.

[Tyler Malachi]

Since I've been buying my own books, I really don't want to dog-ear my books anymore. I usually just write "bookmark" on an index card & use that. :)

[ProudR/HrShipper]

Always a bookmark, even if it's just a scrap of paper. We call a tissue a "Grandpa bookmark" since that's what my grandpa always used. I'll use anything that's lying about: coupons, calendar pages, library passes...

[Zadie]

I never dogear, ever. I do think that it's a display of affection on beat-up paperbacks but otherwise I call it abuse. I can never keep track of a bookmark though.

[Rebecca Ritter]

I dog-ear unless I'm borrowing someone else's book- seems impolite. But for my books I think it gives them character and shows that they have been well read and enjoyed. :)

[Katherine Welch]

I dog ear my books- I'd just loose a bookmark anyway.

[Rockccoli]

Always dog-ear. Sure, it's a bit paranoid, but I'm always afraid the bookmark will fall out somehow =_= it has before, so I cannot trust it... Plus, if the dog-ear unfolds, you can still find your place because of the crease :) HOORAY FOR DOG-EARS!! :D

[Katrina Futch]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH bookmark. Dog-earing hurts my heart. Why abuse the beautiful, crisp pages of an innocent book? <3

[Dante Lennox]

I dogear them. I also sit drinks on them... and pile things on them in my packpack that bends their covers... and leave them in the floor for puppies to maul and/or widdle on.

It's tough love. XD

[Kurt]

*gasp* You are committing book-a-cide when you do that!