title: Wonderful Magazine for those that like to cook

text: I take several cooking magazines and I like this one the best.  Gourmet seems to have recipes that are a bit gourmand, that need ingredients that you will need to do a search for, while this isn't entirely bad, sometimes you want to make something that is in your cupboards.  I like that these recipes are everyday recipes that have been taken up a level or two.  Articles are informative, with discussing a particular food, ingredient, or technique.  I love the artistic photography.  This strikes me as a balance between Gourmet, and Cooking Illustrated.  This beats cooking illustrated for the photography and the depth of the recipes in each issue.  I highly recommend this one!


title: Interesting Local Reading

text: I have somewhat mixed feelings about this magazine, as I can not tell to what type of audience this is truly meant for.  The articles are hard hitting, and well written.  I can not dispute that.  Sometimes I simply don't find them all that interesting. I enjoy the restaurant reviews, its helpful knowing of a few good suggestions when traveling, or even locally.  I find the advertising in the magazine to be a bid auspicious as it seems to cater only to those high members of society that are in serious need of spa treatments and an occasional face lift.  Maybe its tough finding advertising, but I find that it takes away from articles about our local government and issues.<br />I do feel this is totally worth the subscription price, and you are bound to find 12 dollars of reading in a years time :)  This might even be a good gift idea from someone that is no longer in the area.


title: Tons of Ads, and Little Content

text: This is not my favorite fitness magazine.  This is the size of a Reader's Digest, but is packed with ads just like a Beauty Magazine.  I find this a bit disappointing considering the breadth of information they tend to cover.  They share reasonable and attainable goals, and suggestions for us normal people.  The magazine seems to cover a wide age group, with information that is good for both young and old.  They do offer recipes, workout suggestions, and much more.  The magazine takes little time to read, and seems to only serve as a springboard for more follow up on topics you enjoy.  I think this is a better magazine to browse through at the supermarket than to purchase.


title: A good dependable reasource

text: I like this magazine for a variety of reasons.  First of all I like the informative articles regarding a paticular food subject.  Cooking shows only seem to high the highlights, but when I want more about something this is a good source.  Secondly this has a section where they feature restaurant recipes, always something that I welcome.  It has information about restaurants.  In addition to all of these things they often share several good recipes each month.  I have always been pleased with their choices.  Overall I give this a 4 because I would like to see more recipes.  While the format is good, I personally like to collect recipes, and prepare new dishes.


title: Not my first choice cooking magazine

text: Meh - I only found one or two recipes over the course of my year long subscription which peaked my taste buds interest. Beautiful photography and some useful hints/tips.


title: Ok so far

text: I wanted a publication that did not focus on weight loss - not an issue that I have - rather eating better and introducing more veggies into my diet.  Both issues so far have talked about "best ways to loose weight" And some of the reader comments to editor seem to trend that the mag is moving in that direction.  3 stars for the new recipies and food ideas.


title: Four Stars

text: Lots of good articles for DIY.


title: The greatest movie mag on the planet!

text: I am a loyal,long time fan of EMPIRE magazine and have collected almost every issue from No.1. Being a British mag, it differentiates itself from others like Premiere and Entertainment Weekly by it's frank dissection of all movies, and provides a wide range of opinion and discussion. I will always read EMPIRE, and If you like movies, you should too.


title: Consumer Reports ratings can Not be bought.  They're Independent.

text: I trust CR ratings on any product I'm interested in.  Cars, appliances, phones, computers , food products, Anything.  I appreciate the fact that there's a best bargain price so I don't have to buy the most expensive but I'm not forced to fall for the worse.


title: Time is now

text: The first and the best. The tone is way more professional and business orientated than it was back when it was about something illegal everywhere. Many years ago.


title: Nostalgic farm fun

text: Dang it, the first issue of this magazine made me terribly nostalgic for my life on the farm so many years on the farm. I think I got a good item with this subscription.


title: The PERFECT magazine!

text:
When I sadly abandoned the mutilated "Glamour" when they changed editors, I was comforted by "Marie Claire."  They used to be a bit thin on the subtance, but they've really developed into a GREAT read that I look forward to every month.
Marie Claire has GREAT articles on social issues that go into unusual depth for a women's magazine.  This is a regular feautre, not an anomaly.
Marie Claire has recently gotten better about including reasonably-priced merchandise in the magazine, something you can't say about alot of other women's magazines.  There are plenty of things under $100 that are pretty and fashionable.
I also like that when Marie Claire does a feature about how real women live their lives, it's not a collection of quotes or blurbs like Cosmo or Glamour, it really goes in depth.
I can't say enough about this magazine.  It's a perfect piece of fun - there's substantive articles, fashion that is sophisticated but sensibly priced and a good dose of fun.


title: Great Magazine For My History and British Culture Fix!

text:
Two similar oversized magazines can fulfill your desire for monthly British site-seeing tips and history. This magazine, "Discover Britain", and [[ASIN:B002PXVYI2 Britain]], come out on alternate months,  so each month you'd get one of them.

The magazines are similar, but "Discover Britain" is a little more geared to tourists coming to Britain from another country, while "Britain, The Official Magazine" is a little more geared to weekenders within the country. But I've read both magazines for many years, and the differences are gradually going down to nothing much.

For example, each magazine has always had a contest (send in your coupon to win a free weekend someplace in Britain). The "Britain, The Official Magazine" contest, at one time, could only be entered by citizens of Britain. Now, both magazines are owned by the same company, and they both have the same contest, which is available to all and now includes international air fare as part of the prize.

Each magazine is 100 pages. Feature articles range from a specific event coming up, to a biography, to history, to landmarks and striking buildings. Many many photos and illustrations accompany the text. I have two issues of "Discover Britain" in front of me, and at the end I'll list the feature articles in each, to give you an idea of how wide the topics range. There are other magazines which focus on British celebrities and who-in-the-royal-family-is-doing-what. "Discover Britain" does not follow that route.

In addition to the longer feature articles, there are sections which appear regularly, such as the contest already mentioned. Another regular is a crossword puzzle, at which I fare miserably. A regular which I better appreciate is "My Britain", a two-page spread where they interview a "regular" person. In February, it was a fireman on the railway. In April, it was a former royal butler.
February 2018
1.  "The Great Britain Year" (10 pages) events and festivals for the year
2.  "Secret Cotswolds" (7 pages)
3.  "House of Windsor" (6 pages) I love history, but I also enjoy the more current events, such as Queen Elizabeth II knighting the Governor General of Papua New Guinea (in 2017).
4.  "Mackintosh's Glasgow" (6 pages) Revisiting his work on his 150th birthday.
5.  "24 Hours in York" (2 pages) What to see if you're in a hurry.
6.  "Mary Shelley" (4 pages) The author of "Frankenstein" had an interesting life.
7.  "Brighton Pavilion" (5 pages)
8.  "Northumberland" (7 pages)
April 2018
1.  "Landmark Lodgings" (8 pages) Eccentric and unusual buildings where you can spend the night.
2.  "Picture This" (6 pages) Photography pioneers in Britain.
3.  "Thomas Chippendale" (6 pages) I didn't know that this most famous of woodworkers did not use a maker's mark. His work can only be attributed by bills of sale, etc.
4.  "Hardy's Essex" (6 pages)
5.  "Durham" (2 pages)
6.  "The Old Vic" (6 pages)
7.  "London Hotels" (6 pages)
8.  "Votes for Women" (5 pages) We tend to forget that women suffered violence in their quest for the vote.
9.  "Culzean Castle" (5 pages)
10. "Berkshire" (7 pages)

If you're an Anglophile, this magazine will keep you in form.

Happy Reader

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title: Keeps Me Happy with British History and Culture!

text:
Two similar oversized magazines can fulfill your desire for monthly British history and site-seeing tips. This magazine, "Britain, the Official Magazine", and [[ASIN:B00005QJE1 Discover Britain]], come out on alternate months,  so together they make a monthly magazine.

The magazines are similar, but "Britain, The Official Magazine" is a little more geared to weekenders within the country, and "Discover Britain" is a little more geared to tourists coming to Britain from another country.  But I've been reading both magazines for many years, and the differences are gradually narrowing to nothing in the type of feature articles.

They do have different regular features, though, except for the contest. The two magazines are owned by the same company and they offer the same contest – send in your coupon for a chance to win a special weekend including international air fare.

"Britain, the Official Magazine" regulars also include a recipe corner, a 2-page spread on "Great Britons" (Emmeline Pankhurst and Sir Francis Drake in the latest two issues), a City Guide (a different city each issue, Worcester and Leeds in the last two), and "Folklore Figures" to end the magazine (Long Meg and Changelings).

Each magazine is 100 pages. Each has longer feature articles on a wide range of topics, from history, biography, festivals, landmarks and striking buildings. Many many photos and illustrations accompany the text. There are other magazines which focus on British celebrities and who-in-the-royal-family-is-doing-what. "Britain, the Official Magazine" is not in that style.

I have two issues of "Britain, the Official Magazine" in front of me, and I'll list the feature articles in each, to give you an idea of how wide the topics range.
March 2018
1.  "Castles and Hidden Treasures of Wiltshire" (7 pages)
2.  "Ghosts of Blickling Hall" (8 pages)
3.  "A View From the Bridge" (3 pages) Tower Bridge, London
4.  "Musical Masters" (5 pages) The museums of great British composers.
5.  "Beams, Beer & Bed" (6 pages) Recommended cozy inns. I loved the ancient beams of the Anchor Inn in Hampshire.
6.  "Restoring Order" (6 pages) Charles II re-cements the monarch's power.
7.  "Mists of Time" (8 pages) Snowdonia, Wales.
8.  "Petworth" (2 pages)
9.  "The Princess and the Pearls" (5 pages) Fascinating! For some reason, I think of Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) as a dowdy woman. History has judged her harshly.
May 2018
1.  "Captain Cook Country" (7 pages) Many articles are accompanied by lovely hand-drawn maps, like this if the Yorkshire coast.
2.  "Myths and Magic" (3 pages) St. Michael's Mount
3.  "English Country Gardens" (6 pages) The 18th century designs of Humphry Repton.
4.  "Crowing Glory" (5 pages) The ceremonial regalia in the Tower of London.
5.  "Scottish Hideaways" (6 pages)
6.  "Tea in the Cotswolds" (5 pages)
7.  "The Rise and Fall of Raleigh" (5 pages) That's Sir Walter.
8.  "Forest of Dean" (2 pages)
9.  "Golden Age of Travel" (5 pages) Transatlantic ocean liners and luxury trains.

