Left Between the Pages
My local librarian always flips through returned books looking for anything left behind. "People leave all sorts of things in their books."
Obviously that's so. Yesterday I found a book entirely made up of found items readers left in books. The author is a used book dealer and he has a blog with 1000 posts--each post tells about found bookmarks. Often it's a small item.
Over the years he's discovered letters, poems, lists, even spells. He calls his blog Forgotten Bookmarks.
Prior to this book he collated the recipes he found and put together a book of Forgotten Recipes.
Years from now when the written word is totally subsumed by the electronic age what scraps of paper will we use for bookmarks? Will anyone find a love note tucked in a book?
Obviously that's so. Yesterday I found a book entirely made up of found items readers left in books. The author is a used book dealer and he has a blog with 1000 posts--each post tells about found bookmarks. Often it's a small item.
Over the years he's discovered letters, poems, lists, even spells. He calls his blog Forgotten Bookmarks.
Prior to this book he collated the recipes he found and put together a book of Forgotten Recipes.
Years from now when the written word is totally subsumed by the electronic age what scraps of paper will we use for bookmarks? Will anyone find a love note tucked in a book?
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