title: If this were an App I would have uninstalled after the first issue.

text: Very disappointed in the amount of advertisements. Even some of the articles as really ads. I paid less than $6 usd and won't do it again. To be honest it should be free and delivered by USPS with the rest of the "junk" mail.


title: Great, prompt service, excellent product.

text: Item arrived as advertised, promptly, well packed, in perfect condition.  Thank you.  I highly recommend this vendor and this product.  However, I am not at all happy that there are now fewer than 12 issues per year.  I used to look forward to 12 issues per year.


text: Item arrived as advertised, promptly, well packed, in perfect condition.  Thank you.  I highly recommend this vendor and this product.  However, there are fewer issues per year.  There used to be one issue per month, now less.  I used to look forward to 12 issues.


We have enjoyed reading Coastal Living for several years. It is great for folks living (or liking) the coastal areas.


title: Five Stars

text: Always full of interesting articals.


title: Three Stars

text: High end air planes. What can I say.


title: My all time favorite magazine!

text: This is my all time favorite magazine! I was thrilled to see it available through Amazon, and for a very reasonable price! ~Danielle


title: Easy to read. Good supplement to internet searches.

text:
Ok at the discount price.  Easy to read in an hour or two. Insights that I mostly get from elsewhere, but reading them together is a good learning experience.  Occasionally a new idea or an old idea presented in a new way.

Because of this I am more informed about working part time in retirement or negotiating for part time instead of immediately jumping into retirement.  Not alarmist nor self congratulatory.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this magazine -- every issue is a great read


This is a very interesting digest that covers a good range of birds each month. I'm glad I decided to subscribe to it!!


title: and such nice paper used for the pages

text:
It's a lovely magazine.  It's well put together with gorgeous pictures, and  such nice paper used
for the pages.  It's fun for me to read an English country magazine as it gives a different
point of view on many subjects. I find I can look over the same issue several times and
find something new and interesting each time.


title: Great

text: Large print is great.


title: Doesn't get old.

text: A classic


title: Doesn't get old

text: A classic.


title: DO NOT ORDER THIS MAGAZINE!

text: I ordered this thru someone else and just came on here to see if I could find more information.  I paid for 4 issues and received 1.  I tried contacting the company, grass roots publishing and the phone is always busy.  I then tried contacting the business I ordered it thru and haven't heard a thing.  My guess is they went out of business and that's all I'm going to see of my subscription.  I paid nowhere near what the 29.00 they want on here but it still wasn't worth whatever I paid.  Not really a magazine as much as a leaflet.


title: Excellent

text: Great at home project ideas


title: On time delivery

text: This magazine has great ideas


title: Great pictures

text: Great pictures and little articles<br />I have inly received one magazine  since i ordered itmonthes ago


title: Reader digets

text: Still a great mag


title: Magazine maintains its excellent reputation

text: Great recipes.


title: GREAT magazine for REAL people working on thier house

text: I had a chance to check out this magazine at my parent's house over Christmas, and immediately subscribed.  To the point articles about actual projects I might do on my microscopic budget.  Not one of the "redo your kitchen for $22,000" magazines, its for actual real people who are looking for assistance, suggestions, and tips that they can use for DIY projects.  Highly recommend.


title: Good magazine

text: I love getting these in the mail! Someday I may actually get around to reading them instead of skimming them, if I can still find them.


title: Extremely Sad

text: I know you are going environmental with your paper but, I shouldn't be able to read the article on the other side while reading the one on the current page. I have bought POP SCI for years and this will be my last time. tobacco and smoking adds and buy this cheap jewelry don't really catch my interest. You're Articles used to be a couple pages long explaining the future with real interviews and now its a side-show with things people can google up.


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent journal


title: fine magazine

text: fine magazine that is a cross between other science-related magazines, and the popular ones that are less scientific.  Well- written articles, and a good reference.


title: Very Traditional

text: Nice magazine. Many of the interiors featured were very similar and in my opinion a bit beige and bland. I was hoping for more variety of the cottage decorating style from whimsical to shabby chic, rustic and possibly a mixture of a few unexpected elements. The homes featured were all very traditional and lovely but lacked the uniqueness that I was hoping to see in inspire my own decorating. Someone with very traditional style will love this magazine.


title: Great Deal!

text: I ordered this subscription on 2/4 and received my first issue on 2/23. From my experience that is the fastest I have ever received any magazine after subscribing. I got the 8 issues for $1 since I ordered a dvd and ordered through my confirmation email. As the previous review states this magazine has mostly celeb photos and gossip, but having seen these magazines before it was what I expected. This is a great deal-I don't care much for the gossip but I love keeping up with what the celebs are wearing!


title: Five Stars

text: I love the readers digest.  Lots of short stories


title: A monthly must read!

text: Subscriber since first published. Delightful, informational, always enjoyable.


title: Harder to cancel than AOL

text: I tried to cancel as the subscription came up for renewal but was refused stating it had already shipped.  Two months later a magazine shows up.  More advertising than content.


title: Intriguing Explorations of the American Continents

text: I have found this magazine absolutely fascinating, and highly recommend it if you enjoy Amercan archaeology, Native American history, or like to hear of unusual finds and explorations of the Americas. In my world the price of a print subscription is on the high side, but I gladly pay it for the content it offers.


title: Too advanced for me

text: I am a novice at painting and this is far too advanced for me unless I took watercolor classes.<br />JLW


title: Five Stars

text: Both liberal and conservative views  Great book reviews


title: Good stories

text: Recipes would be nice.


title: You don't get what you pay for & even if you did, it is grossly overpriced

text: Goodness! I subscribed to the digital ed. in 2018 & received 2 issues. Silly me, I subscribed to the print ed. last July and, drum roll, have received 2 issues. Sadly, I purchased the subscription from FTM, and it was $45.95. If I had thought to check on Amazon, it would cost me $13.50 per issue v. the $22.98 that I have paid. This criticism is about FTM and not Amazon.


title: written by a fraud

text:
George Dohrmann. Just another media vulture who took down a coach and players. If a player has no tattoos and his dad has all his sports memorabilia, how could he be selling it for tattoos? He also used a homeless person as a "source" for his anti-Tressel article. He also failed to mention the team currently has the highest or one of the highest academic records, all thanks to Tressel. I could go on all day about this EPIC FAIL of a reporter.

Don't buy this fraud's book or magazines.


title: Very cool magazine

text: Love this magazine has a little of everything for the science and mechanical type of person.


title: Bazaar at a bargain!

text: Have always loved Bazaar.  Thanks to Amazon, I can afford it again!


title: A must...

text: A favorite magazine of mine! It covers so much that I find this magazine a must have in my home!


title: Great deal for a great magazine

text: Great magazine with great recipes every month.


title: One of my favorites...

text: My favorite magazine. I am obsessed with anything coastal and this magazine gives me so many ideas and an escape at times. I look forward to this magazine every month.


title: You'll love reading it cover to cover.

text: Always the best advise, newest products,.... Love reading cover to cover!


title: Five Stars

text: i do no get this publication from a subscription<br />I read at the library or thru their magazine service


title: Five Stars

text: Fine magazine!


title: Love it

text: Great ideas.


title: Always look forward to the next issue

text: Love this publication!!!


title: The gift that keeps giving

text: This was a favorite magazine of my daughters growing up, her grandparents gifted her with subscription. So happy that now I am honoring tradition and was able to gift subscription to my grand daughter. This is a renewal of her current subscription. Grand daughter is 3 1/2 years old looks forward to getting each copy.


title: I really like ESPN Magazine

text: Not only does it have a lot of blurbs about stories all around the sports world, it has some in depth news on different things around sports. If you want simple updated standings and stats for each league and just news, then I'd get SI or Sporting News, but if you want an entertaining sports magazine that is more sports than entertainment, get this magazine.


title: more advertisement then fitness

text: i am a mens health reader after my subscription expired i decided to try this magazine as its seen all over news stand .. man what was i thinking, they hardly show you great work out, shows you some tip...the emphasis is on advertisement and girls.. for fun i started to count how many pages of advertisement were in the magazine, the magazine was about 160 ish.. pages and about 90ish were advertisement thats about 60% of magazine filled with advertisement.. and they wanna charge $40 a year for this lol..definately not worth it... unless u get it from discount magazines.. dont bother not worth the money ..


title: value for money

text: I love RD


title: Four Stars

text: Decent magazine, comes with demos


title: incredible pictures

text: I love the illustrations in this magazine.  I use them for my art, the details are awesome.


title: Not what i thought it would be.

text: I just bought my first DSLR and wanted to know how to do cool shots like tilt shift and delayed shutter. Although it does touch on technique, the main purpose of this magazine seems to be selling more cameras.


title: Feeds your brain

text: You wouldn't think that a weekly news magazine would be useful anymore, but The Economist is more important that ever. In a world of 5-second sound bytes and pithy click-bait headlines, this magazine provides the kind of in-depth news and analysis you really can't get from mainstream news sources.


title: Great Magazine

text: Great Magazine


title: Good Magazine

text: Love this magazine. Good balance of ads vs articles. I would recommend for anyone looking to get into the cabin lifestyle.


title: Love it

text: I love finding out about new technologies.  Love the magazine.  I really look forward to the new one coming.  Thanks for the great opportunity to learn new stuff.


title: Great magazine

text: Love these magazines. I plan on keeping them as i acquire them for future reference...


title: Ideas for flies

text: This was a gift and he says he likes it very much.


title: Loved this magazine for so many years!

text: If you're into mechanical and even electrical things you will love this magazine and I highly recommend it and probably always will!


title: Very Disappointed :(

text: This is not what I thought it would be.  I subscribe to "Family Handyman" and "Popular Mechanics" and 1 more like that and this doesn't even come close to any of them.  It's not much of anything really.  If you like to read about or do worthwhile projects around the house, my choice is Family Handy man hands down.  Stay Safe and May God Bless all of us.  :)


title: No. 1 car mag for me!

text: I think this is truly the best car magazine out there.  At least for me!


title: Great magazine!

text: Really great magazine!


title: This Magazine is SO Handy For DIY!

text: I like this magazine better than any other for general home DIY and tool reviews!  If you like to DIY consider purchasing a subscription I don't think you will regret it!


title: Quality Magazine by a Trusted Friend

text: My daughter is a busy professional and mother of three.  With little personal time, she enjoys this magazine before bedtime to help her relax. The stories and photos are excellent quality and she looks forward to each issue.