Happy Reader


title: Wide Variety of Topics and Pure Heaven For Additional Reading Recommendations!

text:
I like to read books about historical subjects, but I hadn't really explored history magazines. This spring, I started two new magazine subscriptions and they are both winners. The first is [[ASIN:B01F2MKW0I National Geographic History]]. And "American History" is the second.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the issues I've received so far. Each issue is 72 pages and covers a wide variety of topics. There are four feature articles and numerous shorter articles of 1-2 pages and also shorter blurbs. Many photos and illustrations are included for every article.

Some of the articles are excerpts or author's adaptations of recently published history books. This is very bad for my pocketbook, as I am sometimes forced to buy the book to read more.

I have the August and October 2017 issues in front of me, and will list the feature articles, to give you an idea of the wide breadth of topics:
August 2017
....1...."Losing the West – How Europe Lost Most of America" (6 pages)
....2..."No, I Will Not Move to the Back of the Bus – 1946 Supreme Court Decision" (8 pages) A fascinating look at how suing based on the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws was not an easy legal matter.
....3..."What's in a Name?" (6 pages) The origin of the term knickerbocker.
....4..."Circus Days" (8 pages) Photo essay by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (which just announced this summer that is is closing down).
October 2017
....1..."The Franklin File" (6 pages) Benjamin Franklin's belongings.
....2..."When Titans Tangled" (8 pages) Mark Twin vs Theodore Roosevelt's public disagreements on America's manifest destiny.
....3..."Nixon's S.O.B." (8 pages) H.R. Haldeman as Nixon's Chief of Staff
....4..."Tracks of a Traitor" (8 pages) The tragic story of Benedict Arnold.

October also has a fascinating 2-page article on the evolution of U.S.A. law regarding private use of force in self-defence. The law of the land evolves.

I am so glad I gave "American History" a try; 4.5 stars rounded up to 5.

Happy Reader


title: Photos and Illustrations of National Geographic Quality!

text:
We've gotten "National Geographic" magazine for many years, but it's just this year that I even heard of "National Geographic History." So I had to try it out.

I read quite a bit of history, and I'm enjoying this magazine. It is a sort of history-lite. Sometimes that's good, because you can just grab it and read a whole article when you only have a few minutes to spare. The downside, of course, is that the articles aren't in-depth. BUT, the language and concepts are not dumbed down and, as you'd expect from the National Geographic brand, the photos and illustrations are top of the line. And as N.G. History is large format (compared to regular National Geographic) there is a lot of space to show off great photos and detailed illustrations.

I love learning new stuff. For example, did you know that the reason Mary Wollstoncraft Godwin and her friends were stuck inside the house telling ghost stories was due to "bizarre weather in 1816"? The year before, the Mount Tambora volcano erupted in Indonesia, releasing "vast amounts [of] ash, rock, and sulfuric dust into the air.... Reports of odd weather came in from all quarters in 1816." The year 1816 became "the year without a summer" and without that volcano, there may have been no "Frankenstein!"

Do you like Egyptology? There's a great article on the discovery of Queen Ahhotep's Theban tomb in 1859. Read about the queen, including lovely photos of her sarcophagus and jewelry. I got a kick out of a sidebar concerning Napoleon III's wife, Empress Eugenie. The Ahhotep jewels were loaned to the Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1867. The Empress was so impressed that "she asked the viceroy of Egypt to give them to her. Alarmed, Auguste Mariette, the director of Egyptian antiquities and discoverer of Ahhotep's treasures, hurriedly sent them back to Cairo." He had good reason to fear. I remember reading about the English Queen Mary, who had a habit of visiting people's houses and admiring their knick-knacks. Protocol at the time required that the owner give her item she admired. She did it so often, people started hiding their objects d'art when they heard she was coming over.

I've received two issues so far, May/June and July/August 2017. Articles range from 2 pages to 16 ages, and cover a wide variety of topics. To give you an idea of the wide scope, here's the feature (longer) articles in the two issues:
... Altimara, Spanish cave paintings
... The Fearsome Queens of Thebes, who united Egypt
... War and Peace in Homer's "Iliad"
... Octavian's Rise to the Top, the Roman emperor
... A Cook's Tour, Captain James Cook's first voyage to Australia
... The Hieroglyphic Puzzle, cracking the code
... Agatha Christie in Mesopotamia, with her 2nd husband Max Mallowan
... The Truth About Archimedes, stories true or false?
... The Roman Underground, catacombs
... The Testimony of Notre-Dame de Paris, how it tells the story of France
... Amerigo Vespucci, his true and not-so-true tales of the new continent

And that doesn't include the shorter articles. Each magazine is 96 pages stuffed full of fascinating information. For me, this magazine is 5 stars. Just don't expect it to be scholarly instead of entertaining.

Happy Reader


title: Great Variety in a Classy Package!

text:
This is "The Strand Magazine" rebooted, published out of Michigan four times a year. You may have heard of the original "The Strand" – published in England from 1891 – 1950. It's the magazine in which the Sherlock Holmes stories were first serialized.

I'm a long-time fan and subscriber to the new American Strand, first published in 1998. There used to be many magazines in America dedicated to publishing short stories, a good proportion of them specializing in mysteries & thrillers (and pulp). Now we're down to a handful.

And I like "The Strand". It's over sized, almost 11 ½" x 8 ½". The pages are glossy. Each issue arrives in a plastic wrapper, so the pages aren't bent around in the mail. Every style of mystery/thriller writing is covered, whether it's in the short stories themselves, the interviews, the reviews or the ads. And occasionally they offer a story that is not really a mystery, but has merit.

I have in front of me the last two issues, Oct2015/Jan2016 and Feb/May2016. I'll give you a little synopsis of what's in these two issues. Not every story is a home-run for me, but I do read each issue from cover to cover, usually 80 oversized pages. The links I've provided are to a publication by each author currently available on amazon. I included these links in case you are unfamiliar with the authors; you can check out the type of writing you may expect.

Often, the interviews are just as interesting as the stories. The interviews are all conducted by Managing Editor Andrew Gulli. You can tell he enjoys his job.

Each issue has 12-13 reviews by various mystery & thriller lovers. They are in-depth and cover, as you'd expect, mostly adult books. But they also review new publications of young adult mysteries, recorded books and DVD issues.

Last of all, I love going through all the ads in each issue, too. I always find at least three new books to order for that quarter, books I might not have otherwise come to my attention. This is good for my reading enjoyment but bad for my pocketbook.

Oct2015/Jan2016
AUTHORS OF FICTION STORIES PRESENTED
1.  William Faulkner, a previously un-published one-act play
2.  Andrea Camilleri  [[ASIN:0143121626 Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories (Inspector Montalbano Series)]]
3.  John M. Floyd  [[ASIN:0983538670 Fifty Mysteries]]
4.  Lyndsay Faye  [[ASIN:0425261255 The Gods of Gotham (A Timothy Wilde Novel)]]  (I've read this one - 5 stars!)
5.  Alexander McCall Smith  [[ASIN:1400034779 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)]]  I have the whole series.
INTERVIEWS
A.  Dean Koontz. Great quote: "I tend to write several books from a similar approach and then move on to something I find more challenging.... I have been told at least twenty times that one book or another was so different it would blow up my career; I should have long ago been reduced to fine-grain debris, but I've hung in all this time. Which is a good thing, because I have no other talents or skills. I would have had to turn to a life of crime. And I expect my criminal aptitude would make Donald Westlake's [John]] Dortmunder look like a modern-day Moriarty."
B.  A.E. Hotchner. He has had an amazing career, starting with meeting Hemingway to do an interview for "Cosmopolitan". He's published biographies, memoirs and written plays. Last but not least, he co-founded, with the late Paul Newman, both Newman's Own and Hole in the Wall Gang.

Feb/May2016
AUTHORS OF FICTION STORIES PRESENTED
1.  James Thurber, a previously unpublished short story
2.  Jefferey Deaver, part 1 of a 2-parter  [[ASIN:0451469798 The Bone Collector: The First Lincoln Rhyme Novel]] Very well written, but not for the faint-hearted.
3.  Max Colliins & Mickey Spillane  [[ASIN:1617735965 The Big Showdown (A Caleb York Western)]]
4.  O'Neil De Nouox  [[ASIN:B014XA0LJC The Long Cold (LaStanza Series Book 8)]]
5.  Renee Knight  [[ASIN:0062362267 Disclaimer: A Novel]]
INTERVIEWS
A.  Mark Gatiss. He is one of the co-creators and writers of the "Sherlock" British TV show starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
B.  Heather Graham. A prolific writer with a couple mystery series, though she's best known for romances.

That should be enough to whet your appetite! If there is anything I'd improve with "The Strand" it is the story illustrations. They tend to be uninteresting. BUT – that is a quibble which does not wobble my enjoyment of this magazine.

Happy Reader


title: Intelligent Creative Informative Writing For All Ages!

text:
My son received a gift subscription to this magazine two years ago, and each year since, he's asked for a renewal subscription.  If he didn't get it himself, I would be sorely tempted to subscribe to it for myself.  The articles are accessible to kids, but not so dumbed down to be condescending.  Some of the articles I've copied out and given to whom-ever I can (and I mean adults) because they're so darn interesting and I-didn't-know-that!  Highly recommended for the young enquiring mind and the parent of the same!

//////// Above is my original review, published in 2007. Now it's 2016, and my son is in college.
We hadn't subscribed to Dig for several years, when, on a whim, I just got myself a subscription. I must say, this is still a 5 star magazine for me. I didn't give a lot of detail in my 2007 review, so I'll tell some about the latest issue: February 2016, with the main topic of "Istanbul Through Time".

