Moleskine Classic Squared Paper Notebook, Hard Cover and Elastic Closure Journal, Color Black, Size Large 13 x 21 cm, 240 Pages

I use Moleskin notebooks one per year for my Bullet Journal [...] . It's a great way to keep track of your lists and keep organised. The Squared Notebook is the perfect size as I am able to add a monthly calendar on one page without it being too small and there is enough pages to last me a year with a few pages left over. I buy the hard backed version as I archive these after a year and I find that they are the most durable. The squared paper allows you to keep your lists and tick boxes neat and in column and also helps if you need to draw and plan things out. Paper is the usual Moleskine quality and it has the pocket in the back which I don't tend to use much for this size of notebook. It has the page marker ribbon and the elastic closure and closed a certain way (see pic) it will even hold your pen. This is one of three different Molskine books I have and I wouldn't hesitate to reccomend it

So many Moleskines, so many reviews... Why do people get so excited about a notebook? The prices here on Amazon are unbeatable and so that's always a good starting point but you may still think they're expensive despite that. This is a premium product though, it looks and feels expensive. Colleagues glance covetously at it and surely that's enough reason to have one? This squared variety is my second Moleskine (the first was the lined variety) but after living for just a month with this beauty, I already know my third will also be a squared one. There are more 'lines' per page than the, um, lined one and I like the ease with which you can turn the book 90 degrees and the format makes it comfortable to write in a straight line! (By the way - it's a hardback even though some of the reviews say otherwise). I use this to take notes at meetings, to sketch visual interpretations when trying to explain my thinking to colleagues, to draw mind maps and also to capture my thoughts whilst travelling on the train. I carry it around everywhere with me at work and it's part of my 'brand'. I use it every day of the working week and fully expect it to last a whole year, as my last one did (Sept 2010 to Sep 2011). If you haven't had a relationship with a Moleskine before, please jump in and try it. You'll never go back to any other type of notebook.

This is my perfect notebook. Wanted to buy a notebook and took my time to go through Amazon reviews about different products, then settled on the Moleskine brand. Not dissappointed! Pros: - Size. This size which unfolds to a square is perfect for me as other reviewers also found. You can write on one page or over both and for images, diagrams, flowcharts I find it perfect to use to full square. - Paper quality is very good. You can really use every paper, the ink dries quickly, feels sturdy and good quality. - Overall design. Really good design: The texture of the book, the different features including the envelope pocket at the end. Cool. Cons: Only con would be that this item is a bit pricey, but I find that the money is very well spent. Have decided to buy only Moleskine notebooks from now on.

Good smooth writing surface for afountain pen but ink does show through to the other side.

While still waiting for a perfect pc notebook to arrive (it should be light like netbooks, even lighter, yet be fast and fully functional, at least for basic office-on-the-go tasks and video - hope that my wait will be over soon) I still prefer to use an old-fashioned way to make notes, i.e. with pen and paper. I have found my perfect pen long ago ( Uni-Ball Micro Deluxe UB155 Rollerball (Blue, Pack of 5 Pens) ) but notbooks I used before ( Pukka A4 Jotta Metallic Squared ) were OK, but nothing more. When I needed a new one, I decided to make some research, so I found Molskine. WOW. No, seriously. If you appreciate the joy of hand-writing you'll immediately understand what I mean. The quality of the paper, cover, bondings, everything, is impeccable. There is a nice bit of history attached to it as well, although it is not the same company that made the original Moleskines used by Hemingway and others, I am happy that someone did a great job is recreating such beautiful products. I have bought 2, A5 and pocket size variants, both are perfect, each for it's own purpose. You will not be disappointed to get one.

These books are not cheap. However, they are very high quality. As a long-time user of the smaller pocket-sized moleskines, I bought this to keep more permanent notes. It remains portable - so fits snugly in my bag - yet is large enough to work as a desktop notebook. As with the smaller moleskines, the pages are thin but of good quality material - so there are lots of pages in the notebook (240), yet I see no sign of ink blotting from one page to the next.

I'm a moleskine fan, but only of the black, hardcover versions. They look classy, offer consistent quality, and they are tough. You can carry a moleskine around forever, and even if it gets a bit battered, it only acquires a classier look. The square pages somehow give a more artisty feeling. You could use them to write in lines, to draw, to paste stuff. Pages are personal preference, but I think squares are a good option to expand you creativity, particularly if you can't handle completely blank (no lines) pages well.

I got the squared paper to draw things like logos and typography (since that requires a lot of symmetry). The notebook is sturdy and the paper is good quality as it doesn’t tear or stain when I erase things. Overall I think this was a great purchase and good value for the price.