title: Great product

text: Great guide


title: love LHJ

text: I enjoy LHJ.  There are always some great ideas for home decorating and good recipes.


title: My review of Glamour

text: I am a little disappointed in Glamour.  I feel with it being a fashion magazine that it should have some coupons and offers for shopping.  I am glad I didn't spend any more than I did on this subscription.


This is no longer the WINE magazine I enjoyed for many years. It is now a promo for all sorts of alcohol drinkers.


title: So-so!

text: There aresome things I like about this magazine; but overall it is too regionally oriented for my tastes.


title: Terrific magazine

text: Great articles and recipes.


title: Quality

text: Great price


title: Its all politics now

text: We've lost another one


title: It’s gone the way of Life magazine

text: Time magazine used to be the highlight of my week when I was at university. It has become far too radicalized in its blatantly biased pieces. We need to know what is happening with humanity, not what Times super villain fixations are.


title: Five Stars

text: Kids are 11 and12 year old boys and they love it....us parents do too


title: Good magazine, not great for mountain riders

text: I got this just to read about sleds. They try to balance all of the types of riding (mountain, flatlander and in between) but tend to focus more on the flatlanders (which probably has a lot more riders/readers, so I don't blame them). So I consider this a very good overall magazine, but if you only are interested in mountain riding stuff, you would probably want to look elsewhere.


title: Beautiful pictures

text: It had beautiful pictures, but not a lot of content. I ended up not renewing.


title: Kind of boring

text: It is a little boring… A little too much about crafts.


title: Did not like

text: It was just a bunch of pictures and not a lot of articles. Basically not as described and very expensive.


title: Good mag

text: Good magazine


title: Amazon Help

text: I don’t want this, keep canceling and they keep sending. They are still in the plastic as I toss them out!


title: Great for those future gens

text: This was a gift n the child loves the mags.


title: Very informative.

text: I enjoyed each issue.  It had a lot of good information.


title: Great for the DIY'er

text: I enjoy my Family Handyman subscription.  I've already made two projects, and look forward to more issues arriving.


title: Mizagazizine

text: This mag is so dope.  My wife totes uses it to look at colours.  She paints all types of stuff up in our crib.  Now our jon' is stylin' as the mo'.


title: Not so good as This magazine used to be.

text: I used to love this magazine but have received 3 issues and it is not like when She first started it.


title: Martha, Martha, Martha!!!

text: I love Martha!!  Love this magazine!


title: It's enjoyable and easy to read

text: This is the only magazine I'm willing to pay for. It's enjoyable and easy to read.


title: Worth the money!

text: Great magazine


title: Meh

text: Meh. By the time you get the paper, the news from the web is old. Why bother?


title: Whatever, it was a promo. Cancelled after one ...

text: Whatever, it was a promo. Cancelled after one issue. Ever since Kardashian this rag has crashed for me. Actually, crashed few years earlier, but Kim was the death knell.


title: Would recommend.

text: What's there not to like about this magazine?


title: Great

text: I like a magazine full of ideas.  This magazine is that!


title: a Coffee Table book we would not order it again...

text: no substance here...


title: This is a coffee table magazine...

text: Not much in this magazine of substance..


title: Would like someone to check what happened to the younger aged ...

text: I have order both ages of this magazine and only the 6-12 has been delivered. Would like someone to check what happened to the younger aged subscription pkease. The magazine we have delivered is fantastic.


title: For real simple minds

text: Boring, boring, boring. Just the thing for a doctor's office waiting room. The most boring magazine ever.


title: Fun read

text: Fun read


title: Five Stars

text: It's Popular Science!


title: good magazine for teens

text: Not as good as glasses magazine. Miss the funny stories. Makeup and fashion are always a great topic for teens.


title: My favorite fashion magazine

text: My favorite magazine.


title: Ads galore

text: If you love ads and unrealistically expensive items then get this magazine


title: Best magazine ever

text: My favorite magazine of all time. The online version is okay but there's just something about having a print copy! Just a Boomer thing I guess! LOL


title: Not written for the normal male

text:
I received this magazine for a few years but ended up stopping it after renewal ran out.

 It's just not made for the "normal" 9-5 working male..  sure there are some good articles at times but when they get into fashion the normal man can't afford most of the items unless they make over 100,000 year.

 The workout articles seem to be the same just names differently, there are a lot of ads also to be aware of..

I say if you past a newsstand and see this magazine and something grabs your eye you are better off ..


title: Informative Magazine

text: I love the presentations and the information included in this magazine.


title: YOU WILL BE SENT OLD ISSUES...!!

text:
You should be told that even tho your first actual CURRENT magazine will not arrive for three weeks or more, you WILL ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVE TWO OR THREE OUT-OF-DATE ISSUES..

For me , there is nothing quite so useless as receiving a magazine issue that I already bought off the rack !

This comment applies also to MENS HEALTH and ROLLING STONE, which both sent old issues almost in the same day as the current issue.

Now I remember why I stopped all my subscriptions years ago, and started buying only those that really got my attention off the rack.


title: Not what I was expecting

text: Not much in it for me- most projects are too expensive and too advanced - I was thinking it was going to be more for the novice beginner, some things are but most aren’t.


title: Awesome magazine, unfortunately never got all of the issues?

text:
Took a while for first issue to be delivered, but the magazine its great, very good articles, and knowledgeable editors!
And it feels good to read on paper for a change!
Update, sorry l had to change my review, great magazine, but l never got all of of them?? Only about 4???


title: Enjoy the jokes and stories

text: I read this as a kid.  Would sometimes see it in a doctor's office.  Always wanted to subscribe.  Signed up recently for 2 years at a great rate.  I really enjoy reading this, especially the jokes.


title: Monthly to quarterly

text: Years ago, I subscribed to Popular Science because of my interest in Science but also, because I wanted a MONTHLY magazine. PopSci went QUARTERLY, apparently to reduce cost while still staying in the business of publishing a PRINT magazine as opposed to what has befallen many publications and that is to publish only online. But the quality of the paper changed also, as well as the topics chosen. I became frustrated then disappointed, so I no longer subscribe.


title: To many ads.

text: I like the recipes but it was something like 20 to 30 pages in before you got past the advertisements.  I canceled my subscription and I'll stick to their website.


title: Not good nuf --

text: Have enjoyed The New Yorker on my Kindle -- and have found criticisms of it (and how it functions on the Kindle) a bit 'picky'.  I was hoping that The Atlantic would be The New Yorker-esque.  Unless I'm missing something (I did figure out that there is a 'Text' view button), it's difficult to read The Atlantic.  A full page comes up and I have to spread my fingers (whatever that zoom-out method is called) to be able to get the type large enough to read.  And, unless I am mistaken, Apple won the patent argument about two-finger zooming-out so I don't know that this method will continue to be an option on the Kindle.  While the magazine might look okay and be easily readable on an iPad, I don't have one and don't necessarily want one.  At the miniscule monthly price for the The Atlantic, it's probably worth the hassle of trying to read it on a Kindle...but holding the print version would be a heckuva lot easier.  You decide.  For me -- I think -- I'll forgo the print version because there are some articles that I just don't want laying around my house.


title: Very informitive !

text: Great content! Lots of different subjects! I always look forward to recieving it!


title: great content!

text: very good informitive !


title: Why did you ruin it?

text: Starting with the Herkimer diamond cover issue, the font is VERY large.  The articles are juvenile, and approx half of the issue is ads.  Much thinner than usual.  Not a good value for my money.


title: Turned off by Increasingly political focus

text: For years BW was my favorite magazine because it was unique in presenting the business news in a politically neutral context.  The last two years or so have seen more and more political commentary slip into the articles, most notably, cheerleading for the Obama Administration while ridiculing anyone who disagrees with it.  If I want that sort of analysis, there are dozens of other periodicals I can subscribe to.  When my current subscription runs out, I will look for another publication that gives me straight business information without trying to convince me who the heroes and villains are.


title: Great magazine!

text: I absolutely love this magazine for its simplicity, and useful information to make your life easier. It’s packed with inspiring ideas and smart solutions with its eye-catching layouts.


title: Well worth it

text: I have enjoyed reading Readers Digest for many years. It’s a great magazine in more ways than one! It may be small in size, but it’s packed with outstanding stories, humor, advice, wellness, heroism and so much more. It’s a family favorite in our household! We all agree that the section “laughter is the best medicine” is something we look forward to reading each month. It unites us as a family like no other magazine can.


title: Can’t live without this wonderful magazine!

text: I have enjoyed reading this magazine for years just as I’ve relied on the “Good Housekeeping Seal” whenever shopping for safe and useful products. There is so much in this magazine that makes it an ongoing subscription for me. It has interesting articles, coupons, recipes, ideas for holiday parties and the like. You name it, it’s there. I look forward to its arrival each month.


title: Great resource and beautiful pictures.

text: National Geographic magazine has breathtaking, vivid pictures and interesting articles about different places worldwide. They are well written, very educational, and quite informative. It’s a great resource for teachers!


title: Highly recommend!

text: This is my absolute favorite magazine of all time!. It’s a great source of information for anyone interested in the early American style of homes and living. Every issue is a learning experience with no intrusive advertising. I’ve been reading this magazine for years and I hope to continue to read for many years to come.


title: Well done magazine from start to finish!

text: I’ve been receiving Martha Stewart magazine for many years. I love it for its recipes, home decorating ideas, crafts, garden advice and so much more. I especially enjoy the many projects and ideas for planning various holidays from Valentine’s Day cookies to Christmas crafts and everything in between. Besides the content, the magazine has such eye appeal. As soon as I receive my monthly copy, I flip through it just to look at the photos that are so beautifully done. I would highly recommend.


text: I’ve been receiving Martha Stewart magazine for many years. I love it for its recipes, home decorating ideas, crafts, garden advice and so much more. I especially enjoy the many projects and ideas for planning various holidays from Valentine’s Day cookies to Christmas crafts and everything in between. Besides the content, the magazine has such eye appeal. As soon as I receive my monthly copy, I flip through it just to look at  the photos that are so beautifully done. I would highly recommend.


title: Well worth the read.


