Download PDF Sierra Club Engagement Calendar 2018 Sierra Club 9781578052165 Books

Product details Calendar Publisher Sierra Club; Egmt Spi edition (August 1, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 1578052165

Sierra Club Engagement Calendar 2018 Sierra Club 9781578052165 Books Reviews

• UPDATE (AUG 2017) For some reason, the reviews for the 2017 and 2018 engagement calendar are linked together. My review from last year (below) holds true for the 2018 version as well. Great calendar!
  
  Although everything seems to be electronic these days, I still prefer a paper engagement calendar for my personal use. I record all sorts of things in it - appointments, vacation information, exercise, etc. I purchase the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar every year. I have kept several years worth, which I can go back through and reminisce about various activities. The pages are not as thick as they once were, but I still find them to be of decent quality. The spiral binding makes it easy to flip through the pages. There is one week per page with ample writing space for each day. (See customer images 2017 on left; 2018 on right.) Best of all, the photos of the animals and scenery are absolutely spectacular. I especially like it when I discover a picture or two taken in my own state. It makes me appreciate my surroundings that much more.
• I’m a little old-fashioned when it comes to some things, such as using a paper engagement calendar instead of an electronic one for my personal use. I record all sorts of things in it - appointments, vacation information, exercise, etc. Each year, I purchase the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar because I love their pictures. I have kept several years' worth, which I can go back through and reminisce about various activities (sort of like a diary, but without having anything too incriminating). The pages are not as thick as they once were, but I still find them to be of decent quality. The spiral binding makes it easy to flip through the pages. There is one week per page with ample writing space for each day. Best of all, the photos of the animals and scenery are absolutely amazing. I especially like it when I discover a picture taken in my own state. It makes me appreciate my surroundings that much more.
• The Sierra Club Engangement Calendar has been my daily journal book for more than 30 years. I keep one on my desk and write cryptic little notes and drawings about what I did each day just to try and help me remember what I did each day. I learned long ago that unless I write it down, I have no recollection whatsoever of what I did most days--and that's not an age thing, it's just my personality! I write down a lot of silly things the weather, what ate that day, if I walked, and of course what I wrote that day (I'm a writer). I've kept all of these journals and it's nice to be able to look back and recall what the weather was like the day I finished a book and who called me that day.
  
  Because I'm also a nature photographer, I love looking at the photos. The only reason that I gave this calendar four stars instead of five is that I think the publisher has let the quality of the reproduction slip a bit in recent years. In years gone by the photo reproduction was much higher and today it is average at best. The quality of the paper and binding is still high (spiralbound), but the photo reproduction just isn't what it could be.
  
  Overall though, this calendar is probably 4.5 stars. The photos they use are always great and for nature photographers getting published by Sierra Club is a huge thing.
• I am very disappointed in the quality of the Sierra Club 2017 Engagement Calendar. In previous years the stunning photographs filled the pages with borderless, saturated, full-color striking images, while this year there is an awful lot of white space, making the photos much less appealing. That said, the photos themselves are not the same caliber as in previous years. Some of them are rather ho-hum, actually. I think the Sierra Club really "cheaped out" on the engagement calendar this year and I am thinking about returning it. (I had pre-ordered it.)
  
  **This year's calendar is also made from a less heavy, lower quality paper than in previous years.
  
  You should take a pass on this is my opinion.
• I love this calendar. I've been using the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar on my little office desk for years, and I hope that they never stop making them. As in prior years, this calendar is spiral bound, so it will lay flat when it's open. There is a new page for each week, with a lovely photograph on the left page and the days listed vertically (Monday - Sunday) on the right. Each day has a few lines on which to write appointments and reminders. The pages are thick and sturdy. They have a shiny coating, so if you write on them with pencil, you won't be able to erase it effectively. I use sticky notes for things that are indefinite. There are pages with additional information in the back that I really only look at once a year when I first get the calendar. I always think it's cool at the time, but never use it later. All in all, I think it's a great calendar, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves nature photography and needs a smallish desk/engagement calendar.
• This is the perfect book for keeping my diary...I have been using the Sierra Club Engagement Calendar for over twenty-seven years, and will continue to use this calendar long into the future. It gives just enough room for each day to record the important facts of that day, and then store at the end of the year for reference. The pictures for each week are beautiful, and I enjoy seeing the many different places/things that "arrive" with each new week. An excellent value for much used book.
• The Sierra Club Engagement Calendar has never let me down. Besides showing stunning images to me weekly it is also the right size engagement calendar for me. There is plenty of room to write notes to myself for that day's events. I have been purchasing this calendar for many years - it just works for me.
• I am disappointed by the quality of the paper in this year's calendar. It is no longer the glossy thick stock used in the past. The colors appear washed out and when I write down entries, the color from the photo on the back transfers on to the next page. I'll be buying the Audubon Engagement Calendar for 2018 and future years, until I hear that Sierra Club returns to using high quality paper and ink.