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine!


title: Food network magazine

text: The food network magazine has many wonderful recipes and I enjoy what the network cooks have to say. The magazine also has a great 50 recipe pull out, which I put in my recipe box. Love the magazine.


title: ... and not as much content as I would personally like, but it had some good articles and I'd ...

text: I guess it's a typical publication in that it has a lot of advertisement and not as much content as I would personally like, but it had some good articles and I'd keep getting it for now.


title: The Week

text: This is a good topical overview of both domestic and world news. Also appreciated: cultural and arts news.


title: Nice magazine... Sometimes

text: I buy this magazine only when i know i can actually get some useful information out of it, I always get my hands on a coupon and use it in a wholesale store (such as bj's) which brings the price down so low I get no use from a subscription. I do find that they encourage purchases from things that are simply not necessary ... in many cases they're cheaper and better products. I have chosen to subscribe to BHG, FamilyCircle, and All You. BHG gives me ideas for my home on a budget, FamilyCircle gives me the food recipes (along with BHG) and All You is mainly for the coupons, which will pay itself back within a month! By the way, if you are able to find a good special on each of these subscriptions it will cost you less than a RealSimple subscription alone!


title: I always enjoy receiving Interweave magazines

text: There are wonderful fresh crochet pictures and patterns in this issue.  These are quality magazines.  This is not quite as good as the very best ones they have had, but still top-notch.


title: Very Informational

text: I have been pleased with this magazine so far. I like the articles size; it gives you enough information about the topic but not too much that I get bored reading it. I especially like the training articles.


title: Not accurate!

text: Their published facts and figures are usually wrong.  Even when I contacted them with the proper data they just ignored me.  It is not a reputable magazine in my opinion.


title: nice magazine

text: I enjoyed my subscription to Real simple had some fun ideas to fix up/clean up etc. around the house.  It is comparable to the Martha Stewart magazines but IMHO much better and less product placement driven.


title: Five Stars

text: good


title: Love this magazine and look forward to it's arrival each ...

text: Love this magazine and look forward to it's arrival each month.  Real Simple has wonderful makeover home ideas as well as interesting human interest articles.  I find it a great magazine for the over 50 group as well as the younger folks that aren't so interested in fashion, movie stars and make-up.


title: One of the best all-time magazines!

text: One of my all-time favorite magazines! Great value.


title: Good for all age women

text: Been getting this magazine for many years & still find it relevant.


title: Five Stars

text: Love INC.


title: Up to date data on Guns

text: Thius mag. keeps me up to date on guns and Ammo I have bought guns on the recomdations of the writers of this Magz.


title: Not the authentic jo I was

text: I ordered the mag to get design ideas.  It looks like an attempt to be Oprah like and not authentic.  Jo should try to keep the essence of why people like her.  She and the brand have become too commercial.  I wish i could get my money back.


I always love the National Geographic when it comes.  I read it from cover to cover.  I just wish it came twice as often.


title: Nice publication

text: Simply put...easy read without impractical ideas.


title: Cool and different from all the other home magazines

text: Cool magazine.  I really like the layout.


title: Martha, get a grip.

text: Ordered this because price was so good.  Made me realize that I still hate Martha Stewart and her idiotic ideas.


title: Five Stars

text: My favorite magazine.


title: Fun

text: Just read the first issue and it has a lot of great tips and helpful info. Looking forward to more issues. It is really fun if you are a Mac fan.


title: Fine Gardening magazine

text: One of the best US developed gardening magazines.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this magazine for country living.<br />Great articles


title: Britian Mag World of Wonders

text: Love the magazine, takes me to a world of want!


title: Best home-themed magazine!

text: Magazines generally repulse me due to the extreme amounts of advertising you have to wade through to get to the content.  HGTV magazine has ALL the ads but the content makes it worth buying and reading.  This is the first magazine of this type I am able to overlook the negatives (ads).


title: Five Stars

text: Allure is one of my favorite magazines!


title: Five Stars

text: Good Magazine


title: Never got it

text: I have yet to receive my first issue!  When does this come?  I hope I get it at all......


title: Old News

text:
It's not just that you can get your information much quicker nowadays online, well actually it is.  Everything in the magazine is automatically two months behind.  Out of all the information that is provided none of it is very tech oriented or interesting for that matter.  This is an uninteresting magazine not fit for a Dentist's office.  You can find better computer information and news in Discover or Scientific American.

Next time I'll just stick to finding PC info on the web.


title: GREAT  Magazine!!!

text: I am skeptical about magazines since they all seem to have more advertisements in them than anything else....BUT this is truly a GREAT magazine!  So much helpful information on so many different everyday things, from make-up to washing machines, etc.  I have no regrets in purchasing GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.


title: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

text: I ordered for my Nephew.


title: Great gift that keeps giving

text: My boyfriend is all about water: fishing, diving, surfing...it's his life. For his birthday, I got him this magazine subscription and after he reads them, I put them on my coffee table and guest bathroom too. Absolutely beautiful pics and well told stories. Impressive magazine.


title: Easy to do

text: Easy, easy, easy!!! Get an email to remind you to renew.  Don't have to remember, so helpful.  Great deal to do.


title: Four Stars

text: Not my interest


title: Five Stars

text: a+++


title: Five Stars

text: reminds me of my childhood perusing my great aunts collection


title: I love working with watercolors in the classroom and when I ...

text: I love working with watercolors in the classroom and when I travel. This magazine has a range of styles that artist use in watercolors to motivate  anyone.


title: Ideas at your finger tips

text: It is so much fun to dream and at times dreams do come true. I love the designs and each month is so unique.


title: ... and still haven't heard if they received it or liked it.

text: Bought as a gift and still haven't heard if they received it or liked it...


title: My Mother aged 82 with macular generation loves this. ...

text: My Mother aged 82  with macular generation loves this. Wish more magazines came in in large font.


title: Southern beauty!

text: I live in the South and love our designs and decor, so nice to have all of these gorgeous things in this fantastic magazine!


title: Not That Great

text: I don't think I'd purchase this again.  There are many ads and not enough articles.  The articles are ones that don't pertain to me, I don't care about.


title: Looks Like They've Gone Down In Quality (and Quantity) From a Few Years Ago....

text:
I subscribed to GW for years and years, until I was informed a few years ago that they had decided to go to all digital subscriptions and would no longer be providing print copies to subscribers.

After writing and telling them there's no way subscribers are going to sit at their computer screens and read through a 60 page magazine each month, I got a response back saying, essentially, too bad. When I wrote back saying they'd be forced to bring back print subscriptions because too many subscribers would cancel rather than be forced to go to a digital only subscription, and I still had like 4 months left on my subscription and I had paid for a print subscription, I got a note back saying they would pro rate my account, cancel my subscription, and send me a check. I received a check in the mail a week or so later for $4.  As you can imagine, I did not appreciate the treatment I received from them at all.

Recently, I saw that they had, in fact, brought back print subscriptions, so I went to a Barnes & Noble and checked out a copy.  I was surprised to find the magazine is noticeably thinner than it had previously been, there's ads on nearly every page, there was not one article that I was interested in reading, and the tabs were all for songs in Drop D tuning, which I do not play... at all. That heavy death metal stuff does not interest me at all.

Being a guitarist for over 45 years now, I'm always looking to stay in touch with equipment, technique, the latest groups, current releases and so on, so I'll keep tabs on GW going forward. It used to be a "must have" magazine, as far as I was concerned, for many years. Not so much from what I've seen of the issue I checked out, but it's good to see they've gone back to offering print subscriptions once again.  I'll keep my eye out when I visit B&N going forward, but they certainly appear to have gone downhill from what they were before.


title: Recipes are probably not as "common" as what I use ...

text: Recipes are probably not as "common" as what I use in our household!!!  Some of the recipes that require common ingredients I will - too many of the recipes require buying a lot of additional things I would never use BUT in that recipe.


title: Five Stars

text: Really enjoy this magazine!!!


title: Decent articles, not overbearing with ads!

text: A good magazine to read on the potty! Haha that's the only time I find myself looking at magazines! Usually has some interesting articles and doesn't seem overbearing with ads.


title: Very happy

text: Very happy with the magazine!


title: Bring back the Word/Vocab builder page

text: Not as good as it was years ago


My favorite mag! Great gift for a new home owner, or someone that wants to learn how to do things the correct way😉.  Have been getting this mag for years.  Never a disappointment.  Love love love!


title: Buy elsewhere.

text: Good magazine but ordered in early December and got the first issue in March.  Absurd.


title: Interesting Articles

text: Good Reading for a lazy Sunday afternoon.


title: Preaching to the choir

text: Preaching to the choir is the main thrust of this magazine.  I wish they would broaden their horizons and stop screaming.


title: Definitely worth a look

text: Definitely worth a look.  I still prefer reading a magazine rather than on a screen and this magazine is very interesting.


title: Interesting read

text: Definitely an interesting read, no matter what you think about the points of view expressed.  Good magazine to read on a cold night.


title: I am too old for this magazine I don't know ...

text: I am too old for this magazine I don't know any of these  Internet stars  and Kardashian's  and the arcane little snippets and a little posts just no full real reporting on TV shows or movies etc.


title: Love this magazine

text: Great deal on a great magazine


title: The catch

text: Automatically renews without notice.


