#BookmarkMonday (8) -Confucius

"No matter how busy you are, you must find time for reading or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance." -Confucius

My library has a constant flow of weird and wonderful cardstock bookmarks and this is just one of many I've picked up from work.

ANY GUESSES ON WHAT BOOK THIS IS?

#BookmarkMonday (7): Austen Party

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One of the perks of working in a library -at least for me- is finding the notes left by my friend and coworker with thoughts on the book I happen to have on hold. Little does she know I keep them all. Muahahahahahaha!

This is my newest addition, found tucked into The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan:

It reads: Hahaha! You're hilarious. Now you have to have an Austen party.

Well, it wasn't my plan -I'm actually researching Regency England- but apparently now there's no getting out of it. Anyone know some good British recipes? (Seriously, send them to my Pinterest account.)

What's your favorite Austen novel?
I'm going to be totally cliche and say Pride & Prejudice, though I will admit, my current favorite Austen adaptation is the Emma Thompson Sense & Sensibility because Alan Rickman's Colonel Brandon somehow became my Austen soulmate within the last year. (When did that happen?!)

You know what, I don't even care. Ya'll can have Darcy. Brandon's mine.

#BookmarkMonday (6): Ollivanders

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Technically not a bookmark. More like a scrap of paper. But it is a scrap of paper depicting the wand that chose me at the Barnes & Noble midnight release party I attended for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. So the next best thing.

A fitting marker for my progress through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I have no doubt it will serve me well through Cursed Child as well.

Now, whether Cursed Child serves well...that's another question. ;)

Did you attend a release party for Cursed Child?
It was the first midnight release party I'd ever been to -I loved it!

#BookmarkMonday (5): Nature Bookmark

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Made from construction paper, packing tape, and dried flowers and leaves from our garden, this nature bookmark was a mandatory craft during a recent visit with some family members. ^_^

Bonus points: Can you name the book?
Last week's answer was: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

#BookmarkMonday (4): Page-Eating Monster

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I pulled this out of a geocache once and never regretted the trade! Of course, if it was really a page-eating monster...

Bonus points for anyone who can guess the book!

#BookmarkMonday (3): Ticket

Happy Independence Day!!!

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I don't have any patriotic bookmarks, so here's this one instead...

This one I made myself. A few years back my mom got a Cricut machine, so my sister and I played around with it a bit. I love this design because books are tickets to anywhere you want to go!

What bookmark do you think best fits the magic of books?

#BookmarkMonday (2): "Closing the Circle"

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I often pick up random bookmarks either at the library, bookshops, or in books themselves. I don't quite remember where this one came from (I know I definitely didn't pick it up at the Sears Art Museum). Because of the whimsical woman depicted in the painting -Closing the Cirlce by Jennifer Rasmusson- I generally find myself using this whenever I read Austen or any other romance.

Do you have bookmarks for specific genres? Or is that just me?

#BookmarkMonday (1): Laugh It Up Fuzzball

Another day, another meme! And what's a better fit for me than #BookmarkMonday?

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My gosh, you guys, my bookmark collection is *huge*. If I don't have more bookmarks than books, than it's a close call. I'm so excited to share them with you -from the awesome, to the weird and the random, to the downright nostalgic. (Seriously, why have I never thought of this before?)

First up, I have to share one of my all-time favorites:

It may be a tiny bookmark, but that makes it the perfect size for my paperback Star Wars books! I don't like my bookmarks that poke out at the top or bottom too much because, like I said, I love my bookmarks and don't want to see them bent or torn or crumpled when I tote my books around. (Yes. It's possible I would cry.)

My sister -ridiculously talented as she is- made this for me as a birthday gift last year. Thanks again, sis!

Are you a bookmark person? Or a person who views everything as a potential bookmark?