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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
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 🤔
I'm lawful evil. But I think they mixed up neutral evil and chaotic evil.
Me too, and this is the only alignment chart where I’m lawful and I don’t like it.
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
Chaotic Evil would be ripping out every page you've read.
Hey Satan, nice to hear from you! Welcome to the chat!
ebook is the only way to guarantee I can read the book. page material and gloss, layout, spacing, kerning, etc. can all combine in various ways to make me inexplicably unable to read or have a really hard time reading where I have to focus really hard on each letter rather than each sentence. Oled has made is possible for me to read large bodies of text on phones but for full books I always go for the eink.
Just a reminder that you shouldn't put plants in your book – seriously, that can ruin the paper.
You're right, plant material is going to decompose if there is any trace of humidity in the air and there goes your page... I just stick a thin slice of smoked ham in there
Burning the page you just finished reading so you can read the next page, while standing there in a dark labyrinth ~~where a minotaur is lurking~~.
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 from the pages. Naked and sharp. How's that for chaotic evil??
(Thankfully nobody was harmed. Glad they all wore gloves!)
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
I'm consistently in the middle of many, many books. I use dollar bills so I get a reward for actually finishing.
Chaotic good gang checking in.
My library gives out paper due-date receipts, so its was meant to be.
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?
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.
Chaotic evil mwah ha haaaaaa
I guess I'm chaotic good when I'm not just listening to audiobooks, but I like to find a Magic card that fits the general vibe of the book.
For example, I chose Lost in a Labyrinth for House of Leaves
That's so cool thank you for sharing this little tidbit :)
I fold dog ears everywhere, in variable sizes. The bigger the dog ear, the more important the passage.
Chaotic Good, or I'm just listening to an audio book.
Chaotic good. I have bookmarks, I just forget to use them.
I have a very old book (published in 1794) that has leaves, spiders, some writing, as well as fire and water damage. Not worth anything in the condition it's in, but it's mine and I love it. I've always wanted to know why there were spiders in it, but I'm thankful it's not bound in human leather.
Save for a few I bought second hand, and the first book I ever owned (I managed to have it signed by the author 20 years later) the rest of my books look like they are fresh off a bookstore shelf.
And then there is Billy Boyd's method, which is so evil it is off the chart.
I use old Christmas cards:-)🎄
Book Darts are the way. The only way. (That's a "sentence pointer" made out of copper. It's archival quality, so it won't damage your book, even if you leave it there for a very long time.)
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.
I read books to read what's inside them, not to save them forever as objects. So chaotic evil it is. Unless there is a receipt handy.
Chaotic Good +, I usually end up making a bookmark at my desk by folding and taping paper or a post-it
I have done it all except leaving it face down
I used an eraser to keep track of it, had a bookmark that I used, and I actually used a pencil to keep track of where the sentence was, and don't even ask me about Adam Smith's wealth of nations where I quite literally did math on the pages with the charts and scribbled page numbers to keep track of shit
I use old Zimbabwean money.
Right now I actually use my eBook as a boommark for my paper book. What category is that?