title: PLEASE CONTACE THE RECEIVER. THIS WAS A GIFT

text: PLEASE PUT THE NAME OF THE ITEM ON THIS PAGE  CONTACE DIANE PAYNE  DJEGPAYNE@JUNO.COM  THIS WAS A GIFT<br />I PURCHASED THE ITEM BUT THE RECEIVER WOULD GIVE YOU THE REVIEW


title: FIELD AND STREAM MAGAZINE

text: THIS WAS A RENEWAL FOR A DEAR FRIEND.  HE JUST LOVES THE MAGAZINE.  AFTER HE HAS READ IT HE PASSES IT ALONG TO HIS SON AND GRANDSON


title: NATIONAL GEO SUBSCRIPTION

text: AMAZON ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT PRICE ON ALL THE MAGAZINES.<br />NATIONAL GEO.  WAS AN EXCELLENT PRICE AND I GAVE IT AS A GIFT.


title: Happy

text: Happy


title: Good

text: So far I have just received one but I think I will like the subscription.  This is not really for basic quilters but I want stimulation not to copy some design that someone else dreamed up so this is good for me.


title: Five Stars

text: I love readers digest, what can I say


title: Five Stars

text: Good magazine


title: Great mag!

text: This magazine is a well written collection of interesting stories about doing business in today's business climate.  Things HAVE changed...


title: Five Stars

text: Great magaIbe


title: Purposeful Magazine

text: Magnolia Journal is expensive, but it is also a quality magazine. Yes, it has ads, but most mags have ads. If you want to be inspired by everyday little things and ideas, this magazine does that. Joanna’s journal seems to focus on finding meaning and peace. I usually never read magazines, but I read the articles in this one. We even made the macaroon (she calls macrons) recipe (too sweet, but fun) and the  I have also read Joanna’s first picture book and both of Chip’s books, and I have their brand all over my house but about the magazine, I like the feeling the stories evoke. I do wish the magazine expressed their Christian faith more with the Jewish Scriptures, but I don’t think they are there yet. (Chip and Jo, fast and pray to go deeper and God will draw you to express Him in your work.)

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title: Five Stars

text: Brings me home


title: Great quality; less clutter

text: Very easy to read and navigate, love the options of single or double-page, photos are as good as print, plus I love Town & Country. I got both to see if I'd like the print or online version better (I had always gotten print, which were stacked everywhere in the house; I purchased a Fire to eliminate clutter). While I still love to flip through a magazine, I LOVE that I can recycle the print version and know I always have the online edition which is just as beautiful and colorful.


title: Five Stars

text: How can you go wrong?  And we didn't!


title: Five Stars

text: I love readers digest, it is my favorite magazine!  The price was excellent 2 years for $15


title: Absolutely love and will be renewing

text: Love my subscription! Magazine is full of great recipe, real life reads, decor and household tips, and more! Always look forward to when it comes in the mail :)


title: Great Magazine

text: I really like this magazine. I got it for like $5 for a year, not renewal, and it is great. I love looking at cars that, for the most part, I will never own. lol lets be honest though, magazines are something you get to read on the john and this is one of the best ones so go ahead and get it already.


title: Wonderful styles and diverse ideas

text: How lovely it would have been to receive more than one issue of this subscription. It's a very nice magazine that I will occasionally buy in the grocery store.


title: Worth the wait.

text: Great photos and interesting healthy recipes. It's almost October and all those yummy Fall recipes, that I looked forward to back in April when I bought this subscription, will no doubt fill my first issue.


title: Three Stars

text: good magazine, but long time to wait for first issue to arrive - up to 12 weeks


title: slow in starting

text: great magazine  but haven't received 1st issue yet.  Disappointing that it takes up to 12 weeks for first issue


title: Don't get it

text: Not like it used to be


title: Great practical running magazine

text:
This is a great magazine for the typical runner who enjoys good tips and training guides. It is good for marathon runner or casual runner. Other mags spend too much time on these extreme runners or crazy things. This is practical.

Enjoy!


I was so disappointed when we received our first issue.  The Little Kids magazine was great and we grew a little older so we ordered the Kids version... what a waste!  It is full of advertisements and very poorly organized.  There are "blurbs" of information scattered all over the pages, making it difficult for children to focus on where they should begin reading or what they should read next.  Some of the advertisements are camouflaged to look like they might be part of the articles, which is shameful!  I would highly recommend the Little Kids version for small children, but the Kids version of this magazine is terrible.


title: Not what I ordered, but I like it.

text: I actually ordered Urban Home... somehow I ended up getting this. I do like it, but it's not quite relevant to where I live. Full of beautiful pictures!


title: Popular Science Magazine

text: Pop Sci is my next best magazine to Nat'l Geographic.  Some of the inventions and scientific achievements being done is absolutely amazing.  Great mag.!


title: Good, but rehashes too much from TV show

text: I wish there was more original content. The magazine is geared towards more novices than the show. The show explains how to do stuff but the magazine is a bit lighter


title: I had forgotten how useful it was

text: I subscribed to this several years ago the first time but let it expire.  I had forgotten how useful it was. I just received my first new issue. And have already used two of the projects.


title: A DIY Must!

text: Love the magazine!  I look forward to receiving it every month.  If you're a weekend DIYer, then this is a must read!


title: Not what it used to be

text:
Pitiful small magazine
Nothing special
No great pics
Just not the same
Why bother
Disappointed


title: Good for children

text: Cute magazine


title: I enjoy each issue

text: So much info.... it boggles the mind. I enjoy each issue.


title: always a favorite

text: In Style is a favorite of mine, due to the layout, the information between the monthly covers, and the beauty of the magazine in general.


title: My fav at the moment

text: I'm really enjoying this magazine, due to the articles, the way the magazine is organized, and what's included. Lots of good stuff here for the price.


title: Good stuff

text: Always some nice photo shoots, though they tend to go back to grungy a bit often for my taste these days.


title: good childrens magazine, overall

text: While I think this is a very good magazine overall I think it targets too big of an audience which might make it less appealing.  I think kids that like Nik will like this but I think it has a somewhat narrow age appeal.  When my son was younger he would see the cover and want it but was put off by the amount of text and after looking at the pictures, really never went back to it.  Now at 11, unless the cover is from a show he really likes, feels its too *baby-ish* for him.  I think that he found the magazine *just right* at about age 8-10.  And there is a ton of advertising...  I'm not crazy about that...


title: Wonderful...  each magazine is a *keeper*

text:
This is a wonderful magazine albeit a little expensive (especially the news stand price).  Each issue has a few great, totally reasearched recipes instead of tons of so-so recipes.  The recipes are written as articles, which i love.  It tells the story of how this *ultimate* recipe came about in their test kitchens..  as well as what worked and what didn't  (One cooking method over another...  differing amounts of liquid...  etc. )  In a recent chile article there was discussion of meat vs. beans and one kind of meat vs. another...  As well as why some ingredients worked and some didn't.  I like this feature alot as I tend to play around with recipes so it's nice to know what didnt work (and why) right off.
I love the product comparisons...  anything from knives to mayo.  It reminds me of the way consumer reports compares things..complete and unbiased.
There are also very good tips and hints in every issue.  I think what I like most is that its a very serious cooking magazine but it isnt stuffy..  its *tone* is conersational and friendly.  Its a real winner for people who love cooking and cookbooks


title: four minus stars really...

text:
This is one of the few magazines i still subscribe to but every time it comes up for renewal i have to ask myself if i really want to keep it up and i find that each year i want to less and less...so far...i still want to more than not.  This time, who knows?  I have pros and cons about it and so fars the pros are out-weighing the cons...  I like very much the craft section as i find them to be very do-able.  some even simple in a *i shoulda thought of that* sorta way...  ditto the holiday decorationg and crafts.  I think the holiday crafts and decorating issues are lovely and i can take away things i find myself incorporating.  On the other hand, I cant see myself cooking anything she has recipes for... they are over complicated...overworked... I realize that she is going for the pinnacle of everything she does but there is such a beautiful simplicity to her crafts as opposed to a convoluted stuffiness to the recipes.  I did try a recipe or two from her show and frankly, they didnt turn out.  A criticism i have heard of her recipes before.  I dont know if it is from my techniques or her directions but either way...it didnt work.
I really enjoy the last page that she writes.  Her memories of her childhood and i wish more of the magazine was like that.  Even tho the magaizine isnt written by her, i wish it had that style.  A fondness for what it proports instead of a textbook of instruction.  I like that it takes the *small* and teaches about it... one type of bloom...one type of fired porcelin... and eggcup... one type of linen... i like the lessons, i just wish it were written with the same fondness that shows in the last page.
The advertising drives me crazy.  Page after page after page... interupting articles...recipes... indexes... letters to the editor.  ugh.  Too too much.  I pay for the subscription and sometimes i just feel i am paying again by reading all the ads.
Its a beautiful magazine visually and i enjoy the childrens issue that comes out and is included in the subscripition price.  I especially enjoy the holiday issues and her crafts focused issues.  I think the recipes are a downfall.


title: consistantly excellent

text: I always find something helpful in every issue.  This is one of the very few magazines i still subscribe to and hope it is published always.  It consistantly addresses issues that are important to me like organizing, money (getting out from under debt), making easy meals fast and good, building a clssic wardrobe (although this is by no means a fashion magazine),  feeding your *soul* (although its not preachy)...  its a great mix of topical topics and and some first person stories.  I especially like their feature called *fake it, dont make it* where they show you how to make a meal out of things you might have on hand...  they usually do a style comparison.  this month is panty hose...some times is pants...or purses or shirts  etc.  telling the prices (and they come from all price ranges) and what is good/bad about each...  they do alot of features about organizing, some about cleaning.  all are helpful, clear and simple.  there is usually an inppirational artical or two written about or by someone.  i like the format of them in that they arent continued to the back of the magazine but are witten in total on a few pages...  the recipes are always easy and the ones i tried are very good with easy to find ingredients.  i think this magazine is just great.  ...but try the magazine, you wont be sorry if what i wrote is appealing to you


title: Coastal Living Review

text:
I purchased this magazine after seeing it a friend's house.  I am a "beach" person and love anything to do with the beach so this magazine was perfect for me.
It contained beach decor that was awesome and included places where you could buy these items

I am very happy with my purchase and always look forward to the next issue!!


title: Five Stars

text: i love this magazine


title: Four Stars

text: good magazine for the average diner looking for motivating ideas for  eating a little healthier...


title: Five Stars

text: great magazine


title: not the magazine I remember

text: cheap, incomplete articles and too much advertising of questionable products


title: wish I''d had a sample to two before ordering

text: Ordered it thinking it was similar to another one of there magazines that actually has two - three page articles that my grandson loved but we could only get through the school.  This a good magazine for kids if they're into short attention span reading.  my grandson (7) prefers chapter books to these.  the items inside are shallow and kind of plopped together like a  Windows menu page all flash.. Obviously edited by someone addicted to sound bytes as opposed to any depth.  and they don't compost.


title: My favorite

text: My favorite magazine


title: Lacks Content and Depth

text:
I used the subscription for one year.

