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50 Times Readers Forgot To Take Their Bookmarks Before Giving Away Their Books
Interview
People say that entire worlds can fit inside a book, no matter how tiny it is. Books give us fearless heroes, relatable stories, and transport us to lands unknown. But books can also carry stories as physical conduits: stories of their readers' past.
There's an online community that shares the odd and delightful things readers find inside their old books. The subreddit, aptly titled r/ForgottenBookmarks, is all about the quirky and sometimes strange things people use as bookmarks, forgetting them only for its next reader to find many years later.
Bored Panda reached out to the creator and the moderator of the community, u/unmoderated, and they kindly agreed to give us a little backstory about the subreddit. Read our conversation below!
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#1
Found A Lincoln Campaign Ribbon In An Old Book At An Antique Store!
Julia Mckinney 10 months ago
Just think about the history behind it. What book was it found in?
Judi Snarke 10 months ago
I bought used paperback from my library, in it I found 5 boarding pass stubs from for the same person, spanning 3 weeks and multiple countries
BarkingSquirell 10 months ago
That's the equivalent of shopping only local or using your receipt from a free library (big cities.)
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#2
Found In A Bible From 1895, “Ain’t I A Peach? Ha, Ha”
#3
Homemade Bookmark Found In A Library Book: “Was I Ever Happier..”
Dawn Marie 10 months ago
I would LOVE to meet and talk to this person. I feel that same way, but I do not take the time to think about the here and now. I certainly will now. WOW, this one has touched my heart. We all need to slow down and look at what is around us and just be in the moment.
BarkingSquirell 10 months ago
Subject to local cash in Canada (buy only Canadian) subject to tariffs and levies and also plus nominal internet usage (buy Canadian) and keeps our exchange rate down. Using credit cards and debit will help our exchange rate and keep tariffs and retail prices down. Need to support the the economy? Get local cash out of local atm.
The story of r/ForgottenBookmarks is quite an interesting one. Created in 2008 by the Redditor u/unmoderated, it was an extension of the blog they started in 2007. "I was the manager at my family's used and rare bookshop and always thought these finds were interesting," u/unmoderated tells Bored Panda.
"I shared a few with friends and decided to just make a simple Blogspot so I wouldn't have to send out emails," they add. Thus, the Forgotten Bookmarks blog was born. Throughout the years, that it was active, the Redditor posted many personal, funny, heartbreaking, and weird things they've found in the old books at their family's store.
#4
Forgotten Bookmarks - Library Edition
#5
Actual (Home-Made) Bookmark I Found In An Antique Book
Brian Droste 10 months ago (edited)
Back then there probably wasn't pre made book markers. So you had to make your own.
LizzieBoredom 10 months ago
The lesson I'm learning is that I should go through the library's classic literature section because most of these books haven't been checked out since the Civil War.
#6
Found Inside A Copy Of The Sirens Of Titan At The Goodwill Bins
Although the blog and other social media accounts for Forgotten Bookmarks aren't active anymore, in its heyday, it was quite popular. "The blog and the Twitter account ended up getting some traction and led to two books published by Penguin in 2011 and 2012," the creator tells us.
Indeed, you can even buy the two books today. The first one is a collection of similar things to this list, and it's titled Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between The Pages. The second one is a book of recipes: Handwritten Recipes: A Bookseller's Collection of Curious and Wonderful Recipes Forgotten Between the Pages.
#7
This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakspeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War
Julia Mckinney 10 months ago
Just think, we're heading for another civil war. Only this one won't be fought with bullets or cannon but with social media posts and "alternative facts".
zims 10 months ago
Pretty sure we'll reach the bullets sooner or later. Before social media they had newspapers, pamphlets, soap box speeches in the public square.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
Shakespeare's name was spelled inconsistently throughout his lifetime, including in his own handwriting. He spelled his name as both "Shakspere" and "Shakespeare"
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Found 20 Million German Mark In A Book From 1923. Time To Retire
Don Adams 10 months ago
When it was issued, post war inflation was so bad the note was just as good as a bookmark as it was money.
