Things are getting warmer in these parts, the snow is all melted and this little pewter bookmark struck me as something seasonal.

Book: Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

Bookmarked Bookmarks

Some friends just returned from a cruise on the Danube, and brought me back a little gift that they knew I’d appreciate. This is a bookmark of the Hungarian House of Parliament.

Book: Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Greg King and Penny Wilson

Bookmarked Bookmarks

I keep thinking Brass Butterfly was the name of a proto-metal band in the ’60s, or a  kung-fu master in a martial arts film of the same era. Around here though they’re bookmarks.

Book: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Bookmarked Bookmarks

But why an “S” bookmark? Well there is a reason, but it may have to remain one of life’s sweet mysteries, dear readers.

Book: The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black

Bookmarked Books

A lot of these paperclip bookmarks are silly, novelty items. Here are a couple I posted pics of a while back. I think this one really takes the cake though. I don’t know who even would come up with the idea. But it looks funky!

Book: The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe by Josh Mitchell

Bookmarked Bookmarks

This is another see-through plastic bookmark that I think works really well. Books on top of books on top of books!

Book: Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary by Henry Hitchings

Bookmarked Bookmarks

No, I’ve never been to P.E.I. You should know by now that I haven’t been many places. I’ve stood on the New Brunswick side of the Confederation Bridge over the Northumberland Strait though and looked at it. That should count for something.

Book: The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft

Bookmarked Bookmarks

Bryan Prince Bookseller was an independent bookstore in Hamilton that opened in 1989 and closed doors in 2018. The bookmark I have isn’t in the best of shape, but it’s all that’s left now.

Book: Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis by Robert D. Kaplan

Bookmarked Bookmarks

I don’t know much about the Children’s Book Store. I’m pretty sure I was never in it so I don’t know where I got the bookmark. I also don’t know what happened to the store as it’s not at this location anymore and probably no longer exists. At least I couldn’t find anything about it online.

I love the way the bookmark lets you make a list of the books you’ve read on the back. Things like that were lots of fun when I was a kid.

Book: Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School by Amos Kamil with Sean Elder

Bookmarked Bookmarks

Nope, I’ve never been to the Taj Mahal. Or India. But some friends brought me back this fancy keepsake that looks so nice in its package I don’t dare take it out.

Book: Thomas Kyd: A Dramatist Restored by Brian Vickers

Bookmarked Bookmarks