None of the 'Retirement recommendations' had enough depth, pictures or information.

The articles rarely told you where you could get additional information, and if they did, they usually only listed one source.

The articles do not consistently tell you about the benefits/penalty  of retiring in a particular area, as I hoped they would. In other words I wanted to see each article include information about taxes for retirees (do they tax Pensions ? social security?  State taxes for those over 65 ?  Property tax reductions ?  Homestead exemptions ?  ...)

If you know what region of the country you are interested in, you might be better off grabbing a couple of regional magazines to help you find locations that fit your needs or meet your criteria.  Then do some online research.  The retirement suggestions in this magazine are all over the place, and all over the financial budget.

The magazine is filled with lots of sales and advertisements.


title: sent as a gift

text: all I can say is it is a gift, and the recipient wants it to continue. that makes it good.  right?


title: Great magazine for selecting books

text: This is a magazine reviewing books. It’s great help for choosing that next book. It arrives every other month I believe.


title: the *best*

text: among the top tier of reading materials.


title: the *best*

text: among the top tier of reading materials!


title: Visually Impaired Readers??

text:
I have problems with the content of RD compared with years ago, but that’s not my chief complaint.

Amazon offers these prices for RD: print-$5.00  Kindle-$.99
READER’S DIGEST LARGE PRINT EDITION— $22.00  ??!!

A 250% increase for a visually impaired person? That’s unconscionable!! Think about it. Yes, there are software programs and technology to aid in reading and other tasks when impaired. But those are very expensive for the average person.

There are many ways that the cost of the magazine can be offset before charging the consumer so much. The same software and technologies can make the actual printing a very simple process. There may be a somewhat higher cost for paper, but not this much!

There are grants, both state and federal, that magazines and Amazon can apply for that will help decrease this cost. But for heaven's sake! Doesn’t Amazon make enough money to OFFER SIMILAR GRANTS TO LOWER THE COST OF MATERIALS TO BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED READERS??

(I think so, because they offer so many periodicals at $5.00.)

I don’t know what other magazines have done this, but I will go look. I’m an advocate for Visually Impaired people, and was a Vision teacher for many years. This is very disheartening.


title: Crafts Report rocks

text: If you are interested in small business as an entrepreneur this magazine is for you.  I always learn something from each issue.  This economy can be rough for the little guy trying to start and manage a business.  Lots of tips to help you start or run a business.  Resources and information on showing your works of art.  Try it, it is well worth the money.


title: Great magazine

text: I subscribed my husband and son in law to this magazine.  We almost fight to see who gets to read it first<br />Not just for men


title: I <3 MC

text: $5 for a subscription?  Count me in! I've subscribed to MC in the past and for a 30 year old, it's great.


title: Love the magazine but

text: Not sure how to rate this. Love the magazine but......ordered it last season with the second order at a great price. Was not asked if I still wanted both prescriptions, which I did not.


title: Great lessons.

text: Very informative.  Great lessons.


title: Five Stars

text: good price for one of my favorite magazines


title: Not quite what I expected. Very thin with less ...

text: Not quite what I expected.  Very thin with less information than I hoped for but it's okay.  I don't think I'll renew it though


title: Horrible susbscriiption service

text:
Content= 5 stars
Subscription service= 1 star

The content of Car and Driver is great. My son loves cars, so I decided to take advantage of a great subscription deal. He has been happy with the 1 issue he has received so far.

The problem is the subscription service. It took 3 months to get the first issue, and then nothing for 2 months now. This was cheap, so I'm not too worried about the money. I'm just bummed out that subscription service has been so poor. This will be the last time I order a magazine like this.


title: Too many ads

text:
Too many ads

Not enough content

Did not renew subscription


title: title?

text: There are two magazines I read cover to cover, Sunset and This Old House. I get more information (that I can use) from these two magazines than all others combined


title: Five Stars

text: One of my favorite magazines. I've read it most of my life.


title: Five Stars

text: best ever mag,


title: Five Stars

text: love this guy, lots of good information


title: Five Stars

text: Very pleased.


title: Very good buy

text: I’ve bought three subscriptions. One for my so. And two for friends bday. Great gift. As a mom i want them to read so this accomplishes two missions - reading and entertaining. It’s a gift that keep giving (for 12 months).


title: Never received my order

text: I love InStyle!  I saw a deal for 2 years for $26 so I signed up in September 2009.  My order status said it would deliver by end of December.  It never did so I checked again and it said my new delivery date was January.  STILL never received it.  There was no contact information since it was third party vendor and not Amazon.  I filed the complaint and received an automated response that wasn't helpful.  I finally requested a refund and they only refunded me $24!  What about my other $2?  So I sent them my original order email and after battling and 4 months later, I received my full refund.  Not happy about ordering this through Amazon or their vendor.


title: long time subscriber

text: always entertaining and informative


title: Lots of good things to make.

text: Good way to make things yourself.


title: Absolutely the best!

text:
I am a reasonably capable woman, but I never took shop and I lack a lot of knowledge and experience that most home handymen take for granted. This magazine is fabulous!

I love the clear, simple language. After reading an article, I know what needs to be done and whether it is beyond my ability or not. Illustrations are plentiful and useful. Where most home magazines emphasize glamour photography and expensive purchases, this publication is frugal and down to earth.

Their fabulous articles are also available online, so you don't have to hunt through all of your back issues to see whether an article has been done on the project you are researching.

More magazines should follow this model!


title: Full of GREAT Decorating Ideas!

text: I was initially given a subscription to this magazine as a gift a couple of years ago and when it expired, I had not planned on renewing it. But, toward the end of my subscription, it seemed as if each new issue was more interesting than ever before. When I saw my husband reading it one weekend while taking a break from doing some repairs on the house, I knew it was a keeper! Amazon always has a great price - usually lower than buying it directly from the company - and keeping track of your order online makes it super easy to resubscribe and auto-renewal saves both money and time as well as the fact that you never miss an issue. Even if you only get a few useful ideas from each one, it's well worth the price and also a nice little magazine to pass on to family and friends when you're finished with it!


title: Great magazine

text: A lot of non experienced recipes!


title: Very helpful

text: First of all was the great price that caught my eye. I’ve been seeing it advertised so decided to try it.


title: Great price

text: Great bargain!


title: I love the magazine

text: Much cheaper than subscribing from Smithsonian itself. I love the magazine, amazing information, and very writing. Kids should read it.


title: I USED to love this mag

text: I USED to love this mag. What happened? It's littered with ads, and skimpy on good content. The articles used to be longer and excellently written, with arrestingly lush photography. The old magazines were keepers. So sorry to see this mag going the way of most other "readables" in the world...catering to the video generation who seem to have the reading attention span of circus fleas.


title: Five Stars

text: A great publication, even if it has substantially changed in recent years.


title: Magazine that appeals to kids, parents, coaches

text: Ok, I'm a little biased because I had articles published in this magazine, but the reason I did is because I loved the whole flavor of JB. It's geared toward kid/teen players, parents and coaches. There is usually a feature interview with an MLB player, written to appeal to kids. There are lots of tips on how to pitch, bat, protect yourself from injury, conduct yourself in sportsmanlike manner, etc. One example: an excellent article on how to research schools if your child is interested in playing college ball. Sports Illustrated it's not, but it doesn't need to be. It really hits the mark with the audience it is going for.


title: It's a great publication. I remember seeing it as a kid ...

text: Got this as a subscription for my Dad. It's a great publication. I remember seeing it as a kid - looked kinda boring and not relating to anything in my little kid-world. This mag is nicely designed, has beautiful and sometimes haunting photography and interesting articles. And not just about geography! Brain science, Garrison Keillor's hometown essay, dogs and handlers in the military - seriously, this mag is cool and very under-the-radar as far as good reads go.


title: Has All Recipes changed their format..?

text: Disappointed in the first issue.  Not as many recipes and colorful pictures as I remembered from a previous subscription for this magazine.  Hopefully future issues will improve.


title: Excellent magazine but hard to read

text: The Atlantic is still a fine magazine with good writing. But they're using a very small typeface that makes the magazine very hard to read.


title: Maazine

text: Love Reader's Digest.  Happy to get it at this price.


title: We are using this for it's recipes

text: That makes this magazine successful. We are trying the 50 salsa & guacamole's which was an insert in the magazine. I have to be careful because I will make dinner than a month later the kids ask for that recipe.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this magazine.


title: Four Stars

text: All the things i'm interested in.


title: Oprah is SO inspiring!

text: My other favorite magazine. Great life improvement information.


title: Amazing read.

text: Can’t wait to get this every time. Every page is filled with great tips, interesting articles & great recipes. One of my two favorite magazines.


title: Great magazine for all women!

text: Great info every woman needs to know!


title: Three Stars

text: Please do not renew


title: Great magazine for the whole family

text: Bought this for my teenager. He enjoyed it and so do I!


title: Where's the beef?

text: Very glitzy. Lots of ads. Lots of ads. Lots of ads.  You get my point!


title: He loves receiving his subscription

text:
I don't know who to contact but my grandson didn't receive his October 2021 issue and would really like to get that copy. How can I get one sent to him?

