do you guys use money as a bookmark?

i don't have any money

I spend all my money on Sodiepops and cigarettes at the gas station

Yes. Nice thread by the way

No need for a bookmark.
If you can't remember exactly where you stopped, then reread it from the beginning and give it your attention this time.

>>8064195
Ada as in Nabokov?

>>8064195
>a fucking leaf

explains a lot

>>8064195
No, I lose all my bookmarks. I did find a $10 bill in one of my library's Wizard of Oz books though.

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>>8064195
>meme trilogy in the background

>>8064237
so HE'S the cunt making all those meme trilogy threads

>>8064237
I always have the meme trilogy in sight. so when my friends come over they say "hey are those any good?" and I try and keep a straight face a say "yeah you wanna borrow one?"

>>8064250
and lolet *

>>8064250
nice cat

Bookmarks are for the plebest of plebes. The superior way to read is naturally: either read where you open to and literally get lost in the text, unafraid to take the wrong turn or get off on some strange exit, journeying into the strangest and most interesting worlds of literature as they would be to anyone new to them, or else to read in one sitting and absorb the story as if it were your life.

>>8064195
are you the same fag that took that swell photo of the god delusion with rainbow dash sitting on top of it?

found a $5 bill in a library book once. highlight of my life, it's been downhill since

>>8064195
Where did you buy Ulysses, mine has the same pen mark on the bottom

also the canadian dollar...

>>8064195
>Gaddis

good man. also, nice trilogy there in the background. except that one in the middle.

>>8064218
>>8064352
This tbqh. If you can't remember the page number or the general part of the book you were reading, then you weren't paying close enough attention. I rarely use bookmarks.

>>8064195
kek @ background
im proud OP

>>8064357
hell no man. I'm to old for that stuff.

Bookmarks are for book fetishists. People for whom it's far more important to be seen as a reader than it is to actually read.

People who couldn't analyze a text a minute after finishing it.

>>8066294
>projecting

lmao

>>8066308
he's right though.

I personally even find that having bookmarks around me only distracts me from actually reading the damn work.
While I'm reading, the bookmark is sitting around somewhere near me, and it's like it's literally staring at me and waiting for me to hurry up and god damn finish with my annoying pretending that I'm doing something useful already so that it can be tucked away again in the warmth and cozyness of the book.

I don't really use bookmarks since I often just remember the page but when I do it's usually old receipts or cards or something like that.

>>8066219

gay

>>8066346
if you get distracted from a bookmark you have ADD

>>8066346
>bookmark waiting for you to finish
wtf dude

the most patrician bookmark is a leaf or a feather or a twig, something you pick up near the tree you're reading under

>>8066375
almost forgot insect wings

>>8066375
lmao I'll get a twig

>>8066375

>twiggy recommending a twig

self-promoting shill. reported.

>>8064195
I saw a hispter guy doing that in the subway yesterday

Is it some kind of new trend?

>>8066440
was it me? and was I reading the recognitions?

>>8064195

Shit like that just screams "I'm a bougie wanker".

no. money is dirty.

cool idea, op!
I'm gonna bookmark my copy of J R with money!

This whole thread stinks of "hey, everyone I'M READING GADDIS AND I HAVE THE MEME TRILOGY!!!!!!"

I guess not enough people IRL give a shit.

Don't show us the books you bought—show us how you benefitted from reading them.

>>8066445
I don't remember... In argentina light brown bear and hear, glasses with a 5 pesos bill

If was you, I like you your jacket

>>8064195

i use foreign money that i cba to get exchanged, like 1 dollar bills

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>>8066476

I always use money as a bookmark. Moreover, I pocket it back only if I finish reading the book, otherwise it stays in, even if borrowed.

>>8066455
fucking this Jesus Christ

>>8066577
Sounds like a good way to discipline yourself. I'll keep that in mind, thanks anon.

>>8066577
lol nigga goes broke. has money in books not yet finished. leaves money in books. sheeeit

>>8066455
Apparently most banknotes have trace amounts of cocaine on them. Fun fact for ya.

>>8066583
>uses $100 bill
>loses book

sheeeeit

>>8066476

The kind of anon who would post pictures of themselves reading 'The Recognitions' on this board for /lit/ points are exactly the kind of anon that Gaddis was lampooning in the work and they don't even see it.

