Share and Tell: Magazine Subscriptions

[sublime311]

I hope you all don't think I'm ultra-nosey with these share and tell threads. :o I just think it's a great way to get to know each other!

What magazines do you subscribe to? Why do you like it (or not)?

We subscribe to:

1. Vegetarian Times (http://www.vegetariantimes.com/) - this is a hold over from when I was a vegetarian. I stopped about 2 years ago, but still eat some soy (soyrizo for example) and LOVE reading the magazine. It's great for South Beach Dieters, too, for the LOADS of high-protein, fresh veggies and fruit recipes.

2. Backpacker (http://www.backpacker.com/) - It's always a happy, happy day when we get this! DH and I fight to be the first to read it. It's chock full o' hiking info! There are great product reviews, destination articles, trail data ready to load into the GPS, recipes, etc. I love it.

3. Men's Health (http://www.menshealth.com/cda/homepage.do) - this is officially DH's, but I LOVE reading it! It's so dang entertaining.

My bride mags have finally stopped coming. No more wedding planning-envy for me!

[polkadot]

i am a magazine addcit....

i subcribe to:
Glamour, Allure, and Self

I buy : US Weekly & people (whenever i like whats on the cover)

and sometimes InTouch...i would love to subcribe to every mag out there but i only sub to a few...

[tandt]

Town and Country- I've gotten this for so many years-- I love their articles and beautiful pictures.

Town and Country Travel- For the same reasons as above. :)

InStyle- The holy grail of all magazines.

Gourmet- Because I THINK I can cook (but I'm sadly mistaken)!

[sublime311]

Gourmet- Because I THINK I can cook (but I'm sadly mistaken)!

lol sounds like me!

[tandt]

lol sounds like me!


I know-- I look through the mag and show DH how I'm going to make all of these wonderful, gourmet meals.

And, we end up at McDonalds!

[ee_chick]

Newsweek -- This is my weekly news magazine. I like a few of the columnists, and the general stories make sure I'm up on current events.
Atlantic Monthly -- more in depth writing on current events. It's always interesting, but requires that I set aside time for reading it.
Real Simple -- This is a favorite. It has personal growth stories, organizational systems, tasty and easy recipes, and droolworthy stuff that I'd love to buy.
In Style -- it's a fun magazine. My husband calls it 'the phone book' because it's so big, but I'm okay with that
O -- a new-ish addition, but this is a great magazine. It has smart articles, good book reccomendations and more droolworthy merchandise
MS Living -- gotta indulge my inner Martha!
Fine Cooking -- I love this cooking magazine. The recipes are pretty easy, but the flavors are interesting, and I love that they're very good at explaining on how to take an idea and expand it. Instead of a recipe for a specific tart, they'll give you the basics on crust, fruit, sweetener, etc. and then give half a dozen flavor variations.
Cooks Illustrated -- This is another cooking favorite. They test many different methods/ingredients in order to come up with a fairly foolproof recipe. It has recipes, but also essays on why things should be cooked the way they are. I wish they'd expand their cuisine, but love what they do.
Everyday Food -- nice, easy recipes. Several have become household favorites.
Bon Appetit -- fun to read, and it has recipes with great flavors.
Cooking Light -- an old standby for mostly light recipes. I wish they'd focus more on food than on lifestyle issues, but otherwise it's good. I'm back after a break of several years -- I wasn't seeing fresh ideas, but I am now.
Smart Money -- my favorite of the 'what to do with your money' magazines. It addresses a wide range of options
Shape -- It's a women's fitness/healthy lifestyle magazine. I get several good ideas a year from it, and it's always inspiring to read.
Us Weekly -- gotta get my trashy celebrity gossip somewhere...

Hi, my name is ee_chick, and I have a problem :D I like them all! I commute 2+ hours a day, so magazines are a perfect way to entertain myself.

