A4 Lined Journal Notebook，365 Page Large Leather Journals for Writing Women Men，Hardcover Notebook with 100Gsm Thick Pages for Travel，Work，School，College Ruled, Daily Diary (8.5" x 11.4")

I didn't hold out much hope for a product made in China as I have been sorely disappointed time & again over misleading descriptions, quality of product, actual page count (I don't even want to go there), etc. I am a journaling freak, been keeping a journal for almost 58 years. Always have a pen & notebook close by. Always on the hunt for the "perfect" notebook, & they are few & far between these days (usually it's page count & paper quality that's the biggest hang up for me: thin, cheesy notebook paper, forget it; glued binding, forget that, too). Can't find anything with 110 gsm paper: a dream to write on with fountain pens. Anyway, nowadays everything is made overseas & it has adversely affected (big time) the quality of everything I look for in a journal. Old standbys I used 40 years ago are no longer made in the US, not the same quality, & prices are ridiculously high. That is, until I stumbled upon Percun, I thought, "Oh well, they aren't that expensive, might as well cross my fingers & try a couple of them out." I ordered 2 green ones in the A4 size. It was a big crapshoot; buy the ticket, take the ride. When the two notebooks came in, I was stunned! And in a very good way. Somehow Amazon managed to ship them without destroying them in the process. I guess I got lucky. They usually throw product into an oversized box, no packing material whatsoever to protect it from the throes of poor terrain, turbulent air, rogue wave high seas shipping (& sometimes a combination of 1 or more of the above if the package changes shippers enroute), which means you get a product with crushed &/or bent corners, broken spines or separated (read torn) covers from the book content & other sad horrors of ill-treatment--unfortunately, it happens way too many times). Amazingly, the notebooks were in a box almost the right size for them, & although they were loose inside with just a thin cellophane wrapping, they were not damaged at all! Shock & awe! Anyway, I like a BIG notebook, with plenty of space to "think with my hands." A4 is a little bigger than US standard 8.5 X 11, & it's heavy! But I have found I like it like that, means it's substantial, a force to be reckoned with, to be tamed, take my thoughts & dreams, my life, & keep them safe! The pages are sewn in (only time will tell if it was well done) and it opens flat. Yes, it is made in China (strike one); they falsely ascribe a 'college ruling' (strike two), but I was taking a chance because if the pictures actually showed an A4 (which I didn't believe was true either) I counted the number of lines to a page: 24. If it was actual college ruling, there should be at least 35 lines. Therefore, the main header description was flat wrong. Turns out, the spacing in this notebook is actually 8 mm & is perfect! College ruling is 7mm or less (get your introductory descriptions correct, vendors, this info is important!). 8mm is plenty of space to be able to read what you write and enjoy the process. It was also claimed it was 365 pages (this is a pet peeve of mine, a lot of foreign countries will claim a certain page count, but you get the product & they gyp you out of several sheets, which makes me want to wring someone's neck). I counted the sheets twice in both notebooks; lo & behold there were 365 pages for real! Beware though, the pages are NOT numbered (can't have everything, I guess). Paper is 100 gsm which seems to be considered the new standard for "heavy paper." But it is way better than notebook paper which wasn't designed to last 1,000 years let alone 100. Nice cream color, wide lines, smooth paper, but not ideal for heavier nibbed fountain pens (i.e. medium point or larger), gel pens are too greasy, & a 0.7mm steel nib ballpoint will score the paper & make it curl (been there, done that, annoying). The top of every page has boxes for weather & the days of the week, lines for Memo No. & a date. End papers are much heavier than the lined sheets, a must. The first page after the front endpaper is reserved for Personal Data (your name & contact info) which is in the lower 1/3rd of the page. The upper right quarter has a nice drawing of an open blank book & a quill pen, a rather nice touch. The cover: & this can also be a deal breaker: if the description states 'hard cover', it better be just that -- HARD, NO FLEX at all, period. This is notebook gets a very good grade for a hard bound: you can sit with it in your lap and not have it flopping all over the place. The cover feels like suede, a very nice feel. A nice embossed stylized tree with the sun peeking out is nicely done. But the thing is, it is NOT REAL leather. If it was, you'd be paying at least triple for it & it would smell like leather. If you see words like "polyurethane", or "PU" (polyurethane abbreviated), in any description on any product, it is not real leather. I would suggest you educate yourself & look this up on the internet, you'll be shocked about what you read. But it is used a lot on a great many different products. And it doesn't last as long as you'd like it to. In some states or countries, the stuff is banned for reasons you can read about for yourself! Now I don't know exactly what this is on the cover, but it's not leather. Although it does have a nice feel & it looks well made. Extra little amenities: you get three narrow, satin ribbon markers (the green came with green, brown, black); a small packet of sticky markers; a large pocket in the back (for extra notes or calendar sheets or secret phone numbers); two narrow elastic bands that wrap vertically around the book to keep it closed when not in use; & an elastic loop sewn into the edge of the back cover for your writing instrument. OVERALL: I am happily surprised with this notebook. I like it a lot, & I'm extremely picky when it comes to my writing materials. In fact, I like these two so much, I just ordered two more, in brown. I hope Percun sticks around for a long while because I'd like to order more of these, 2 at a time in several other colors. Thank you Percun for a really nice product!

This journal is beautiful!!!! I want to buy one for all of my girls and a couple friends!Not only is the lined paper of good thickness it has three ribbon book markers, a file pouch (not sure what that’s called) on the back cover to hold special notes or what not, and a pen holder on the side. Seriously could not have been put together any better than this. Very well made and would make an excellent gift!AND….it comes in 3 sizes and several colors to boot!!!! Woot Woot! Don’t even think, just buy!

Really good journal book that I write to Father(God) about all my troubles. Last a long time and has beautiful velvety feel to the cover. Embossing tree is gorgeous. Good weight paper. All around good journal for anything you want to write in life.

I love the cover and the paper. Worth every penny. Thanks,👍

This is a BEAUTIFUL journal! It's large which is easier to write in. Has a holder for your pen and a pocket in the back for misc things you might want to save. Very impressive!

This is a great journal overall. It seems sturdy and it lies basically flat when i write in it. I also like that it contains a lot of thick pages, and it has an area at the top for the date, day of the week, weather, and memo number. I don't believe that the cover is real leather, but that isn't a huge deal to me. My only real gripe is that is advertised as college ruled, but it's wide ruled. I feel like there is a lot of wasted space on each page because I don't fill up wide ruled lines. Regardless, I think it was worth the money and I would probably buy it again.

I love the size and lined sheets. I also love the fact of the soft cover for someone that is impressed by the construction and color selections.The only thing that I don't care for is that I wish that it came in a larger size..i.e. more pages.Very respectfullyD

There is nothing I would want to change about this beautiful journal. I am going to use it as a diary and I appreciate that there is a space to mark the day of the week. I think it is also really cool how there is a space to mark the weather, too! I do like the two elastic straps and the three different-colored bookmarks. The cover is very soft and smooth and I think I spent five minutes after I got the journal just feeling the cover and marveling over the beauty of it. I think the tree, sun, and the birds on the cover add to the look. I am thankful it is lined, because, if you're like me, my handwriting slants without anything to correct it. There is a handy pen holder on the side if you don't want to just carry a pen around in your bag all the time or look around the house for one. The pocket in the back of the journal is big and great for holding any papers, stickers, or tab markers. I recommend this journal 110%!