Nils Skirnir 10 months ago
I looked it up. In 1923, one USD was worth 4 trillion DM
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 10 months ago
That would be around .50 cents USD from the time. Hyperinflation was brutal...
SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
This could be worth quite a lot of money today. It's an antique and people do collect these types of things. It'd be worth having it valuated by somewhere such as Sotherbys.
Verena 10 months ago
People got their salary, split their family off and carted it immediately off to the various shops. Was only over the counter back then, no self serving. When you were last in the row, bread had already tripled in price. Hyperinflation, together with unemployment rates were the main reason the NSdAP attracted people. They believed in the lies and when they realised what they had voted for, it was too late.
#9
Found In A Book Of Poetry Purchased In Used Bookstore. The Back Of The Photo Has "1 Year Old" And "1999" Written On It. I Hope This Now 25-Year-Old Is A Happy Reader
Panda'sMom 10 months ago
Looks like a Gerber baby! I am sure the parents are wondering where that picture is.
As far as the subreddit goes, u/unmoderated doesn't have much time to partake in making sure things are running smoothly there. "I wish I could take some of the credit for the subreddit, but I'm probably the worst moderator on Reddit," they quip. "I created it many years back to pair with my blog forgottenbookmarks.com and never really spent much time on it."
#10
I Was Told To Post This Here. Found In A Book I Bought
Queen Boudicca 10 months ago
I am so glad you found this kind of love, too. wishing you happiness.
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Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago
Not that anyone ever would, but if someone gave me something like that I'd frame it ^.^
Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
I was thinking along the same lines except the receiver might have been distraught that she/he misplaced it.
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Julia Mckinney 10 months ago
I love the sentiment and need to repeat that to my husband tonight.
#11
Cool Vintage Bookmark I Found
Joshua David 10 months ago
Blockbuster gets lots of nostalgic references today but does anyone remember what a nightmare it was to rent movies there? I do and never went there back then.
#12
Found In A Second Hand Birdwatchers Book
Roxy222uk 10 months ago
I've always been a bit jealous that we don't have a bird with such a cute name as chickadee
Teutonic Disaster 10 months ago
Going out on limb and by your username, you're british, right? Well, I know of one british bird that's named Roxy, which is a really cute name, if you ask me...
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ohjojo (you/your's) 10 months ago
might be the state bird of Massachusetts. too lazy to look it up
Life got in the way for the Redditor to continue posting on the blog and its social media accounts, too. "I took over the bookstore in 2016, and between that and having a young child and then the 2020 stuff, I have more or less stepped away," they clarify. Well, the good news is that r/ForgottenBookmarks seems to be doing quite well on its own, having over 76k members and several new posts daily.
#13
News Article From 1997 Found Inside An Old Religious Book. I Wonder Who Put It There
Lavern Defazio 10 months ago
Republicans in several states are taking the right to gay marriage to the courts as I write this. Who would've thought!??
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 10 months ago
*gasp* NOOOO; really? Never in a million years would I have thought this would happen... /s 🙄
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#14
From A 1955 Copy Of The Idiot By Dostoyevsky
Panda'sMom 10 months ago
I would mat and frame that, hang it on my wall and stare at it all day.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
I believe it's metaphorical, but how can you really know?
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Inside A 150 Year Old Book I Found A 4-Leaf Clover Dated June 17, 1923
Clown fish 10 months ago (edited)
17th of June 2023 I don't know why they've assumed it's 1923. They didn't have clear sticky tape
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C L 10 months ago
I vote 2023. After 100 years the cello tape (like existed back then) would be dried out, the shamrock is to green even hidden in a book it would be a lot more dessicated after 100 years and the writing doesn't appear to be older cursive school influenced.