The quality of the articles is very good. "Dig" has staff writers and each issue has Consulting Editors depending on the topic. The writing is geared towards kids but it is not dumbed down. For example, here's the first paragraph of the 1st article, "Location Location, Location", by Emily Abbink, anthropologist, who teaches history and anthropology and history at the University of California, Santa Cruz:
"Any real estate agent will tell you that the three keys to picking a good place to live are 'location, location, location.' Traveling back more than 2,500 years, we find that, instead of a realtor, ancient sources say Prince Byzas from the Greek city-state of Megara consulted the oracle of Delphi for advice about founding a new trading settlement. The oracle instructed him to locate opposite the 'Land of the Blind.' The advice turned out to be an excellent real estate tip."

How the Prince interprets "Land of the Blind" is very interesting. But that's half the fun with prophesies.

I'm saving this particular issue, because I'd love to visit Turkey and Istanbul one day. "Dig" gives me more information than the usual guidebook. Oh to see the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and the Basilica Cistern. The last is called a "sunken palace" because of its size, and worth it just to see the Medusa head reused as a pillar base.

I continue to recommend "Dig Into History".
1. You get your history, archeology and anthropology in small doses. This makes it easy to plop down and read a little bit when you don't have the time or inclination to settle in with a heavy tome.
2.  Magazine articles are up-to-date. Your current issue has the most recent information on the topic.
3.  High quality writing, maps, photos, pictures, comics, cartoons, puzzles and sidebars. For example, We're not just told how massive the city walls were, we're given a full page illustration and a photo of a surviving section.

Happy Reader


title: Five Stars

text: One of the best publications for knife enthusiast !


title: Sooo Cute With It.

text: i love eminem. everybody thinks he crazy but u have u understand wheres hes coming from. i like all his lyrics and his videos. i love the vibe article the did on him. hes very creative and hes laways willing to work. if u havent read this article then u should.


title: Four Stars

text: Daughter happy


title: Five Stars

text: got for my husband he loves this kind of reading


title: Dammit.

text: THANKS FOR SPOILING EVERYTHING.


title: Technology fans must read.

text: If you think you are a fan of tech then this is a must subscribe for you! Stay current and get all the latest on things you follow and things you had no idea were even going on! Has a online version and offline as well!


title: Good Magazine

text: Good magazine, with lots of interesting info and trivia on various places in Texas, and the way of life there.


title: Great Magazine

text: Excellent handyman tool.


title: Nice Cologne ads. That's about it.

text: I cannot remember why I used to like this mag. I am no longer interested.


title: Ads Galore

text: Hypocritical views that are one sided and too many ads. Gets political when it doesn't need to.


title: Love it

text: I love this magazine. This is great for anyone interested in science, technology and machines. Seriously, stop reading and subscribe to this magazine. The mobile version is pretty easy to read but nothing beats holding a copy in your hand.


title: Includes digital copy

text: The great thing about this magazine is that I can read the issues on my Nook. You can also get the digital copy on your Kindle. If you are looking for some interesting stories that you don't necessarily read about on the internet this is a good pickup. Well worth purchasing.


title: Worth every penny

text:
Printed on premium quality paper with high-resolution printing and expensive ink. Seemingly unbiased reporting from editors with opinions which seem to closely parallel my own. Fantastic choice of cars. Great factual reporting.
And in the back of every issue: "The Knowledge"
The Knowledge is a huge table for hundreds of different cars giving such data as price, weight, 0-60 and various other very useful comparison points.


title: Very, very informative and useful.

text: Like everything.


title: This is a magazine that I have taken off and on over the years.  It is really good if you are a Christian

text: I have, as I said, read this magazine many times over the years.  KMT is the other magazine I have read for years.  I missed them both when I stopped taking them for a while.  But as a frustrated  Egyptologist wannabee I recommend them both.


title: Good

text: Good magazine


title: Must read!

text: This mag is super cool with tips that will help you along the way to fixing your own problems.


title: Its easy to read has colorful pictures and give the kids ...

text: this is my standard gifts for my friends young children and is always a hit.  Its easy to read has colorful pictures and give the kids something to look forward to coming in the mail.


title: What’s worse than Chinese crap?

text: American crap. I guess you do get what you pay for. $5 for 10 issues and I was robbed. I grew up reading Popular Mechanics in the 70’s and it was great. This ain’t your daddy’s PM. More like a pamphlet than a magazine. Articles are either way too tech heavy for the average guy my age or, even more bizarre, full of left leaning garbage. I am admittedly pretty much a Libertarian, I just want the government to leave me the hell alone. I didn’t buy Popular Mechanics to be indoctrinated by leftist crap. Tell me how to make my own weather station or what the coolest new gear is. Otherwise stfu. Sorry, I’m just extremely disappointed. At least my first issue showed up two months early. That’s about the only good thing I got. Buy a gallon of milk or something. Thanks for reading


title: NOT AS GOOD

text: NOT AS GOOD AS IT USED TO BE,<br />BUT THEN, NEITHER AM I.


title: I purchased a discounted subscription and was automatically signed up ...

text: I purchased a discounted subscription and was automatically signed up for auto-renewal without my permission or my knowledge. If you purchase a subscription, make sure you aren't signing up for the auto-renewal as well by mistake.


title: Very informative, a good read.

text: Great gift.


title: Five Stars

text: It was a gift and is getting rave reviews .


title: Cook's Illustrate - a great find

text: Practical, helpful ideas - including taking a snap of ingredients needed using a smart phone (instead of creating a separate list), tips on selecting and caring for knifes. My chef knife needs replacing. Page 31 discusses the need and when to rotate cakes/pastries/breads (I include cookies) while baking.


title: Four Stars

text: as advertised


title: Not at all what it once was...pass

text: Boring nothing of interest. You need a microscope to read the print


title: Great mag for history nerds

text: Great magazine for interesting incidents worth more than the paragraph in history books but not a 500 page Chernow tome.


title: A quick fun read

text: Pretty basic stuff but fun to read and priced for the hour it takes to finish it


title: A quick fun read

text: Pretty basic but a quick fun read


title: Now a good read

text: Been around for a hundred years but recently dumbed down for bright people who are not scientists


title: First Things First

text: Have been a subscriber for several years and continue to enjoy insightful submissions regarding "Religion in the Public Square," by many exceptionally good writers. If you enjoy great and provocative writing, one of the "First Things" you should do tomorrow morning is take a look at this fine magazine.


title: # 1

text: The best


title: I like Sports Illustrated .

text: I like Sports Illustrated


title: I always like Sports Illustrated.

text: Sports information and stories


title: Five Stars

text: Small size makes it easy to carry everywhere.  Thought provoking meditations throughout.


title: THE ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE

text:
I wouldn't want to imagine life without WOI. It would be a dim affair. I have subscribed for 10 years and every issue of the magazine contains something unforgettable.

I am not an interior designer. I am fascinated by how people live. UNIQUELY, of all the so-called "shelter" magazines, WOI actually is all about YOUR interior life. There will be an article abut some upscale Chelsea apartment, then an article about a mad old guy who has covered his walls in buttons, or a couple that lives as if it is always 1860 in their apartment. I love it.


title: Five Stars

text: Terrific Magazine, great ideas, plans, etc!


title: Very informative

text: Met my expectations. Eagerly awaiting the next edition.


title: Happy to be be a customer again.

text: I was a customer 40 years ago as a college student. I am glad to re-up. Still a great read.


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine


title: Five Stars

text: As advertised, great


title: Five Stars

text: Great


title: Five Stars

text: Granddaughters love it. At age 7 they start reading when the mail comes in the door.


title: Creative ideas

text: Absolutely love this magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: Wanted to check out the new shows.  Interesting reviews about the shows.


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: Great stories and high quality pics

text: Anyone who is interested in world history would love this magazine.  Great pics of artifacts and remote locations.


title: Four Stars

text: good magazine to have if you like DYI projects


title: Five Stars

text: good reading if you enjoy woodworking


title: Four Stars

text: good magazine to have


title: Not my favorite

text: I don’t know why I ordered this magazine.  I never really see any recipes I’m interested in trying.  Oh well.  N


title: Five Stars

text: Great Magazine


title: Great Batterys

text: This sure makes reading the magazine easier.  I wish that thy also offered a MEDIUM, just for us who really do not need the large, but the regulas is a bit small.


title: Amazing magazine!

text: I love DIY projects and this magazine is perfect for me.  I look forward to every issue to see what new ideas they have.  Thank you!


title: Love the subscription

text: Love my economist subscription!


title: Real Simple

text: I love this magazine and thought it was a good deal at $12 for 1 year.


title: I hate to be negative, but it's not like it used to be -- recommend MAKE MAGAZINE instead

text:
I used to love this magazine.  All kinds of interesting science stuff, and written an an approachable way so we could understand it.  It used to be also have really cool projects that we could build (or at least dream about building) in our own basements.

Now the content isn't there and even the ads are not interesting.

If you loved they way it used to be, I'd recommend MAKE MAGAZINE.


title: Good product and price

text: We ordered this for our grandson.  He really likes the magazine.


title: A refreshing breath of outdoor air

text:
A beautiful magazine with lots of varied content. Lots of ads, though, but that's how tey keep the subscription price down.
I don't, however, appreciate the multitude of emails I receive from them pushing their products and publications.
Also, don't plan on contacting customer service unless you have an hour to wait on the phone (but very friendly and helpful once they finally answer).


title: Five Stars

text: good mag


title: don't miss reading about a new show

text: I really don't use the guide to see what is on each night, I have a guide on my DVR with Dish.  However, I love to get the magazine to read the articles and it always highlights new shows so I don't miss setting them on the DVR.  I am looking forward to the fall tv special.


title: best magazine ever

text: I have been reading Time for years.  It always has informative articles, plus I like the culture section.  I have recommended it to my friends.


title: This magazine keeps you up on TV and Movies

text: I enjoy this magazine.  You can read about the new movies, see the reviews and decide if you want to venture to the theater.  TV shows, music and books are also covered.  I have bought a couple of books from Kindle after seeing them advertised or reviewed.  I look forward to reading it each week.


title: Great for cooks, gardeners and more--even if you're not in the South.

text: Even though I live far from the South, I enjoyed Southern Living when I lived in Nashville, Atlanta, Macon. Many of the recipes I got from SL are still among favorites, and I'm still reading, collecting, getting decor and garden ideas.


title: One magine you should not be without.

text:
There are two magazines on woodworking that no one should be without; Woodsmith and Fine Woodworking. Both are excellent and I have every issue.
I missed a couple of years of Woodsmith because I thought I was not going to do much in woodworking again since I also have other hobbies, and the house we have now is too full with furniture I made from both magazines, and of my own design. Now we are building a new house, my interest has been renewed, and that is what I did again with Woodsmith, I started up the subscription again. As soon as I figure out where I left off, I will be getting the back issues I missed, or the DVD (which I got recently with the FW magazine, well worth it too, so I might spring for the Woodsmith DVD).