[anjuli]

My magazine subscriptions are:

Glamour - I've been a subscriber ever since college. Good fluff reading.
Real Simple - I just discover this magazine this year when a friend of mine gave me a subscription. I love this magazine because it has a little bit of everything. I've tried a few of the quick dinner ideas and they've been very good.
Budget Travel - Actually I gave this to my DH as part of his bday gift last year, but it's really a gift for the both of us. ;) Although we don't get to travel as much as we like to, it's fun to read about all the places we *could* visit one day (after we win the lottery). :D

[miel]

The New Yorker...

The New York Review of Books...

Archeology...

National Geographic...

Parents AND Parenting (Why? I don't know...I do have a kid but...they are ridiculous magazines)

London Times Literary Supplement

Granta

Oh my God! I subscribe to so many magazines! I never really thought about that. And I'm right about to subscribe to the Economist. (This is because I can't read the newspaper anymore since I had a baby. Whenever I hear about anything bad happening to children I get very upset. The Economist doesn't usually have things like that.)

I'm sure there is more. I love magazines--I read Marie Claire, People, Us, Vogue, etc., etc. but I read the free ones at the gym. Sometimes I even had a hard time leaving the gym because I can't tear myself away from the magazines.

[elladee]

2. Backpacker (http://www.backpacker.com/) - It's always a happy, happy day when we get this! DH and I fight to be the first to read it. It's chock full o' hiking info! There are great product reviews, destination articles, trail data ready to load into the GPS, recipes, etc. I love it.


I get Backpacker, too! I love it.

[tippy]

Just one for me...
Cosmo

[paiger]

i get (all gifts from various people)-
Glamour ~ my mom has given this to me since college, and i really like it. i've learned lots of things about various subjects especially female health information, and now, i think they are adding new 'humanitarian' articles which are good.
Marie Claire ~ i asked for this from DH for xmas. i love it!! it is great for activist articles and keeps me in the know about various women's issues all over the world.
MS Everyday Food ~ good recipes! i used to steal my mom's till she gave me this for xmas.
Southern Living ~ my MIL gives this to all families. i get good ideas sometimes and some recipes. i'll enjoy it more when i have a house!

DH gets -
Sports Illustrated ~ i think he likes it. he doesn't have time to read them all the way thru since you get them once a week. right now he is way into reading Materials Science & Engr magazines that he gets at school, b/c he feels behind in current developments (he's a dork :) & i love it)!

[Kimberland30]

Ladies Home Journal is the only one I subscribe to. It was a very grown up decision to switch from Cosmo to LHJ, but I just felt that Cosmo didn't cater to my "single parenthood" lifestyle much. Anyway, I buy People and US when they look 'interesting'.

Now, if we were discussing catalogs, I'd be on my 2nd page by now :)

[mmeblue]

Um, the only magazines I get are journals through the National Council for the Social Studies. Those are Social Education, Middle Level Learning, and Theory & Research in Social Education.

I should subscribe to something "real" so I don't feel like such a nerd. :p

[kugrrly]

I am a magazine addict!!

1. Glamour
2. Allure
3. Lucky
4. Oprah
5. ESPN magazine
6. Instructor (for teaching tips)
7. Redbook
I also receive some free magazine subscriptions.....
Some of them do not fit me but hey I could not pass up a free year!! :)
1. Vegatarian Times
2. Spa
3. Travel USA
4. Cruise Ships
I think I have a few more coming but I can not remember what I signed up for!
I am sure my mailman loves me!!

[Vishenka69]

I've become a magazine junkie when I discovered www.discountmagazines.com (thanks to a WC thread). I commute an hour each way, so I have plenty of time to read through them.

Here's what we get:
Atlantic Monthly - I like the ironic approach to politics and other topics
Real Simple - I like that it's geared toward working women, who don't have much free time
Conde Nest Traveler - great articles and travel advice
Motor Trend - this is for DH
Time Out New York - has the latest info for all the cultural activities (from opera to comedy clubs)

[shopaholic]

Glamour
Cosmo
Allure - can't wait for this one to end. I never read it and end up throwing it out.

[dragonfly28602]

Entertainment Weekly, Natural Health, Shape.

But should subscribe to the following because I buy them every month:
Cosmo
Glamour
Vanity Fair
In Touch
US weekly.