ElfVibratorGlitter 10 months ago
Exactly. It's easy to just write a date on something. The tape is what gets me... I've found some old things I taped (I'm under 40) and it's yellowed and brittle.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
Okay! Debunking time! 😉 Sellotape was invented in 1937 so it could have been placed in the book AFTER that date. The green colour of the ink is probably due to - "Old pen ink can turn green over time due to a chemical breakdown of the dye components within the ink, often accelerated by exposure to light, heat, and humidity, causing the blue pigments to degrade and shift towards a greenish hue"
When we ask u/unmoderated whether forgotten bookmarks sometimes might get put between the book pages on purpose, they're doubtful. "I always go with the assumption that the bookmarks were forgotten. The only items I think might have been left on purpose were leaves and flowers to be pressed," the Redditor says.
#16
1950 Five Dollar Bill In A 1935 Cookbook
Anonymouse 10 months ago
I love that the old bills are marked "Will pay to the bearer on demand", I think there are blue ones that will pay in silver...
Lorraine R 9 months ago (edited)
Those would be "Silver Certificates". They were ended when we went from actual silver coins to copper-nickel clad coins in 1965. Like silver coins, you very occasionally find them in circulation, but they are worth more than face value, depending on their condition.
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Mary Kelly 10 months ago
i like that there is a "busy day cake" but, even more so, "emergency biscuits"!
Cathy Carey 10 months ago (edited)
It was probably worth alot more at the time it was put in the book. When I was a kid $5 could buy Alot of candy.
#17
My Favorite Kind Of Bookmark
Learner Panda 2 weeks ago
I thought they were ? to the most beautiful sights. I can't read that word.
Jane Hower 9 months ago
Too bad today's youth can't read it, being that it's in cursive. A pox on whoever decided to stop teaching it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Verena 10 months ago
Sometimes, long cherished wishes come true, unexpectedly. When I was young, I also dreamt of having horses (the riding part happened due to a kind family friend). Then life and finances didn't allow for it. With 50, I had saved enough to buy a little house in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere, only flooded with coast tourism during the summer. I discovered a shack next to the house, where three horses lived (with lots of pasture) - well cared for by their owners. I was allowed to help... Ten years later, after one moved away with its owner and one horse died with 32, two rescues now live there, which are mine, plus the third horse whose owner is a dear friend now. Cleaning summer houses in the weekends as side job helps with paying for them.
#18
Found Someone’s 116 Year Old Travel Itinerary Tucked In An Antique Guidebook To Paris
There was one curious object that u/unmoderated still remembers finding in a book to this day. "It was not a forgotten bookmark, but I did find a 'baby book,' one of those little decorative keepsakes where you fill in a baby's height and weight, when they walked for the first time, etc. It was all filled out until the baby was two years old or so, [with] lots of photos inside."
"Keep in mind, the birth date listed was from the 1950s or so, had the full name – but all of my internet sleuthing skills and even a ton of help from Twitter weren't enough to find the person or any family," the Redditor adds.
#19
Tiny Feather In An 1888 Danish Proedikener Ober Evangelierne
Nadine Debard 10 months ago
My thoughts, it's something more usual than hummingbird feather
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#20
The Most Random (And Terrifying) Bookmarks Found At My Library Recently
Julia Mckinney 10 months ago
Thanks for the laughs, y'all! And the info of where the photo was from.
#21
New Favourite Bookmark
BarkingSquirell 10 months ago
Free if buying online from a big city library. If you are, you will incur a high exchange rate and you can pay in cash.
If you thought that the end for print books was nigh and nobody reads them anymore, think again! 2024 saw an increase in sales: 782.7 million books were sold in 2024, compared to 778.3 million in 2023. While the peak of print book sales was in 2021 with 839.7 million units sold, recent sale numbers are still better than those before the pandemic.
#22
Found This In A Book A Couple Years Ago…she’s Been On My Fridge Ever Since (I’ve Stopped Noticing LOL She’s A Part Of My World Now)
Panda'sMom 10 months ago
Definitely a teacher! That expression. "Harry! What have you done now?"
