I dog-ear pages. I can’t help it! I know this is a big no-no in the book lover’s world, but I love dog-earing pages of my books.
The reason I dog-ear my books is because there are pages where they invoked some kind of emotion in me and I absolutely HAD to remember it. Whenever I’m bored I just pick a random book from my bookshelf, and open it to a page I had dog-eared. I love reading the page and wondering why I marked it in the first place!
There are some books that I don’t mark at all because I’m too busy flying through it that I can’t be bothered by stopping, lol.
Here are some examples of books I’ve dog-eared into submission:
That is my very old, very used copy of Stay by Deb Caletti. I loved the way it was written, and I dog-eared this book so much! Every once in a while I pick the book up and read the pages I dog-eared before. Look at all those foldings! I think it looks wonderful 🙂
Do you see that special little fold right there? This means I REALLY loved that quote. Shatter Me with it’s extremely pretty purple prose really captivated me and really made me want to bookmark EVERYTHING.
Now, there are times that I don’t actually fold the pages. I sometimes use sticky notes to express my love for a book.
I use different colors to express different things. For example, the blue sticky is something I didn’t particularly like. The pink ones mean I liked something that happened, or a quote I liked. The yellow one is a character description I enjoyed reading.
Boricuan Bookworms 
I AM EXACTLY THE SAME. THIS IS WHY WE ARE BOOKISH TWINS. I dog ear my quotes for when I review them, I can pick them out easily, but if I’m well behaved or my sticky notes are available, I tab the quotes that I liked too! Although, I like to take out my dog ears after I’m finished with them so I can pretend I never did that to my precious.
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OH GOSH YAY SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOES IT! I don’t take them out because I think it gives the book a certain character, lol. It means it’s been well read and loved 😉
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WHY?! NO?! Haha! I do this on textbooks, but not on my precious books. But it can’t be helped, sometimes, when a page accidentally folds, or the cover of the book gets tea stain, or the spine..oh the spine! But it’s inevitable. It happens. 😉
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*hides* I don’t take a pen to the book or anything, I just like knowing where the quotes are and whatnot 😉
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OH NO YOU DIDN’T!!! =))) I do this sometimes though 😦 I have bookmarks, but when I’m reading already, I become a lazy sloth and I don’t wanna move ever again.
Hmm, okay, because you wont judge. Sometimes when I don’t like the book, I rip the pages and just paint at them. I know, it’s horrifying! But now, I learn my lesson. I’ll just give it away to someone I think will enjoy it more than me. 😛
Awesome post, Marianne!
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Lazy people get things done faster 😉
I don’t think that’s such a bad idea. You’re giving a new purpose to the book, lol! But I tend to give it away instead.
Thanks, Paula! 😀
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Aww, I just died a little, Marianne. I used to dog-ear books too, but those were from the library and they’re already battered anyway. Haha. I can’t imagine doing it now, though. THE PRECIOUS BOOKS. *hands you more sticky notes* If I would have to confess anything, it would be that I use anything I can get my hands on as a bookmark, even chocolate or candy wrappers. Very sticky yet effective. Sometimes I use wires or combs. XD
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*hides in shame* Don’t judge me! It’s an unconcious decision really. I treat the books with loooove, though. And the dog ears are not ridiculous like others I’ve seen. I actually want to read the book in the future. LOL. I have your same issue. Everything’s a bookmark for me! xD
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THE HORROR. Haha. I could never do such a thing to my books. I like to put sticky notes to remember a page, but after a while I take them out because I can’t handle it, haha. I write the quotes I absolutely love down in my special notebook 🙂
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You see, I can’t do that. It’s not that I’m lazy, but I can’t be bothered to stop reading to copy down a quote. So I mark the page so I don’t have to interrupt my reading progress 😉 But it takes discipline to do what you do, so keep doing it! 🙂
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Not only do I ruthlessly dog-ear pages, but I have zero regard for the spines of paperbacks. My sister won’t even let me borrow hers anymore, LOL.