The pages are thick, not flimsy like other magazines, and will last a lifetime. The first issue of Woodsmith is still as new as ever, and I have been keeping them all in the binders they also sell; helps keep everything in one place and the binders are very nice too, they have a slight padding inside the vinyl of the face and back of the binder.

I have built many projects from Woodsmith, including a secretary bookcase in a Chippendale style, where the bottom of the desk came from Woodsmith, the top from FW. Without these magazines, I would not have been able to do either, so that alone is worth every penny I spent on the subscriptions. Of course, I have built several other projects too. But these magazines make it so easy to do.


title: Fun and informative

text: I would buy again, except there aren't enough preschool activities in it.


title: Wonderful

text: I have now received three issues of Tea Time magazine, and I love it.  The photographs are beautiful - I drool over some of the tea settings.  The recipes are unusual, but intriging.  This is a good magazine to sit down and dream over.  But it is also practical if you are planning a special tea with down to earth suggestions.


title: Giftable

text: Great gift for any car lover


GREAT VALUE FOR THE PRICE!


title: Five Stars

text: daughter liked it a lot .


title: Five Stars

text: daughter loved this magazine ..


title: What the heck!

text: I ordered what I thought was a subscription to this periodical.  I have only received ONE copy!


title: Nice for price

text: Enjoy the magazine and the price was right


title: It's a great magazine.

text: While I occasionally have a beef with some of the editorial content (please guys, gun control is not your wheelhouse), I'm not the kind of person who says "cancel my subscription immediately!!11!!" just because I disagree with something. It's a great magazine.


title: Essential Brain Food

text: I am totally hooked on Smithsonian. Where else can the "regular" person be introduced to what's happening in science, anthropology, medicine, etc? This magazine is worth every penny.


title: Great Magazine!

text: If you are an aquarium fanatic like me, this is a great magazine. Its a wonderful resource for troubleshooting and a wealth of new ideas.


title: Five Stars

text: grandsons love it!


title: Five Stars

text: Thanks


title: Not worth the hassle

text: Never could get subscription information corrected.


title: Without Question One of the Best Photography Magazines on the Market!

text:
The magazine market is absolutely flooded with various photography related magazines. Honestly, it seems like each year that passes there is at least 1 new photography magazine out there added to the mix. I'm a professional architectural photographer, but I also shoot for myself as well (mainly landscape and urban landscape style pictures). I still shoot film 99% of the time as I mainly shoot large format (4x5 & 8x10) and I still make all of my prints in the darkroom. Most of my enjoyment regarding photography actually comes after I shoot the picture as I absolutely love working in the darkroom making prints. Platinum & Palladium printing and Lith printing are some of my favorite printing methods. The problem with that, at least in regards to magazines, is that most photography related magazines now focus on digital photography and I really have no interest in digital photography. I know that's not a popular opinion these days considering the photography market is now dominated by digital, but there has actually been a slow movement back to film over the last 5+ years. The Impossible project and the fact that Polaroid is now easily purchased again is just one example of people going back to film based photography.

Anyways, there are really only a few magazines these days that still focus on film based photography and even those magazines usually don't focus just on film based photography. The best one can really hope for these days is a magazine that covers both digital and film based photography and in that regard, B&W is without question one of the best photography magazines on the market. Not only does B&W still cover film based photography, the quality of the artwork in B&W is outstanding. Its usually on par with the quality you see in magazines like Aperture & View Camera magazine. I do shoot color commercially as that is what most of my clients want, but when shooting for myself I always shoot B&W. Personally, I find color to be distracting. Black & white photography  just has a timeless beauty to it and B&W magazine does a fantastic job at highlighting artists that excel at shooting B&W photography. IMO, B&W is easily in the top 3 photography magazines on the market.

Bottom line - if your looking for a high quality photography magazine that focuses on black and white photography, B&W is EASILY one of the best choices you can make. This is the kind of magazine you wind up keeping even after you read it and that is really the best compliment I can give it as there are only 3 photography magazines that I wind up collecting like that, Aperture, View Camera, and B&W. All of the other photography magazines I subscribe to wind up in the recycling bin when I'm done reading them. If your a fan of black & white photography this is easily one of the best option you can make regarding magazines.

5 Stars!!


title: A Must For All Serious Xbox Players.

text:
I really dont understand all of the negative reviews this magazine gets. I have never had a problem with late issues, damaged or missing discs, or even damaged magazines. My magazine shows up pretty much the same time every month in pristine condition. I have actually subscribed to this magazine since its first year when the original Xbox was the magazines focus and I really haven't had a single problem in all that time. In fact, I still have all my magazines and game discs and was recently thinking about selling them on eBay.

Overall the magazine is well written and the game disc is really nice, especially for those that dont have access to Xbox live as there are always 4-6 new demo's on each new disc. I do have Xbox Live Gold and I still enjoy the discs. Of course this is a magazine specifically for the Xbox360 so its going to be a little biased. Every game magazine in existence that caters to specific consoles are guilty of this practice. Its just the way things are done in this industry. The Magazines that cater to Nintendo and the PS3 are no different. In fact, I find Playstation Magazine to be the worst of the lot in this regards. Subtracting .5 points from the major releases usually gives a more accurate score.

Bottom line - This is one of the magazines I look forward to the most each month and that is saying something as we currently subscribe to over 60 magazines at my house and that is not a joke. I actually tip my mailman at Christmas for all the magazines he has to deliver to our house, lol. OXM has everything you expect from a great gaming magazine. It has great gaming articles, quality reviews, in depth previews, and a game disc that contains review scores for all the games ever released and demo's for games, usually anywhere from 4-6 games per disc.

Amazon doesn't let us mention specific prices so ill simply say that the price I have paid for this magazine the last 3 years running has been so cheap that I literally couldn't even by a Big Mac value meal with the money. IMO this magazine is worth the regular Amazon price so getting a killer deal just makes it that much better.

This is the magazine to get if your a big 360 gamer.

5 stars.


title: Pleased

text: Happy with the subscription.


title: Five Stars

text: Large print makes it a breeze to read.


title: Not bad but not good

text: I didn't really read this but you actually get 6 issues spread out in 1 year so that's my bad on that part but the magazines are alright they do have some info but really just adds for grow lights and fertilizer but I currently received 2 of my 6 issues


title: FOOD... what's more to luv about it

text: I have and will always love the food network magazine, so many ideas, suggestions, recipes , and new products on a monthly basis. SMILING what more could you ask for?!.. Except amazing ideas for the holidays, that's always a YES in my household.


title: Great Read!

text: We enjoy receiving each month...Great Recipes and fun things to try!


title: Five Stars

text: Useful!


title: Hope the magazine is as good as the TV

text: Like newsmax


title: Always Great Articles!!

text: You Gotta love This Old House magazine and show, because they are very knowledgeable and they offer and show you a lot of good tidbits on doing any type of project.  If you have an older house and need to remodel it yourself this is a great place to start.


title: Excellant Magazine for Wood Workers!!

text: Always have liked this magazine and the projects and reviews of the tools out there.  Over the years I have built many projects and found the plans to be very easy to follow and well designed.


title: Great Magazine!

text: Great magazine for those who love to cook!  Awesome Recipes and tips!


title: Five Stars

text: nice


title: Worthwhile reading

text: Interesting for armchair travellers, a handsome production


title: Boring political rag.

text: This is not the Rolling Stone magazine that I grew up reading. It seems like the staff has just shifted focus or plain given up on music and moved onto politics instead. I've accepted the fact that due to the changing economics of the music industry that the days of super groups that actually played music are gone forever, but it's adding insult to injury trying to read a political rag pretending to be a music publication as well. The more things change, the more they suck.


title: The most informative magazine about our world

text: It's National Geographic - around for over a century, what more can you say that generations before me haven't already said.  But, I will add that the magazine has kept up with the times and has evolved over the years and only gotten better.


title: Embarassingly Bad Magazine

text: The magazine is unbearable, and has been getting worse monthly for several years. Celebrity running fluff, dieting tips, and human interest stories. Also, in-depth coverage on whether running skorts are in style. Ugh. Don't buy this magazine. Don't.


title: The TOP

text: It takes you places with out leaving your home. National Geographic continues to be the best magazine out there. The photography and stories are top notch and the topics and locations are fascinating.<br />Low budget travel...


title: Another great English magazine for model engineers

text: High quality publication, and the title is an accurate portrayal of the contents. Articles on all kinds of model engineering topics, and extensive reports of English model engineer club activities.


title: Great mag!

text: I liked the lay out and step by step no bs quality.


title: I have always loved this magazine!

text: Lots of DIY projects and always 4 the present season. I have been a long fan of this magazine as it has gave me lots of projects and recipes and ideas to do.


title: LARGE PRINT

text: I have always Loved Readers Digest Magazine. The large PRINT makes even better!!


title: Ordered for my husband, the only problem, when ...

text: Ordered for my husband, the only problem, when it comes he sits down and reads until it is finished cover to cover.


title: Not what it once was

text: Magazine was super thin. Too many ads. Not what it used to be. I canceled immediately.


title: Not what it used to be

text: This magazine isn't what it used to be. It is much thinner with less information, other than advertising, than the Seventeen my mother subscribed me to as a teen.


title: Great

text: Love


title: FINALLY GOT GOING

text: LOVE THIS MAG!


title: Kiddo loves it!

text: I got a subscription for my nature loving son’s 11th birthday and he absolutely loves it. He looks forward to getting mail and reads this magazine from cover to cover every-time it comes.


title: My daughter loves these

text: She likes getting something in the mail and learning new things. Win Win


title: Like

text: Like


title: I like Food Network

text: I like the recipes in this magazine. Easy to follow, unique but not weird.


title: A gift for my daughter and she loves it

text: I'm not a quilter but my daughter loves it and asks to have it renewed each year. A nice gift that gives all year.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the magazine and the network!


title: Not the BHG I remember.

text: I was a subscriber for many years and always enjoyed the high quality and usefulness of this publication.  I still have binders full of tear sheets of saved ideas for gardens, renovations and decorating.  The magazine is now thin, poor quality paper, limited to what I might call DIY projects.  Very disappointing.  I will not renew.


title: Great magazine

text: I love this magazine! I have been subscribing to it since it came out. The original format was better though. But still! Keep up the great job, guys!


title: Looking forward to more "from scratch" recipes!!!

text: I only got one issue so far. I wasn't as impressed as I expected to be. I wanted more recipes, things to be made from scratch and fancier recipes. However, it had a lot of semi- homemade recipes. It did have a great article on GMOs. I appreciate that fact!!! Maybe the next one will be a little fancier. I can't wait to try cooking some of those things.


title: True love....ha!

text: I love, love this magazine!!! I live through it because it takes one back through history and to beautiful, exotic or hidden places of the Earth. It covers science, health science, technology and sooo much more!!! I cannot wait to visit the actual Smithsonian Museum!!!


title: Four Stars

text: Great magazine! The only problem was instead of extending my present subscription they gave me a second one.