Marsha Hultberg 10 months ago
Glaringly '70s. The off center rhinestone broach on 'her' button up, is killing me!
Benign Human 10 months ago
It's Biden living his true self.With to clothes he borrowed from Jilly's closet.
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Julie’s Wedding (2/18/1992) - Found In A Copy Of “You Suck” By Christopher Moore
#24
Found In A Book Of Decorative Painted Finishes
Mary Kelly 10 months ago
i got that in a fortune cookie once...it's been hanging in my office for about two decades
The demand for print books is growing so much that Barnes & Noble even opened 60 stores all across the U.S. in 2024. That's their biggest number of new bookstores since 2007. And don't worry, corporation haters, independent bookstores are actually thriving as well. According to the American Booksellers Association, there were 2,433 indie bookstores in 2024, with 190 projected to open in the next two years.
#25
The Bookmarker I Found In My Old Les Mis Set Is Over 100 Years Old
#26
Vintage Cool-Whip Lid Found In A 1971 Printing Of The Joy Of Cooking
#27
Found In A Used Book I Bought Online
Kim Gatlin 10 months ago
It's a collection of short stories by Stephen King. Of course it's great. But not as good as Different Seasons. Nothing beats that one.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago (edited)
Can you imagine if it was actually Stephen King himself who had anonymously sold this copy of this book online and just added a post-it note on a random page? 😀
The president of the ABA says that there are many different reasons people are opening up new bookstores. Some are opposing bans, others are championing diversity, while others are just looking for a career change after the pandemic. "Some are opening to give back to their community. And some still just love books," she told Associated Press.
#28
Amy Winehouse Ticket From 2007 Found In A Second Hand Book I Bought Today
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 10 months ago
It actually says "ticket no gay"*chuckle
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#30
Weird Al Concert Ticket Used To Bookmark A Harry Potter Book. Pretty Good Summary Of Who I Was A Decade Ago
What do you use to mark your place in a book, Pandas? A receipt, a metro card, a sticky note, a leaf, a nacho chip? Or, perhaps, an actual bookmark designed for that very purpose? Whatever it is, at least it's a sign that people are still reading print books! Share the strangest things you've found in vintage books, and while you're here, check out the books that are so strange you have to read them to believe they're real!
#31
A Beautiful Polaroid Of Eggs
#32
Lock Of Hair From 1879 “From A Friend” Found In A Book About The Meaning Of Flowers
The Other Guest 10 months ago
Why "ew"? Hair doesn't bleed when you cut it, and putting a few strands of a loved one's hair in a locket used to be fairly common. I don't know if they still do, but baby books (the kind where you write down your child's milestones in their early years) used to have a place for a lock from "baby's first haircut." It's not like they're putting it in your food or anything like that.
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#33
Kind Of Awkward When You Find A Love Letter In A Used Book You Bought
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 10 months ago
That's not a love letter! It's a friend note. It's not romantic.
Namea 10 months ago
Gay people exist. Get over it. It's very clearly a romantic letter.
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Found This Glasgow Tram Ticket In A 4th Edition (1923) Of The Great White South
#35
I’ll Admit I Cried
ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago (edited)
She has two books in this “series.” This, on the loss of her husband, writer John Dunne (brother of Dominick; uncle of Griffin & Dominique. The latter an actress mürdüred by her boyfriend) after he had passed. The second book is on the loss of her daughter. The Didion- Dunne family has gone through the wringer of grief. I just finished reading Griffin’s bio, which I read after reading three of Joan’s. Including this one. She’s a distinct style of writing that isn’t for everyone, but is the definite reason for why she’s so celebrated.
BarkingSquirell 10 months ago
The other is a way to avoid the costs but using free libraries in the U.S. (Any ATM spews out local cash.