Does anyone remember the magazine "Madamouiselle"? Just wondering whatever happened to it.

[WisWis]

Entirely too many! I don't pay full price for any of them though, and a bunch I get for free. That's how I rationalize it anyway, and I love having a full mailbox! It makes me feel loved!

Mine and Ours:
1. US News & World Report
2. Cottage Living
3. Home
4. Popular Science
5. Science
6. Budget Living (not that good, but I got it for free)
7. Budget Travel
8. National Geographic Adventure
9. Shape

His:
1. GQ
2. Rolling Stone
3. Outside
4. Backpacker
5. Scuba

[kris97]

I've been a magazine addict ever since I was 10. I subscribe to over a dozen, collect vintage magazines, and even wrote my senior thesis in college on the history of Seventeen.

The current ones I subscribe to:
1) Entertainment Weekly - my entertainment bible, subscriber since 1995
2) Us Weekly - my gossip bible
3) Newsweek
4) Vanity Fair - probably my favorite. It has the best articles.
5) Real Simple
6) Atlantic Monthly
7) Star Magazine
8) TV Guide
9) Wine SPectator
10) Smithsonian
11) Money
12) Glamour
13) Weekly college alumni magazine

Dragonfly - I used to get Mademoiselle. I really liked it. It went out of business about 3 years ago.

[LeslieR]

Parents
Parenting
American Baby
Redbook (started getting this as a consolation from the publisher after Lifetime magazine folded)
Weight Watchers
Soap Opera Digest

DH has a ton of subscriptions, too. Of those, I think I just read Entertainment Weekly and maybe Time if something interests me from the cover.

I often joke that our house looks like a waiting room in a dr's office.:rolleyes:

[bellezzadolce]

I subscribe to:

Elle
Instyle
Lucky
Real Simple
Shop Etc.

[ginastorm]

Glamour Inexpensive & they usually show clothes that I can afford
InStyle over 10 years! I love the celebrity weddings they feature every February!
Lucky Got a deal on this subscription because of Glamour. I like it okay

[1MegMeg]

Oh gosh I subscribe to a lot of magazines! It's kind of embarassing. Hehe! Luckily a lot of them were gifts or were free. Okay, here's the big ol' list. :)

Wine Spectator
Wine Enthusiast
Gourmet
Cooking Light
RedBook
Marie Claire
Real Simple
Budget Living
The Economist
Journal of Health Care Management

[cr8zyforaf]

Real Simple - I love this magazine - they have such good cleaning tips, organization ideas, and great recipes (not that I ever prepare any of them)

Scrapbooking, ETC. - comes 6 times a year - I love to scrapbook however I don't do it as often as I would like to.

Parenting - got 3 free months from Motherhood when I purchased my first round of maternity wear and got hooked

Shape - which I loved before I got knocked up - I haven't looked at the last few issues because seeing all those flat stomachs just depresses me.

Things I should subscribe to because I buy them just about every week/month - Star (I know, awful..I enjoy doing the crossword puzzle), InTouch, InStyle, People, Redbook, Good HouseKeeping, FitPregnancy (that I read while eating Ben and Jerry's), Glamour, O, US, Newsweek, and sometimes our local mags (Baltimore, Washington DC) if I see an article that catches my eye.

I am a total magazine wh*re - it drives DH mad because the magazines will pile up and I HATE to throw them out.

[Brandles]

I subscribe to "Everyday Food" and DH and I both love it! I can usually find most items at the grocery store and the recipes are relitively simple.

I also subscribe to "Woman's Day" and "Redbook". These were purchased as fund-raisers for cousins. I didn't start off subscribing to "Redbook", but to "Lifetime Magazine". When it went under, they replaced my remaining issues with "Redbook".

I sub and I have read all sorts of magazines, trying to find the right one or ones for me. My favorite so far is "Cosmo--UK Edition"! And I can't even subscribe to it because it's from "across the pond"! :(

[Sophia]

In Style
Lucky
Discover
English Journal
College Composition and Communication
College English

Vegetarian Times--this one is DH's, but I look at it.