title: Big WASTE of time & money

text:
As a senior citizen I remember a lot of things from years past. Like TV guide. I have often wished for more info about what's on tv & when. So when I found a great deal on Amazon I ordered 2 years of my old favorite! Sadly this is not at all like I remembered! Daytime programming? Each day is reduced to a page where you find nothing! Like: Animal Planet 12:00 pm -7:00 pm "Varied Programs". WTF? How do I find out which episode of my favorite show, Pit Bulls and Parolees, is on and when??
Prime Time listings aren't any better  PLUS the vague listings stop at 10:30 pm! How about us night-owls?? At my age tv is something necessary for sleepless nights.
I am cancelling this farce asap!!


title: Five Stars

text: A must have for grandkids!


title: I couldn't go without the Reader's Digest

text: My father-in-law sent me an annual subscription for at least 30 years. He passed away last year and the subscription ended. I then realized how much I missed it and how much I miss him.  I then decided to get it for myself. I truly enjoy reading it every month.


title: Son

text: I bought this for my son and he loves getting these issues in the mail.  It was a Christmas present.


title: Useful publication for all beekeepers.

text: Time to receive the first issue was a bit frustrating. Quality information in the magazine. A lot of good advertising for beekeeping supplies.


title: Family Fun

text: Great magazine my entire family enjoys reading


title: Different to know whether you received the issue or not

text: Not received the magazine since February<br />I paid  39.00 on December 20. 2019. It supposed 1  year or 2 years  subscription.


title: Great read

text: I love the articles in this magazine.


title: Enjoyable read.

text: Alot of recopes.


title: Pictures and articles

text: Nice. Many photographs


title: Much respect!

text: Great company to send these to my son! Thanks so much


title: Thanks in Advance!

text: Magazines have a delay but I hoping this will be delivered and clearly labeled to my son.  Thanks for offing this magazine!


title: Glad it is available!

text: Hoping for perfection in timing, this one has delays due to being a magazine.Please get it to him with a smile! My son will enjoy it!


title: Best Magazine Every

text: Love it, but only one thing is wish they put the address info on the back of magazine.


title: Not worth it

text: all advertising very few interesting articles


title: Fair, a lot of advertising

text: Repetitive, fair.


title: Fantastic subscription

text: Fantastic subscription I highly recommend this to anybody who is interested in gardening and decorating


title: Four Stars

text: Very interesting topics


title: Love it !!!

text: Great information in this magazine and a layout that is reader friendly.


title: Inspiring magazine

text: I have found Yoga Journal very helpful as both a yoga student and teacher in training.  Poses are broken down and explained very thoroughly with great pictures.  Also, the articles are both interesting and informative.


title: Great magazine!

text: Love this magazine! So hard to find these days! Please keep them in stock!


title: Five Stars

text: This is a great magazine.


title: Three Stars

text: I wish it had more simple articles and directions on how to get rich!


title: Favorite Home Magazine - well priced

text: Have subscribed to GH for 36 years and absolutely love the magazine.  I remember reading my Mom's as a teenager and loved it even then.  Well priced through Amazon.


title: Practical Decorating Magazine

text: Love this magazine with many practical and affordable ideas for transforming your space in addition to major rehab projects. Some I can do, some I can only dream about but none of the projects are so far out there that they can't be used either to copy or inspire.


title: Was hoping for more

text: I love Sedona and was hoping to find out a lot more about the city from this magazine. It came and is very think and lots of ads :(


title: Great recipes and articles

text: I was rather surprised by this magazine.  It's not just another magazine with healthy recipes. The recipes themselves are simple enough and it has a recipe index which provides dietary info (fat, fiber content etc.)  It is not a vegetarian publication, which I like, however, it seems to stay true to what is healthy rather than what is the latest health fad.  It is well written, great pictures and interesting articles.


title: Is it a recipe magazine or a pharmacy brochure?

text: I havent done magazines in a long time. We really like the allrecipes site and thought but anyone who has been there knows it can be a bit overwhelming when trying to find something new to try, so I thought the magazine would be a good idea to see new things to try. Well I got my first issue today and I did not see my first recipe until page 34. I had to wade through multi page pharmacy adds along with all types of other full page adds. I know adds keep the sub price down but it really surprised me how bad it is.


title: Covers all sides of news items

text: The only magazine I subscribe to, tells both sides of each news item.


title: Recipies Not Complicated

text: Love this magazine.  Loaded with great recipes that are easy to follow.


title: in el paso tx

text:
info great
beautiful oversized
lots of inspiration
but who can afford clothes, etc
too rich for my lifestyle--
but use it for ideas
love you Oprah


title: Great Read!

text: Pretty awesome...a friend of mine happened to be in this issue!


title: Don't know how else to rate

text: Since I still have not received this magazine I cannot rate the service.  I ordered this two year subscription based on the magazine in my dentist's office, in October of 2011.  January 2012 is here and I still have not received my magazine.  Based on this experience I would have to give Hearst Publishing no more than minus one on the rating scale.


title: Great

text: Love this magazine. Look forward to each and every magazine. Wish it was a monthly subscription.  Prefer the paper edition


title: Love this magazine

text: I wish other quilt magazines were as easy to receive as this one is. There are some really nice quilt magazines out there only available in stores!  Please keep the paper copy coming!  It's kept in my quilting book library.


I'm a Californian, but I love the articles and enjoy seeing what's up in NYC.


title: Instyle

text: I love InStyle magazine. They have the latest in beauty and fashion. I ordered it through Ulta before and the magazine had great Ulta coupons. I hope that is the case with ordering through Amazon...


title: Large Print + Reader's Digest

text: What more do I need to say? It's great for my elderly mom that lives with me. And now that I have a hard time reading smaller print, I find it enjoyable, too.


Helps to keep up to date on the issues.  Short yet gives good information on current events.  Weekly delivery and costs less then a weekly newspaper.


title: My favorite magazine

text: It's Southern Living, people!  Need I say more?  Just ordered it for my son (a chef) and his new wife.  I bet they'll still be getting it 20 years from now.


title: Love this magazine

text: I've been getting this magazine for years now. Great beach decorating ideas. Great travel ideas. Great seafood recipes. What's not to love??


title: Delivered without Fail!

text: I bought for Mother’s Day.  The magazine has been delivered without fail.  Mom absolutely loves; she tries new recipes regularly and loves the seasonal inspired editions.


title: Great magazine.

text: The only women’s magazine I like since Redbook went tits up.


title: Magazine

text: Will be fun to read


title: will arrive in april i think

text: I wish birdhouse keeping was digital to my Kindle, but I am enjoying the Facebook web page! Hank you very much!


title: Why so expensive?

text: A year subscription is only $20 if you go directly through the web site.


title: Wonderful magazine but terrible delivery

text: Beautiful photography, stylized graphic design,  amd high quality paper have made Veranda a favorite of mine for many years. Unfortunately, the magazine is no longer delivered to my mailbox. Instead it comes via a delivery service that throws it on the sidewalk in front of my house. In the last year, I have only received 2 issues. Either they were not delivered or someone picked them up off the sidewalk. Sadly, I am cancelling my subscription due to not receiving what I paid for.


title: Four Stars

text: I thought this magazine would be ageless. However I think it's more for younger crowd.


title: I thought this would be a simple magazine with quick ...

text: I thought this would be a simple magazine with quick recipes to try. Recipes, for the most part, are complicated and require ingredients I don't have. Also I can't afford most kitchen gadgets and other items offered in magazine. Thought this magazine would offer simpler life.


title: Subscription Quit Arriving

text: This is a lovely magazine, but I only received 2 issues of the subscription, then nothing more. I recieved notice my next issue was on it's way, but no tracking info was provided and I never received any more issues.


title: Always running late

text: Not very pleased ordered a Year's subscription in May it's now the end of August and have only received one


title: Required Reading for DIY

text: This magazine always has something that I need to know.  It is full of DIY info.  It's one of the few magazines, I subscribe to - can't do without it!!


title: My favorite magazine.

text: QUALITY Merchandise, Shipped PROMPTLY.  My favorite magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: ALWAYS A GOOD MAGAZINE. UP TO DATE ARTICLES AND ADVERTISING


title: A fading star.

text: Not impressed at all. Their quality has plummeted dramatically over the years.


title: I'm a new subsciriber to eating well mag

text: This magazine is great - the advertising is not intrusive, the recipes are plentiful and focus on health and well being.  The articles are a great read.  I've tried several recipes from the Jan/Feb issue and love all of them.


title: Great recipes

text: I have subscribed to Southern Living Magazine for several years and it is one of my favorites. The recipes are always awesome, some of the best I've ever tried. The gardening tips are also pretty useful.


title: Art jewelry is one of my favorite magazines. It not only gives me ideas for ...

text: Art jewelry is one of my favorite magazines. It not only gives me ideas for my jewelry but often has instructions.


title: No good.

text: Recipes require ingredients that can't be found at a "regular" grocery store. Articles are ok.


Nothing but ads.  My daughter really didn't like it at all.


title: Love it

text: Cute safe magazine


title: Very happy

text: I ordered this for my wife. It arrived exactly as expected. I am very happy with all tbe products and services i enjoy through Amazon. Thank you


title: Enjoy This Magazine

text: This is always an enjoyable read. I marked it down a bit because the content is somewhat predictable and some of the ideas seem to be the same old tired articles I've read before, cleaned up and marched out one more time. Which is okay since the same holidays come around every year. Pumpkin-carving and spiced cider never really change much, but I'm still always hungry to read all about it.


title: Dependable

text: I love that Martha hits all the holidays and respects my time and my money. Her recipes are tested. Her garden tips are reliable.


title: Even Better Than I Expected

text: I just received my first issue at the introductory price. I am wowed. The ideas featured in this magazine are clever and fresh. I am especially impressed with the little tips and tricks that come along with the instructions for each project. It's obvious that a lot of care and hands-on testing is going into producing an unexpectedly original magazine for the do-it-yourself home decorator. The projects featured are NOT the same old tired projects we've seen for years.


title: ... have 2 daughters 9 and 14 and they both love AG magazine

text: I have 2 daughters 9 and 14 and they both love AG magazine. We have been getting it for years. Great content. So wholesome and fun.


title: Best price

text: I've read Kiplinger's for a couple years now and this is by far the best price around.  Gives great tips on saving money on items, investing, saving, retirement, etc.  Great buy!


title: love

text: my son in law got these for Christmas and really enjoyed the magazine. I will order this again soon for him.


title: Paper mags don't have video!

text: I am very happy with this subscription. I would have been happy with just the paper magazine in the mail...but, I would have missed all the extra perks! The video's, especially on the exercises, are awesome! You can see exactly how each and every one is to be done! And I love the convenience of having it all in one place, on my Kindle.


title: Do It Yourself mag

text: Great magazine w lots of ideas!


title: love it

text: Have always had subscription available for my 72yrs and my grammas and Moms!!


title: Three Stars

text: Seems like they're less pages than they used to be....


title: Four Stars

text: Husband is a knife maker and he enjoys this.


title: Five Stars

text: Love Smithsonian and can't beat the price when you buy it though Amazon


title: Five Stars

text: Love my magazines@


title: Best Beekeeping magazine

text: The only magazine you need as a beekeeper!  Keeps you up to date on all of the new Beekeeping techniques.