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HA! I knew I couldn’t be the only one who dog-eared pages! So glad someone understands. And to be fair, I wouldn’t lend a book to myself either 😉
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Haha! I won’t judge, but a bookworm dogearing their books? Unheard of! 😉
I really like the post it note system you have going on there though. It seems quite helpful and really well thought-out.
Thanks for sharing! ❤
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My problem with the post-it note system is that I sometimes do not have the stickys with me, so I resort to dog-ears. Haha. 🙂
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Oh boy ahahah! I never actually do that because I like keeping every one of my books ”clean” and like new. BUT, I do like post its (is that the word?) and I use them on my books whenever I read something that I’d like to re-read late. 😀
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Yes, post its is a word 😉 Hahahaha. And my books look kind of new regardless of the foldings though…. xD
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
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Oh noes! Don’t judge me *hides* Like I said, horrible habit 😉
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I AM CRINGING SO HARD RIGHT NOW!!! 😛
Seriously, you can do whatever you want to your books haha, but this is totally not for me. I really like my books to stay in good condition with no marks or blemishes, so this just isn’t an option for me. But I really do like marking down passages that I like, so I use the post-it note solution! I don’t have a color-coordinated system, though. Although now I’m thinking that I should! I’m actually really dorky and I just pick the color post-it note that matches the cover of the book and use one color throughout.
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No! Don’t cringe! xD
I’m really OCD about my post it system. I can’t have it deviate because if not then I’ll feel completely lost. LOL. I never thought about matching it to the book. That must look pretty!
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Ooh, I love the color coding for the sticky tag things!! Such a great idea 🙂 But oh gosh, I was terrified when I saw all those folded pages. It’s a pet peeve of mine. *shudders*
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Oh I’m sorry! Hahahaha now you know you shouldn’t lend me books, lol 😉
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I do this too! I know people hate it because it feels like ruining a pristine copy of a book but it’s my copy after all and I don’t want to forget the pages that felt important, you know? I alternate between dog-earing, tabbing and simply writing on my books haha!
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Yay! Someone who understands! I don’t write on my books, but I would if I didn’t have another choice. Ha!
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I MUST CONFESS. I am a persistent dog-earer. I can’t say I do it for quotes, but just as my bookmark. It’s just so much faster and will never fall out! I’m not even all that ashamed about it, haha. But I don’t normally go around sharing it either though…
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I’m a dog-earer and proud! Haha. I know what you mean. People start judging you because of your habit xD
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I’m more of a highlighter. I highlight the phrases or sentences I love. Oh no! Now that I think of it, it’s more horrible than dog-earing the pages. I should shift to post-its.
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Hahaha do what you love best! It’s your book, after all 😉
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*runs screaming in the opposite direction*
I kid, I kid. I think anyone and everyone is fine to do whatever they want to books, unless they are my books – in which case if any harm comes to them, I will hunt down the culprit TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. I am protective of my babies like that ;D
That’s not to say that I haven’t had the desire to dog-ear pages. For example, when I read IGNITE by Erica Crouch, I was highlighting the crap out of my Kobo edition and then when I marked it as ‘read’ it deleted all my highlights. WHAT? WHY? JUST BECAUSE I AM FINISHED DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE HIGHLIGHTS COULD BE DELETED.
So now, when I re-read that book, I will want to find and keep those quotes again, but it will be a physical copy (because I had to own that baby in paperback). But what will I doooo? I cannot dogear, or highlight or underline *wails*
Maybe I can buy a copy to highlight and do whatever I want with. i do actually love the look of well worn books. I think I just solved my IGNITE dilemma ;D
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Well I’m glad I could resolve your dilemma 😉
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OMG OMG OMG. I cannot unsee what I have just seen. *weeps bitterly*
MARIANNE. I clicked on the link knowing I would regret it, but I still had to scroll very fast past the photos. I’m a post-it note girl myself.
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I’M SORRY BUT I CAN’T HELP IT. Hahahaha.
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