Bookmarked! #153: Paper Cuts

I’ve talked before about how you can have special bookmarks made out of rare types of wood or silver, or ones that are creative novelty items. But you can also just pick up free paper bookmarks, which are usually ads for something, at bookstores and libraries. At least you used to always be able to do that. More recently I haven’t seen as many.

On my last trip to the library I did see a pile of these bookmarks though, which really mark the bottom of the bookmark hierarchy. Looks like they just photocopied sheets of the same image and then chopped them up with a paper cutter. But since my aim is to include every sort of bookmark, from high to low, I thought I should give them a post anyway.

Book: The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

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Bookmarked! #152: Irish Heritage

I’ve got quite a few of these embossed leather bookmarks from heritage sites in England and Scotland, some gathered from a trip I took there in the 1970s and more recently sent me by a friend. This one, from the Cistercian Abbey Church of Holy Cross in Tipperary, Ireland, came from a yard sale closer to home. Which made me feel sad about what’s going to happen to my beautiful collection on the unthinkable event of my passing. Maybe someone will think that I visited Ireland at some point. But I never have.

Book: Ireland in the 20th Century by Tim Pat Coogan

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Bookmarked! #149: Scratch ‘n’ Sniff

No, I never scratched any of these. Even if I did wonder what Punk Berry Penguin was like. According to the promo material (printed on the back) they are “KAPOW! (Kid Activated Power Scents!) Super Fun Scented Bookmarks Activated by Scratch Action!” I’d be concerned that some of that smell might come off on the book I was reading!

Book: A Natural History of Human Emotions by Stuart Walton

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Bookmarked! #147: Lulu the Giraffe

Every now and then I leave a bookmark in its packaging. This is a good example. I think Lulu would look a bit naked, and a lot skinnier without it.

Not sure who I know brought me this back from Africa. But it’s part of my “Around the World” display now.

Book: Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse by Luke Kemp

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