This little "pocket" squared book is great. I love the softbound cover, the elastic closure, the little secret pocket inside, where you can keep a couple photos or something else of interest. The cloth bookmark is also quite helpful for keeping my place. The binding is stitched well and it stays open and flat with ease. The only thing I would like is to see the Whitelines brand with something like this. The paper in this book is yellowish with dramatic, dark lines. The quality is good, but I would love to have something like this with the slightly gray paper and white lines around the squares. That would be incredible. This is still a great book though and I would highly recommend it. :)