Just shrug it off and keep it moving.

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Not me but

>>8066588
I once found 10 000 vietnam moneys in a book.

I lost a 20 dollar bill doing this with library books

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>>8064195
omg OP what page are u on

>>8066973
ill-fitting clothes

>>8067028
lol im viet. that's like 50 cents usd

>>8067356
287

>>8067356
>peeps
you fucking child

>>8067356
Is peeps a good book? I heard you need to know like the entire Western canon before you read it because of the blizzard of literary allusions

yes

i use a ripped dollar bill that i couldn't use at a liquor store

>>8067681
It was in an easter basket gift from my mom :(

>>8067698
Wouldn't recommend peeps to anyone who wasn't deliberately seeking out peeps, honestly. It's pretty monotonal, so once you get through a tenth of it, you know exactly what the rest of peeps is going to be like, you get pretty sick of it.

i love peeps

>>8068147
Are American bills still made from paper? Why do you goons stick with the exact same banknotes for decades on end? Polymer is much more durable and allows for tighter security features. Silly Yanks.

>>8068215
fuck you red coat trollyhopping bastard!

>>8068215
we literally invented the concept of money so YOU could use it you dumb YUROPOOR show some respect

>>8064195
The Mormon Church has shittons of bookmarks

>>8068230

>we literally invented the concept of money

lol is this kid for real

>>8064195

post moar of the puss

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>>8066346
You need medication senpai

why would I use a $5 bookmark when I could use a $0.05 bookmark

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>>8068421

>>8068458
so desperate to show books and five dollar bills, like you think either means anything about you

i hope you're young or, like, mentally deficient somehow

>>8068458

Thanks. Nice kitty. Needs a softer blanket though.

>>8068468
nah I'm just desperate to show some thing about something or something.

>>8066219
You're reading a book wrong if you're paying attention and memorizing each individual word or phrase. You merely read it roughly as a whole, and whatever essence you extracted from it, that's all you have. This also means, NEVER read the same book twice, it is a most unholy sacrilege.

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>>8068496
You almost had me fooled, anon.

>>8068496
I guess you don't have any formal study of literature. Thanks for trying to contribute, anyway.

>>8068458
where u at my canadafriend? kebekwa? the 6?

>>8068496
>he thinks a single reading is enough
>he hasn't read his favourite books more than 30 times
>he can't quote entire pages

oh anon

>>8068496
Studying literature has eliminate all my love for reading, word by word analyzation is one of the most painful thing in the world.

>>8068554
I guess you never liked literature to begin with, then.

>>8068560
I guess so, but my knees are too deep to back out now.

>>8066294
>>8066346
the autism is unparalelled

>>8068570
sssssssssssssssssssss

I had a friend in the Peace Corps who went back to US for a week to visit some family and while she was there bought a book in a used bookstore that ended up having $100 in it. There was a pretty good all you can eat and drink sushi restaurant in Skopje so she used the money to feed us all.

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Absolutely.

>>8066973
There is simply too much wrong with this image.

Is it satire?

>>8066973
>running shoes

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Use an old bracelet someone made for me that was accidentally cut at one point. It's kinda nice I think.

>>8069170
that's literally the gayest thing in this entire thread.

>>8069145
>He's open to it not being satire.

There really is one born every minute.

>>8069173
What did you mean by this?

>>8069193
it looks like a dildo with a caterpillar design

it's super gay dude

>>8069193
wearing anything around your wrist is gay.

>>8069193
He meant you suffer from dick breath.

>>8069193
also, you have man hands, so you're probably not a woman which is why ur an ultra gay faglord

>>8069202
>>8069199
>>8069197
>>8069196
What's up with the homophobia? Reported.

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>>8064195
>not eating each page after you're done with it

>>8069208
Concerned third party here. I think the hand is cute. But I'm afraid I'll be reporting both you and myself for announcing reports.

>>8069208
What's up with the homophobe-phobia? Not reported because not faggot pussy here.

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>>8069208
because it's not natural.

>>8069226
I bet you smell nice.

>>8069226
lol thats like 4 inches erect

>>8069258
6.

>>8069258
barely 4

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I use a $20 bill that I fold into a swan. Promise myself not to take it back until I'm through with the book.