It's an interesting magazine but it's only for dieters not diabetics. They could make it easy for diabetics just by showing the carb counts.


title: Four Stars

text: Its a great mag. Not too much fluff


title: One of the Best

text: Having never read long-form journalism during my teenager years in India, I was quite intimidated by the length of articles in the New Yorker and Harpers Magazine when I first started reading them in 2009. Though the New Yorker initially won me over with their broad mix of political, invstigative, profile and feature writing, it is Harpers  Magazine that I now frequently turn to these days for their insightful and remarkable commentary on a broad range of topics. The writing is brilliant and some of their nonfiction<br />pieces are worth coming back to year after year.


title: Great Magazine

text: I love the magazine.  It talks about everything and reports, it seems, without an agenda.


title: Thorough and Thought-Provoking

text: This magazine, though by their own admission politically biased, makes me think.  I’m from the other side of that spectrum, but they put in the time to make the story complete.


title: If it's about hockey its in here

text:
I get this yearbook every year, and buy the magazine whenever possible.
Quite simply The Hockey News is the most comprehensive, analytical periodical/publication concerning hockey.
It keeps readers informed of late season trades and free agent signings, gives detailed team reports, including providing depth charts. If you are a closet statiscian this magazine is also for you with last season's stats and projected stats.
Overall a must read(subscription) for inquisitive hockey fans of all ages.


title: Forgot Something

text:
Ok I forgot in my review for Maxim to give credit to the photographers/photo editors, there are lovely pictures in both Maxim and Stuff.
The "sister" magazine to Maxim focuses more on gadgets and other cool stuff most guys want, and not to be sexist there are things appropriate to females occassionally to including the gifts for her they publish sometimes.
Stuff is though more than a visual feast it is in some ways even funnier than Maxim. This magazine is basically the literary ( can't think of another term but don't take literary term too profoundly) equivalant of soundbites for the MTV generation and beyond. It helps reader's stay hip and fresh to current multi-media trends with a touch of satire.


title: Quality Classical Mag from Britains BBC

text: I'd expect no less -- this is a quality magazine on classical and opera from the BBC. Includes sections on new cds, recording news, bach, orchestral, choral, chamber, video, jazz, books and more.


title: Hip, avant garde writers magazine

text: Clever, hip cutting edge magazine for anyone who cares about writing.


title: A great way to start a lifelong passion for reading!

text:
I was introduced to Cricket magazine through one of my teachers in early elementary school, and soon afterward my parents began a subscription for me. From then all the way up through middle school I devoured each issue cover-to-cover the moment it arrived. At first I found it a welcome challenge compared to the overly simple and mundane classroom books of the "Mac the cat sat on a mat" variety. Even after I had surpassed the magazine in my reading ability, I continued to enjoy it for the content of the stories. Even my mother loved to read it.
The magazine provides a great collection of well-selected stories that open up an entire world for the young reader, and each issue usually has a particular theme (i.e. the Middle Ages, horses, Chinese culture, food, etc.). Some of the stories are excerpted from longer pieces and some are short works in their own right. The magazine spans all genres of literature; includes both fiction, non-ficiton, and poetry; and addresses such important themes as culture, history, family and friends, growing up, and much more. Some pieces have serious and valuable morals, while others are just plain fun.
The magazine also offers book recommendations, a comic strip, a crossword puzzle, jokes, and contests for art, photography, fiction, and poetry. Moreover, each issue is beautifully illustrated. I believe the artwork in this magazine did much to inspire my own early artistic endeavors. I would highly recommend this magazine to parents and teachers alike. The stories are excellent material for young readers, and would also be great to read aloud to children. On the whole, this is a terrific blend of recreation and education! The makers of Cricket also offer other magazines for different age levels - Spider, Ladybug, and Babybug for the younger ones, and Cicada for adolescents.


title: Helpful and interesting mag

text: I look forward to this one every month -invariably something either immediately helpful or perhaps inspiring to try soon.  I didn't grow up farming but am loving the life now.


title: no deal

text: The deal wasn't as advertised as it is only available for versions of Kindle more advanced than the basic version.  This should have been made clear in the offer.  Thus, I cancelled since Kindle version didn't work.


title: Beautiful mag

text: Such a sweet magazine helps us name and know our backyard birds.


title: Worth it

text: Good info.


title: Five Stars

text: perfect


title: As a gift, great

text: I'm speaking for a family member who I got this for, and he thanked me extensively every month he got an issue. The recipes are great, he loves the insight from the chefs included in the magazine, it's just all around fun for him.


title: Five Stars

text: Outstanding magazine.


title: Four Stars

text: great articles


title: Good Recipes, Nice Articles, Tons of Advertisements

text:
Pros:
-If you are not planning on saving the world, or hurting your brain, you will enjoy the simple articles.
-They have good recipes that show you how to work with common ingredients. Gives you an idea what to do with your leftovers, and how to feed your kids healthy snacks without overwhelming them.
-You also will find helpful coupons, and valuable family vacation ideas.

Cons:
-This is a very thick magazine, much of which is advertisements. It contains only about 45 minutes' worth of reading material.
-Many of the items advertised are quite pricey, and not ideal for the average family dealing with childcare, tuition, mortgages, gas prices etc.


title: Do these magazines meet ones expectations?  Yes.

text:
Very pleased with offer, since I did it in the winter.
I am still getting the deliveries and would like to continue at this sale rate.
thank you.


title: VF: Ahead of all others with breaking political stories.

text: Murdoch and his News Corps. scandals were reported on months before by VF by the time the main stream media caught up with the story.  VF is great at getting the scoop on what everyone else will be talking about in the months that follow their breaking stories.


title: Handyman

text: It is a very helpful magazine. I am glad it is avaible. Some of the ideas are very good and written well.


title: Just ok.

text: I've had chickens for about 30 yrs. Been a 4H leader. Some of the info is inaccurate and not well researched. Most of it is ok for beginners. Would have liked it to have been more in depth info for us established chicken fans!


title: the price was great, but the execution

text: the subscription gave me duplicate issues... it was not melded into my existing subscription... the price was great, but the execution, not so much


title: OK

text: Great price but too many advertisements...


title: Bought for waiting room. Too much reading

text: Too much reading material


title: Good value for the price

text: Good value for the price


title: Sad but not worth $5

text: The recipes are not appealing to me. I flip<br />Though what Minimal substance it has in 3 minutes and into the recycle bin. No, I’m not going to try to find someone to give it to.


title: Can't beat the classics

text: Classics are hard to beat. Great for bathrooms and living rooms. Also great for waiting rooms and just light reading when you don't feel like reading a novel. I used to wonder why these were everywhere as a child. Now I get it


title: Winning!

text: Fantastic magazine. Doesn't taken itself too seriously. Great range of reporting and will written.


title: Disappointed

text: Took months to get. Many problems. Cancelled subscription.


title: One of my Fav magazines.

text: I have ordered two more Subscriptions for Grandchildren.  Thanks.


title: Get it

text: Simply a great book to keep or gift!


title: good

text: good for kids


title: Fraud subscription

text: I purchased this as a Christmas present.  One magazine was delivered.


title: Wife likes this magazine!

text: Purchased for my wife and she told me that she is excited to have a subscription. Happy wife, happy life lol


title: Keep 'em coming!!

text: My Grand and GreatGrand children love these magazines.  Keep 'em coming.


title: Excellent  career magazine.

text: Great magazine. We pass it around to our adult family looking for career ideas.


title: Three Stars

text: I really like the magazine, but renewals are stupid expensive.


title: Great deal!

text: Great magazine.  I look forward to each edition.  This is my 2nd renew.  The price is worth it.  Great tips and tricks.


title: Don’t bother

text: This magazine is full of ads and lame projects.  Don’t waste your money.


title: No longer interested in travel publications.

text: I dislike travel publications because I am able to research my own interests.


title: Research magazine

text: Unbiased evaluations and recommendations.


title: REMEMBER to add seam allowance.

text: I am well acquainted with the Burda Style magazine. Fashion is usually advanced but always if interesting style.<br />Time consuming with regard to tracing the pattern of interest from the layout.


title: Good recipes

text: I got this magazine because I was reading it one time in a waiting room and loved it. They usually repeat the same work out stuff but they tend to have great and easy recipes.


title: I think the magazine is interesting, but I ordered ...

text: I think the magazine is interesting, but I ordered ONE year. Now I am being charged $17.98 for another year, which I did not give my permission to renew. Be careful if you consider ordering this magazine. I will dispute the charge on my credit card.