[Trillian]

I am a total magazine wh*re - it drives DH mad because the magazines will pile up and I HATE to throw them out.

I so could have written this myself! I just went through a ton of them yesterday to try to make the house look presentable.

I subscribe to a ton of magazines, but most were free or dirt cheap:

Bead Style
Bead and Button
Lapidary Journal
Sunshine Artist
Real Simple
Budget Living
Vitals Woman
Lucky
Shop etc
Vegetarian Times
Saveur
PROMO
Inc.
either GH or LHJ -- can't remember which
Organic Style
Body & Soul

And for DH, we get:
Bicycling
Outside
Men's Journal
Vitals


There are probably more, but some of them I don't even read anymore before passing them on to someone else.

[kari]

How do ya'll get the subs dirt cheap? From that website? Is it legit?
I need to start ordering US Weekly, my connection stopped hooking me up.

[flygirl]

New Yorker
Newsweek
Time
Real Simple
Consumer Reports
Wine Enthusiast
Psychology Today
Home

[Trillian]

How do ya'll get the subs dirt cheap? From that website? Is it legit?
I need to start ordering US Weekly, my connection stopped hooking me up.


There was a thread on the "other" board -- I will try to get one started here if I have time this afternoon.

[kugrrly]

I did that website but I could get the magazines that I really really wanted!!!

[Trillian]

I just cut & pasted the old free magazines thread here (http://www.constantchatter.com/showthread.php?t=1617).

[amew]

I get:
Bon Appetit -- love it, make the recipes all the time
InStyle -- got to have one fashion/celebrity mag, and I find InStyle to be more accessible than Vogue and less trashy than something like Cosmo
Traditional Home -- my mom sends me a free gift subscription that she gets when she subscribes herself
Southern Living -- ditto
Real Simple -- gift from a friend, though I really like
Conde Nast Traveler -- it's fun to dream, and we use the lists (gold list, hot list, best spas, etc.) all the time in planning trips
several legal publications through work
Bust -- because I need a little feminist ranting to balance out the InStyle and home magazines

DH gets:
Esquire

[kari]

Thanks a bunch Trillian

[Akemi]

Marie Claire
Conde Nast Traveler
Allure
Fortune


I need to pick a good home one, and I'm thinking about People... I always borrow someone else's, and I get it when the "news" is really old. :rolleyes:

[rachrich]

Shop, etc.
Parenting/Seasame Street (a Christmas gift from SIL)
Real Simple
from time to time I will subscribe to Cosmo or Glamour

[rachrich]

oops i forgot to add Redbook. I get that in a combined subscription with Shop, etc.

[lbs27]

People--grew up reading my Mom's and now am a faithful subscriber...DH calls it "other people's business" :rolleyes:

RealSimple--I love this magazine. I'm totally inspired by the organizational stuff and their recipes always look so good, yet I've never made anything.

Over the years I've subscribed to Us, InStyle (liked the stories, but couldn't deal with all of the ads--I'm not a big clothes shopper), Bon Appetit (recipes were too "much").

DH gets Wine Spectator and Playboy. :rolleyes:

[skraus75]

I love magazines!!! :D I get:

Real Simple -- same as everyone else -- love the tips and articles
In Style -- great fashion, love the ideas
Self -- inspiration, good for my self-image
Glamour -- like the makeover the magazine has had recently
Good Housekeeping -- not even sure how I ended up getting it but there is no bill so I'm not worried

Also read People, local magazines, Marie Claire, In Touch (if I've already read People) and anything my colleague gives me for free.

[jmvan74]

I love magazines, too!

I subscribe to....
Self: Love the health tips. The format makes it so easy to read.
Parenting:self-explanatory
Parents: I like this one better than parenting
Cookie:Won't be keeping...but fun for the time being. Upscale kiddie/parenting mag
Woman's Day: I like the articles and there are tons of good recipes.

