While surfing around YouTube, I came upon Corner Bookmarks, which I shared in last week's newsletter. Then a few videos poped up about paperclip tabs for books. They seem to all be from the junk journal community, but it gave me the idea to create a batch for reading fiction.
The picture of the bookmarks above or to the left leads to a video on how to make quick and easy corner tabs if you want to use this idea, but use only origami to slip onto the edge of the pages.
When I start a book, I can remember one or two character names, but once there's more than three characters, I start getting them mixed up. Slipping a tab onto the page where new characters are introduced will make it easy to pinpoint all new characters so I can check back to see who is who.
Like many mystery readers, I also like to try to solve the myster as it plays out, so having another tab to mark each clue as it drops will make my reader investigation easier to do!
There's always one or two beautiful lines of prose in most books that I would like to review when I finish the book and before I put it away and go onto the next one. Another one would be for a clever turn of phrase used in the book.
How about having a tab entitled "Red Herring"? Sometimes when I'm reading I suspect that someone is almost too obvious to be the culprit, so I would like to tab this character too.
I even think having a tab for 'new words' that you may want to review at the end of a read to make sure you remember the meaning and add it to your vocabulary would be a great idea.
Click on the image of the Printable Book Tabs above and download the master from Google Drive. I included the .svg file in case you are lucky enough to have a cutting machine.
Print out the tabs on white 8" x 11" card stock.
Cut the tabs out and add whatever tab names you would like to use.
Add either a piece of magnetic strip or 1 or 2 tiny round magnets to the tab sections, making sure they match and attract. Reminder: Magnets have a side where they attract and another side where they may repel. So before glueing or securing, be sure your magnets attract.
That's it. Once you start a new book, have your easy reading tabs handy for use.
New Audiobook by R Shannon - John Walsh is a successful funeral director with a loving family but he has a weakness for other women. The modern world thinks cheating is a victimless crime, but is it?
While surfing around YouTube, I came upon Corner Bookmarks, which I shared in last week's newsletter. Then a few videos poped up about paperclip tabs for books. They seem to all be from the junk journal community, but it gave me the idea to create a batch for reading fiction.
When I start a book, I can remember one or two character names, but once there's more than three characters, I start getting them mixed up. Slipping a tab onto the page where new characters are introduced will make it easy to pinpoint all new characters so I can check back to see who is who.
There's always one or two beautiful lines of prose in most books that I would like to review when I finish the book and before I put it away and go onto the next one. Another one would be for a clever turn of phrase used in the book.
New Audiobook by R Shannon - John Walsh is a successful funeral director with a loving family but he has a weakness for other women. The modern world thinks cheating is a victimless crime, but is it?
