By day, Michael Popek works in his family's used bookstore. By night, he's the voyeuristic force behind www.forgottenbookmarks.com, 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. 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. Together this collection of lost treasures offers a glimpse into other readers' lives that they never intended for us to see.

There were some really great "finds" inside the books in this collection. My favourites can be found on page 140 and on page 171.

What's the oddest thing you've ever found in a book?

Taken to the April meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers at Cravings Market Restaurant.

Picked up at the April meeting!

Taken to the September meeting!

To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at Cravings Market on Fairmount Drive SE. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!

Ooops - didn't journal this in September. What a lovely walk through books and the things that are left in them.

I am taking this to the November meetup at Cravings.

Picked this up at the November meeting. We had 12 BookCrossers attend with 1 new member. Adding to my TBR shelf.