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine


title: This is my favorite magazine ever!

text: I've been subscribing to this magazine for over 30 years.  It has wonderful tips on products and on ways to improve your woodworking skills.  It also has wonderful ideas and useful plans for a huge variety of things to build/make.


title: Always something interesting to read with great relevant advertising

text: Love this mag


title: Five Stars

text: It's a fun magazine to read with kids!


title: Nice enough magazine

text: I enjoy this magazine, but I am downsizing my paper subscriptions, and I really don't read this enough to make it worth it to continue the subscription. I enjoy the magazine for virtual travel, but I can easily find it at the library, and spend an hour with it there.


title: Didn’t enjoy

text: Not my favorite....won’t subscribe again


title: Love HGTV

text: Always enjoy every issue.


title: Politics in science? No thank you!

text: Full of politics, not what I want from a science magazine.


title: Great magazine

text: Love the magazine-  love this deal!


title: You know

text: Great monthly read!


title: 6yo loves it

text: Amazing. My 6 yo loves it. I have to help her quite a bit at this age but she will grow into doing it herself. Highly recommend.


title: My mom subscribed to this magazine and I've always loved it. They recipes and travel tips are my ...

text: My mom subscribed to this magazine and I've always loved it.  They recipes and travel tips are my favorite.  We've tried many of them.  I like the home design elements too.  I think the magazine has become better with time, although sometimes it makes me chuckle because occasionally the recommendations are a little too spendy.  one can dream...


title: Too much advertising

text: I dropped my subscription because of the increase in ads and reduction in content. Also the spam is annoying and clogs my inbox.


title: Great magazine

text: This is the only magazine that I actually make at least one recipe out of every month!  The food is just great!!


title: Good read

text: I keep it on the table for guest reading


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: Five Stars

text: My son loves this--I renewed as a gift to him.


title: Has a little bit of everything for the woman.

text: This has a little bit of everything for women in it. Lots of tips (maybe too many) recipes etc. really like it


title: Not bad.

text: Not bad. won't renew though.


title: Five Stars

text: I got this for my 7 year old son and he loves it.


title: Five Stars

text: BEST MAGAZINE EVER PUBLISHED- NUFF SAID


title: Five Stars

text: This magazine has really great articles. Great recipes also!!


title: Lost it's color, now it is white and grey like most other decorating mags

text:
This magazine used to be truly beautiful, interesting 'cottage' decor.  Now most of the homes are just decorated in the standard white and gray, with few interesting items.  The decor looks like Target/Homegoods and not anything cozy, very vintage nor colorful.  It is really disappointing because cottage decor should be unique, not run of the mill.

After looking at the Spring 2023 issue, I was even more disappointed, and cancelled my renewal.  The cover and related article were lovely of course.  Another article about Skagit County tulips was also beautiful.  The remaining layouts were gray, sterile, lacking personal touches and cozyness usually associated with cottage decor.  The layouts looked like flooring and kitchen cabinet ads from big box stores.


title: I LOVE this Magazine

text: This magazine contains great content!  There are images to inspire, great stories and super ideas to incorporate into your home.  This magazine has been my favorite for several years now.


title: My FAVORITE magazine!

text:
First of all, my old subscription was transferred to Country Living and I was so disappointed because I thought Coastal Living was stopping publication completely.  I was wrong, thankfully.  They are publishing 4 (four) times a year now and it is definitely worth the wait.  The paper that they have chosen for the new magazine has a heavier hand and is not the average slick paper that all other magazines use.  This paper is thick, soft to the touch and is attractive to flip through.

The images are stunning and the quality of the content is stellar.  I have always loved my Coastal Living subscriptions and I will continue to subscribe.


title: Excellent newsletter

text: I did not purchase Dog Watch through Amazon but rather I received a notification in the mail with some very cute "Dogs love you no matter what" stickers.  Since then I have contributed to them and I am in the process of renewing my subscription now.


what a great publication!  It remains one of my all-time favorites!  Laid out very well; some fantastic articles and ideas for better quality of life!


I've had subscription to MSL off and on for more than 25 years now and it remains one of my favorites.  We get such a wide variety of topic coverage and excellent step by step directions as needed.  So classy, yet down-to-earth!


title: Love love love

text: I've been doing these themed crossword puzzles for years, before finding them on Amazon. Other books are too easy, and some labeled difficult are ridiculously trivia based. These are just right.


title: Same quality going strong

text: The subscription took about 2 months to get started, but the magazine is as good as ever.


title: Five Stars

text: no complaints from my son


Outstanding and informative great writing


title: i bought this for my son

text: I bought this for my son (computer techie / seeker of knowledge in general) as a b-day gift,  and now he requests a renewal each year.  If i could afford a second subscription for myself, i would do it.  The magazine is fascinating!!  Much and many BRAIN FOOD!!!!  LOL!!!


title: Very helpful

text: Both my son and I like this magazine for giving us step-by-step instructions on projects, as well as inspiration for new projects! It comes regularly per the subscription we signed up for!


title: All ADs

text: For every 10 pages 8 are ads!  Not worth a subscription cost specially when majority of said content is free elsewhere or copies of recipes and articles from other free sources.


title: Great

text: I liked everything in the magazine.


title: Reader’s digest purchase through Amazon

text: Love reading Reader’s digest. Yes it meets my expectations!


title: Great mag if it wasn't so hard left.

text: I would like this mag a whole bunch better without the liberal gibberish. False stories about draining residual from oil fields to the EPA has hands tied cause of State and BLM policies. Just junk reading as I am a conservationist but I don't like false reading also known as fake news. It does get huge stars for the other half of the magazine however. I've read this publication since the early 90s fishing in Wyoming.


title: Good recipes

text: Very convenient as it does get automatically renewed every year. If your into cooking , this is a good magazine


title: Popular


title: Great magazine

text: The information about gear alone has more  payed for magazine by avoiding purchasing blunders.


title: Three Stars

text: Too many advertising,not enough articles.


title: Great magazine!

text: Similar to Popular Science but more photos, graphics, and a wider variety of articles. Highly recommended!


title: back to the future

text: booyah


title: Five Stars

text: booyah


title: Five Stars

text: yes


title: Five Stars

text: Wife loves


title: Five Stars

text: Wife loves it


title: What a great resource Good House Keeping Magazine

text: Enjoyed getting a magazine each month<br />Thank you


title: ... a gift to my teen daughter - she is delighted! It arrived sooner than expected

text: Subscription was a gift to my teen daughter - she is delighted! It arrived sooner than expected.


title: Perfect gift for Mom.

text: Great gift for my elderly Mother.  She looks forward to getting the new issue each month and the large print makes it so much easier for her to read.


title: Half a magazine

text: This subscription is like half of a magazine - it is truly half the size of the magazine you buy in the stores.


title: Not a full magazine

text: This magazine is like a mini magazine, you get like a quarter of the actual magazine that is sold in the stores. Not worth the price


title: discontinued subscription

text: discontinued.


title: Five Stars

text: LOVE this magazine!!!


title: Five Stars

text: great


title: Three Stars

text: thanks


title: Four Stars

text: Thanks


title: Country Women

text: Disappointed with the magazine.


title: Reminisce

text: Love this magizine.  Great articles from the past...a calmer time.


title: Reader's Digest Magizine

text: Great magazine that has some great articles.


title: Country Woman magizine

text: Disappointed with the magazine.  Expected more content.


title: Family Handyman

text: Interesting projects to complete for the house.


title: Archaelogy

text: Love the articles in this magazine.


title: Country Living Magizine

text: Was a little disappointed with the content - the value is there.


title: Great gift for teenagers.

text: I bought this magazine last Christmas when a special deal came across my e-mail and bought it for my daughter and niece as one of their presents and they were thrilled with it.  I have since renewed my daughter's magazine because she reads it cover to cover when it comes in.  I'm glad I decided to try it for them because they both seemed to really enjoy it.


title: Fun to read

text: Love this Magazine, especially the humorous cartoons. Wish it was a bit more affordable


title: Five Stars

text: Just what I was looking for


title: Great price

text: Great price


title: Five Stars

text: Love this mag!


title: Great magazine

text: Love this magazine


title: Good magazine

text: I liked it.


title: Great

text: Like to read


title: Five Stars

text: Very good and informative magazine.


title: Articles you can't find anywhere else

text: I'm a big news reader. I like to read it all, politics, science, pop culture. But why I love this magazine is it has articles unlike what you see in the daily news. It looks at jewels or art or home decor from a new perspective. I could never afford to live like the people in the magazine, but I love to read this! I will be getting this for years to come.


title: IT'S MY FAVORITE MAGAZINE

text: FABULOUS MAGAZINE, VERY COMPLETE WITH A VARIETY OF THEMES (NOT JUST SEX! LIKE OTHER IN THE MARKET) IT COVERS FROM POLITICS TO HOW TO DO YOUR NAILS, I'VE BEEN BUYING FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BUY. IT'S DEFENETLY A MUST HAVE IN ANY WOMEN'S HOME


title: Never received Issue

text: Never received a single issue and than wanted to charge way to much for Subscription


title: Happy Grandson

text: Grandson really loves these magazines


title: Too Many Ads, Charged me to renew 3 or 4 months after it ran out

text: Too many ads. Honestly save the money and sign up for their email list. 3-4 months after what I thought was my last issue I got charged for a 2 year subscription without authorizing it. Save the hassle and don't get this magazine.


