I write down my dreams (a lot of people do) and doing it on computer just seems disrespectful or something, so I use little journals like this. I go through roughly one a month, so they add up. I used to just pick up whatever they happened to have at local discount store, but I wasn't happy with any of them. They all had problems, most notably tissue-thin pages that bleed ink through, and even if it doesn't bleed, you can still read the other side through them. Crappy bindings, plain cardboard covers, sometimes bizarre decorations on the pages that just take away from usable space, and the fact it was almost impossible to find the same ones on any two trips. So looking for something better, I found these on Amazon. The bottom line: as long as these are available, I'm never going back. One of the pictures shows the pile I've collected since I've switched. Yes, about six months ago. It's night and day. These might cost a little more than the dime-store knock-offs, but no one will ever convince me it's not worth it. To go over what I like:Pros:1. They look sharp. The covers are about the best-looking imitation leather I've ever seen.2. The covers are solid and rigid inside, like they're made of real book board and not flimsy poster board.3. The pages are a soft, non-glare cream color, easy on the eyes.4. The paper is substantial, not tissue. Not only has no ink ever bled through, you can barely even see what's on the other side. And they seem to be absorbent, because I don't think I've ever had ink smear.5. The lines are dashed gray, obvious enough that you can write in perfectly horizontal lines, yet unobtrusive enough that they don't distract from sketches.6. The corners are rounded so that they don't get all dog-eared.7. The assembly is solid, stitched like Britannica. Another picture shows I have no reservations about holding them by a single page; they're not coming out.8. They have a narrow (about 6mm) ribbon bookmark built right in, which comes in really handy when I want to mark and reference back to earlier dreams.9. There is an elastic band around the inside of the back cover, which I'm sure is intended to hold the volume closed, but it can also serve as a second bookmark if you need one.10. There is a pocket inside the back cover that is nice for sticking notes in before I get things written down properly.11. As they promise, the pages lie flat, so you can write clear up to the stitching if you need to. No centimeter or more of wasted space on each page because of cheap binding. The only place there is any complication at all is where the pages join with the covers. There is about 5mm of wasted space, but given the limitations of book binding, I don't know if there is any way around that.12. Trivial but something I like: there are 26 lines per page, meaning 25 spaces. That works out perfectly for my tables of content because I can make them 25 entries per page, which seems like a nice round number. There is a little Adrian Monk in me.I guess that about covers the pros. In short, I can't really think of a way to make them better short of gilded edges. Whoever designed these must be familiar with the practice of journaling. They offer a refund for any reason, but there is no reason I would want one.Cons:None, really. But I will mention one thing that might be relevant to some people. Two of the volumes have small gaps between the signatures where the stitching is a little loose. For me, this is cosmetic only, and in no way affects their usefulness or durability. And it was only those two that arrived in the same order. Might be a bit of a sloppy run. I tried to find such a gap in a later one where I hadn't written yet, but they seem perfect. I had to use one I had already written in to get a photo. Definitely not worth docking a star for. That would be like taking off a star on a new Mercedes because one of the hub caps is on crooked, but I realize there are people who would do that.