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title: "Northbooks Blank Notebook Journal | 5x8 Unlined Notebooks Plain Journals | Soft Cover Eco-Friendly Premium Recycled Cream Color Paper 96-Pages | Made in USA"
brand: "northbooks"
price: "R33"
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# Northbooks Blank Notebook Journal | 5x8 Unlined Notebooks Plain Journals | Soft Cover Eco-Friendly Premium Recycled Cream Color Paper 96-Pages | Made in USA

**Brand:** northbooks
**Price:** R33
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- **What is this?** Northbooks Blank Notebook Journal | 5x8 Unlined Notebooks Plain Journals | Soft Cover Eco-Friendly Premium Recycled Cream Color Paper 96-Pages | Made in USA by northbooks
- **How much does it cost?** R33 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Love it - Great alternative to the fancier notebooks!
  

*by K***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016*

I was looking for a Moleskine or a Leuchtturm dot grid notebook for bullet journalling but they were both out of stock; and then I found this one - and I LOVE it! I just bought the three pack for when I fill up this one - and my son wants his own now, too.I wanted a dot grid (not lined or squared) and this book has that. I love the size of the grid. Not too big, not too small. I use a Pilot G-2 0.38 pen and my writing fits perfectly in the grid.I wanted a soft cover because my purse is small and I carry this thing around with me everywhere and didn't want a hardcover taking up precious space or making my purse too bulky/inflexible. The cover is a heavy paper and I thought it would fall apart easily but it has really stood up, especially considering how many times each day I use the book. And it's attached to the pages really well. I am not concerned about the pages detaching from the cover and falling out.I haven't used the Moleskine or Leuchtturm so I can't compare page thickness, all I can say is that I'm completely happy with the quality of the pages in the Northbook. I use Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens for color and have no issues with bleeding through. Sometimes I can see the black pen on the other side but not much.There are no frills, but that's okay because the price is right. No ribbon, but I have a feeling a ribbon would make me nuts. Instead I use little post it book marker stickers that just barely peek out the side (see pic) so I can find my important pages fast and that has been perfect. Better than just one ribbon! It also doesn't have an elastic closure which is a little bit of a bummer (but again, price) but I have found a way around that: I use a binder clip to keep the pages closed which doubles as a pen holder! (see pic) The Leuchtturm is wider, which I thought would be nice, but I haven't found a time when I wish the page was a quarter or half an inch wider, and being a little narrower means it fits in my purse better, so it's fine.My biggest wish, however, is for more pages. It's nice that this book is slim, but I would happily trade some slimness for more pages. Like, double the pages. That's the only thing that has me poking around for other options.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great little notebook!
  

*by S***Z on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016*

I purchased this notebook in dot-grid to start a bullet journal and I (so far) haven't been disappointed. When it comes to finding a notebook with dot-grid pages, from my research, it seems that you're pretty much limited to either Moleskine, Leuchtturm, or Northbooks. I read through a bunch of the other reviews on this notebook and while I agree, $10 ($9.99 - the price of this notebook at my time of purchase) is a little much for a small notebook, compared to Moleskine or Leuchtturm (which, for dot-grid pages, can run you from $18-$25) you get a pretty good product for the price and it's made in America. Since I wasn't sure if I would keep up with bullet journaling, I didn't want to invest $25 in a notebook that I may end up not using, so the comparative price of this book was a definite draw.Since I've been using this multiple times a day, I'm hoping the binding holds up for the life of the journal (AKA, when I finish the last page). Unfortunately, it doesn't lay flat. When I'm making lines with a ruler, I have to do some finagling to get my lines from edge to edge. Maybe as I break it in it will get a little looser, I have only had it for a week.I haven't had any problems with bleed-through. There is ghosting (I use Sharpie pens and Pilot Precise V5 RT) but not enough to bother me or hinder writing on the backside of pages. The most ghosting I get comes from highlighters, so I try to use a light hand with those. I would definitely recommend this little notebook to someone and, if it holds up like I'm hoping it will, I will continue to use these in the future.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not for bullet journaling.
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017*

I was very excited for this notebook to begin bullet journaling. It is a great little notebook, but not perfect for what I want. I have been using it everyday for three months so far, and I plan on using it up completely, but not buying it again for bullet journaling.Cons:🔹I don't like that it doesn't lay flat. Usually this is not a big deal for me, but since it is not a full sized notebook it gets really annoying.🔹The gel pens that I use can be seen through the other side of the paper.🔹The notebook is smaller than a normal notebook, which I thought I would like because it's easy to carry around in my bag, but there is not enough room on each page for the style of bullet journaling that I'm after.Pros🔹 The quality of paper is really good. It feels thick and sturdy. (So I think the gel pen problem is just with those pens specifically)🔹The grid format is not extremely prominent like it would be in a composition notebook.🔹The small size makes carrying it around easy.I would buy this notebook again for just keeping in my bag for notes and things, but not for bullet journaling.

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