Other than that...HE LOVES HIS SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!


title: Useful, informative

text: Purchased for my mom, she’s really enjoying the magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: Love to read this magazine.


title: Four Stars

text: good


title: Four Stars

text: Good ideas


I have always loved to read Reader's Digest!  There are so many different articles and I love the regulars like Grumpy and Humor in Uniform, etc.  i am an avid reader and this magazine fits me perfectly.  I am usually reading 2 books at a time and when REader's Digest comes in, I put those down and read it cover to cover!  Thnank you for a great magazine!


title: READER'S DIGEST`~~GREAT YEARS AGO~~~GREAT TODAY!~~

text: I've loved Readers Digest, for Many many years, prior and am glad to be a subsriber,once again!~


title: Came on time. paper mags are....

text: magazine doe s not have enough relative content. Will not be reordering.


title: The town love's you!!

text: Have always loved Reader's Digest and instead of running around town looking for Reader's Digest, ( let's face it, apparently everyone here loves this magazine) now I am excited that I can sit back and let It come to me!


title: Retired teacher loves this periodical!

text: It always has several fascinating articles and sometimes more for me to soak up and even share with others!


title: Five Stars

text: Been a subscriber for years great  entertainment magazine


title: used to be good, now bad.

text: I have to agree with recent bad reviews, and I have subscribed for many years previously.  I guess they're pitching the articles to my neighbors, who always have a repair van in front of their house and don't know how to do anything but their day job. the articles avoid true mechanical jobs and rather blah blah about space balls and atomic bomb survivalist fantasy. It's like watching older This Old House morph into House Beautiful.  There is only one house/car page by Roy and those answers are so weak now it isn't worth it. Check family handyman mag; not great but better and lots of info on their website.


title: Love

text: My favorite magazine at a great price. Received and read and reread.


title: Use the AMAZON SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER!

text:
My grandchildren sent me a message!  They love this magazine!! I went thru
Amazon subscription manager, it was
So easy. They received the first issue in less then 6weeks.  WooHoo!!


title: Five Stars

text: My daughter looks forward to this magazine every month!


title: Great magazine!

text: Though I don't always 100% agree with what they say in this magazine, PEOPLE is a terrific magazine. It's the perfect magazine for all celebrity buffs, which I happen to be. I also think the web site is really great, too. There are also some great articles on ordinary people, too and what is going on in the world. So it's not just all about celebrities. My favorite PEOPLE issues are when they do coverage on the Oscars, Grammys, and other big entertainment events. I also love their coverage issues of the sexiest men alive, most beautiful people alive, and most intrudging people alive. And, if you're a teen, you should really consider trying their compainon magazine just for teenagers...TEEN PEOPLE, which is just like PEOPLE magazine only it focuses mainly on teens. Must-have magazine!


title: Good magazine...but not my favorite.

text:
I just recently started to subscribe to SEVENTEEN (but I've been reading it for years), and I have to say that it's a good magazine. A little too much on the fashion and beauty, but still a good magazine. It's a whole heck of a lot better than the new outlook on the 'TEEN magazine, but not as good as 'TEEN PEOPLE, which is still my favorite teen magazine, even though they feature too much of N Sync and Britney Spears!
SEVENTEEN gives a lot of helpful advice on the latest fashion styles, beauty styles, dating types, guy info, sex&body talk, and celebrity info. It also has a lot of real-life articles, and articles about what's going on in the world right at the moment. There are hot guys featured everywhere in this mag...so there's another plus! And yes, there are a lot of ads, but doesn't EVERY magazine have more than a dozen ads featured in every issue? I also, however, could care less for all the prom stuff that they feature in the magazine during prom time, like in their latest March 2002 issue, which I just received today. One of the other downsides of this magazine is that they feature too many perfect-looking models for all the ads and everything. I wish they'd have more normal looking girls to pose in the mag!
There are not a lot of issues featuring N Sync with SEVENTEEN, and actually, not many celebrity articles (which I happen to like best in magazines). If you are looking for a good teen magazine, then I suggest either SEVENTEEN or 'TEEN PEOPLE. All in all, SEVENTEEN is great!


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: It's Quite Possibly the World's Fashion Bible.

text: "W" magazine is such an important staple in the world of fashion, that even guys like me can't help but read it. To call this a women's magazine would really be unfair, for it offers in-depth articles on the fashion industry, profiles on celebrities, and an excellent supplement for men published on a quarterly basis. This men's supplement offers fashion info that's hip and contemporary, but not trendy enough to spook the average American male. As with all fashion magazines, "W" could feature more models of color on their cover, but that's a relatively small gripe compared to the wealth of good stuff this magazine offers. Overall, bravo the folks at "W" a job well done!


title: Not As Good As it Used to Be

text:
I have been a faithful subscriber to RS for almost twenty years, and I have witnessed the magazine slowly transform from a credible rock and roll journal to the music equivilent of Tiger Beat.  In the 1980s, Rolling Stone's passion was music, and it often gave well-deserved nods to artists that were on the cutting edge: U2, Prince, REM, the Smiths, and so on.  These days, its attempts to sell copies are getting more desperate as they feature people like Britney, NSYNC, and BSB on their cover sometimes as much as twice a year.  I have nothing against teen pop; after all, RS gave Duran Duran a cover story in the 1980s.  But it's troubling to see a magazine follow trends when they used to create them.
The record reviews are, for the most part, dubious.  Rob Sheffield is one of the usual suspects.  Three-and-a-half stars for Britney and Destiny's Child?  More trustworthy critics include longtime writer David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, and Barry Walters.  These guys seem to know what they're talking about when they review records.
The only section of the magazine worth reading is the movies section by Peter Travers, a critic I may not always agree with but one I do respect.  Travers has enough heart to go against the grain of public opinion by trashing shallow, self-important, corporate driven, Holllywood movies.  It really seems that he is criticizing the very hype machine the rest of Rolling Stone seems to embrace.
All in all, RS has its moments, but its getting disappointing within recent years.  Here's hoping it can regain the edge it once had back in the 1970s and 1980s.


title: Still a Solid Men's Magazine

text: If your idea of casual day is pleated Dockers and a plaid shirt, you seriously need to burn your wardrobe and start a subscription to GQ.  Here's a great guide to men's style that's up-to-the-minute but never trendy.  There's a monthly q&a "The Style Guy" and there are many fashion spreads showing the latest trends for business or casual attire.  I don't really pay much attention to the reviews or the fiction, but from a fashion standpoint, GQ really can't be beat.  My only beef is that the only African Americans that grace the cover are athletes.  They have the non-athlete every now and then, but it'd be nice to see more actors, models, and singers of colour grace the cover, too.  All in all, this subscription is a sound investment for any man of style.


title: Good Magazine; received on time.

text: Received the first issue of Reader's Digest magazine on time. It is a good magazine to read.


title: reading

text: good experience


title: magazine

text: good experience


title: soap opera digest magazine from source interlink

text: I find this magazine to be and invaluable product resulting in much informative enjoyment of the soaps I watch and I would highly recommend getting this product from this vendor when ever they offer it.

user_id: AFRMAZRXWIHJEMXCSOXYWHUZGLFQ


title: great periodical for babies and those who care for them

text: I highly recommend it for the very young and their parents and caregivers.


title: Informative as well as entertaining

text: Great kids magazine


title: The wife loves it

text:
I honestly don't know much about the magazine, but I just know that my wife absolutely loves it. I do know that it's huge though so it's good for hitting things.

How's that for a guy's review of a girl's magazine?


title: Anti-Trump Liberal Bias

text:
Update on March 10, 2017:  Once again I'm changing my rating, this time to 2 stars.  Also I cancelled my subscription a few months ago.  Political bias (anti-Trump, pro-Clinton) is obvious in at least 2 issues of RD:  July/Aug 2016, p.96-100, "Which Way Do I Vote?"; Nov 2016, p.102-111, "Who They Really Are."

Update on Jan 25, 2016:  I'm changing my rating of Reader's Digest (again) because I no longer feel that it deserves 5 stars.  I'm torn between 3 and 4 stars, but will be generous (for now) and give it a 4 stars because it continues to feature some good articles and I like its handy size.

What is downgrading the magazine for me is the proliferation of ads and articles for diet books written by RD editor-in-chief, Liz Vaccariello.  Liz Vaccariello has written a multitude of diet books and cookbooks in recent years--at least 7 diet books and at least 5 cookbooks. (If you think I'm exaggerating the number of her books, look her up on Amazon.) What I don't like is that she regularly promotes her books in Reader's Digest, with frequent ads and articles.  Apparently she did the same thing when she was editor of Prevention Magazine, but I was never a regular reader of that magazine, so I don't know much about that.  Also Prevention is a diet and exercise magazine, unlike RD.

The Feb 2016 issue of RD features an article on Liz's latest diet book.  There were also 3 ads for same book in that issue--1 inside the article, another elsewhere in the magazine, and the other on the back of the mailing address card.  I wouldn't complain about this if it were a rare event, but it's not:  Liz's diet books are regularly promoted and advertised in RD.  Being the editor of a high-circulation magazine gives her a great advertising advantage, no doubt.  It's a sweet deal for her, but I find her continuous self-promotion to be annoying (and obviously very biased).

By the way, is there any evidence that her diet books work long-term?  I'd love to see an article in Reader's Digest titled "Secrets Diet Book Authors Won't Tell You", but I won't hold my breath on that.  I don't care how much weight Liz or her staff and friends claim they lost on her latest diet after following it for days, weeks, or a few months.  I won't be impressed until there is proof that the weight loss is being maintained long-term by many.  As we have all heard countless times, strong evidence indicates that the great majority of people regain whatever weight they lost on any given diet within 1-5 years.  And their health often declines in the process.  And it's not their fault, either:  Diets (including those promoted as simple, easy, and healthy) are generally complicated, unpleasant (for the dieter and their families), costly, and are not realistically sustainable long-term.  But regardless of the quality or effectiveness or lack thereof, I am simply tired of seeing Liz's diets promoted so often.

As someone else mentioned:  Since my 2014 update, RD went back to 10 issues per year.  The decrease in issues doesn't bother me as long as the expiration dates don't mysteriously change as they did a few years ago.  On a positive note, RD is now including digital access with each subscription.  While I don't plan to take advantage of that myself, it's an added value which I expect will be popular with many readers.