Good magazine


A gift for my wife she loves this magazine!


title: Know what's now

text: Love reading it!


title: Five Stars

text: Love all of it. However I didn’t receive the December issue.


title: Worth the price

text: I’ve been subscribing now for over 6 or 7 years.  My mom loves the hard copy and I love it on my kindle. It’s very inexpensive considering you pay over 4 at the checkout counters


title: Noise vs Knowledge

text: Why is National Geographic Aerial America music louder volume than the spoken dialog?


title: Perfect gift

text: I ordered this as a gift subscription for my brother and he loves it


title: Perfect gift

text: I ordered this as a gift subscription for my brother and he loves it.


title: Great magazine


title: not the magazine I remember

text: I used to enjoy reading this magazine when i was younger but now it is very thin and full of ads.  not much reading


title: Don’t waste your money

text: Crap magazine, not about tech at all. It’s more of a liberal ass kissing,  “Orange man” bad, sjw opinionated articles. Ordered a print copy for less than $5 for the year and canceled my subscription after a couple issues. Works great for fire starter.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this magazine.


title: Five Stars

text: Love this magazine


title: Five Stars

text: Love the magazine


title: Five Stars

text: I love this magazine,  they have good ideas that are different but doable.  It was priced great on Amazon.


title: It's got it

text: Words and pictures and everything I could have ever wanted in a magazine.  Pages stick together sometimes after I get excited


title: Woody woodenstein

text: I got a papercut. Ironic


title: Love this!

text: I am so glad that I subscribed to this magazine. So many articles that I enjoy reading. I love this better than other magazines because of the quality of its content and it does not have all the useless advertising that other magazines have. I will subscribe again.


title: Five Stars

text: Great!


title: Very  Good

text: Always love this magazine.  You learn something new in every issue.


title: I love this magazine.

text: Just wish it was a bit thicker with content.


title: Magazine Subscription

text: Great magazine.  This was a gift that both the husband and wife loved.  Took 6 weeks to start subscription, but after that, no problem with the product.


title: Five Stars

text: Actually started earlier than we thought huband vey happy


title: Three Stars

text: Wife likes but not enough to renew.


title: Son Loves It!

text: My son loves this magazine. Loves to read age apropriate sports stories like come in this magazine. Cant wait for the next issue!


title: NOPE

text: Dont waste your time. Not much information and a lot of advertisements. Not worth it even for the $5 trial.


title: tv mag

text: lots of stories


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent writing.  My favorite weekly.


title: Nice magazine

text: My kids really like this magazine! It was a lot thinner/fewer pages than the normal National Geographic, which was a bit of a surprise. Overall a nice magazine though


title: Essential for any horse owner

text: It routinely delivers an outstanding product review, akin to Consumer Reports for equestrian products, both horse and rider.  Tack wise, it is English, but even a trail rider like me learns something in every addition.  I may not need to know the best English riding reins, but a product review on horse blankets or supplements is universal.


title: Read it cover to cover each month

text:
I ride strictly for pleasure and mostly on trails.  I like to know about training my horse for the trails and what areas of the country have wonderful trails so this magazine is my favorite horse magazine out of the 4 I receive each month.  I bought my horse as a young foal and trained him a lot from the ground, exposing him to things I saw in this magazine so when he was old enough, he would be a great trail horse.  No regrets here.  The trainer kept him 45 days and marveled at how easy he was to train.

Other great horse magazines in my mind are the Horse Journel, John Lyon's Perfect Horse, Horse Illustrated and Horse and Rider and through them, I stay up to date on training, products and horse care.  Only Trail Rider gives me locations to ride at across the United States of America.[[ASIN:B00283LGOG Horse Illustrated (1-year auto-renewal)]][[ASIN:B002PXVYHI Horse & Rider (1-year auto-renewal)]][[ASIN:B002PXW16Q Horse Journal (1-year auto-renewal)]]


title: Just received first issue and am enthralled

text: The magazine is aptly titled and the pictures are beautiful.  This will be one of those magazines that friends dropping by will pick up and browse through, gardeners will be inspired and probably, those blasted subscription cards will be put into use.  It certainly is a quality production and the text that accompanies the stories is informative as well.


title: GREAT

text: A GREAT EDUCATIONAL TOOL. WELL RECEIVED BY THE KIDS AND PARENTS AS WELL. MAKES A WONDERFUL GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

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title: great

text: So easy to read!  Great informative material! The pictures show the actual images of the content of the reading material. Enjoyable.


title: nice

text: well rounded mag


title: definitely happy with this magazine.

text: I wasn't sure at first if I liked this magazine but it's pretty good. I do wish it was longer, but hey, it's a magazine. It's got nice pictures, the recipes seem doable, and I'll definitely keep old copies around the house for a quite a while.


title: love the magazine

text: lots of informative articles and features. towing guide is very helpful to know which vehicle you can tow safely with


title: Good value

text: Fantastic magazine at a great price


title: What Country? USA!

text: I just keep renewing, year after year. Although it says Country Living, its really more about decorating, which I love.


title: Five Stars

text: great magazine, have always enjoyed reading it


title: That subscription is cancelled

text: Too many advertisements. Please cancel.


title: Great magazine

text: Very enjoyable to read.  Lots of information.


title: Can't access Kindle edition until you get your first print edition!!!!

text: I was disappointed when I found out that I can't access the kindle edition until I receive the first print edition.


title: This magazine every month has so much informative resources, ...

text: This magazine every month has so much informative resources, I can't wait for it to arrive. This is one magazine that will truly save your life.


title: Five Stars

text: My 7 year okd daughter loves this magazine!!!


title: Five Stars

text: Good magazine lowest price around


title: Helpful Hints for Home and Body

text: I just received the first issue of Real Simple Magazine this week. I have just look through it a little and have found that it has lots of ideas for home and self. I really think I am going to enjoy getting this magazine each month to see what Ideas it offers for home deco, and self improvements. Thank you Amazon for offering this magazine at a great rate to subscribe to it.


title: Informative and Well Laid Out

text: Fantastic magazine.


title: A

text: Magazine


title: Best Magazine for gardens

text: I love this magazine, it's so helpful to me for my garden with ideas for my gardens.


title: I love  these magazines

text: Great reads


title: Great magazine

text: Love this magazine filled with useful stuff


title: History Lover

text: No one does it like National Geographic. I don't gravitate to every article but of course the photos, accompanying drawings, etc are excellent. I am a history lover and this magazine is the best as far as I am concerned.


title: One Star

text: Little to no interesting information, too many adds. Won't renew.


title: Great

text: Great


title: Love love this magazine

text: I get all my magazines a bit early and I really love this magazine. Great music journalism and also band photography. Defiantly recommend for everyone who is into alternative music.


title: Five Stars

text: Love sunset magazine & price


title: Five Stars

text: Husband loves this magazine since avid backpacker!


title: Just like the other reviewers said

text: Just like the other reviewers said, both side of the stories in an unbiased format. The one and only Magazine that covers everything from tech, news, food, travel, movies, TV, business, trends, and finance. I’ve been subscribing for over 5 years and I can’t get enough, once you’re a subscriber the Magazine  will send you an offer before the year ends for two for the price of one($88) which I send to my brother or you can pay $56 a year for yourself. Highly recommended and once you read the first issue you will be counting the days for the next issue!


title: INFORMATIVE

text: I am going try and take an unbiased approach to this. To be honest, I do have a subscription, but I am also a Moderator on their forums. This magazine is informative, but one short coming is that it does not focus as much on the OC as I would like. I does try to cover a broad range of subjects that I find distracting. It is still good though and will have plenty of PC related stuff. It has some nice tips you can use and other good information. I find it nice to get every month.


title: Takes forever to get an issue

text: The magazines take forever to get to you, way past when they came out originally


The last time I bought a cosmo was somewhere around 2008 and I must say having bought a subscription in 2017...the magazine is garbage now. More ads than anything else, no more fascinating articles. Will be canceling subscription.


title: Great publication that is disappearing

text: I've been a subscriber for many years but the recent changes have bothered me enough that I finally cancelled. Only 8 issues per year. Went from a magazine format to now it's just printed paper stapled and folded over. No longer a magazine spine.


title: Four Stars

text: Like!


title: Wow!

text: Great on my iPad.  I will not be ordering regular magazine anymore.  I'm hooked on digital!


title: Perfect for difficult reading

text: The large edition of this magazine was ordered for my 97 year old Mother.  It is the same edition I receive in regular print for myself.


title: Worthless Fake 'Time' magazine..!!!

text: Worthless Fake 'Time' magazine..!!!


title: Enjoyable Magazine no matter the Season

text: Love Southern Living


title: You need this mag if you're serious about knives.

text: It's a great magazine.  Like most publications,  it has a lot of adds. I'd like to see more how too but this is a pretty good magazine to see what's out there and who's up and coming in the knife world.


title: Beautiful Layouts

text: It’s always a joy to look Martha Stewart’s Living periodical each month. I do wish the receipes were more family eating friendly. When you have picky eaters for kids it’s nice to see several recipes meet somewhere in the middle.


title: Good All Around Magazine

text: I always find something new in every issue. Although I no longer ride, there are many other horse care articles that are helpful to me as I care for my aged horses. I count on auto renewal every year.


title: Still Excellent After All These Years

text: Just renewed Equus for another year. I'm a long time subscriber but there's always something new in each issue. Good for beginning horse enthusiasts or pros. Keep up to date on immunization issues, first aid, training, etc.


title: My Dad Loves This Magazine

text: My dad (approaching 60) is obsessed with the New Yorker and kindly requests his renewal each year for his birthday.  He loves the illustrations and strong left commentary. To provide perspective, he also enjoys listening to Drake in his Honda Civic and has worn dark-rimmed glasses my entire life.


title: Enjoyable Business Magazine

text:
As a retired engineer I enjoy this magazine which has a good coverage of business topics and innovations without going into minute analysis.

One annoying aspect is that the magazine designers sometimes get carried away with the colored ink art...  making it a little difficult  for this senior citizen to read.


title: Don't want it anymore

text: Got it for my husband, he lost interest in them.


title: everything

text: Awesomeness


title: Great

text: Great


title: A better view of the South!

text: More Southron, more interesting.


title: Much Better Than Most Magazines

text: I have been reading Atlantic magazine for about 10 years.  It's one of the few magazines I truly look forward to receiving and usually dive into it when it arrives.  They have an eclectic  range of articles,  from politics to stories of ancient sailing ships.  Their once a year edition featuring short stories is read from cover to cover.


title: Love this magazine

text:
We love this magazine, but had taken a hiatus from subscribing due to renting a home for several years.  With our next home to be a purchase and be owners again within a year, I started this subscription through Amazon.  What I like the most of this magazine, is that everything they describe within its pages can be done by just about anyone.