>>8069269
this is actually gayer than that bracelet

>>8068458
the sound and the furry

>>8068570
Thanks for being with us tonight based capitalist man

>>8066346
Haha time for bed fuck this

>>8066346
This post is art. It should be made into a bookmark.

>>8069193
lol why did you ask this, I'm the one who posted the photo. Thanks for taking that heat bro.

>>8064195

In my poorer days I would use a $20 bill (USD) as a bookmark, so that it meant I always had enough money to go out and buy a new book whenever I finished the one I was reading.

Nowadays, though, I have a real income, so I don't need to resort to pseudo-tricks like that.

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Sure thing. Extremely luxorious and convenient. Currently reading Dostoyevsky's bio, that bill is like ~7 dollars.

>>8070772
I found a 1k paper on aeroexpress last summer
hehe

DOG
O
G

EARS
A
R
S

I used rolling papers but now I've gone full e-reader.

>>8071440
>reading infinite jest on an ereader

k

>>8071449
It works well with all the endnotes, actually.

>>8069790
>mfw I'm going to print this

hell I might even laminate it

>mfw no face

When I was young, mommy used to encourage me to read by handing me a crisp $5 every time I put in my daily 30 Minutes(tm). The timer would ring, and I'd run over to her with the book wide open, smiling cheek to cheek, and she'd slide it in for me. The bill would have to stay there as my bookmark until I opened it again, but if I volunteered to another 30 Minutes session, I could pocket it and then repeat the process as many times as I wanted. I was really upset when the economy hit the shitter and finances became tight, because she said she couldn't afford to do it anymore. Reminiscing, I was livid, in fact. "I'm going to college next year and YOU CAN'T EVEN support your child's intellectual growth? You FUCKING BITCH!" She didn't cry but I could tell that I had broken her, and I deeply regretted it. I was too proud to apologize at the time, and halfway through my sophomore year, I learned that she was hit by a drunk driver. I will never fully repay my debt to her, but as the next closest thing, I volunteer at a local children's shelter, offering $1's (hey I'm a poor student still) for the same purpose. My greatest protege is a child named Elijah, very bright and I can see how curious and exploitative his mind is. Sometimes I just give him the money outright, but if he wants me to hold his position in the book with just his finger, he has to hold something of mine, haha, but that's another story.

>>8064218
fart sniffer and friend

>>8064237
Good spot. I have seen that layout earlier today. Top meme op. Are they any good btw

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>>8073238

>haha

>>8069078
Has crossword book on /lit/. Reddit/tumblergag detected

>>8069210
Those bitches are giving me the duck meeyes real good. Am fapping

I rip out the page after I've read it, the way it's meant to be done.

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I use an actual bookmark, featuring the cover illustration from Strike the Blood volume 14, like other every volume it's the main heroine Yukina.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4048655035/

Although when reading I use the other, purely white, side.

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>>8073238
>I'm going to college next year
WHAT A TWIST

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>>8068458
i use toilet paper

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hell yeah, one in every book, lowest denominator tho.. probably have like 20 euros spreaded

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i just dot the damn page im on with ink

>/lit/ is a good board they said.

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>>8073238
Truly an exquisite post, what a ride, what a thrill.

I tear the page instead of using a bookmark

>>8074575
Nobody has ever claimed this

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>>8074538
>e that was accidentally cut at one point. It's ki

>>8074575
>/lit/ is a single entity he assumes

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>>8074575
4chan is the best website on the Internet, ergo /lit/ is the best place for Literature related discussion. Prove me wrong.

>>8066587
thanks Capt. Obvious

>>8074600
o shit waddup

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>>8073238

>>8064195
cute cat

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>>8076732

OK, is Infinite Jest really just a meme? Because if I spend time reading that shit for nothing I'll be pissed.

>>8076735
god i wish i had a cat but my decrepit landlord wont allow it

>>8076750
Animals cost money. Don't get one.

>>8076756
Nothing worth having in this life is free

>>8076745
I wouldn't call it a meme. But I also don't think it's worth reading.

>>8064195
No, I don't want to offend people who cannot afford basic needs to read a book. Check your rich privilege faggot.

>>8076760
Wrong. God is free. Faith is free.

>>8076765
Well, I did pay money for it. Might as well read it.

>>8076760
on the contrary, the only things worth having can be gotten free.

>>8074600
here come dat boi