QOTD: Magazines

[bcgal00]

My Question Of The Day is.....do you read magazines? Which ones? Did you used to read them but not anymore? Do you read them digitally or buy the paper editions?

[lovely1m]

I had subscription to People for years, but it's been a long time since I read a magazine.

[bcgal00]

Years ago I used to buy an assortment of health, food, exercise, fashion, entertainment gossip magazines. I remember at one point I was buying about 15 a month.

Nowadays I have a digital magazine subscription to read most of the ones I used to read. Some of my faves are Shape, People, Best Health, Popular Photography, Cosmo, Marie Claire, Cosmo, Us, Chatelaine, Birds & Blooms, Food Network, Clean Eating, Everyday with Rachael Ray, Eat Well, Outdoor Photographer and Digital Photographer.

[bcgal00]

Before I got my online subscription to a magazine service, I was able to stop buying most of my magazines and get them thru our local library once they set up a digital service. But "Texture" has a better selection and has almost all the ones I used to read so switched to that a few yrs ago. It's a fraction of the money I used to spend on paper editions so I'm pretty happy with it.

[bcgal00]

I like to read my onine mags on my iPad as I sit and watch TV at night. I can't read a book while watching TV b/c I can't focus on both enough to follow them, but a magazine I find easier b/c of the shorter stories with lots of photos.

[Robin Carlton]

I subscribed to quite a few print mags during Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday since they were less than $10 for the year (most we're $5-6) and they're super easy to cancel right in your Amazon account.

Right now we get Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Game Informer, Popular Mechanics, Better Homes & Garden, Bon Appetit & Food Network.

Food Network mag is GARBAGE imo, but the rest are pretty enjoyable for me!

[KristinCB]

When I was a teenager I was OBSESSED with magazines. I had a paper route when I was 11-13 and I am pretty sure most of my money I earned went towards buying magazines haha.. Including soap opera magazines. I was ridiculous.

I don't subscribe to any now but I do miss getting magazines! I will sometimes read magazines on my ipad that are available from my public library online.

[lingovise]

I subscribe to Birds & Blooms, Cloth Paper Scissors, and Quilting Arts
Popular Science & Popular Mechanics are a few that everyone enjoys and I usually switch up which one we get, depending on price/deals available
my Husband gets Rider [a motorcycle mag] & the boys all share some national chess magazine [i can't believe that's even a 'thing' ]

They're all print subscriptions... I've tried digital versions, but it just isn't the same for me and I prefer to leaf through the real thing.

[bcgal00]

Robin - lucky you for getting such a great deal on mags for the year. One of my faves is "Real Simple" .... I like simple and cheap so this mag often has great ideas for me. I forgot to put that into my faves list. I don't think I've ever looked at Bon Appetit but I think it's part of my digital subscription. I'll have to check that out. Food mags are hit and miss with me b/c a lot of the recipes don't work for me b/c I eat low carb/paleo but sometimes I can tweak a recipe to work for me.

Kristin - we still watch Y&R and I watch GH on my laptop throughout the day as I work. So I will browse thru the soap opera mags for info on those soaps and they are part of my subscription so I don't have to pay extra to get them. I wouldn't pay to buy one of them now but I do enjoy looking thru them for who's coming and going.

Loni - I used to get a lot of scrap mags when I paper scrapped and still have a ton of card making mags that I browse thru (I still make cards now and again). I can still remember how devastated I was when Creating Keepsakes ended. Nowadays I buy the odd digital scrap mag.

I agree that a paper version is more visual, more interactive so engages you in a different way than digital does but for me, the cost and the ease of having so many editions available, not taking up space, that was the main reason I switched over.

[craftytam]

I had stopped getting magazine subscriptions because I wasn't taking the time to read them. They'd pile up and I'd end up throwing them in the recycling.

Last year, I subscribed to a couple, thinking that I was in a different place in life & I would read them. That didin't happen. LOL! They piled up (and are still piled). I guess it's time to put them in the recycling.

I do prefer physical magazines to online, I just end up not looking at either!

[JennNtheBoys]

I haven't touched a magazine in years..... I used to love home decor and organization ones, but I haven't been able to justify purchasing any in a really long time (especially after Pinterest hit the scene).

[Robin Carlton]

Originally Posted by JennNtheBoys

I haven't touched a magazine in years..... I used to love home decor and organization ones, but I haven't been able to justify purchasing any in a really long time (especially after Pinterest hit the scene).

Yeah! I could never justify purchasing them at the newsstand/grocery store price, but a $6 for the year, I can justify .50-.75 an issue even if I sometimes don't get around to reading every issue.

KCB, I used to LOOOOOVE Soap Opera Digest as a teen. I would beg my mom for that when she would ask me to go grocery shopping with her after school haha

Also, give me the low down on Birds and Blooms... I love birds and gardening, would this magazine make me happy?

[bcgal00]

Robin - here's the index from last month's mag and one of the pages. I love nature, birds, blooms, etc but know next to nothing about them so this mag has taught me a lot and it's very visually beautiful.

[icindi]

I haven't read a magazine in years. I used to love Newsweek. I read news online these days. My husband does get Fine Homebuilding magazine.

[bcgal00]

Tammy - I couldn't keep up with paper mags either. For every 1 or 2 I read there would be 4-5 that I didn't get around to. That's one of the reasons why I love the digi subscription because if I only read one a month it's paid for itself and I always end up reading more than that so I know it's worth it for me. I have so much less guilt with digi LOL.

Jenn - yes, pinterest really changed the availability of ideas and articles to read aside from mags, for sure.

Cindi - I read our newspaper online before when it was free with our paper subscription (my hubs reads that) but then they started charging extra for the digi format so I don't bother. There's enough free news coverage online that I don't feel I'm missing out.

[Leablahblah]

I don't buy magazines. I just get Parents magazine for free every time I give birth to a new baby. lol I expect my new subscription to arrive in May or June. haha

[joelsgirl]

I bought a copy of Clean Eating magazine because Melissa Hartwig Urban mentioned it on Instagram & Whole 30 was featured. It's super beautiful and informative, but I wouldn't subscribe.

In the Philippines, we have used book shops that sell used magazines as well, so sometimes I'll grab an old copy of BH&G or Real Simple.

But honestly with information on the Internet so available, I have a hard time paying for it in print.

[rdjrneace]

The only time I read a magazine is my monthly hair appointment and I catch up on all the stars news.

I don't even really watch the news because I get frustrated with the way the newscasters portray the stories and try to only give you their spin of the stories/truth.

[karlimarie]

Originally Posted by Leablahblah

I don't buy magazines. I just get Parents magazine for free every time I give birth to a new baby. lol I expect my new subscription to arrive in May or June. haha

Yes! This!! haha and even then, I don't get around to reading them all

I used to read Cosmo, but it's been a good 10+ years.

[LeeAndra]

I am not subscribed to any magazines but I read all of my mom's hand-me-down ones: Better Homes & Garden, People, & HGTV. She also buys my children magazines.

[bcgal00]

Kellie - I bought that issue too. Normally I read my digital copy but b/c it was a Whole 30 issue I wanted to have the paper edition to enjoy. Lots of good recipes in there. I just substitute sweet potato or japanese yams for the white potatoes.

Debbie - I hardly ever watch the news, too much doom and gloom stuff.

Karli-Marie and Lea....you two crack me up....new baby....new magazine...except you never have time to read them

LeeAndra - my daughter comes over and reads mine so she doesn't have to pay for any. She usually goes thru all my recipes, books and mags for ideas.