Title: pretty packaging...
Product review: The paper is glossy and thick. The chestnut cover and solid binding make this book feel like it has substance. And the packaging does. This book would make a lovely part of a gift basket. However, it lacks the basic usefulness of THE NEW DIARY, by Tristine Rainer, or the richness and interesting format of LIFE'S COMPANION: JOURNAL WRITING AS A SPIRITUAL QUEST, by Christina Baldwin. It's one of the prettiest books on this subject, but for a book that took less than an hour to read, it didn't inspire me to spend the rest of the morning writing. Instead, it offered some general suggestions in a "wouldn't it be nice to write" kind of way. This book won't spend it's life sitting on my bookshelf--I'll be passing it on, in a gift basket.
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