title: Deliver has stated

text: Great recipes


title: Thumbs up

text: Good subscription


title: Great product for children

text: Basic knowledge for young children..a must


title: Layout

text: Loved it, like reading and some articles.


title: It's a great magazine

text: Magazine is always late or I may not receive one


title: Ridiculous

text: This magazine is a pitiful shadow of its former self.  Where's the fun and fashion?  Gone is the guilty pleasure escapism I used to enjoy with every issue.  Now it's 100% negative, depressing liberal political babble, Wintour's personal sounding board.  Ridiculous.


title: Ridiculous

text: This magazine is a pitiful shadow of its former self. Reading Vogue used to be such a pleasant escape from reality. Where's the fun and fashion? Now it's 100% liberal politics,  i.e. Wintour's personal sounding board. Ridiculous.


title: Excellent recipes and health-related articles, but.......

text: I find it counterproductive to insert political views in a print publication.  This is an unfortunate recent trend in ALL magazines which ultimately results in cancelled subscriptions. Not very smart IMHO.


title: Inspiring recipes

text: I enjoy this magazine because I am inspired by the recipes, which I tweak  for my IF/modified paleo eating style (it's not a diet!) Since all recipes do have nutrition info, it's really quite easy to do. The subscription is certainly worth $5 a year.


title: Ridiculous!

text: This magazine simply sucks. Too much celebrity crap and articles with cutesy verbiage. Not to mention ridiculous overpriced product recommendations. I feel like the editors assume if you are a woman "of a certain age" you don't care anything about diet, fitness or health. Don't waste your time or brain cells on this ridiculous rag.


title: real deal

text: its about time magazines charged less to buyer as their big$$ is in ads. which we can only read if we buy mag.which have priced themselves out of household budgets. this mag. covers many topics each issue, something for most every woman. american product/american jobs/american$/what a deal. magazines like this make excellent gifts.


title: enjoy

text: I have enjoyed the magazine but want to stop the subscription.  Amazon has not allowed me to cancel my subscription even being sent to India for customer service still unable to stop it


title: Gardner favorite

text: I loves this magazine.  I learn new tricks and tips, enjoy the garden bed designs, plant features, if you enjoy gardening this magazine is a must.


title: Love to read them

text: Good read


title: Perfect

text: Perfect


title: Five Stars

text: I bought this as a gift tinny boyfriend and he loves this!


title: what a waste

text: This magazine is nothing but page after page of ads for overpriced clothes and accessories. I learn nothing, I am not inspired. Its a waste of money


title: Alot of advertisement

text: Enjoy the craft ideas, not all the ads.


title: Five Stars

text: great reading


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: Five Stars

text: Wonderful source of information


title: A Cover Story About Nothing

text: I love RS but who cares about their cover girl this month?  Really?  Kim K is already famous for nothing and so RS dedicates a cover and 5 inside pages to her nothingness?


title: Like all the stories

text: Old school nice size


title: Not useful.

text: Just an Oprah advertising format. Not worth opening.


title: 10 year old gets a lot out of it. Excited about each new edition.

text: Informative yet fun. Kids don’t realize they are learning. Adults will learn about animals they didn’t know existed. Will definitely reorder.


title: This is a great magazine

text: I have been receiving this magazine, every issue for the last several years. It is consistently packed with well-written, reputable advice on how to care for your horse in a natural, holistic way. It has training and care tips, as well as health information. It's a wonderful gift for any horse lover.


title: I Bought This For Myself and Nephew

text: Very relevant for anyone interested in tech science, today's culture, the latest gadgets, our environment, transportation, new phone reviews, etc.


title: I bought as a gift for my niece

text: It's her last year of high school and she wants to be a therapist.  She really enjoys the articles in this magazine.


title: Great informational fun Magazine

text: Great magazine, my grandson loves these. But his Nanna [me] likes to read them First!  ha ha. LOL


title: T.V. guide

text: love since i don't have cable!


title: something of a disappointment

text: I had hoped for a monthly magazine of recipes that would allow me to put some interesting food on the table. I've only received one issue, but there was nothing in it that I particularly wanted to cook.


title: great magazine

text: I have been reading Readers Digest for 40 years It is a great magazine with humor, information and great stories.  The stories are short and due to the smaller size easy to carry in my purse for some great reads  Love it


title: Still tops

text: Good Housekeeping has been a staple for me for over 40 years.  It has kept up with the times and always has great ideas and helpful articles  The recipes are great


title: LIke this

text: This is a good mag to see what is coming up on TV.  The only thing I do not like is it only has evening listings and daytime would be a great addition.  The articles are always interesting to read and the reviews are helpful.  I like the kindle version cause when I travel I can check on what is on anywhere


title: Five Stars

text: Husband loves t his magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: Curious articles.


title: No go

text: I would not recommend this to anyone. I received 3 issues out of the 6 month subscription purchased due to them never being sent out. I like to save money and it was a good deal, so you get what you pay for


title: Affordable magazine with great articles

text: Quality magazine with diverse stories.  Pretty affordable, too.


title: Priced great

text: Great magazine, arrived on time, and is priced great.


title: I read from cover to cover

text: Great magazine


title: Wonderful mag during Covid. Spoon helpful.

text: I have about 10 magazine subscriptions and this is the one I really look forward to!


title: High quality outcomes.

text: So many projects for me right now as I still quarantine as much as possible. Projects are challenging, creative, and high quality looking.


title: Favorite magazine right now!

text: I have lots of time right now to clean, paint and update my home. This magazine is one that will stay on my shelf for reference and re-reading.


title: Waste of money

text: Waste of money. TOO many ads , certainly not like the old readers digest. If there was a  zero star, that is what I would have have it


title: Too many ads

text: Stories were ok, but lots of ads so not a lot to read. Would not purchase again


title: Taste of Home has changed since I last saw it!

text: Not like the old tast of home at all.  I will not reorder


title: Changed Format - Very Disappointing

text: This magazine used to be great, with cute little stories that rhymed and had cute illustrations.  Halfway between our subscription (around fall of 2017 I think), they changed the format and I do not like it at all.  There is no flow to the magazine, and there are no real stories anymore.  Very disappointed as these magazines used to be one of my daughter’s favorites.  Now she barely looks at them.  Will not be renewing.


title: A fun place to go if you like new ideas

text: For years I love the many monthly features. So many ideas! So many interesting arrivals.. Super cool product inventory. And paint colors galore with the best make over ideas. My favorite magazines since 2009.


title: great delivery since I discontinued getting a newspaper and the ...

text: great delivery since I discontinued getting a newspaper and the paper has limited things and this Guide has helped in selections and the new shows coming/leaving


title: Great gift for vegetarian friends/family

text: I'm not a vegetarian, but my sister is.  I gave this to her for her birthday in 2008 or 2009 (not sure) and have renewed it once because she has really enjoyed it.  Good selection of recipes that even non-vegetarians can enjoy and useful lifestyle tips.  Overall I would recommend this.


title: good

text: not as good as it used to be, but still interesting reading.


title: All things Southern you need to know!

text:
Southern Living is an awesome Magazine.
I have been receiving it for over 30 yrs.
Still have a copy of the first magazine I ever received.


title: Eating Well has recipes to eat well and enjoy healthy satisfying food.

text: Great food magazine. It has original recipes that are fresh and healthy with lots of options for everyone.


title: love it

text: this magazine is so cute. my three year old loves it (she's been getting it since she was 2). she loves the stories and the puzzles. she gets excited to receive it each month, and it's nice to have something new to read regularly!


title: adorable

text: this magazine is so adorable. perfect for my 9 month old. the content is short and sweet with cute photos / illustrations. the pages are thick so it's not easily ripped, and the drool wipes right off haha


title: Four Stars

text: its an interesting magazine.

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title: Pretty good

text: Good magizine. Would like more healthy choices in receipes.


title: poor quality

text: The quality has gone down, it's smaller and less information. won't renew!


title: Maybe someday I will receive.

text: Might be a great magazine but I have yet to receive my first issue. I think now that it is a mistake buying magazine subscriptions through Amazon.


title: Like

text: Really nice magazine.  Enjoy reading it


title: Loves it

text: Husband loves


title: Great for 7 yr olds

text: Granddaughter loves it


title: I love this magazine

text: Great magazine to just sit and enjoy the articles and helpful hints! I have picked it up at the grocery store over the past few years,  I decided to just subscribe!


title: Great bargain

text: Great read for the bargain price. All the other mags seem too much about "Photoshop this Photoshop that".


title: Love that Martha...

text: and this magazine is full of great ideas and decorating tips.


title: Easy, pleasant lightly entertaining

text: I subscribe to 5 or 6 magazines of which this is one.  The fact that I renewed it once again says I must enjoy reading it.  What is inside is all about the things we Americans do to entertain ourselves.  It not only reviews movies but also TV programs, music, books,etc..  It goes inside and behind the scenes in articles about the industry of entertainment.  True, it is neither earth-saving nor intellectually challenging, but then I believe that is why I enjoy it.  There are more than enough of those kinds of publications.  This one is for those of us who have a love of good movies and TV programming and like to have a place to read reviews<br />that will give us some direction in this regard. And sometimes you just want to pick up something to read that is enjoyable but not too involving. It has well-written articles that I have found to be accurate for the most part.