#36
Coupon Expired In 1990 - Restaurant Still Around Today!
#37
Found This Receipt From 1985 In This Cookbook At My Local Thrift!
Clown fish 10 months ago
It's still £2 in England and are Eggs are 15 for £2.90
Load More Replies... Mary Kelly 10 months ago
bacon, quick grits, creamed corn, pimentos, cool whip and peanut butter....tell me you're from the south w/o telling me you're from the south
SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago (edited)
A Nylon Fork? Had to Google because I was imagining a fork made out of tights! 😄
#38
A Laminated Harry Potter Valentine Card From "Bella & Edward"
#39
Found In A Thrift Store Book On Stamps. Does Anyone Know What These Are?
Lee Gilliland 10 months ago
Those are WWII mileage stamps, used to cut down civilian use of vehicles for anything but important reasons, and to save on rubber and metal as well.
Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
These are gasoline ration stamps from the third quarter of 1945. These stamps were issued by the Office of Price Administration (OPA) during World War II to control the distribution of scarce resources like gasoline. The amount of gasoline a driver received depended on their job's necessity to the war effort.
#40
Bookmark Found In A Free Book
BrunoVI 10 months ago
I don't know if OP even realized the significance of this. This is from the ORIGINAL Borders Book Shop.
Mike F 10 months ago
And, judging by the area code, it's very old. Ann Arbor went to the 734 area code almost 30 years ago.
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Liz Butt 10 months ago (edited)
Remember when book shops were really popular. Now it's all ebooks. I love books but I really miss the nostalgia of rummaging through a book store. You could spend all day, picking up a book too skim through them to see if they were worth buying. There used to be a book shop in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, where they combined a book shop and a cafe so you could buy a book and sit with a coffee, reading through your purchase afterwards. Some things that have passed into history that I really wish we still had. It's true what they say. You don't know what you've missed till it's gone.
#41
Leg
cerinamroth 10 months ago
I'm guessing... Bjorn Borg or John McEnroe. Gotta be the short-shorts era, so 1970s.
#42
Found In A Library Book
geezeronthehill 10 months ago
For a very specific message, it would seem.
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SkippityBoppityBoo 10 months ago
Either someone was being bullied or they were finding out words to bully someone else
#43
A Tamarack Twig From The 1860s In An Old Dictionary
#44
Receipt Circa 1930s
Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
California does not tax food unless you go out to eat. We are taxed on liquor and cigarettes. There is also a 'recycling' fee for any drinks you purchased in bottles.
Mary Kelly 10 months ago
in the u.s., most states do not tax groceries...prepared foods? yes, groceries? no...i like how the buyer carefully went through the receipt to make sure she received everything she purchased...def. something to do in the depression!
#45
Found This In A Copy Of The Catcher In The Rye A Couple Years Ago. When Folded, The Outside Looks Like A $20 Bill
Glen Ellyn 10 months ago
Good grief! BP will start censoring more words that might be offensive to the squirrel that lives in the tree next door. He's a spiteful bas-TARD
ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago
We can’t say “H I G H” but “bush” & “g-spot” are fine! Oh, the silliness of censoring software, which I’ve learned typically updates automatically as needed.
Lavern Defazio 10 months ago
When you think it's someone giving you a booklet about Jesus and you get this instead .
Chris the Bobcat 10 months ago
I've seen those "turn to Jesus" cards that look like folded twenties, but this is definitely a lot more interesting.
Sally Moen 10 months ago
I remember phone s*x lines. I don't remember them not being 1-800 numbers tho.
Sven Grammersdorf 10 months ago
They were 970 or 976 lines in the days before credit cards. The charges went directly onto your phone bill.
Load More Replies... Mary Kelly 10 months ago
omg, i remember that disco song by musique...it was 1978 and i was 8...and, i'll never know how it got on the radio...