This is not like other magazines that describe craftsman level jobs with tools no normal person would own.  Oh, the photos of the project are beautiful and the finished look is stellar, but unless you devote your life to learning and purchase all the right tools, you might as well just keep flipping those pages and dreaming.

This magazine is filled with projects and fixes anyone can accomplish in less time than a weekend.  From how to properly wax a vehicle to constructing a firepit to silencing squeaky floors, it can all be done by you or by me.  Heck, this month's issue shows how to construct a nice, but not fancy, tool shed.  I love it.


title: Great magazine

text: Had I known Amazon carried this magazine, this would have been an Amazon Verified Purchase.  Now I know for my re-subscription.  This is a fine magazine for traditional black powder enthusiasts.  I re-enact and this magazine is filled with many useful articles and surprisingly, even useful advertising.  If your interest lies in this direction, there is nothing at all wrong with this nice magazine.  I just wish it was monthly and not bi-monthly!!


title: Well Reviewed Recipes-What More Can You Ask For?

text: I've subscribed to this publication many times throughout the years and I've never been disappointed, the recipes are well tested and reviewed and packed with nutrition, if that's what you're into. I am.  The price was so good, I decided to subscribe once again.


title: Good Read

text: This is a great magazine simply put.  It is loaded with all sorts of information that one can't help but find interesting.


title: Do You Like To Read?

text: This is an excellent publication, however, the magazine is getting thinner every year, it seems.


title: Much Better Deal

text: I have subscribed to the Digest for years but their price is somewhat higher for a magazine that is no longer published 12 months per year and has more ads and disclaimers than in previous years. Sometimes I wonder why I subscribe at all.


title: Tremendous magazine... worth 3X the price!

text: Fantastic! Do you want your children to be actively engaged with current affairs? Asking if you know about various political maneuverings and notable scientific achievements? This magazine is a bargain... you are paying a small price to receive educated, worldly children. The content is so engaging: the perfect length articles for young minds, lots of catchy captions and gorgeous full-color photos, and a wide variety of subject matter to engage different interests and personalities. My kids (9 and 11 years-old) anxiously await each This Week Junior magazine and read it cover to cover. The discussions and curiosity this magazine sparks are priceless!


title: Boy 11, loves this magazine

text: Gift for neighbor, boy athlete.


title: Five Stars

text: we like it!


title: This wasn't for me

text: This magazine was for my son-in-law. When I asked if he wanted me to renew the subscription, he said he doesn't have time to read it and likes Mother Earth News better.


title: Birthday Present for my hubby, he devours every issue.

text:
This is my husbands top interest. He was thrilled , read the first issue he got from cover to cover.
He enjoyed everything about the magazine, and even treated me to several readings that he found especially interesting.  I got kisses and hugs and  the comment " this is a very cool present",  so he is happy, which makes me happy.
He follows archaeology news on several places on the web, so I know he is up on what is going on in that world, so I know if he is happy with this publication , it is a good magazine.


title: After taking the magazine for a year I decided not to renew.

text: Years ago this was a wonderful magazine.  One reviewer said it had turned in to more or less a recipe book.  That was fine with me because I love California cuisine. So I happily awaited my issues to begin.  After a years worth of the magazines I can say that I have barely paged through the last several issues.  The recipes are not worth the price of the subscription and there is not enough left in the issues about Cal to make it fun to even page through.  Some things truly do not remain the same and that wonderful Sunset Magazine of the 1970's-1980's is no more what it once was.


title: Wonderful publication that gets right to the heart of the subject.

text: This is a wonderful up to the minute publication about what is going on right now in the art and antique market. Very useful advice, tips and references for buyers, sellers, and collectors. Also, just a joy of visual material if you love art and/or antiques. Also, a great value for the money.


title: Packed with info for the Art Auction Enthusiasts

text: Cancelled my subscription after just a few issues. It just does not have enough bang to justify the cost. At $100 per year.  Also felt rather impersonal and cold. Art is beauty and one should always feel at home in it's company. This magazine did not have that tone, it left me cold.


title: A must for simplicity and country

text: Love this magazine, such good ideas for those who like country style and/or living. Brings you back to a simpler time.


title: A taste of the south

text: Very well done magazine, lovely photos, recipes, articles. Like seeing what is big in the south!


title: Love Real Simple!

text: One of my favorite magazines, always something to enjoy!


Would really like to see an English version of this. I'd support them with a subscription to an English version I nstead of just looking the paper up on the Net. It took a lot of Guts to stand up to the terrorists......unlike Sony who caved in immediately.


title: He loves it!

text: Bought as birthday gift. He loves it!


title: Came faster than I thought

text: Ordered it for my hubby...he loves it. First issue came faster than projected so that was nice. I don’t know about quality of the magazine but it is one that he used to go and buy at store.


title: A well named magazine

text: By far the definitive journal for the Porsche owner and enthusiast. Thorough, well written and highly informed - one of my favorite publications.


title: Yup.  You need this to keep up with the world.

text: Highly recommended as a way to keep up with current events.  Efficient and reliable sources of information have gotten increasingly hard to find.


title: I love F & W, and love the value and reliability of subscribing via Amazon

text: I've subscribed to Food & Wine for years.  However, I've chosen to switch over to Amazon subscription not only because their subscriptions are so affordable, but because I appreciate their renewal practices.  Years ago, I learned never to give my credit card number for a magazine renewal because I might be charged an outrageous amount for an auto-renewal.  However, Amazon (which of course has my Chase credit card number) warns me at least a month in advance that I'm up for renewal.  They also tell me what my renewal price will be, and that price is equal to the current subscription price.  So I'm now very happy trusting Amazon for all of my renewals on my favorite magazines at the most favorable price.


title: I've loved the magazine for years and Amazon makes it affordable!

text: I think I was possibly a charter subscriber to the magazine--I've subscribed for years, and then suddenly I realized it wasn't coming:  I must have forgotten to renew.  I probably thought, "gee, I'm not into decorating my tablecloths with fern frond stencils" (truly, it was in an article!).  Fortunately, I checked Amazon's price and WOW!  I subscribed in a heartbeat!  Martha (who's only a couple of years older than I am) and I lead such very different lifestyles, and my serious gardening years are over, but I love reading about her gardens and decorating and--yes, even the fern-frond tablecloths.  Thanks, Amazon!


title: great southern comfort living with a modern spin

text: i'm an old alabama girl and the articles in this magazine do take me back to my southern roots. yet they have a nice, updated, modern spin on them. old favorite recipes, along with new ones, home decor that respects its roots while looking modern,  wonderful articles, good writers. makes me wish........


title: Great job!

text: It's nice to see what you want, order what you want and actually get what you want. And actually get the item on time


title: Good Magazine

text: I enjoy reading this magazine because of all the celebrity news, happenings, and discussions.


title: Love the book

text: Love the pioneer woman watch the food channel


title: Loved the book

text: Using some of the  recipes for cooking


title: Love it

text: Love reading this magazine great ideals


title: Nice

text: Love it


title: Nice

text: Very nice


title: Cooking

text: Love trying new things out for my friends and family thank you


title: Great magazine.

text: Great for my daughters hair salon.


title: Good reading.

text: Great magazine for my daughters hair salon.


title: Useful!

text: I've found this magazine great for keeping up with lots of things in Westchester.  The issues rating restaurants, salons, etc. are great, as I didn't grow up here and it gives me some ideas when choosing places to eat, get my hair done, etc.  I also appreciate knowing about concerts and other entertainment.  All in all, a great buy for me.


title: Always a Good Choice

text: I have a subscription to Good Housekeeping and just gave a two-year one to a friend.  She likes the recipes and general info, I like just reading snippets whenever I have time and seeing what interests me.  It's not riveting - just an occasionally interesting read, but that's what I bought it for.


title: Magazine USE to be 98 pages.  They have reduced the pages from 98 to 66!. The cover even fell off.  Very disappointing.

text:
Just a friendly heads up:  I had been getting this magazine for close to two years.  Maybe a little more.  Every single issue had EXACTLY 98 pages; that is, until I got my Spring issue, which was so thin, I wondered if some pages had fallen out!  The cover ended up falling off.  Turns out, they had reduced the number of pages by, and this is a partial quote from the editors letter, "a few pages."  The Spring issue was 66 pages.  32 pages is NOT a few pages. Does the editor really think we can't count?

I could completely understand if the magazine were a few pages less, but 32 is not a few.  That is a BIG difference and the cover wouldn't even stay on.  It literally fell off. And this magazine was a replacement because my previous magazines cover was not even attached when I got it!

TO BE FAIR:  This magazine did have some wonderful ideas, stories, tips, advice and pictures.  I always enjoyed it, very much.  But I feel cheated, because this is NOT a cheap subscription and to make such a drastic change in the number of pages is absurd and ridiculous.

I immediately cancelled my subscription and will never order this magazine again, and I do not recommend it.

UPDATE:  7/10/18:

To our readers,
After producing CardMaker magazine for many years now, we will be ceasing publication after the winter 2017 issue. Try as we might, we unfortunately have been unable to retain enough loyal readers and subscribers to continue publishing CardMaker.  We will also be closing the CardMaker website, blog and Facebook pages.

