I'm a fan of Moleskine notebooks from way back, but I've never actually bought the hardcover variety before. I've been trashing my softcovers more than usual lately, so I thought I'd give this reporter notebook a shot; I liked it so much I came to Amazon to reorder a few more after I filled up my first one. I love that the binding is on the top, so it's not in your way whether you're a rightie or a leftie, and the hardcover means this notebook is seriously holding up, whether I'm carrying it around in my pocket or jammed into some dark unfathomable corner of my backpack or whatever else. (I use small notepads like this to jot down ideas before I can forget them, so I have one on me pretty much all the time, even if I don't have a good place to carry it.)