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The bookmark itself has a ruler on one side with inches and centimeters, which I really appreciate. For whatever reason, I often find myself looking for a ruler to measure something (usually planner dimensions!), so I like to have a ruler right there in my planner. The other side has a little globe image with "Where are you going?" (Which is what Quo Vadis means) in several languages. I get a kick out of the international-ness of it.
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I tried the bookmark strap on several of my planners and notebooks. For the larger books I found that wrapping the strap around the middle of the book, rather than lengthwise, works better.
I especially like it for my Journal 21. As I posted in my Journal 21 review, I don't like to tear the corners out of day-per-page books, and my bookmark kept sliding out of the smooth pages, so I was wondering how I would keep my place in this book. Problem solved! Although I have to say, I don't care for the brown and tan against the lilac cover, I would have preferred black, or even black and gray if they wanted to be distinctive.
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It's great for keeping my Minister closed in my bag (but again, I wish the strap were black instead). It pulls a bit on the soft cover when I put it on lengthwise, but not so much to prevent me from using it this way if I need to:
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But I prefer to use it across the middle of my Minister, it holds it closed very securely this way:
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It stretches easily to accommodate my Monthly 4 (which I will be doing a full review of soon):
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Yet it doesn't sag on my (2009) Exacompta Daily Pocket:
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It's great on my Clairefontaine hard-backed notebook, keeping it securely closed while it travels in my bag:
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It even fits on my small yellow spiral bound Clairefontaine, which goes everywhere with me:
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And it's also great for regular books:
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As you can see, I need several more of these handy little elastic strap bookmarks! I don't know yet where they can be purchased, but you can bet I'll let you all know as soon as I find out!
I just got one of these and am writing the review as we speak. I didn't think to use it sideways and love seeing all the ways you tried it out. Will include a link to this review in my post.
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