#46
Newspaper Clipping About The Atomic Bomb In My Thrifted Copy Of Flowers In The Attic
Mary Kelly 10 months ago
i never understood the popularity of these books with teenage girls....i mean incest by imprisoned teens?!
BarkingSquirell 10 months ago
These are still as good as local currency unless they retail in a vintage clothing shop, which will act as cash for mega corporations like McDonalds, rather than charges for a free library (it can be done on-line.)
#47
Treasure At The Town Dump: A Forgotten Bookmark Brings A Final Reminder From My Dad
#48
An Old Negative And A Brazilian Bus Ticket
#49
Found In A Extremely Old Book I Bought At A Antique Store
#50
A Little Surprise
BrunoVI 10 months ago
Imagine being her, or the guy she gave that photo to, and finding it on the internet?
ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago (edited)
Or her great-grandchildren finding it. Grandma had it going on!!!!
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Ece Cenker 10 months ago
Wasn't that pull-out sofa a subject of another BP post recently? I think it was about objects of old times or something?
#51
Ordered A Book Off Of Ebay And Found A Clover!
#52
Found This Forgotten Bookmark In A Second-Hand Copy Of The Road Less Travelled
Bi.Felicia 10 months ago (edited)
Per Google- this is a 1 Mongolian Tögrög banknote from 1966. The tögrög is the official currency of Mongolia. As of March 7, 2025, 1 MNT equals approximately 0.000294 USD.
#53
In A Bible From The 1940s
Princess Bride 10 months ago
I'm old enough to remember things of this type...loved all the specifics of what was served, who was there etc. A real hoot.
Lady Eowyn 10 months ago
I have a similar clipping from my 4th birthday party, all the relative listed and where they were from.
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 10 months ago
I love reading these. Do newspapers still report the social activities of the average person?
Catlady6000 10 months ago (edited)
The small I lived in was still doing this when I moved to the big city in 2015. There were always a few people waiting at the doors on Wednesday evening when the once a week edition was published
Panda'sMom 10 months ago
The "Society Column" just about the only journalist job a female could get then.
#55
Flattened Smartee Wrapper
Jocelyn Webster 10 months ago
They're called Rockets in Canada. Smarties are completely different.
Roxy222uk 10 months ago
I was so confused because there's no way UK Smarties could be in a roll like that, they'd fall out. The nearest here would be Rowntree's Fruit Gums or Maynards Wine Gums
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Diet Coke Coupon From 1996 In A Thrifted Copy Of The Silmarillion
#57
Found This Boarding Pass From 1981 In This Book At My Local Shop. Notice It Was A Smoking Seat
Rick Seiden 10 months ago
I used to travel for work a lot. More than one book in my basement has an old boarding pass as a bookmark!
Mary Tonningsen 9 months ago
A fascinating book! I couldn't put that one down and I think I read it in one (long) sitting.
#59
Found In The Bookshelves Of A Tip Shop On The East Coast Of Australia:
#60
Unknown Couple In My Old Copy Of Dracula
#61
Ticket To A Shakespeare Play From 2001 Inside A Copy Of Much Ado About Nothing
#62
Foreign Money Found In A Book
#63
I Just Got “Hexaflexagons And Other Mathematical Divisions” By Martin Gardner Online, And Found This Bookmark In The Middle Of The Book
Lavern Defazio 10 months ago
I had completely forgotten about the old Mill Avenue Tempe location of this place. It smelled so good.
#64
A Mcdonalds Receipt From 1996 In A Book That My Grandpa Gave Me (This Receipt Is 3 Years Older Than Me!)
Lululoohoo 10 months ago
dang...a large fry now in my city (Bay Area) is $6 :( Small fry is $4+
#65
$1,000,000
#66
Victorian Hair Bookmark Found At Work
#67
Found In An Old Paperback Copy Of Bluebeard By Kurt Vonnegut
#68
Okay Everyone, I Found A Toothbrush Mousepad In A Kid's Encyclopedia
#69
Recruitment Is Getting Sneaky. Found This In A Book We Got My Daughter From A Used Bookstore
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Kim Gatlin 10 months ago
Here's a story. I love James Rollins' Sigma Force novels. I had bought one to read on a trip and got hooked so was trying to collect them all. Bought a used copy of Map of Bones on Amazon for a pittance. Like $5. Put it on the shelf until I got to it. Got to it, opened it up to read. It was signed by the author. I was giddy.
