Book Lover – Darkestwings Reads

On Using Bookmarks

Lee — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:34:32 +0000

Can I just say, I’m so happy I’ve started using bookmarks!

Like I was never a bookmark user, mostly because I would lose them, so I would just dog-ear my pages (top corner for marking my place, bottom corner if there was a quote or something else on the page I wanted to talk about later). To be clear, I don’t think this is a bad thing, if that’s what you do that’s cool. But like, sometimes I would come to a book that was brand new or just so special to me that I couldn’t make myself dog-ear so then I’d just have to try and remember where I was because I never had a bookmark…

But now… I am officially a bookmark user! And I have to say, it makes reading feel somehow more special? It’s so aesthetically pleasing to use a bookmark. It’s like drinking tea out of a cup and saucer just for the Aesthetic and the little clink sound when you set the cup down. (Who does that? Not me, never heard of that…) And of course since I’m not dog-earing I’ve started using little sticky tags to mark quotes and sections I want to consider later. (Also aesthetically pleasing, hello nerd aesthetic.)

I know this is a really silly thing to make a whole post about, but to be honest I’m stalling a bit and anyway where else could I announce that bookmarks make me feel special without being stared at like a weirdo?

Bibliophile Question:

Lee — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:26:16 +0000

Who else reads way too many similar novels in a row then proceeds to accidentally mix them up into one confusing super-novel?

So, if the zombie apocalypse happens…

Lee — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:28:31 +0000

…who wants to help me lock-down the big bookstore in the old opera house? Lots of space for sleeping and living, several stores nearby worth looting (wine shop nearby making zombieland bearable), endless entertainment from hundreds of books….

Book Bag

Lee — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:05:48 +0000

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Book Buying

Lee — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:16:26 +0000

So I went to Half-Priced Books with $40 thinking I’d get a few books since there was a 15% off sale, then maybe go to the Candy Shop and get some gummi bears for the giant bottle of vodka I have.

Two and a half hours later I leave the bookstore with 90 cents and two stacks of books I can’t even carry home on my own.

Now I have 4 stacks of books I really really really want to read…