JFF, What Magazine Subscriptions Do You Have...

Updated on October 31, 2012
J.B. asks from Katy, TX
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We have:
Family Handyman
Trailer Life (RVs, not mobile homes, LOL)
Forbes
Money
Readers Digest

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M.P.

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Sunset, Real Simple. I had others but I'm not renewing them as they run out. Not renewing Sunset and Simple either. I'm shopping for a way to read them on electronics (Nook/Kindle) so that I don't have these stacks of magazines through out my house. I have a hard time getting rid of them. Even recycling feels like a waste.

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T.H.

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Rachael Ray (which is only ok)
Food Network
Sports Illustrated
ESPN
Family Fun
Parents
Highlights Puzzles and Games

I have to reign it in b/c sometimes I get too many! I also periodically buy the trashy ones like US and People at the grocery store if the cover story is something juicy!

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B.C.

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None. When we had to cut back, the magazines and memberships were the first things to go.

They cost troo much for the information I get from them. Although in times past I had
Money
Popular Mechanics,
Better homes and Gardens,
Reader's Digest.
Flower and Garden
Mother Earth News.
Newsweek

Good luck to you and yours.

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K.B.

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Redbook
Good Housekeeping
All You
Ladies Home Journal

Eventhough I have a Kindle Fire and can download magazines, I really prefer to have the actual magazine in hand to read.

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N.G.

answers from Dallas on

Readers Digest is all.

I'd rather look through catalogs.

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A.F.

answers from Fargo on

Whole Living. I get a mag. subscription every year to support our local highschool choir, otherwise I read, People, Real Simple, Southern Living, Midwest Living and Martha Stewart Living by way of the public library, which I support financially with overdue fines. :)

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R.K.

answers from Appleton on

None -- I read articles online. Save the trees.

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

I was just thinking how we get NO magazines anymore.
I always have liked Real Simple...if its still out there.
Now that the kiddo is older, I might have time for magazines again!
ETA: Oh! My husband gets American Legion and some Harley thing....

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L.R.

answers from Washington DC on

Scientific American
New Scientist
Physics Today
Discover Kids (monthly one-subject issues, science and history)
American Girl
Smithsonian
Pockets (a kids' Christian magazine, like the Upper Room)

Can you tell my husband is a scientist and my daughter's heading that way?!
We also look at the Washington Post (our local paper) and the British newspapers online pretty much daily because my husband is English.

If anyone has kids who love to learn, Discover Kids is great. School libraries have it too. Pockets is excellent bite-sized moral and Christian material for elementary age kids.

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A.G.

answers from Dallas on

Good Housekeeping

I don't know why I get it, but I enjoy it. It just started showing up in the mail, but no one has owned up to sending it to me. I've been getting it for a couple of years, but I've never ordered it, and I still don't know where it's coming from. I enjoy reading it every month, though. :)

I also get The English Journal which I love because I'm an English teacher nerd.

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V.W.

answers from Jacksonville on

National Review.

We did a one year stint with Consumer Reports, but am not resubscribing. We aren't really planning any purchases that it would provide big insight into (no cars, no refrigerators/washers/dryers/dishwashers/microwaves) and no big home improvements either. It was interesting. But won't renew.

Oh... forgot Runner's World. :)

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X.O.

answers from Chicago on

I have:
Weight Watchers
Time Out Chicago Kids

My husband has:
Pretty much every medical journal possible - it is insane how many dozens of publications we receive each month, even after calling the publishers to ask to be removed from most of the lists. The ones that he reads are specific to Internal Medicine, which I read too for the patient perspective stories, and especially one called "Medical Economics," which has proved to be invaluable in understanding many of the problems with the financial side of modern US medicine.

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L.F.

answers from Chicago on

Everyday with Rachel Ray
Ladies Home Journal
Parents
Consumer Reports
Disney Family Fun

All of the magazine subscriptions, except for Consumer Reports, were either free or $5/year. I also like Woman's Day and Family Circle, but I haven't seen any free subscription offers for those lately. And I love my Costco Connection magazine.

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A.V.

answers from Washington DC on

National Geographic Little Kids
Wild Animal Baby (soon to become Ranger Rick Jr)
Popular Science
Mother Earth News

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S.B.

answers from Redding on

I really like Reader's Digest, but I've been going to medical appointments so much lately, who needs a subscription?

The only thing I'm getting right now is MAD magazine. I'm not sure how I ended up with the subscription. It was probably part of some free offer for something else I signed up for. I won't renew it when it's up. Some of the humor can be pretty dorky and downright disgusting, but hey....I think that's what their goal is. I must admit there have been some things that I found myself laughing out loud about. For instance, "New Shows on the All-Pirate Network": Project Gangplank, The Parrot Whisperer, CSI-Patch, Arrrrrrrr You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

They did a spoof on funky catalog items and coupons that was pretty hilarious. I might include some of those in Holiday cards for my friends and family that have senses of humor.

I can't say I haven't enjoyed it, but I'd rather spend my money on something else.

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K.I.

answers from Los Angeles on

We have really condensed are magazine consumption, we are down to one magazine for each of us:

*Scientific American (husband)
*Cuisine at home (mine)
Game Informer (kids)

*The subscriptions are Christmas gifts from the in-laws.

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L.M.

answers from New York on

Good question. I support the annual Girl Scout magazine sale fundraiser and it's time to order again.

Each year we get Sports Illustrated (for hubby) and Reader's Digest. Last year I purchased Good Housekeeping, and I might renew.

I also enjoy Family Fun, but we've out grown it. I still enjoy reading a few of the articles while I'm waiting in the doctor's or dentist office.

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R.M.

answers from San Francisco on

Nat. Geographic
Elle Decor
Atlantic
House Beautiful
just re-subscribed to Time
Consumer Reports

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K.M.

answers from Washington DC on

Woman's Day
Better Homes and Garden
Shutterbug
outdoor photography
Martha Stewart Living
Family Fun
Family Handyman

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S.R.

answers from Odessa on

Ladies Home Journal, Essence, Ebony, Family Circle and Highlights

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T.F.

answers from Dallas on

People
Cosmopolitian
Private Clubs
Seventeen

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R.H.

answers from Houston on

I cut back. Now, I just go to Ace Haardware and buy used, go to libraries, yard sales, thrift stores, trade with friends...

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J.T.

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Texas Monthly, Family Circle, and Womens day (which I will no longer get)

In the past I really LOVED Ready Made, Domino, and Martha Stewart.

LOL I think the mag is called Family Fun not Family Circle...really idk what it is called.

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