. * ★ * Peaches Choi * ★ * .: Leuchtturm1917 notebooks

I currently own three Leuchtturm1917 notebooks and am using and enjoying every single one.

They come in a range of colours available with lines, grids, dotted and plain for somewhere in the region of £7-£12 depending on where you purchase them from. A quick scroll through Amazon shows a plain paper A5 notebook going for £9.94. Certainly not cheap at all but more affordable than the average Moleskine or Rhodia.

The first version I have is a plain paper A5 "Bicolore" (2 colour) notebook in Cornflower Blue/Yellow.

The inside cover, ribbon and elastic tag are bright yellow whilst the hardcover is blue.

Each Leuchtturm1917 notebook comes with a contents page and numbered pages (that also have rounded corners - a feature I particularly appreciate as I find myself getting fewer papercuts on rounded corners than sharp corners).

There's still show through with these pages (which I also found to be an issue with Moleskine and to a lesser degree with Rhodia). You can see it clearly below - I used a grey pen and the words on the next page create this unappealing shadow.

Despite this I really do love Leuchtturm1917s. I haven't found many notebooks that have NO show through whatsoever (unless we're talking about books that use card as opposed to paper but that's a different story) so I do feel that after Rhodia these have become my favourite notebooks (Moleskine is now third).

Most people won't care much for the extra bits that accompany the purchase but I found they made it all the more memorable for me.

You get a card thanking you for your purchase.

A mini leaflet with the tagline "Details make all the difference" - and they certainly do!

Company history, which again I know the average person might not read but really nice for the notebook fan to read about:

Other products:

Stickers to label your notebook (I used two already).

A grid sheet with lines on the reverse side to use as a guide (which I should probably use since I'm always writing wonky!)

I know I've said I love these notebooks already but I really cannot stress how useful I find them! I used to be a complete paper snob and felt let down by the thin paper but now I use this notebook as a free writing journal where I am messy and don't worry too much about how things look on the page and it is perfect for that! I can't recommend it highly enough.

I also own a pink version.

Company name is embossed on the back cover so it isn't as bold and in-you-face as the Rhodia.

Pocket in the back cover to store loose sheets.

First page:

I bought the hot pink plain A5 notebook quite some time ago (March!). Here's the nonsense I wrote on the first page.

You also get a few sheets at the end of the book that are perforated so you could take these pages out without leaving any unsightly tears in your book.