I'm sitting here, first reading and now checking PB, while fidgeting with my emotional support slinky, and I'm wondering if anyone else has a designated fidget for when they read? Or a certain fidgety tendency in general while they're reading?

I've been obsessed since I was a kid with stroking page edges to the point that they would discolor from an accumulation of finger oil. Perhaps it sounds a little gross lol, but you can tell when I really loved a book by how discolored the page edges are. I still do it to this day: I line up the pages in such a particular way that they create a series of spaced out, parallel lines that are just so satisfying to the touch. I would catch myself doing this to books that I didn't own myself (like library copies) and would have to stop myself out of respect, but I would get physically frustrated because I had nothing else to fidget with. My solution? A slinky. It has the same exact feel with the parallel lines as page edges do. So, all this is to say that I adore my slinky (I have multiples actually, stashed in various places for my convenience, even my car and purse lol) and I'm wondering what bookish fidgets you all might have? Is there a story to them too? How did you decide it was the perfect fidget for you? I must know!