Update on Aug 18, 2014:  My original review below was written almost 2 years ago.  I'm happy to say that there have been many improvements since then, so I now need to update my review and change my rating from 1 star to 5 stars. Everything I complained about in my original review has been corrected!  The magazine continues to publish occasional "mature" jokes, but on a mild level--nothing offensive like that dirty joke about the Easter Bunny.  There are now 12 issues per year (1 per month) with no more confusing and changeable expiration dates.  Another improvement:  the number of ads was actually reduced.  Also the quality of the magazine's paper has improved.  No more thin, slippery paper; now the paper is thicker and whiter, which makes it easy on the eyes as well as easy to turn the pages.  Best of all, the articles have significantly improved! Lately every issue has been full of interesting, informative, and heartwarming articles. My congratulations and thanks to editor Liz Vaccariello and the other staff for all these great improvements.  I very happily resubscribed to Reader's Digest!

Original Review (Nov. 15, 2012):  Until recently Reader's Digest had all-clean jokes.  You could read all the jokes out loud to your children or grandchildren of any age.  No more.  Page 110 of the September 2012 issued featured a joke about the Easter Bunny having sex with a chicken.  Isn't that a great joke for your children and grandchildren?  This joke didn't accidentally sneak into the magazine.  They knew the joke was dirty, which is why it was titled "Favorite joke I can't share with my kid."  In another comedy section on page 121 of the same issue, you get to see an x-ray of a man that has sunglasses up his rectum (due to accidentally sitting on them).  Not exactly family-friendly humor.

Many customers (myself included) wrote to editor Liz Vaccariello (she became editor in 2011) to complain. In the Letters section of the November 2012 issue, Ms. Vaccariello apologized for the "off-color joke" about the Easter Bunny (which she calls "a rabbit") and said, "Please know it won't happen again."  Yet in that very same November issue there are additional off-color jokes.  For example, on page 160, there's a joke about a woman who punches her husband for "25 years of bad sex" and he punches her back for "knowing the difference."

I'll mention something else new (in the past couple of years) that I don't like about the magazine:  the expiration dates keep changing.  Occasionally they put out what they call a "special" issue, which they count as 2 issues.  When this happens, your expiration date automatically changes.  If at first it expires in May, then it's changed to April, then to March.  On and on it goes and it's even more annoying when it involves a gift subscription.  Let's say you give a subscription to a friend for a Christmas gift.  You paid for "one year" and expect your friend to receive issues from Jan 2013 through Dec 2013.  Well, that won't happen because there will probably be 2 "special" issues during 2013.  In that event, your friend's subscription will automatically be changed to expire with the Oct 2013 issue.  Of course, Reader's Digest will start bugging you to renew your gift subscription well before it expires.  So around June, they will try to get you to renew what's supposed to be a Christmas gift.  If you renew it that year, come the following year, the new expiration will likely have been changed to August.  Have fun trying to keep up with Christmas gifts when you have to renew them in the summer.  Reader's Digest pulls the same expiration date stunt on all the wonderful Reiman magazines (Reminisce, Country, Birds & Blooms, etc.).  The Reiman magazines are still high quality, thanks to having good editors, however Reader's Digest has made some unwelcome changes to them, as well--most regrettably, the addition of ads in these formerly ad-free publications.

Well, that's it for me.  Today (after subscribing for about 30 years) I cancelled my subscription to Reader's Digest.


title: Order from Food & Wine directly!

text: Don't use these third party magazine subscriptions, as they are not directly affiliated with the authors, mark up prices, and frequently sign people up for recurring charges or other products. Food & Wine offers an annual subscription for $12 a year w/o subscription delays or recurring charges.


title: a lot of adds, not articles

text: i ordered this for a $5 amazon special for inspiration and tips.  it's full of adds and uninteresting articles. it has some nice images. I wouldn't pay more than $5/year and i don't plan on renewing.  it is, however, awesome that amazon runs specials for $5 magazines. it was worth the five bucks to give it a try.


title: Reader

text: Great magazine for those who want to read the latest German news and gossip.  Bought it for my German grandma.  Only problem was the time lapse of the arrival dates. Many contests and rewards from the magazines crossword puzzles and such are difficult to enter. The entry date usually expires before the deadline.  Still a good buy.


title: My favorite

text: I love this magazine! Good ideas and interesting articles.


title: Daughter loves it!

text: My daughter loves this magazine. Seems like it has some good age-appropreiate content.


title: Excellent reading material

text: Love, love, love this magazine!


title: Nice helpful magazine.

text: I really like this magazine.  My husband, who is a jack of all trades, seems to be interested in it, too.  Which says a lot!


title: Enjoy the magazine

text: I do enjoy reading this magazine.  I get a lot of health and cooking tips from it.  Usually good articles.


title: Yuppified by the minute, yet stupider by the second

text: You would think that as the history of Field and Stream progresses and the editors and writers become high class city folk they would at least go to a college and learn to write intellegently.  This magazine is full of nothing but opinions (not that i disagree with them, i just wished they sounded smart when voicing their thoughts).  These writers have no background in wildlife management, yet give advice like they do.  And if they do have a management background, I am glad i'm not getting my Wildlife Resource degree there.  Field and Stream has became another tool of arguement.  Readers yelling at writters and writters responding with cussing (no joke).  The only joke here is field and Stream.  Teaches nothing.  Says nothing.  Costs a lot.


title: Good magazine to teach you untalented music

text:
I'm holding the November 2001 issue right now, and it as (...) as all of the rest.  For some odd reason they send me these magazines every month and i haven't paid a dime (it has been 14 months now!)  I read it because its free.  Anyways, here's a typical issue:
1.  About 10,000 ads.  The only cool ads are gibsons
2.  Letter from the editor, who looks like he has his lunch money stolen from real guitar players every day.
3.  more ads
4.  Reader questions:  Most of which are something like "I cant get sound out of my guitar, why?"  And the answer is "plug it into the wall."
5.  next, 10 pages of no name bands that I'm sure (HA) have great guitarists that will really impact guitar playing
6.  Riff box (actually interesting)  Look at ~10 riffs from a genera or artist and teach and explain each.
7.  Lessons:  good, but usually so detailed and specific you need a PhD. in guitarology to understand.
8.  hey look, another ad with the guys in staind (they are talented! whatever...)
9.  new gear
10. Interviews with people that i dont know, people i wish i didn't know, and finally a good, influencial band (Beach Boys) however no tips.
11.  Transcribed songs:  7 songs, 2 of which I would even care about.  Who the heck is giant green?
12.  Last, some quick one page tips.
So, I suggest you pick and chose your magazines (...).  Usually the only thing worth wile is the tab's, and 3/4 of them are not exactly good songs.


title: Not as advertised

text: I have not rec'd the print copy nor the tote.


title: Love it!

text: This is my favorite food magazine.  I love the recipes and the articles!


title: I love this magazine

text: I love this magazine. It has some really good articles and is always a fun read. The best part is that Amazon always has the best prices on magazines, dvds, and books!


title: 1 year = 4 issues

text: I ordered the one year subscription (non auto-renewal).  I received four issues and then it stopped.  Okay...it was only eight bucks but this is bogus!


Should cover more items, products like drones with cameras and smartphones tablets Etc.


Should cover more items, like smartphones, drones with cameras new techno stuff. It's too expensive for what it covers. For that kind of money the online version should be included.


title: Great magazine for kids!

text: My son (6) loves this magazine. It teaches him things and has a lot of fun articles for him to read. The price (at least when I've seen it on sale) is also substantially lower than some other magazines out there for kids, and I think provides the same educational and entertainment value.


title: It's a fun magazine.

text: My daughter is 11. She has received this magazine on and off for the past few years. She loves it. She loves to get something in the mail... and she loves to read it aloud to me. It's a fun magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: This is a great magazine


title: Love it.

text: Really enjoy receiving this subscription each month.  I look forward to the informative articles and coupons.  The articles are very applicable to my needs.


title: "Rich" Mens Journal

text: There are a few entertaining and helpful pieces of information in this magazine and certainly some cool stuff to look at, but it's main purpose is to try and sell me stuff that I could never afford and make me feel like less of a man because I can't.


Nice little magazine, interesting articles.  Guide to help teach how to go bird watching.


title: Indispensable Source of Information and Inspiration

text:
I've enjoyed this magazine for years and have the habit of keeping all issues because they never fail to possess something of proven value. It's top-notch for getting great ideas and quality advise on anything pertaining to art. Like any other magazine, it gives you a dose of advertising, but it's not incredible over done.

Subjects range from portrait/self-portrait to landscape, still life and abstract design. But it doesn't end there; this magazine details style diversities from all across the board. Offering examples for improving techniques in various mediums, but generally pencil, watercolor, pastel, oil and acrylic. And no matter what the area or medium you specialize in, you'll be able to pick up handy tips in every issue. Sections of interest regularly highlight a specific tool or technique idea. Inform readers on market issues and other important business concerns. As well as provide interesting articles on artists and a little news and awareness of art related events. Plus will occasionally dip into art history and perform art contests.
This magazine will energize your motivations with impressive art and will help you improve on your own with short & simple instructions. Truly is thee magazine to have, for an artist at any skill level. [review author: tilley_traveler]


title: Four Stars

text: Enjoyable for me with an open mind.


title: Pop Sci Magazine

text: Pop Sci magazine subscription is a very good read.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the articles. Not written above my head ;)


title: Great publication

text: Always count on the smithsonian to provide an interesting publication with articles that will be found no where else.  Recommend this magazine to anyone interested in learning about he world we live in.


title: this magizine is so informative

text: and the price is more than reasonable and for all the information I get on new and exciting news pf every kind and that makes me smarter but more importantly I am well informed about my world in medicine nature and the world all around us


title: DO NOT ORDER

text: sucks<br />you may or may not receive you order


title: GREAT MAGAZINE

text: SUPER QUALITY MAGAZINE WITH LOVELY PICTURES AND GOOD ARTICLES


title: Good quality.

text: This is a great product for education. Well covered stories and history.


title: Best variety magazine/book ever!

text: I have been reading "Readers Digest"  for 50 years! I love it! When I was little, I would pick & choose. As an adult, I read the entire book and pass it on!


title: Great information

text: Love these magazines, great information on birds. Hummingbird issue is my favorite.


title: Not worth your time.

text: Very limited information and ideas.


title: Five Stars

text: Simply the best source for news.


title: Old issue sent

text: Signed up for a year's subscription; an old and out-of-season copy (summer themed) arrived later in the Fall.