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title: Pain to straighten out double charges and auto-renewal.

text: Great Magazine.  Hard to get rid of auto-renewal subscription.


title: Good price

text: $5 for a year subscription


title: Love

text: Love this magazine,  learn something new every month.


title: Shadow of its former self.

text: Gone are the beautiful, subtle, texture-rich photographs and loads of content of the past.


title: Fun magazine!

text: I look forward to these colorful magazines and read them cover to cover. Lots of down to earth do-able ideas that aren't too "crafty".


title: great deal

text: Readers Digest is aclassic magazine and I needed a great gift for my mother who doesnt get out very much. This is a gift that arrives every month with fun and interesting articles!


title: We really enjoy this magazine

text: Great monthly magazine! Good pictures, articles, etc. It is also a nice gift to give someone-different and fun!


title: Nice to have on hand, helpful

text: We used Amazon subscription for our renewal, great price, easily done on their site. Love Amazon as a choice. We like TV Guide to read about upcoming shows, and use the daily guide too.


title: Good fast reading

text: Interesting information, formatted easy to read


title: gift

text: Purchased as  a gift. My son-in-law enjoys this magazine, I renew order for him every Christmas. Great gift for men who are interested in health and wellness.


title: Happy with subscription

text: Arrived as promised each month. Great mag for a minimalist like me.


title: This magazine has gone downhill.

text: Not much to the magazine. Too many ads. Very little of interest. I had a subscription years ago when it was a great magazine.Now it is not.


title: I enjoy reading whats to come in the T

text: I enjoy reading whats to come in the T.V. guide, then I set my DVR to record the shows I want to watch. Very happy with my subscription.


title: get out your bifocals!

text: I have mixed feelings about this magazine. I purchased a subscription because I wanted to read the cover stories several times when I saw it on a magazine rack, not really knowing much about the magazine. Well, the cover stories are great, in fact, there are always several long, in depth feature articles that are wonderful. However, too much society fluff that I don't care the slightest about. Worst though, is the actual magazine--the print size is miniscule!! Very difficult to read, even with the bifocals on! Also, too many perfume inserts.


title: Five Stars

text: Best magazine!


title: Same boring things, again and again

text: There is nothing in the least stimulating for the mind or creativity here. I found most of what was in this very cliched. It seems the plan is the same every month - the "follow the ADA food pyramid," "put your food on a saucer to think it is substantial," "get more exercise," "I survived cancer," and so forth. It is half "positive thinking," but otherwise a denial that anyone has a mind, heart, or soul. The feature articles are very poor quality, such as the Elizabeth Post quasi-etiquette, wherein one may not share news of an event with friends without saying "no gifts please," and friends are looking for others to meddle in their lives (what is polite about having a friend who wonders if her dress fits well being told to go to a gym class?)<br />The other reviewer who said "not enough" is quite right.


title: Great gift

text: I gave this subscription to my son cause he is into the fitness thing, he loves it....great articles and he looks forward to it coming to the house...glad I got this for him for Christmas...the gift that keeps coming...


title: Great Reading

text: I am soooooo glad I was able to find this magazine. I love every story in it...Just a wonderful read...


title: Not what it used to be

text: I renewed this magazine here because I used to read it cover to cover.  This year they proudly announced the decision to include the 30 somethings.  Unfortunately it was at the cost of those loyal older viewers who had been there from the beginning.


title: GQ feels like it lost its identity and has been replaced by something??

text: Back in the day, I used to subscribe to Best Life magazine. Back then, the advice was a little mature for me as it was catered to men in their early forties and I was only in my twenties. But now, I wanted to give GQ a try. Instead of being filled with advice on how to remain a gentleman, how to be an upstanding citizen in society, how to find the latest trends in clothes or how to keep a classic, etc. It's become a super nuanced sub-sub culture magazine seemingly written by 19-year-olds. Now before you criticize my review, I will state that there are some legitimate, well thought out articles but these are few and far between. A couple of articles I read are interviewing self-absorbed, dare I say cocky subjects - and the worst part is the interviewer goes along with it! I feel like it's catered to extremely young people and even though I constantly stay up to date and are usually hip to the latest trends and the latest technology, I sometimes find myself shaking my head and wondering what the hell I'm reading with GQ. I truly hope this improves and they get back to the CLASSIC GQ - which no matter what certain parts of society try to tell you - was fine the way it was.


title: Okay magazine

text: An okay magazine.  It is no longer weekly, only monthly


title: One of my favorite magazines!

text: Essence has been one of my favorite magazines since it's inception! The information is thoughtful and socially conscious.


title: Not the Magazine

text: I don't hate the magazine.  I hate the service.  I accidently ordered this magazine when I was looking to order Rue Morgue-a much better than magazine.  The mistake was discovered within 20 minutes-this was back in May.  I immediately went on line to cancel the subscription.  The message I got was "order had already been processed and they would try to cancel, but could not guarantee."  Come on-within 20 minutes and you couldn't cancel the order??  So, guess what I got this month?  That's right, Fangoria.  Maybe I'll only get 2 like the other guy.  But I find it inconceivable that the almighty Amazon that I use for practically everything nowadays, could not cancel this subscription.  Someone couldn't hit a computer key to notify Fangoria that customer had cancelled?  Especially since they had 5 months to do it in!  Lesson learned.  Amazon is great for some things, but not for magazines.


title: Great purchase

text: Love this magazine! Brings back memories.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this mag. Never a disappointment


title: Five Stars

text: Love this mag.... Charlie Penn’s articles are always sooo good.


title: Five Stars

text: Love oprah. So I love this Mag


title: Good Magazine for the DIYer

text: First magazine came today and it looks like a decent magazine. I like the project ideas and other DIY craft inspirations.


title: Recommend highly!

text: I love magazines which illustrate the beauty of  home and offer ideas. House Beautiful lives up to its name. A happy page turner as soon as I receive!


title: Styke

text: Stylish magazine with interesting articles.


title: Tasteful, beautiful, inspiring.

text: This magazine inspires one’s decorating but also is a great magazine to page through and delight in when you only have a few minutes to spare. So glad to receive- happy every time it shows up in the mail.


title: Been Reading For Years

text: I’ve always loved the Readers Digest. It’s informative, uplifting & can make you giggle all at the same time!


title: Love all the information

text: Love all the decorating ideas and articles by and about favorite HGTV stars.


title: Great information

text: I learn so much with every issue


title: This magazine brings the northeast to you.

text: I love this magazine! Every issue has fabulous photography, almost suitable for framing, ideas for travel, terrific recipes, a wonderful story or two and other surprises. Just love it!


title: An old gal's take on a young folks remodeling/redecorating mag

text: I am a fan of this magazine and all the home redo programs by HGTV. I appreciate the do-ability of most projects presented in this magazine. The simple uncluttered photo work and the rooms are generally not so heavenly minded (richy rich) that they're no earthly good. This is a magazine for the startup generation, fixers and makers. Its a magazine for serial remodelers like myself too who are old as God (well not quite) and living on a pension. Another good feature, in my book -  it generally is not about food. I am years past cooking with grown middle age children. I DO NOT want a food focus except for kitchen remodeling, effociency and attractive but relaxing kitchen presentation. It also has slightly fewer irritating advertising pullouts and fall out paper pieces than many other magazines have.


title: ONE OF THE BEST MAGAZINES EVER PRODUCED

text: I am a senior lady serial home remodeler and try to be as hands on as my tired arthritic old body allows. This has long been one of my favorite magazines. Love it


title: Amazing Recipes

text: New recipes


title: A Treat on Every Page

text:
Yankee magazine is a magazine that's over brimming with nostalgia.

Everything is New England quaint. I even like the advertisements of handmade jewelry and furniture.

The recipes are good. I really love the section that highlights a specific area or town and the most scenic routes. I like the pictures of houses and gardening and the regular columnist who identifies antiques.

I am feeling like a Maineiac ever since reading a description of a clock in someones' review.

You'll get a lot out of this magazine. Not one page goes to waste with me. I enjoy it from cover to cover.


title: Great magazine

text: Great magazine at a good value


title: Favorite.

text: Had a subscription for years. It's one of my favorites. Full of inspiring photos.


title: great magazine

text: Beautiful pictures. Great decorating inspiration.


title: Can't live without☺

text: Longtime customer. One of my favorites.


title: Good

text: Nice


title: great deal

text: great deal


title: Frustrated

text: I’m now missing three issues? Maybe 4. This is unacceptable. I paid for a whole year. Haven’t seen an issue since the September issue.


title: It’s okay

text: Wasn’t impressed by the content


title: I love Reader's Digest magazines.

text: I love the stories and of course the comical notes.  It makes for interesting read but I wouldn't mind it having larger print.  Thanks


title: A magazine that is well-loved are my special needs loved one

text: Another magazine that my dear special needs loved one enjoys.  Recent issues have contained an advertisement that he really likes LOL he likes to just page through the magazines or if he finds pages that match he will match up the magazine pages what's the other magazines


title: A special needs loved one favorite magazine

text: This is another magazine I buy for a special-needs loved one.  Although JCPenney catalogs are his favorite and sadly no longer available.  He loves paging through these magazines and this is his favorite magazine


title: A favorite magazine of my disabled loved one

text: I gave these five stars because I have a disabled loved one who loves just paging through these magazines as well as others.  Although the catalogs such as JCPenney's are really his favorite type


title: Ugh... Tabloids

text:
I got a subscription for US for free and I figured "why not? I could use something to read on the toilet". After a few weeks of looking at this magazine it made me feel like a shallow, kinda gross person. I've got enough going on in my life, don't really need to know what celebrities are telling their publicists to tell US magazine.
Just not for me, I don't keep up with Kardashians, just not interested.
BUT, if you're a fan of this sort of thing, US seems better than some of the trashier mags out there


title: Five Stars

text: Love this book.


title: Read the fine print

text: Overall, I enjoy reading this magazine. It usually has fairly good, easy recipes and some good organization tips. I ordered this last year as a Black Friday special. It took several months for my first magazine to arrive.<br />When I ordered this subscription, I didn’t realize I was signed up for automatic renewal until I saw it in my order history this year. I was unable to cancel it (before shipment of the first issue) but I found it in my account and unclicked the auto renewal option (can’t remember where it was but definitely something I had to dig for.) Hopefully this worked and I’m not charged again next year. Some things on Amazon are impossible to cancel. Overall, I don’t recommend this magazine subscription.


title: Great pictures

text: My grandson loves looking at the pictures and us reading about the animals to him.


