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Books: Magazines, to be specific.

qualitygal — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:40:30 GMT

Just got my second Reader's Digest. I realized I missed getting that. I've had some others that have delt with one subject (like cooking ones), I just tired of. I love stories, I love the info I get, etc. So I'm a happy camper.

So after I finish one of my pictures I'm coloring, I'm going to jump into this. When I've read it all, I pass it on to our son. Just enough of a story that we have the time for. I have more time than he does, but I do like these magazines.

Anyone like this one?

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lovescats — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 02:32:42 GMT

I don't get a lot of magazines anymore but I still get entertainment weekly and O only because I got them really cheap.

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 02:50:34 GMT

It takes me days over a period of time to read magazines. One of my favorites is Smithsonian. It's amazing and I recommend it. I think my son-in-law gave it to me as a gift.

I like Entertainment Weekly but buy it at store. I buy Star magazine, People, several others. Most I pass on to other people to read.

I wish some of you lived closer to me, I'd love to share the Smithsonian magazine as it is unusual and I don't know anyone who enjoys it.

I do feel like all of you about reading the magazines. I like to leaf through the pages, go back and forth skip and go back.

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birkin baby — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:33:25 GMT

I love Smithsonian. I also like Art and Antiques. I subscribe to People STYLE WATCH and Entertainment Weekly. Both of those are great.

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VaBelle35 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:37:19 GMT

I love Smithsonian as well.

I've gotten away from magazines as I wasn't reading them. I switched a few to digital and was forgetting to read them.

In fact, I just tried to get a few of my subscriptions moved to another magazine but they couldn't do it.

I belong to a gym, so I take mine to the gym and they are always picked up by people to read on the treadmill. I don't feel so bad about not reading them.

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lainey1 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:39:42 GMT

I didn't even realize Reader's Digest was still published. Didn't they used to sell it at the grocery store?

I remember my grandmother making some sort of paper angels with these magazines by folding the pages, spraying them with spray paint and attached a decorated syrofoam head. Memories....

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DoneTryin — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:50:09 GMT

I had to back off on my mags because I couldn't keep up with them. I did enjoy Smithsonian when I had a subscription. Thanks for the reminder - - I'll look for it the next time I'm at the library. Semi-retired now so have to watch the budget. I do subscribe to Bookmarks, which is both good news & bad news. I learn about many authors past, present & new, & new books, but again, too many books so little time!

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insomniac — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:39:50 GMT

I read everything in Bookmarks, The New York Review of Books, Opera News, and The Christian Science Monitor

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qualitygal — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:27:04 GMT

This is good to know what others people are enjoying. I'll have to look into the Smithsonian, and a couple of the others.

I do remember the folding of the pages and people spray painting them green, and decorating them as trees as Christmas approached. That's funny!

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AngelPuppy1 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:57:38 GMT

@qualitygal

I still love magazines! And I am so excited when new ones come in the mail. It might seem a waste to some, but I still enjoy them so much. I get a lot of different ones. One I particlularly like is Reminisce. Have you tried this one? It is old time pictures and stories. Readers send in their pictures and stories. It is great. I can identify with a lot of them. Also, Country Living is wonderful. Of course, there is Prevention. I get Womens Day, Red Book, Marie Clare, etc., etc. I just get a stack and go to town! I pass them on to family members when I am done.

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qualitygal — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:10:31 GMT

Your choices are great and I do remember seeing some of those. I may need to go back and check them out. Thanks for the reminders. @AngelPuppy1

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AngelPuppy1 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:01:28 GMT

@qualitygal

Another good one is Saturday Evening Post. I used to get Architectural Digest because I love old stuff, but found there in a lot of issues they had a great deal that did not interest me or was too intricate for me.

The keep saying that magazines are a thing of the past. I sure hope not! I just can't warm to the idea of cozying up and looking at them on-line!!!

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smoky22 — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:06:27 GMT

I must have subscribed to Prevention for about 20 years. Then last year I finally realized the articles seemed to be repeats on a yearly basis (somewhat updated, of course). I canceled it and found I didn't really miss it. For a year I was getting Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens and Woman's Day and I've now canceled those as well. I guess I just don't enjoy magazines much anymore. I still get Entertainment Weekly and Southern Living.

Mr Smoky gets Reminisce and he loves it.

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tansy — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:59:44 GMT

I've subscribed to Sunset Magazine (western states regional mag) for forty-three years. Now that's scary.

i just subscribed to the HGTV magazine and BH&G because the rates were so low.

I pick up an issue of Real Simple occasionally. I used to have so many magazine subscriptions, several of which went belly up.

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sunala — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:14:40 GMT

I've been subscribing to New York Magazine for at least 20 years. I love the articles, the stories, the ads and the crossword puzzle.

I also get Real Simple which I love, as well as Vanity Fair, both of which I've gotten for years.

Then there's an assortment of the weekly junk magazines I still enjoy reading, like Star, Us, and Entertainment Weekly, as well as Better Homes & Gardens, More, Good Housekeeping, etc etc etc.

Some of the magazines were free offers from American Express, plus many of the magazines were $5 for a year's subscription. You really can't go wrong with that.

I love my magazines!

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VaBelle35 — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:38:41 GMT

@lainey1 wrote:
I didn't even realize Reader's Digest was still published. Didn't they used to sell it at the grocery store?

I remember my grandmother making some sort of paper angels with these magazines by folding the pages, spraying them with spray paint and attached a decorated syrofoam head. Memories....

My mother made a rabbit once. It was a Girl Scouts project (she was a leader).

We also used to make ornaments out of last year's christmas cards using pinking shears and staples.