![]() ![]() Together this collection of lost treasures offers a glimpse into other readers' lives that they never intended for us to see. Sure, there are actual bookmarks, but there are also pictures and ticket stubs, old recipes and notes, valentines, unsent letters, four-leaf clovers, and various sordid, heartbreaking, and bizarre keepsakes. If you, like me, love marginalia and the secret histories of second-hand books, you’ll find yourself enamored with Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller’s Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages the latest addition to the web’s blog-turned-book success stories based on the wonderful site of the same name by used bookstore owner Michael Popek. Forgotten Bookmarks is a scrapbook of Popek's most interesting finds. By night, he's the voyeuristic force behind where he shares the weird objects he has found among the stacks at his store.Forgotten Bookmarks is a scrapbook of Popek's most interesting finds. ![]() By night, he's the voyeuristic force behind where he shares the weird objects he has found among the stacks at his store. What stories could they tellBy day, Michael Popek works in his family's used bookstore. But what becomes of those forgotten bookmarks? What stories could they tell? By day, Michael Popek works in his family's used bookstore. He seems to find something fascinating every day at his. Eventually the book finds its way into the world-a library, a flea market, other people's bookshelves, or to a used bookstore. Michael Popek, bookseller and author of the new book, Forgotten Bookmarks, has many such stories. It could be a train ticket, a letter, an advertisement, a photograph, or a four-leaf clover. It's happened to all of us: we're reading a book, something interrupts us, and we grab the closest thing at hand to mark our spot. ![]()
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