title: Happy with purchase

text: Favorite mag so far


title: Love her or hate her

text: this magazine is fun to browse thru no matter what the season. Great ideas.  I love trying to find the "cheap" version of suggested items. And the recipes are fun to try


title: Five Stars

text: Great ideas and ways to save money while still beautifully decorating your surroundings.


title: Great, informative articles

text: A true classic. Great, informative articles.


title: Used to be a great magazine. The cover story indicates it's going down ...

text: Used to be a great magazine.  The cover story  indicates it's going down hill.


title: Very Disappointed

text: I'd like to start by saying the two years I have received Popular Mechanics magazine were for the most part very informative. However!.... Unlike on the Amazon site where its fairly obvious the great price for one year does include an “auto renewal” the Magazines effort at getting me to resubscribe looked great! It was just 8 dollars for one year AND I could send a years subscription a friend at no extra cost but when I just happened to look at the back side of the form to send them I noticed the small and very pale print that stated the “auto renewal” would be taking place. We all know this is information that should not be hidden but obvious to the would be subscriber. I decided I didn't want to do business with a company that conducted itself in that manner. Of course you just have my words as “proof” that I have made a true statement but never the less It needed to be said.


title: Good quality of articles

text: Been many years since I picked up a copy of Popular Mechanics-hard to find on the magazine rack in stores so I ordered a subscription thru Amazon-got first issue as promised but was surprised at the size of the magazine-it shrunk by about 25%-I don't know if this is the trend but I don't like it-some people like on-line books and newspapers and magazines, but I am old school. This puppy is like a slightly larger Readers Digest but NOT with large print


title: Five Stars

text: Great....thanks


title: Shameless overlap between advertising and editorial

text: While there are a few good articles each month, the magazine routinely runs features touting advertisers who just happen to have paid for ad space in the same issue. Many in-depth articles focus on Main Line social angst. Extensive advertising `special features' (which look surprisingly like articles) are regular features. I don't trust their restaurant picks - again, the longer reviews tend to go to the restaurants who run ads. I find the reams of ads for plastic surgeons and cosmetic dentists to be off-putting; I guess this reflects their target audience?


title: Mostly eye-candy, little useful content

text: Magazine is mostly fluff. Meaningless, lavishly illustrated but silly lead stories ("products we'd like to see") take up a large amount of space. Product reviews are very limited and superficial. A review of banking software, for example, really only discussed ease of set-up without even mentioning critical features like transaction downloading and investment management. Magazine is for the novice, and even then 2 issues is more than enough.


title: Fashionista bible

text: Best overall fashion!!!


title: My better home

text: Nice magazine for great ideas in home and my garden!!!  A bit too much advertising...... But otherwise enjoyable


title: W is for me

text: Cool stuff to inspire me


title: Five Stars

text: look forward  to each issue


title: chock full of new ideas

text: this is a wonderful magazine  that has wonderful tips on everything useful in our daily lives  i have learned so much from this magazine.....  finance, house hold management, cars, appliances and sooo much more ....  well worth the high price as compared to other mags out there


title: hgtv is a really great magazine....

text: has vauable information on many topics.... find it useful for many projects and the photography is super !!!... a great value of information.......  look for deals to get best pricing !!!


title: good housekeeping

text: started with this mag when i was married 45 plus years ago....  have subscribed on and off and since then..have added...  many advertsing pages now..... seems "old" to me.  i compared it to other magazines such as "real simple" and i have to say i'd go with the latter...  good housekeeping has kept their pricing down, so if this is the issue...  go with g.h.  if not i'd rather read other magazines !!


title: people watch

text: like to keep up with what is in.  .. this magazine gives really helpful tips, and lets me know the nail, hair and makeup do's adn don'ts.  fashion hints, and where to shop have me waiting for the " next  " issue !!!...  a delight to sit and relax with the latest issue.. i am hooked !!!...wish the price were lower !!


title: can't wait for the next issue

text: i love this magazine... it helps me from dressing dowdy, by inspiring me !!.. the photography is done so well and even the advertisements are colorful and interesting


title: hello beautiful

text: a cup of tea, and a nice recliner  and of course this magazine...and you've got it "made" for at least an hour of relaxing fun !!!!... this is my go to relaxant !!!


title: make yourself a cup of tea

text: settle back on a comfy chair, with a cup of tea... and let your imagination go wherever!..  this magazine is gorgeous !!!!  enjoy!!!


title: How else would someone from the New England area answer?

text: Typical New Englander answer.


title: Three Stars

text: Got this as a gift for my son's wife.  he likes it very much.


title: Same read as when you were a kid

text: Always has been a great magazine


title: Handy!

text: I love this magazine.  A man's (and woman's) treasure.  Have to hide it from the wife or I'll get more projects to do.  Like the new gadgets section.


title: TV Guide

text: TV Guide continues to diminish the number of channels listed in its TV schedules. Almost worthless to me now.<br />More and more infomercials on TV shows.


title: No, It's Not All About Me

text:
Ever feel like you're losing interest in something you once looked forward too? That's how I'm feeling about Rolling Stone these days. The magazine content has become more diverse in my opinion but that also tends to signal that there are fewer compelling issues that I find relevant.

When I find less fluff in AARP than Rolling Stone, it'll be time to move on. Perhaps that's how it should be and I hope the next generation enjoys it as much as the RS tabloid generation did. Troubling that the news stand in the local college town closed. Well, so did the live music venues and the music store is a rack at the back of a variety shop. I wonder if the culture of not owning music media extends to hard copy magazines.


The magazine is pretty good and the hat is nice, but I didn’t like the auto-renewal after the 6 months with no warning. I was renewed for a year at a higher rate than the yearly rate is advertised.


title: The first print issue should arrive in 4-6 weeks....

text: seriously?? mail it today then...this type of time to ship a mag is from the dark ages...this is the SAME period advertised in the mid-70's..i know i was there! no thanks.


title: Five Stars

text: Good deal


title: Good coffee table read.

text: Not the answer to all, but will pique one's interest in a topic or two. Nice that 75 advertisement cards don't fall out of it like ME news...


title: Perfectly Country!

text: This magazine is so beautiful and sumptuous, I find myself wanting to jump into the pages and taking up residence.<br />Big A++


title: HOW is a good buy and a great resource

text: HOW is very practically-oriented, not a lot of "look at us, we're graphic designers" [junk] you see in other graphic design magazines. Self-importance is out. Information-importance is in. Each issue has loads of sage advice, and it's all very understandable to all designers, novice to Madison Aveenue.<br />Great magazine for all graphic designers.


title: Great mag!

text: Great magazine, but I am not getting all of my issues


title: Get it and save them for future use.

text: We love this magazine. So many simple ideas to build to help improve your home.


title: Many simple ideas to improve your life and home.

text: I love everything about this magazine. Second issue featured hydragras so we bought the plants for our yard


title: Taste of Home is wonderful.

text: I love this magazine. I try one recipe from it when it comes. I save them too.


title: BEWARE Amazon subcriptions!

text: My grands love Nat. Geo. but I'm writing about AMAZON and they don't let you write reviews about them. No more will I order thru AMAZON.  People BEWARE<br />I was trying to RENEW, I went to the page that I was directed to go and somehow ended up with another subscription.  As soon as I recognized WITHIN 10 MINUTES what happened, I tried to contact AMAZON - Oh NO, they couldn't fix it, sorry.  In just 10 minutes you say you can't make a correction?  Your renew vs. new was confusing to a well educated individual and you can't cancel it or reverse or change it???  Hence, they have NO power so just go direct to the magazine website!  They make money and you pay the same best rate if you ask for it.  AMAZON - improve this!


title: Great magazine! Quality pics!

text: My grands love this magazine! They get excited each time it comes. If your kids are smart, consider getting the next up age range! I did and it seems perfect. Previous range I had for them seemed baby-ish. Good quality pictures.


title: Beautiful Pictures

text: This is the only magazine I buy. The price was great. I'm a painter and there are so many photos that you can use for reference. Great resource.


title: Reliable info

text: Have been subscriber for many years. Is a good current source of nutritional science. Written well.


title: Be aware

text: Terrible.  No matter how many times I tried to cancel they refuse.  if you get this it will automatically renew forever and charge you and you will never get your money back.


title: Vanity Fair

text: VF covers relevant and interesting topics about people.  Just the right mix of glamour and intelligence.


title: late yet charged!

text: how can i review it when they keep changing my first yearly edition magazine date?


title: Magazine for collectors

text: Magazine for collectors


title: Happy

text: Like the ap and really like the magazine. Recipes are realistic.


title: Great magazine

text: We are avid readers of the magazine, have been for years. Excellent mag.


title: Nice

text: So far so good. First issue recieved yesterday.


title: A great women's magazine

text: Great articles and not slammed with advertising on every other page. I feel like I get my money's worth with this magazine. I buy magazines for the articles, not the ads.


title: Great magazine for meal planning

text: Great recipes in the magazine and online at TasteofHome.com.


title: Great magazine

text: Great for planning that next trip or for armchair travelers.


title: Good magazine

text: Just received the first issue and enjoyed it.


title: Not as good as I expected

text: Too little info. Very basic. Not many pages. Kids lost interest. Needs longer articles on each subject with more info and photos. Not worth the money.<br />Only 6 issues and three came at once. I got a notice for auto renewal after 3 issues delivered. Waste of money.


title: Very interesting

text: Lots of good ideas


title: Great gift idea

text: I ordered this last year for one of my nephews and his mom said he loved it.  He's too young to read all of it, but loved the pics, games and having the stories read to him.


title: Three and a half stars

text: When I first started gardening, this magazine helped with easy to read and clear articles.  Now that I've been gardening for 20 years, I wish that the articles were more in depth and that there were more of them.  While I understand that giving too much information can be overwhelming for beginners, I feel that the standard needs raising just a bit.<br />  Having said that, I'd still suggest buying the magazine. Each issue contains information worth reading.


title: Not a magazine for *real* parents...

