Moleskine 2011 18 Month Weekly Notebook: Black Soft Cover Pocket (Moleskine Legendary Notebooks (Calendars))

I have had this weekly notebook for the last year- I have the 2008/2009 edition that started in July 2008 going through Dec 2009. I was late at looking for a planner so being midway through the year this was a great option. Now, I will need the 12 month 2010, but I was mentioning to my children how much I have come to love this notebook. They both mention they were interested so I am buying this for them; they are both in college now. The pocket edition is great for purse or pocket. Like the other moleskine notebooks it has the same wonderful features of a fabric bookmark, elastic strap to keep it closed, and the expandable pocket on the back cover perfect to keep anything like cards with appointments, receipts etc. They will not fall out!! I have gradually made use of these excellent features- I forgot about the pocket on the inside of the back cover, perfect for business cards! It has 11 blank pages at the end labeled Notes, and in the front are a few pages with general references...Read more

The Moleskine is a well designed product. The week is listed on the left and a full blank page for other quick notes on the right. The pocket on the back inside flap is great for all the little bits of detritus and receipts that seem to get collected as the year goes by.

There are all sorts of sites on-line that offer great hint for 'hacking' the notebook to make it even more functional. There is a great hack for adding a pen holder to the spine via duct tape (or gaffer tape if one prefers). Super. Cool. If one could use it immediately. The problem is that when the shrink-wrap is taken off of the new Moleskine, you notice an odd smell.

The new book smells so bad that I had to leave it out in the garage for nearly a week sitting upright with the pages fanned apart to get the smell out. If you look at the ordering page here at Amazon, you'll notice a Proposition 65 warning. Prop 65 was written to give consumers a warning when anything that goes into a...Read more

I am 62 years old and this is the best planner I have ever used. Love that it lies flat, has a place marker ribbon, has nice thin pages while still being quite durable, and a band that keeps all the pages together. Also size fits into any of my purses. Really perfect!