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful


title: Great Documentation

text: Great documentation for a children's magazine.  My son now a teen ager still wants to maintain his subscription.  The presentation of facts and things of interest is well done.  I found it very educational, informative and entertaining.


title: You will enjoy almost as much as fishing

text: Always informative and well written.


title: Fun perfect cooking magazine

text: Well written and does not make you feel like a inept cook. Great photography


title: Great food magazine

text: A very well written and informative magazine that doesn't make you feel not capable of completing a dish


title: Five Stars

text: Love the subscription


title: Hobby Farm Family

text: From the Bowtie folks who brought us Hobby Farm comes Hobby Farm Home. It's a great magazine, especially for the price, and the photography is beautiful. Articles are well written, mainly by the same authors who write for the other Bowtie publications and recipes look delicious.


title: Perfect for the weekend (DIY) warrior

text: I love this magazine.  Yeah, sometimes it seems to get a little repetitive but this is one magazine I read cover to cover every month while I keep telling myself I'll get around to reading the other magazines that are stacking up.


title: Oprah!!!!!

text: Oprah is so wonderful and I will always be enthusiastic getting her mag in the mail.


title: Damon Medic review

text:
Damon Medic says...

Highlights Magazine is a must have if you are a parent of children ages 3-10.  It is essential in teaching right from wrong, with the "Goofus and Gallant" section.  It contains stories that are of great interest to children (and adults as well)!  And, of course, who can resist "Can you find in this picture...?  Grab a subscription to this magazine while the price is low.  You will thank yourself that you did!

-Damon Medic


title: Damon Medic Review

text:
Damon Medic says...
Wine Spectator is a beautiful magazine that includes wonderful recipes as well as wine pairings to those recipes.  If there has ever been a magazine that makes you feel as though you are living the "good life", this is it!  I have often made the dishes whose recipes are in this mag, and I have never been disappointed!

-Damon Medic


title: Great magazine

text: Have always loved Cosmopolitan. Great subscription price.


title: Informative

text: Each issue has many tips on home and even auto care (and repair) that makes each issue a pleasure to read.


title: Very Good

text:
MAGAZINE REVIEW:
The magazine has plenty of good articles on health, exercise, nutrition, sex, etc.
This is one of the few magazines that I can actually read from cover to cover; it has tips on how to fight off sickness (i.e. cold, flu, etc.), how to exercise--I've found out what I've been doing wrong in my workouts as a result, and how to please a woman.
If you're interested work-out tips like I am, this magazine offers some but not enough... For extensive work-out tips, I suggest you go get "Exercise&Health"; in my opinion, "Exercise&Health" has the best work-out tips, and the magazine has lots of them! For general health, however, I recommend "Men's Health".


title: A must have for Cobain fans.

text:
This is a very interesting issue of Spin to bring the ten anniversary of Kurt Cobains death. The thing that made this issue interesting was that editor Chuck Kiosterman made a prediction of what if Kurt Cobain didn't die? What if he lived? My question is, "Why didn't they get another person to write this? Chuck's predictions are very stupid. Ok, he has the part of divorcing Courtney Love right, but he said that on April 11 1998 Kurt was spotted holding hands with Courtney, and on November 16, 2003 they re-marry, those are false details that wouldn't happen. He just makes ridiculous predictions I can't write them all. He says that on June 5 2002 Cobain retires from music and becomes a painter. You be the judge there.
Forgetting that page, there is a picture of the shirt Kurt wore on the "Smells like teen spirit" video, they took the picture and Kurt's mom's house. They also put in a very rare picture of Kurt Cobain in the set of Smells like teen spirit with a shirt of Jesus on his head giving the camera the finger. Then there is a passage named "The ghost of Saint Kurt". It is really the story of how Kurt Cobain became Kurt Cobain. It is a very long passage, so if your too lazy to read just look at the pictures.
Then there is a timeline of events that happened in the Nirvana story. It goes from the late 18th century (it really just says how flannel shirts came about so you might want to say 1965) to 2003. It's a pretty cool timeline with no miss prints. There are also quotes from people from bands like Deryck from sum 41 and Donna A from the Donna's, and other people. That's about it, the rest of the stuff in the magazine is udder rubbish. This is a must get magazine, but you probably can't get it now. If you can, do.


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Three Stars

text: Boring articles! Highly disappointed.


title: Current happentings!

text: Enjoying this magazine very much.  It's so current!


title: Four Stars

text: Nice magazine, expected better recipes....I watch ALL of her shows.....love it!


title: MAD ABOUT MAD !

text:
COVER SHEET STATED"ENJOY YOUR SECOND ISSUE !"
I NEVER
RECIEVED THE FIRST!THE
SECOND  WAS GREAT !


title: Excellent product

text: Excellent product


title: Readers Digest Large Print

text: Bought this as a gift for my 94 yr old Mom and she absolutely loves the large print and looks forward to each one.


title: All You Subscription

text: Wonderful Magazine, it has useful articles, coupons, and recipes.  Too bad it does not come out every month; I look forward to getting the magazine in the mail every two months..


title: Won’t be renewing

text: Won’t be renewing. Mostly product ads and very few design ideas that I would actually use in my home.


title: Great magazine for girls - Fantastic gift

text:
I was wondering if this was the magazine I knew as NEW MOON. Yes, it is but updated and with a strong online presence.

"The recession and consequent shift in publishing has been a challenge to New Moon these past few years, especially in light of the fact that it remains an independent magazine. In order to bolster readership, in 2008 New Moon morphed into New Moon Girl Media, and launched a girl-centered online community for girls ages 8-12 called newmoon.com. Like the magazine, the content is completely girl-driven. Anyone with a subscription to the magazine can post to the site, either publicly, or privately in her "room" -- a safe environment monitored and moderated by parent volunteers from Girls Editorial Board." (Source: ...[...])

I highly recommend this magazine and am pleased that my niece is finally old enough to read it!


title: Magazine for active inquiring minds

text: I got this for my niece. Since it takes so loooong for the subscription to start (that's the one drawback to getting subscriptions - docking on star for that) I can't comment on her reaction yet. However, from what I've seen of the magazine, I like that it features a mix nonfiction articles, short stories, poems, games, comics, recipes and crafts as well as kid-created content.


Beautiful magazine, even if you don't read French.  If you love crafts, you'll love this publication.  Many different ideas with, of course, European flair.  Beautiful photos with a lot of inspiration.


title: Great ideas for travel

text: Great pictures; though the writing quality and topics are somewhat inconsistent. We live in Minnesota and this gives us ideas for exploring the Southwest on trips.


title: Political too political

text: The magazine editor is way to political for me. I read a whole lot of papers, I can think for myself and I do. No more of the crazy stuff for me.


title: STILL WAITING FOR THE PROMISED FREE HAT!!!

text: Navigating on the tablet is a little tricky.  hard to understand and not logical/apparent to the eye.  Might take some getting used to.  Also, when will the free hat arrive?


title: Love reading the articles and future gadgets coming soon

text: Love the magazine. Have always loved the wide range of articles in this magazine.


title: Love the acticles and helpful advise

text: Love the acticles and helpful advise Great for homeowners


title: Five Stars

text: Best price ever


title: You know your preteen. Decide for yourself.

text: It is true that not all girls at age 10 are getting crushes on boys, getting curious about kissing, etc., and asking questions about making out, but some are. The magazine answers those questions honestly and encourages kids to wait. For some girls they may not be asking those questions yet, and are not yet ready for honest answers to those kinds of questions. When they are ready and are asking those questions, this magazine is great.  I would give it a five star rating it the age rating was explained more, with a caution that not all preteens are ready for these discussions.


title: No longer available in Print format.  :(

text: My 13yo niece loved her print magazine delivered in the mail, but it is no longer available in the print format.  It is now only available electronically and she is not allowed on a computer and does not have a kindle.  She is very sad and will miss this magazine.  Hate to see this happening to many magazines. She had the same experience with her Discovery Girls which also went to only an electronic format. No more print magazines.  Very sad.


title: Love love love

text: Love this mag. It is always so informative and helpful. Arrived quickly.


title: Excellent

text: Excellent


title: Youth revisited...

text: I read this as a child and loved it. Guess I am in my second childhood!


title: Five Stars

text: Happy


title: Very deceptive

text: Don't be mislead... the Kindle edition is NOT compatible with the Kindle Fire 8 5th generation, I would have to pay an extra 1.99 a month to get a compatible version for my Kindle. From now on I will order the print edition directly from TV guide.


title: Good

text: I like readers digeat


title: Thumbs up

text: Love love love


title: All adds

text: So there were 19 recipes. And they made them to take longer to make in an attempt to be less fatty. The garlic parsley French fries were baked with oil, look fry it up, add garlic salt and fresh parsley to taste and shake it up in a brown paper bag. 20 minutes my way,  or 45 minutestheir way. Which way are you gonna cook it working a full time job? The unique gift ideas were glorified adds. I can find all this information on Facebook through their adds or on Amazon. The one article was on Christmas lights and how to decorate with them, how dumb do they think we the readers are? I will never waste my money for a magazine thats no more than a glorfied buy this/ spend more add. My family had a good laugh watching my reaction thats about what it was good for laughs.


title: Whew. There's a high quality magazine for kids.

text:
This magazine is legit. No ads (1 page mentions their lineup of children's magazines). Nice variety of stories, games and activities. Some long-running characters, too.