Gwyn 10 months ago
I ordered a running book by a famous coach, from a used book store and when it arrived I found it had been signed by him! I was so excited.
Load More Replies... Catlady6000 10 months ago
I absolutely love found ephemera. I used to have nice collection, but lost it in one of the moves. I'm now inspired to start another
Hevskitronic 10 months ago
I was on holiday with my Mum in Spain. She put some (probably around a hundred?) euros in her book at page 74 as emergency /backup money and reminded me, " Page 74". A few days later, we're lying by the pool and she finished her book. She offered it to a lady sitting near us, who very gratefully accepted. Smiles all round. . Until approximately 43 seconds later when my Mum whipped her head round, grabbed my arm and as my eyes met hers whispered, somehow loudly, "PAGE SEVENTY FOUR!!!" 😆😆😆 She fortunately had the gumption (and financial humility) to ask the lady nicely for the book back and retrieved the money then handed it back to the woman again. . . She then explained and we all had a good laugh 😂 although I bet that lady was kicking herself that she hadn't walked off with her free book 😂😂
Hevskitronic 10 months ago
To this day we often catch each other's eyes and whisper dramatically "PAGE 74" 😂
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 10 months ago
I have 25 years of bookmarks my first grade students made for me. They new how much I loved reading!
Misha Writer 10 months ago
The best bookmark I ever found was and is a letter my great great grandmother wrote to my grandmother, tucked inside a bible dedicated to my great grandmother. The letter from great great grandmother was written three days after my mom was born, and referred to Baby. I found this after losing my mom, so it was a super special find spanning four generations.
Kim Gatlin 10 months ago
Here's a story. I love James Rollins' Sigma Force novels. I had bought one to read on a trip and got hooked so was trying to collect them all. Bought a used copy of Map of Bones on Amazon for a pittance. Like $5. Put it on the shelf until I got to it. Got to it, opened it up to read. It was signed by the author. I was giddy.
Gwyn 10 months ago
I ordered a running book by a famous coach, from a used book store and when it arrived I found it had been signed by him! I was so excited.
Load More Replies... Catlady6000 10 months ago
I absolutely love found ephemera. I used to have nice collection, but lost it in one of the moves. I'm now inspired to start another
Hevskitronic 10 months ago
I was on holiday with my Mum in Spain. She put some (probably around a hundred?) euros in her book at page 74 as emergency /backup money and reminded me, " Page 74". A few days later, we're lying by the pool and she finished her book. She offered it to a lady sitting near us, who very gratefully accepted. Smiles all round. . Until approximately 43 seconds later when my Mum whipped her head round, grabbed my arm and as my eyes met hers whispered, somehow loudly, "PAGE SEVENTY FOUR!!!" 😆😆😆 She fortunately had the gumption (and financial humility) to ask the lady nicely for the book back and retrieved the money then handed it back to the woman again. . . She then explained and we all had a good laugh 😂 although I bet that lady was kicking herself that she hadn't walked off with her free book 😂😂
Hevskitronic 10 months ago
To this day we often catch each other's eyes and whisper dramatically "PAGE 74" 😂
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 10 months ago
I have 25 years of bookmarks my first grade students made for me. They new how much I loved reading!
Misha Writer 10 months ago
The best bookmark I ever found was and is a letter my great great grandmother wrote to my grandmother, tucked inside a bible dedicated to my great grandmother. The letter from great great grandmother was written three days after my mom was born, and referred to Baby. I found this after losing my mom, so it was a super special find spanning four generations.
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