Thank you sincerely for your years of support and for sharing your love of card making with us through the pages of CardMaker.
With warmest regards,

Tanya Fox & Brooke Smith

I'm not surprised!  After drastically reducing the number of pages of this magazine, this is what they get!  Good riddance!


title: Not what I thought.

text: If you LOVE tons of recipes, then this magazine is for you.  I, however, do NOT.  I like reading about healthy choices and this magazine was just too full of recipes.  AND, they do not have a customer service number!  They use to, because I recently called it.  They don't anymore!


title: If you like DIY I think that this is a really good subscription

text: Bought this magazine subscription for a friend I think the price is absolutely killer I mean a whole year for five bucks


title: Great Magazine, Horrible Service

text: The magazine was great, but I only received about 5 issues for an entire year.  Does anyone else have that issue?<br />I would do digital but I prefer printed.  I canceled my subscription.


title: Best information out there on most subjects.

text: Best magazine out there.


title: Meh

text: Pretty much the same bits of health and diet ingo available on numerous websites.


title: Five Stars

text: Subscribed for my great grandson and he loves it.  llustrations are wonderful.


title: Very good reads!

text: I buy this subscription for my 30yr old son and have for many years. While at home, my husband and I ended up reading it too as it has very interesting articles with each month. Excellent short reads that you can pick up just 'whenever' and finish the article in no time at all. My husband is not much on reading and he even likes reading this because of all the short articles.  Thanks Readers Digest!


title: Only received one - October; the others I received a few days ago end of November

text: I received the October 2022 the first of October; then did not receive another one until the end of November when I got September and November's!  They are very thin - not like the Reader's Digest I used to subscribe to! I don't feel the articles were the quality they used to be.  I will not re-order.


title: A journey back in time.

text: I enjoyed reading one of these at the dentists office. I decided to get a subscription for my parents. They love it! It is bringing back a lot of fun memories for them.


title: 5 stars

text: If you are into business this is a great choice for a subscription.  I enjoy it every week! Definitely recommend.


title: Too many poems that make very little sense or no sense,

text: I realize that poems form this magazine win  The Pushcart prize awards and other awards, but most of thee poems make no sense at all to me.  I have been reading lots of poetry for 35 years, and I've gotten lots of poems published, too, some in well-recognized magazines, so it's not that I struggle to understand poetry in general.  The poems in  the September 2017 issue seem bizarre to me.  I have no idea why editors would select poems like these. No imagery.  No sense. Wild avaunt-guard stuff.  I won't buy another issue.


title: Not As Good

text: I find these magazine's very thin, I do not get much info as I used to years ago. I will not renew.


title: A good start

text:
I subscribed for the recipes but have to admit, the articles have been my favorite part.  There's not too many but I always find them informative.  My other favorite part is that every recipe comes with nutrition facts.

Aside from that, I have mixed feelings.  If you currently eat the standard American diet, I think this magazine could be a great fit.  If you're a vegetarian, I think you'll still find a good portion of the recipes appealing.  After that it gets tricky.  When I subscribed I was a vegetarian still eating a fair amount of cheese and milk so it was a great fit.  But I'm finding in my health journey that eliminating meat and exercising is not enough to contain my cholesterol and blood pressure :)  So these days very few of the recipes appeal to me as a fair portion contain meat, and most of the rest contain cheese or yogurt or some other dairy product, but I can understand that many people don't need to go that far to achieve health.

Another great note, the recipes use pretty common ingredients and don't take a huge time investment.  The other cooking magazine I had subscribed to (Vegetarian) didn't have a problem using ingredients that you had to scout around for, and some of the recipes could be time consuming.. and a little froo-froo if you know what I mean.  So two thumbs up for easy to find ingredients and little time commitment in this magazine.


title: Exquisite and Inspiring

text: Exquisite and Inspiring magazine.  The art is unsurpassed.  Elegant and uplifting.  I love this magazine.


title: good magazine

text: great price and good articles


title: Four Stars

text: Lots of information here love the breakdowns


title: Great for teens!

text: After getting tired of paying newsstand prices for my fashion-obsessed daughter, I bit the bullet and bought her a subscription to Vogue. It was like she had died and gone to heaven! She pores over each issue, and her favorite looks are currently papering her wall.


title: Beautiful Pictures

text: Great mag. Love the quality of the paper and pictures.


title: pictures and areas that are interesting

text: For one of my boys -- enjoys the books


title: Good pictures, good reading

text: Got for one of my sons - he is pleased


title: Interesting Magazine for Wannabe Fabricators

text: I'm new to metal working.  I was a finance major with a career in real estate.  As I got older (now 66) I developed an interest in metal working and finally purchased some basic tools including a lathe.  I'm having a great time learning the basics.  This magazine is instructive and a good reference for resources.


title: Five Stars

text: Great magazine. Keeps you up on all the fashion


title: Good read

text: Best magazine<br />Short sweet articles that get to the point


title: Magazine meant to entertain and inspire

text: I believe this is a great magazine. Just because it tells you to buy some expensive gadget doesn't mean you have to. But, I believe that this magazine has entertained me, and has given me inspiration for new ideas around my house. Doesn't mean you have to do things the way they say, but you can take the information they give you and set about doing it your own simple way. When I buy magazines I either want them to entertain me, give me new knowledge, or inspire and I feel this magazine has done all of the above.


title: Five Stars

text: love the ease


title: Great for designers.

text: Interior Design is great for Designers, I am not.  I am a lay person looking for new, edgier design ideas.  While there are a few great design ideas, it's mostly centered around professionals.  Interior Design Magazine does meet my needs.


title: Terrible Customer Service

text:
My first magazine was suppose to be delivered in June 2013.  I was at a checkout stand in August and realized I had not received my first issue.  I checked my account to see when the first issue was suppose to be delivered (I remembered a long lead time).  After realizing the first issue was suppose to be delivered in June 2013, I contacted Amazon.  Three weeks later, I received two copies of the June 2013 issue (already purchased it, thanks!).  A couple of days later, I received my August issue.  I have not received any issues since.

My subscription started June 2013 and expires June 2014.  I will not be reordering (nor do I care that I've missed several issues).  The content is weak.  I thought the magazine would breakdown how to do things, but it's mostly editorial advertising for their products and their partners.

Amazon is great, but HGTV is not.


title: Great overview of business, graphics and content can be sophomoric

text:
I have a love hate relationship with this mag.  I have been a subscriber for about 1.5 yr.  I have come to hate the sophomoric covers and the “lifestyle” articles (multipage review on dry shampoo anyone?).  Also mostly hate the “hero worship” coverage  of the hot young quirky mostly male guns in mostly the tech business.  This “coverage”  tends to double the size of some articles without adding anything substantive..  I love the original journalism and the grand overview of current business issues.  I am indifferent toward the left wing slant because I am myself left wing and because I am adept at identifying and ignoring slants, in general.  I also ignore the slant toward the 20 something reader.

Concur that delivery has always been a problem.  Initially hand-delivered, went to USPS, now back to hand delivery.  Don’t blame publisher for bad hand delivery service (Miami, afterall is not like everyplace else) but how they got the USPS to delay delivery so long is beyond me.  My friend who lives in a much better neighborhood than I always got her issue several days after me.

I continue to renew because of the value of the range of businesses and issues covered.  Very efficient weekly digest.


title: Wonderful Deal! Great Read!!!

text: Beautiful pictures and great information on lovely vistas we may never see, otherwise! A fabulous family orienated magazine!! Very educational and yet an engrossing read without being dry or boring in the least. LOVE IT!!


title: Great magazine

text: I like all the crafts. The magazine is fun to read and I look forward to it.


title: Good dog care overview

text: This is a non-breed specific publication that spotlights all different breeds (including mixed breeds), training, feeding, trends, and products. It is informative and well written. Several times a year it is a double issue with Natural Dog as part of it, which highlights natural feeding, products, and treatments. It appeals to all dog lovers, though may not be specific enough for someone who is very active with a specific breed in show circles.


title: The Best!

text: The Atlantic is one of the best magazines I've read lately and have just renewed my subscription for a second year.  The articles are across the board in interest and I find I am often bothering friends with a ... You must read this.  Often the articles are online, so I'm not sure why I pay for the subscription, except I enjoy non-computer reading sometimes.


title: Relaxing stuff

text: Real Simple is another of my eye candy magazines that I enjoy looking at and not having to actually think.  Just enjoyable and Amazon makes it easy to keep track of my subscriptions so I can just toss those annoying renewals that seem to start as soon as the first issue of any magazine arrives.  I like reading online, but also enjoy hard cover mags.


title: Bird died,no longer need

text: I was hoping for some interesting think pieces when I ordered this once prestigious magazine, but have found it mostly a bashing of the current administration.  The ad placed with Tina Fey et al for some production in an Iwo Jima statue pose is over the edge.  I have asked for this subscription to be cancelled, but they keep on coming.  My bird died and I no longer need them for sure.


title: it still is a favorite of our family

text: While the magazine is getting smaller, it still is a favorite of our family.


title: Five Stars

text: Always a great read!!!


title: Five Stars

text: I like it


title: Love this magazine

text: I used to fly about 35 years ago and I still dream of flying again someday.  It probably won't happen, but I enjoying flying vicariously through the articles and columns.  I also highly recommend Plane & Pilot -- another great flying magazine!


title: Great magazine. Practical

text: Great magazine.  Practical, informative and full of creative ideas for a healthier lifestyle.  I like the combination of print and online availability for one price.


title: Five Stars

text: I have always loved this magazine and I especial like digit and on Amazon!


title: So many cute pictures of birds!

text: I like to draw & paint birds, so I needed some good reference photos. This magazine has lots of great photos of a wide variety of birds! I’m not into gardening, but if that’s your thing it has advice on that too.


title: Five Stars

text: An excellent magazine. Definitely a positive addition to my reading.  Glad I subscribed.


title: Parent pleaser

text:
I too wanted a news magazine that went beyond the usual American celebutante pseudo-news.  I'm interested in economics, but am a lay person who is less interested in high finance and investments, and more interested in the stories of our times.  The Economist has been a real gem.  It is a hefty magazine, and I'm not sure how well I will keep up with it... I wish it was (were?) a biweekly.

I think its British perspective is very useful especially because Americans tend to forget that there really is a world out there (aside from the Middle East and British Royals).  It is good to read about ourselves as just another piece of the puzzle.  The articles seem well written, much better than most, such that the style does not interfere with the content.  In that it reminds me of much of the Wall Street Journal newspaper, which I always find well written. (For the record, at this time my favorite magazines are Christian Century and Ode.)

I look forward to introducing my children and others to this magazine.  I think it has a lot to offer and I hope that more people will read it.  If I were to change anything about it (aside from making it a biweekly so I could keep up) it would be to have a section where the wider news stories are followed up with examples of their particular effects!  A similar result could be achieved by discussing each issue with fellow readers, but really, how likely is that?