Clear printing. High quality paper that holds up well past the next issue's arrival.


title: worth the price

text: Great magazine


title: Good and not so good

text: Generally like the magazine. Just concerned that students new to yoga would read through it and just expect themselves to be able to do what the yogis in the photos are doing. Yoga is not a one-size-fits-all type of practice. Practiced incorrectly injuries CAN and DO happen. I wish that were made more clear to readers.


title: best investment in pop culture education

text: Best comprehensive entertainment magazine around. If you want exclusive in-depth interviews, thoughtful reviews, insightful commentary, and amazing illustrations and infographics...subscribe!


title: Getting this is Optional but Welcomed

text: I have bought quite a few of the Writer's Digest magazines. I really like all the interesting tidbits this magazine has about how to get through writer's block. Writer's block can be a killer for any writer. If you are a writer looking for brainstorming ideas on how to overcome writer's block, get published with/without an agent, and read about popular authors (who worked their fingers to the bone to pump out the latest thriller or all-American classic),this magazine is a good buy.<br />Of course, this magazine is more of a motivational device than an actual writing guide. You won't get The Elements of Style here. You will get some encouragement to continue pursuing writing and that's a pretty good deal.


title: It’s okay!

text: Received this magazine a few times now, it’s okay! There’s LOTS of advertising, and nothing much extra/new what you can’t find on the internet already, however it has a nice overview of ideas etx


title: If Only More People Read It

text:
On the fence about getting the Economist? It's not the cheapest subscription, is it?
Ask yourself: "Do I care about what's happening in the world, or do I only care about sports and weather?" then follow up with "Am I able to think honestly about new ideas?" "Will I make an hour a week to really dig into the interesting articles?"

If you can read and you care about what happens in the world and you are open to perhaps changing your mind when presented with factual arguments, then the Economist is for you. They aren't always right, but they are always insightful and fair. In a world so full of corporate sponsored BS that an out-of-his-league frat boy can get elected as the most powerful man on Earth (twice), its nice to find refreshing truth. Sure, The Economist is written from the viewpoint of Economists, but what do you expect? You can't accuse them of being illogical or heartless, and they certainly understand money, which is about as important as you suspect it is.

Go ahead, arm yourself with understanding. It's the only way to stay afloat. You'll get more wisdom from one cover story in The Economist than from a month of watching news-style TV stations. You will be poorer without The Economist than with it.


title: I have renewed this twice!

text: Food Network Magazine is food porn!  There are mouthwatering close-ups of delectable items on every page.  Even the ads in the magazine have recipes.  My favorite is the pull-out mini magazine that comes with each issue.  It has 50 of something that you want (50 grilled cheese sandwiches, 50 milkshakes, 50 cupcakes, etc)  I have given it as Christmas gifts to 3 people and will continue to do that.  Every month they remember that I loved them enough to give them this and, occasionally, I get a nice edible treat!


title: Need refund

text: Stopped publishing and did not offer a refund


Great magazine.  I made the cover photo cake.  It was a big hit at our dinner party.


title: Magazine okay, Customer service really sucks

text: The magazines are actually okay. Only 6 issues for a year, that is not very exciting for the kids and the price adults have paid. But as long as my child likes reading it, I am alright with the subscription. Be aware that their customer service is not very good. I called the first time trying to solve an issue that I couldn't fix on their website, and was told that my problem was solved. A month later, not only the problem wasn't actually fixed so that I haven't received the expected magazine, the customer service personnel was also trying to blame me on the phone. What kind of customer service is that?


title: Good

text: Subscription meets expectation


title: Good

text: Subscription meets expectation, at a fair price.


title: Great magazine

text: I really enjoyed my subscription to Popular Science.  The articles are very informative and always cutting edge.  I will probably subscribe again in the future.


title: Predator Xtreme

text: I purchased this magazine for my husband.  A friend gave him a copy to read.  He enjoyed it so much that I surprised him with a subscription.  He loves the articles!  A must if your enjoy hunting.


title: The magazine finally came, but it didn't come with ...

text: The magazine finally came, but it didn't come with a tote bag. I'm upset, don't promise a free gift then never follow thru with it. A little trouble accessing with the iPad. Half of the magazine it Ad's :(


title: Way, way too much advertising!

text: I enjoy science and learning new things, but the amount of advertising in this magazine is truly outrageous.


title: Great Mag!

text: So many projects, so little time!


title: Extremely Enlightening

text: Received my first magazine and am reading it cover to cover!


title: Just what he wanted

text: Exactly what he wanted. I saw so many poor reviews and not sure why because he said it is a great magazine


title: Interesting Magazine

text: I love the magazine, and the subscription arrives easily on time. The only downside is that it looks like they've scaled back.


title: WORTH ORDERING.

text: Informative.  Glad I ordered it.


title: Great mag with few ads

text:
My 6 yo as well as my 9 yo love Nat Geo books for kids. That prompted to take my 6 yo to the National Geographic museum in Washington, DC. In the gift shop I got a copy of the magazine, considering subscribing, but then read the amazon comments first. Full of sneaky ads for kids? No thank you! I decided to peruse the Jan. 2014 copy of the magazine for myself.

Lo and behold, there are about 10 pages of ads (I don't have it at hand and am too lazy to look for it at the moment). Six of them are collected together, upside-down, at the magazine's end. Quarantined. The rest do not imitate the rest of the magazine's layout in any particular way, unless colors and short messages in balloons are supposed to be especially pernicious. Each is alone on a page. It did not take much effort to go over them with my 6 yo, marking through each entire page with a pen, saying "This is just an advertisement. They're trying to sell you something. It's not part of the magazine." Response: "OK."

I am not privy to the business model within Nat Geo, but I daresay if there were no ads it would simply drive up the price of a subscription.  We're going to subscribe--but why amazon doesn't offer the 2-year subscription for $25 I would like to know.


title: Cancelled

text: Cancelled the day this posted as ordered...only got half of my years subscription last year...not pleased.


title: Frustrated

text: Great except they keep sending to,the wrong address


title: Great magazine

text: Wonderful for continuing education. Content is informative without being boring. Really like this magazine just what I anticipated and just what I was looking for.


title: Outdated material, terrible customer service, faked photo's

text:
I used to enjoy this magazine but as it's states ALL OVER the web. They have really had problems. The pictures are (they admit) faked and not live action. The product reviews are simply cut and paste from the customers website (no actual review) and its about half the size it used to be with 1/2 the content. Most being from the same ole advertisers. Yes, it used to be a good source, but in the last couple of years it has really gone down hill. There are several other good choices on Amazon
for Texas Fishing and hunting. I would seriously consider those...Sorry
the truth hurts Texas Outdoor fans.


title: Was not happy

text: The pages were rip


title: Great gift for readers challenged with vision problems

text: Subscription started arriving earlier than expected (a good thing).  Husband is enjoying his magazine and can now read without a magnifier.  Great gift idea.


title: Used to be interesting, not anymore...

text: I am so disappointed with how O magazine has evolved, I have been subscribing to it since it began.  And I enjoyed if for most of those years, it was interesting, lots to read, etc.  The last few years, it has shrunk and it seems to me they are running out of interesting ideas, in my opinion.  The straw that broke the camel's back for me was my latest bill for it was the price: $35.00!!  Please note: I DID NOT buy my latest subscription through Amazon...I was shocked that it was so overpriced when you can get many magazines now for $5-$10!  No way was I going to pay that much!!  I thought of subscribing again through Amazon at their cheaper price but decided not to at any price, it is just not worth it, and certainly is not worth $35/year.  I love you, Oprah, but I do not love your magazine anymore....


title: DoItYourself

text: I found a couple of things to do  in the first issue. I think it is a good magazine.


title: The Best!

text: Bought this for my grandkids and they love it!  They look forward to getting their own mail every month.


title: Quality was poor, very disappointing, but we still love the show

text: The order took a long, long time to arrive. We didn't ever get the first magazine. It seemed like they sent out seconds because our pages were not cut evenly. I see the magazine in the stores and the pages are neatly trimmed like you would expect. Content was five star. Everything considered, the experience drug the rating down.


title: Great Source for Seaonal High Teas

text: Aside from the wonderful photography and well-written, informative articles, this magazine has everything one would need for menu planning, table-setting and tea pairing.  I particularly appreciate that there are several menus for each season.  Every menu has dishes that compliment each other.  The recipes are well written, easy to follow and extremely tasty.  I use this magazine as a resource for ideas for tea entertaining.  While tea is obviously the focus of the magazine, I have found that these recipes and place settings translate very well to non-tea events.  I highly recommend this magazine.


title: Merci beaucoup, Amazon

text: I greatly appreciate that Amazon has given me the opportunity to easily purchase a French language version of this monthly pray book.  Magnificat, whether in French or in English, is a beautifully comprised book with beautiful pictures of religious paintings, daily morning and evening prayers, thought provoking contemplations and the mass.  I no longer need the church’s missal since all of the daily Mass’ scripture readings are contained in this book.  For me it is an added bonus to have the ability to read the prayers and scriptures in French, my first language of choice.  Thank you again Amazon for being so customer oriented.


title: Perfect gift and reasonably priced

text: Sent as a gift for my mom who is disabled. She loves Dr. Oz and loves getting these. Perfect gift and reasonably priced.


title: Inmate Pleased~!!

text: The prison inmate I purchased this for is very pleased with it. He told me he is very happy with it. You see, I have kind of like my own small ministry of writing to inmates. I began 2 years ago. After sometime I offered to do small things for some of them. But none has ever asked me for  anything. I have also purchased 2 Bibles from Amazon for inmates which they are very pleased with. They loved the New International Version. Made it easier for them to understand.<br />I began doing this because I believe God led me to it when I prayed to Him about how I could serve Him while being disabled. I was led to Matthew 25:36 and Hebrews 13:3. To make a long story short, I then had to think about if I could write to someone who had committed murder. After much prayer and thought, God brought Moses. King David, and Paul into my mind. I felt this was God telling me it was OK and in fact good to write to them, as long as they were not the seriously dangerous kind. I did not begin writing either until I had much prayer and thought and when I felt it in my heart, I knew it was the time to begin. I don't do things unless they comes from my heart, otherwise, they are meaningless. I have to say God has blessed me with a fine group or 14 inmates and I have been greatly rewarded by their friendship as well.