When I first opened it up, I thought how pretty the purple color. The pages are , as the other journals, good quality. I love the smaller size of this journal as it fits perfectly on top of my spiral verse mapping journal. Then I realized it doesn’t have that beautiful fabric cover with the gold emboss that the verse mapping journal has. I realized in that moment how important that is to me. That fabric cover is what makes the James method journals unique and, to be honest, gives me a special feeling every time I look at it or use it. While I know the word study pages would still be the same, with the exception of the feather, on the outside it looks like any other journal. Yes, maybe it’s a bit selfish of me, but that fabric cover adds that extra touch that I cherish. Please don’t change it, at least, for the verse mapping journals.