Boorum & Pease 66-500-R Record/Account

Ordered the log book and is very sturdy and good quality works for what I need .

I am quite pleased at the quality of this accounting book....well worth the money. I write my addresses. Wifi code, needed info and lists in the 1st few pages for easy reference. Years of room for monthly list and plenty of room for appointments and reminders for each month. It's also like a monthly diary on each page. Highly recommended!! Solid book will last for many years. A go to book for an older lady to refer to. I leave a positive bible verse to keep me encouraged on each monthly page..."thy word is a light unto my path and a light unto my path" as I travel thru each month...EASY

Grey weight of paper with solid binding. Enjoyable to write in.

I had originally bought a much cheaper soft bound blank book to hold all of our family's "heirloom" recipes. I envisioned it as something that could be passed down to my kids and grandchildren. But thirty pages in, the binding was already cracked and the book was falling apart. I immediately turned to Boorum & Pease because I'd used them before and I knew how awesome they are. Sure enough, this book is sturdily built with acid-free paper and high quality stitched binding. I really can't tell the difference between this new Record book (made in China) and a fifty-year-old Record book (made in the USA) that my grand-aunt used to track her household expenses in the 1960's. These green cloth bound 66-series books don't have the same weight paper as the leather-bound 21-series books, but the paper quality is still very good, thick enough to prevent most writing from showing through the page and smooth enough to be enjoyable to write on while still giving you the tactile feedback of the pen or pencil on the paper. I use Sakura Micron pens and Derwent Inktense pencils, and I'm really happy with the results in the record book.

I’ve journaled with notebooks that are paperback and it always gets destroyed with travel or time of consistent use. I carry a backpack with me and this journal fits just perfectly inside. I’ve been caught in sudden downpours and this journal has survived that! The seam of the book is sturdy and even with some minimal warping of the cover from the rain, everything is intact and strong! I have even taken my journal with me to travel long distance. I like to heavily journal — this book is my bullet journal, private journal, scrapbook, everything. I have stickers, Polaroids, receipts, any other paper memorabilia so you can imagine how stretched out the seam or pages must be. I even watercolor my pages (place thicker paper under the page you want to watercolor and let dry)! Unfortunately the page is on the thinner side and will ink will bleed if you like to use marker or fountain ink. But for ballpoint, gel, midliners, you will not experience any significant bleeding. BUT, if you can live without using marker or fountain ink in your journal, then this journal is the one for you. It is certainly my holy grail and the only journal I will ever use! I have 3 and have just placed an order for 2 more to stock up since these journals have gone on sale for the holidays.

As a fanatical record keeper & journalist for the past 58 years, I need a record book that will stand up to daily handling for at least 3 to 6 months. I have used Boorum & Pease off & on for 35 years. I just finished 4 volumes of the Series 21 & 38 (2 of each) & found they no longer have the thicker paper of decades ago. Their lines are narrower, akin to college ruling. I have used fountain pens in them before but have recently found I cannot use those nor thicker nibbed roller balls nor grease-based ballpoint pens (as in Ink Joy): the inks will bleed through the paper, not too badly but it's annoying. The one nice thing about the 21 & 38 series is the covers are better & you can keep them cleaner. And a bunch of them together on a shelf do look quite nice. The one serious drawback to the 21 & 38 series is they are pretty expensive: they can cost double to triple of what you'll spend on the BP 66-R series. Therefore, I decided to try the Boorum & Pease 66-R 300- & 500-page books. This series is much taller & narrower than the 21 & 38 series (the 38-R is even smaller than the 21-R!). The 66-R series has some unfortunate drawbacks though: 1) the covers are canvas & are prone to show dirt, dribbles from liquids, accidental smears from pens, etc. To keep them clean, I made book covers out of heavy paper grocery bags & it works just fine. But, as I have not used this particular series before, I don't know how durable the canvas covers are nor how well they will stand up to the test of time (& I mean decades). 2) the paper is even thinner than the new 21 & 38-R series. I tried fountain pens, roller ball, medium point ballpoint pens, fine tip flares & all have a tendency to bleed through, especially if one is inclined to bear down while writing. Fine to extra fine ballpoint pens do alright but the finer nibs will score the paper & "shadow write" on the underlying sheet. All ballpoint pens tend to make the paper curl (even the slightly thicker paper in the 21 & 38 series will do this). I would not attempt any artistic endeavors with watercolors (or any paint for that matter), nor use flair pens/markers: the paper is way too thin. 3) The margins are a bit narrow for my taste. 4) The index sheet at the front is awkward; it belongs in the back of the book, so I just cover it up with blank sheets of legal paper cut to size on both sides & use it as a frontispiece. 5) Please be aware that B&P series 21-R, 38-R, & 66-R are MADE IN CHINA. It says so right inside the front cover. I had noticed in other reviews this was a question & was answered incorrectly. On the plus side for the B&P Series 66-R: 1) the lines are much wider than the 21 or 38 BP series, although they are not as wide as wide-ruled composition books or wide-ruled notebook paper. Since I have a tendency to write larger, I find writing much more enjoyable when I can actually see what I'm writing & I can edit a lot more cleanly. The lines are a bit darker & are easier to see as well. 2) Pages are numbered as in the 21 & 38 BP series, which is a big help. As a bonus, you get a few extra pages at the end. In a 300-page book, you actually get 2 extra numbered sheets (equating to 4 pages). 3) the BIG plus!: the pricing is way more reasonable than the 21 & 38 BP series. So much so that I have gone ahead & invested in 3 300-page books & one 500-page book for future use. Now, with all that being said, if you are a stickler for appearance & want your shelves to look professional & library-like, then by all means, spend the extra bucks for the B&P 21 & 38 record book series. But, if you're just a casual writer or bookkeeper for personal stuff & not interested in having the law library look, & only have that rabid desire to put pen to paper & scribble something every day (as in my case), then the B&P 66-R series could be all that you'll need. So far, the first volume of the 66-R series I just started seems to work just fine for me. But the choice is yours. Happy writing!

I would definitely buy again because of the quality of the book and it is a few dollars cheaper than the Staples Record Book. Also, it is as described. The pages are large and acid free. It is organized and I love the color. I wish it came in other colors because it is pleasing to the eyes.

I had one of these journals years ago when I was in college, and during a recent search through a veritable sea of beautiful, unique journals, when I wanted a large, simple journal and simply could not decide among the many themes and styles, I suddenly remembered this journal of yore. Yes, it still existed! I ordered it. To be clear, this is the Boorum and Pease "Record Book," whereas what they call a "Journal" actually has a different kind of lines used for accounting, not suitable for a personal journal. This Record Book has ordinary lines like you might find in a notebook. I love that it has a whopping 500 numbered pages, is substantial in size, and has two lined pages in front to create your own Table of Contents. I love the archaic-looking cloth cover with the rounded corners. And I also love the fact that, since these have been around forever, they will probably continue to be around forever, which means I can have a uniform series of journals instead of a jumble of all different styles. That's great for some purposes, but I'm using this to catalog my Tarot studies and readings, and for that, I would like to use the same style journal over and over again for consistency's sake, and in order to be able to catalog my progress. The page numbers and table of contents will make it easy for me to go back through these journals when I want to find something specific. I haven't had any problems with ink bleed-through as someone mentioned, even using a variety of colored pens and gel pens. It's a bit pricey, but nothing compared to a skinny, floppy, overpriced Moleskine, of which I'd have to buy several to equal this many delightfully empty pages. I love it!