text: Finally, a magazine that represents everything that's wrong with modern day parenting--overindulgence, adults who have children because "it's the thing to do" for "status" (much like vacationing in an exotic location), and parents who aren't willing to forego self-absorption to raise a well-balanced child.  Let's not forget living vicariously through our children (overscheduled children in way too many activities that lead to burn-out, because Laurel *has* to have ballet, French lessons, pilates, and viola lessons in order to be "well-rounded.") Interestingly enough, the Editor-in-Chief was raised by a single parent...it's a shame she has ignored a large portion of the real world with this magazine.  --Nadine (a single parent who knows the sheer *waste* of spending $200+ on a pair of boots for a child with ever-growing feet!)


title: Five Stars

text: has a lot of great ideas


title: I like this magazine

text: I like this magazine


title: Won't cancel your subscription

text: Trying to cancel subscription and they refuse to. Not worth the price.


title: Great fun to read!

text: Love it!!!  Colorful and makes you want to jump in the kitchen!


title: Love Paper

text: I’m old and I like a paper magazine.  I’m not a fan of reading a mag on my iPad, it’s just not the same.  As for the mag itself, it’s one of my favorites.  Great articles on equipment and music without getting too nerdy.


title: Outstanding periodical

text: Bravo for the creators of this gem. I consider myself in the know re: health, but this takes it to the next level. You won't be disappointed.


title: Best Magazine for my 11 year old son

text: I got this for my 11 year old son. He loves reading it but most of the things in here are not makable unless you have a 3d printer which I do not have. Very interesting but mostly unmakable without complicated or expensive.


title: Great articles!

text: Great articles! EVERY single article is intriguing and I will be a forever customer!


title: A GREAT BUY!!

text: My 9 year old daughter couldn't wait for the next issue.  It's fun,creative and entertained her for days.  I highly recommend this magazine.  It will give your kid a break from TV.


title: maybe worth it if it's cheap

text: I got the magazine pretty quickly, so that was good.  There really aren't many substantive articles...it seems to be more about pictures.  I guess it focuses on "high" fashion...it's mostly odd stuff that I would never wear.  When I get dressed in the morning, I want to look pretty....most of the people in this magazine don't really look very attractive.  Anyway, if you like high fashion, you might like this.  I got the year's subscription for $5 and I occasionally find pictures that are interesting, so I'm not displeased with my purchase.  But if it was full priced, it would not be worth it for me.


title: good motivator

text:
I find that getting a fitness magazine every month helps me to keep up my motivation to stay healthy and workout/eat right.  Shape is nice because it has new recipes/health news/workouts each month, which keeps me from getting bored with my routine...I can just pick up something new to spice things up!  I would probably rate it similarly to Fitness magazine or Women's Health (though Women's Health has more non-workout related content, I would say).

That said, it is very irritating that I see the magazine on news stands weeks before it actually comes in the mail.  It's obviously a better deal (financially) to get a subscription than to buy it full price every month, but it is annoying to have to wait extra time to get the magazine.  In total, though, I would say it is worth it.


title: New fav magazine!

text: Great magazine! Wish that it came out more than 6 times per year. Would pay more for a 12-month subscription. Great pictures, nice recipes, and not too technically difficult/time consuming.


title: Great reading. Material

text: Great as always


title: Five Stars

text: Love it


title: Oh it's entertaining as usual no shock there..

text: Ahh New York who doesin't like this if I was rich I'd keep this on perma rebuy from Amazon but for now this was a one time buy sadly ...maybe next year Amazon .


title: Great for a quick stress free read.

text: Fun to pass the time by with .


title: Five Stars

text: Great book


title: Excellent price! Great magazine!

text:
I love this magazine! So glad that Amazon carries it for a reasonable price!

If you haven't read Sunset before, it's a great mag for folks who live or work in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of great ideas, places to eat or play, features on fun towns to visit, and a ton of really great ideas.


title: Love the magazine

text: Who doesn’t love hot rod magazine? My only issue is that it took so long to receive


title: Love love love this magazine!

text: A friend used to give me her old magazines and then got a subscription as a gift. It's my favorite magazine!


title: Parents Magazine

text: I really like this magazine. I love the helpful hints and ideas that it has in it.


title: Good, but after three issues...

text: The magazine was ... good/ok.  After the third issue, I started to regret subscribing to it.  Too thin, not enough juicy content that made it useful.  Why would I want to check out their web site on how to do some stuff when I subscribed to the magazine?  After seeing the pictures of what I wanted to build, the bottom verbage was "Check out our web site on how to do this..."  Junk.  Sorry...


title: Fun to read!

text: There’s a lot of product information, fashion advice. It’s a very high-quality magazine. I get excited when I see it in the mail. I take time out of my day to go through it The first time, then I can go back and look at what I got excited about, and then finally I go back to Read the rest.


title: Disappointing...

text:
I am a long time cat owner and breeder, as well as a Vet Tech. I subscribed to this as I thought it would help me stay current.
Not so.  It has many errors and the editor did not even give me a generic reply when I pointed one out (nicely)!
A huge disappointment.
Errors, poor customer service -- I let it lapse.
(There is a much better newsletter for cat lovers out there -- put out by some folks in Boston...)


title: ::::Great Outdoorsman Magazine::::

text:
>>>>>> As of this writing the publishers website IS NOT using a secure server ([...] so make your purchase here.

I really enjoy New Pioneer magazine.

Pros:
Plenty of good content
Many topics; Hunting; Fishing; Trapping; Survival; Building; Food and Cooking  - - - Endless
Each magazine is a lengthy read
No political motives like Mother Earth News
More in-depth than Mother Earth News
A great reading companion to Backwoodsman Magazine

Cons:
Only published 4 times a year. Bimonthly would be fantastic.

Buy it.


title: Great Magazine But . . .

text:
I really enjoy this magazine . . . when it arrives. The delivery seems sporadic at best, even when you consider it is printed only 7 times yearly.

The writing is primarily done by other readers and the articles are well done and entertaining.

I bought the magazine directly through the publishers website and the same month I purchased the magazine I began getting expiration notices and offers to renew my subscription.

I have had 2 separate subscriptions and neither time have I received all 7 copies.


title: Don't Return Emails

text:
Wrote this company twice via email with customer service concerns, set the emails up to send a receipt when opened, got back 2 receipts but no response from customer service.

Huh. Imagine.


title: Best of fishing mags

text:
This is the best of the outdoor fishing magazines. Usually has interesting research in the front pages.

Good graphics, many species covered.


title: Con Job

text: No thanks! Glad I read the fine print. Classic bait & switch if you stop at the header page.


title: I will resubscribe

text: The last issue was the best


title: Pictures & articles

text: Pictures


title: great gift for teens

text: I gave this magazine subscription to tween and teen friends. It's a magazine not too old for them, if you know what I mean.


title: Love Reader's Digest

text: Love getting Reader's Digest every month wait for it every month always funny things in it and very informative things in it


title: Great Magazine

text: I haven't received my first copy yet. I plan to return this when it does.  I found a less expensive subscription.


title: Five Stars

text: Received this. No problems.


title: Great buy

text: BOught for a family member she loves it


title: As expected

text: It's what I wanted; not much more to report


title: A great look inside an industry I know little about.

text: I subscribed to this magazine in order to start gaining some knowledge about inventing and the industry. My first one just came in and the content is great but it is a small magazine so take that into mind.


title: Great Articles

text: Love the articles, great ideas for our Southwestern inspired home.


title: One Star

text: If I could read it I'd be happy unfortunately I ordered it by mistake


title: A Must Have for people that love science.

text: Scientific America is simply the Gold Standard of quality magazines through<br />the years for intellectuals with an interest in science.


title: What a ripoff

text:
This "magazine" just came and what a disappointment.  It is 32 pages, on some sort of newsprint? type paper with the look of some newsletter done on a home printer circa 1995, like individual pages printed out and hand stapled together, bad.  Seriously, this is exactly like some church newsletter.  I had never heard of this periodical and ordered based on the good reviews here.  The content is a joke, you could glean. see, and read, more from five seconds googling.

All I can say is either the great reviews are all from the publisher or someone got this for a WHOLE lot less than I paid.  I would say about .50 an issue would be too much.


title: As always a great little magazine

text: Again another purchase for my mum who has Alzheimer's.  I have to find things to keep her occupied; otherwise, she just follows me around the house.  It gives me the opportunity to clean, run errands,  or do something else.  This is cheap as well for $15 a year versus a Home Instead sitter at $15/hour!  It is a real bargain!


title: Five Stars

text: As described


title: Highlights magazine

text: great learning book for kids


title: Love this magazine

text: The Christmas special to buy three different magazine was need. HGTV has a lot to offer for home upgrades.


title: Way too much ADs

text: I was a subscriber 10 years ago and remembered the magazines were beautifully designed with high quality articles. Now I subscribed it again and can't recognize it was the same magazine. For EVERY 2 pages, it has at least 1 page of AD. Even the content pages are more of pictures than words. The whole magazine is like a mail ad bundle. I have nothing to do than throwing it to the recycle bin.<br />Sad.

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title: Good magazine

text: Great


title: Great magazine

text: Awesome


title: Four Stars

text: GOOD


title: Great magazine for kids

text: My granddaughter loves this.


title: Good ideas 💡

text: Good read and knowledge


title: Great read for price

text: Like size and informational articles 👍


title: Interesting articles

text: Would buy again.


title: Would not buy again.

text: Too many adds


title: Good read!

text: Price was right


title: ALASKA THE BEAUTIFUL

text: LOVE ALASKA WE WERE STATIONED THERE IN THE MID SIXTYS SO SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES BRINGS BACK LOTS OF MEMORIES.


title: Must have magazine for "foodies"

text: Gotta have this magazine if you are a lover of easy, delicious, unique food.  Recipes for weeknights, weekends, get togethers and special occasions.  Each recipe has pictures and easy to use instructions.  Even for an experienced cook, the recipes are intriguing and unique enough to capture your interest and peak your curiosity enough to "give it a try".  For the inexperienced cook, they are so easy to follow that there is no fear to "give it a try."  Gotta have for "foodies" like me!!


Use to get this and reordered it. Do not know if they changed it but the old version has nice articles and pictures, etc. I do not smoke cigars anymore but still enjoy the magazine.


title: Four Stars

text: A++


title: Five Stars

text: A++


title: Four Stars

text: Great mag. Not very thick. Some good articles. Almost the same mag as the AOPA mag.


title: You'd better be up on modern culture to get some of the content.

text: Read this when I was a kid. Funny how the same humor seems different when your grown up.


title: Good Magazine!

text: Good Magazine!<br />Price is right for first year...


title: Excellent!

text: Kids love them! Got another year subscription!


title: It's changed... not what it once was ...

text: It's changed...not what it once was.


title: Five Stars

text: GOOD GOR THE PRIC


title: Great

text: Great Book


title: Five Stars

text: This magazine is crammed with interesting information.

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title: Nice Hat, Great Magazine

text: Nice Hat, Great Magazine... Just a warning Starting to look like the same Cookie cutter format of every other magazine, may not renew if it continues.


title: Love sharing it with my 8 year old grandson

text:
I am almost 70 years old and have loved reading this from a child. I am a super high tech person not typical of my generation. The younger gen for forgets that grandads built this stuff that they so dearly love.

I share it regularly with my 8 year old grandson

Remember the first issue around 1872!!!!!!


title: Loved it for many Years!

text:
I am almost 70 years old and have loved reading this from a child. I am a super high tech person not typical of my generation. The younger gen for forgets that grandads built this stuff that they so dearly love.

I share it regularly with my 8 year old grandson


title: A Honored Publication

text: Just a wonderful long honored publication dating back to the 1840's  It is not written down to a low level but neither is so high that only a rare few could understand. I have learned so much over the years.A lot of up to date info for the rest of us!


title: Only for intelligent, sexy people

text: Always a good gift for the well read and culturally hip people in my life.  The iPad edition is fresh and well worth the subscription price.


title: Nice

text: Just got my first issue and I'm very pleased so far,


title: Four Stars

text: Lots of adds but for the price it's worth it to me


title: Five Stars

text: Very classy magazine


title: wheres my magazine

text: terrible service, i contacted customer service and then only recieved 1 issuethen nothing so i say buyer beware, subscibe at your own risk


title: I am handy

text: Enjoy the mag.


title: Waste of Money.

text: Boring articles. There is nothing new that you don't know. You are actually paying money to read the advertisements. Anyway, if you ever visited their recently updated website, it looks so horrible that a fifth grader might have designed it.


title: Reviewing Issues 1 to 30, What a Terrible Magazine.

text: I am only reviewing issues from 1 to 30 of Nintendo Power. Back then, I do remember them as I subscribed to the magazine every year for a few years. Then, I lost interest because the magazine was making a transition from NES to SNES. The biggest positive feature about the magazine is how colorful the artwork (at times, became too much while the actual screenshots of the games were too little) was. The worst feature of it was the paucity of information I was getting about the games that I actually played on. Let's not forget back then that NES games were too expensive to buy, even with the lowered salaries our parents actually earned. There were too many games mentioned in Nintendo Power that it was impossible for any average kid to own many of them. Needless to say, Nintendo Power became a huge shameless marketing tool to try to persuade the kid readers to succumb to their temptations and get their parents to give in to buy the games for them. Now, after 20 years, I've finally a look at the old issues and see what I currently think of them. First off, the writers did very well in explaining the basic moves for certain games. However, they didn't reveal very much about advanced moves. Sometimes, they didn't bother showing the readers other features of the game. It was just a load of irrelevant artwork. For example, in Super Mario Bros. 2, there was no illustration of using coins to pull the lever for slot machine at the end of each stage. Looking at the first issue, they did a very good job in explaining a lot of details and including a full scale of maps of each level so you can see what comes next throughout. But, why did they stop covering any more after a certain level and never look at the final two or three stages? A great example is Issue 1 where they covered Super Mario Bros. 2 from worlds 1-1 to 2-3 and just abruptly stopped thereafter. Same thing goes for Gauntlet where there were 100 rooms to explore, but only three were covered in Nintendo Power. In Issue 10 which was among the worst, there was so little information about Batman and Double Dragon 2 that the coverages became a joke. They didn't even try to explain what happens during a fight with Bosses. And there was nothing about the late stages of the games. Come on, that's all they got? Contra got absolutely weak coverage too despite its popularity. There is a lot of times that this happens, and it makes me to think that the writers actually never got that far or have not beaten these games. Moreover, the writers have exaggerated a lot about the features of the games (many of them were in fact terrible) which supports the notion that there was a clear bias involved. Looking at Nintendo advertisement where you use the Powerline to the Pros by calling them and then noticing in the table of contents where it says, "Our pros can get you out of any video jam." why establish the phone line already when it should be published in the magazine? Is that the magazine's goal to help you out on that because you paid for the subscription to it? Bah...they want to make more money off from the readers. On page 54 of Issue 1, what a weak advice about how to beat Mike Tyson. They can do better than that. Reading a lot of the advices elsewhere, Nintendo Power seems to be more interested in giving out cheat codes rather than instructing the readers in how to beat a game the pure way. Why was there information about movies, music, and celebrities who happen to play Nintendo? The magazine was supposed to be about the games of NINTENDO! What a waste of space. Then, there is a silly page of NES ACHIEVERS where players were recognized for their highest scores per game (um...Game Genie, yes? Of course, it came out in early 1990, making cheating very plausible; plus Nintendo Power never endorsed it due to supposed copyright infringement). Really, beating the game was, and still is today, always the ultimate goal, and nobody cared about points. Even a worse embarrassment was the recognition of achievements by "Power Players."  Time to get out of the house and smell the roses. What's with this Nester and the smug Howard Phillips? Get rid of them already! Why do they show crappy made up stories too? Can we stick with strategies of NES games? Every time I pick up an issue, it's always Zelda, Super Mario 2, Zelda, Metroid, Zelda, Super Mario 3, MegaMan, Super Mario 2, Super Mario 3, Zelda, Super Mario 3, etc. These games got the most coverage of any. Most unfair of them all, there was a 85 page issue (number 13) that was entirely devoted to Super Mario 3. Some of the other games received so little of coverage, and the rest had none (I was really surprised about the lack of coverage for The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants) at all. You were out of luck if you were playing any of them because you were trying to figure out how to get past a certain point. Most likely, whichever the company paid the magazine the most got the most coverage. I still can't get over the sight of the dork in white jersey titled Nintendo Power every time I see him and his goofy hair. Damn, issue 5, pg. 19. features what may be the worst accessory of all time in NES history...the Power Glove (That commercial was very convincing. By the way, what happened to the review of the Super Glove Ball game in Nintendo Power?). Let us not forget the wonderful toy called U-Force. They really made it sound so good. The shameless promotion of crappy NES accessories was embarrassing; it would have been nicer if they could have admitted the truth that these accessories were in fact unworkable. However and interestingly, both of the accessories including some others were never mentioned again in future issues (sort of got swept under the rug quietly). Elsewhere, the PowerMeter was the most biased and worthless feature of the magazine because all of the games were thought of so highly and possessed no negative marks, but we all know after getting them, we recognized how truly crappy these games were. Some of the advices the "counselors" (what a ridiculous title) gave for certain games have been questionable at best, and there are certainly far easier solutions than them. One of the "counselors" claimed to have beaten Contra with one life left by using a Power Glove (either it is true or that guy needed a life). Looking at the work done for Mission: Impossible, I am 100% certain that nobody at Nintendo Power had ever beaten the game because they did a rubbish layout of the stages without going much into details. The whole coverage was entirely devoid of any strategy. For the game, I had already written a good review of it that included way, way more helpful tips in trying to beat it than they could do in those wasted pages. Looking at the letters of Mailbox, at least half of them had kids crying and begging to become a "counselor" while majority of them was bragging about their NES achievements. Hmm...so tell me...how many hours a day did these kids waste playing NES games (believe me, they take a very, very long time to master), and how much of that should have been put into homework from school? I love the endless pumping by the writers of the magazine, making sure people were directed to buy whatever the writers were pushing such as call line, cleaning products, technical repair, strategy guides, SNES, Game Boy, etc. Gosh, that Nester character was so annoying that he needed to be entirely cut out of the magazine. The comics were so boring, and they became page wasters. In the later issues, the layout of maps had improved considerably, and that alone will make Nintendo Power worth looking at. However, it was still limited to certain games. Rarely ever the writers will choose the most challenging NES games for greater coverage probably because their "counselors" probably couldn't advance further in the levels, let alone beating them. Hence, lots of cheat codes were provided in every issue. The biggest mistake of the magazine was the combination of NES and Game Boy, and then eventually SNES, coverages into one magazine. The result? Less and less exposure, then eventually extinction, for NES games which is a shame since we all know that the NES console is arguably the greatest console ever in Video Game history. Now I think of it: that was probably the biggest reason why I stopped bothering with Nintendo Power. The simple solution? They should have had separate magazines for each console. Thus, a lot of games could have been given more exposure, say 15 to 20 NES games per issue with 5 to 10 pages per. Also, get rid of the irrelevant art work and boring details about something else that are totally unrelated with NES games. Stick with the maps, strategies, and walkthroughs. Then, the writers would have been sitting on a goldmine. They never bothered with NES games made before Nintendo Power first came out which is another shame. All in all, Nintendo Power is truly a joke of a magazine, and we've discovered how thoroughly excellent gamefaqs and youtube of the games are today.


title: Fitting Title

text:
This magazine is really based on popular or trendy science. It covers a lot of topics but never in much detail. It is not difficult to read at all and I think that mostly anyone would enjoy it. If your thinking about getting this as a gift for someone...  I think that they would enjoy it if they: have touch screen phone, spend a lot of time on the computer for fun, have the potential to be geeky sometimes, don't love college football and don't read gossip magazines.

There is something for everyone so its never a bad choice and for 5 buck its not a big deal if they dont love it.


title: I love the content

text: First magazine took too long to arrive. I love the content


title: Five Stars

text: good value


title: Great gift

text: My dad loves this magazine but never treats himself. It was the perfect Christmas gift.


title: A tried and true item that has stood the test of time for decades.

text: A child favorite. Gave as gifts to grandchildren.


title: Cancel subscription

text: I do not wish to have this periodical. Please discontinue! Cannot afford it, can't travel not workinng!


title: Waste of money

text: I will never make any of the recipes


title: Waste of money

text: Nice ideas