DH gets:
Windows NT
Muscle and Fitness

[linda_loo]

Ones that I somehow ended up with for free, when I was doing a lot of clicking out of a freebees LJ community:
Field and Stream (no, I don't fish. I don't know how I ended up with this!)
Reader's Digest
TV Guide
Ladies Home Journal
Good Housekeeping

Ones that we ordered and paid for:
Cooking Light
Time
Redbook
Family Fun
Vegetarian Times
National Geographic
a couple chemical engineering ones that dh gets
a fantasy football one that dh now gets. :rolleyes:

Ones that I can't remember how we received, I don't think we paid for them, some bonus or free thing that came out of buying baby junk:
Child
Parent
American Baby

One that I get when I sign up for "4 free issues" (which I do a couple times a year):
People

[myshel]

Here's what we get:

Wired:This is a magazine for DH. It's about electronics and technology. I have foudn many of the articles to be quite good.

Child: I got this after DS was born. I don't really like it as there isn't much there. I think it focuses too much on fashion and not enough on kids and parenting. This one is going to lapse.

This Old House: I love this magazine. It has design tips and nuggets on information on tools and projects that have been invaluable while living in our 90 year-old house.

We went through this thing about two years ago where we trimmed down the number of magazines we got. I'd like to get a few more as I sometimes need a distraction from my life. I'd like toget the following:

People, Sports Illustrated, Allure, Time, Newsweek, and Parents.

[DiscoDiva]

Weight Watchers - but I'm not going to renew. Once you've been on WW for a while and are on Lifetime, you just don't 'need' the magazine as much.
Memory Makers - a scrapbook magazine, and I love it.

DH - none.

[kris97]

I was about to come in and post the 15+ magazines that we get, but I scrolled up, and see that I already posted a year ago. (!!)

Actually, since then, I've started subscribing to People, Women's Health, New York magazine, and New Jersey Monthly. I also entered into a barter agreement with a coworker where I give her my gossip magazines in return for the New Yorker and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. I think it's a great trade. :)

[keska]

Me:
Dwell

DH:
FHM
Maxim
Architechural Digest
Utne
American Photo
I can't remember the rest.

DH is a magazine-aholic. I think he gets them with some kind of points he earns. The thing that bugs me is that he won't read them for a long time and they'll just sit around stacking up forever.

[kelseyledare]

I subscribe to....
Real Simple
Parenting and Parents
Cooking Light - will not renew
a home decorating magazine whose name I can't recall right now :o

[Toonces]

Mothering ~ Great non-mainstream parenting articles.
People ~ Love celebrity gossip, but rarely have time to read it.

[ManteoChik]

Cosmo
Marlin Magazine
In The Bite

ETA: Weight Watchers (but I never read it) :o

[bluberry]

Business Week
Us Weekly
Shape

[JRPAGV]

I'm a serious magazine junkie! I used to get even more magazines, but I let the subscriptions run out around the time I had DS. I just don't have the time to read them anymore.

People
Us Weekly
Soap Opera Digest
InStyle
Allure
Cosmopolitan
Marie Claire
Glamour
Lucky
Self
American Baby
Baby Talk
Parents (I think)

I think that's it.

[trestlegirl]

I pay for:
The Economist
Dwell
Domino
National Geographic

I get for free:
Rolling Stone
944
Riviera (local "lifestyle" magazines)

We get every cooking magazine under the sun at work, so I don't bother subscribing to any of them myself, but I love Bon Appetit and Saveur.

I relieve one of my friends of his Surfer, Transworld Surf and Outside when he's done with them.

[DisneyGirl]

I love magazines too!!

American Baby
Baby Talk
Parents
Parenting
Red Book
In Touch
Life & style

[Delta]

There are really only 3 mags I make it a point to read every month:

My favorite magazine is Vanity Fair. It has a great mix of politics, current affairs, materialism, gossip and culture.

My next favorite is Atlantic Monthly. It can be intellectually pretentious (those letters to the editor!) but I learn a lot from every issue and I feel like reading it is WELL worth my time.

I also read Vogue every month but I don't have a subscription. I should get one. I personally can't stand any other style magazine.

Oh yeah, I guess I also have a subscription to Mothering (http://www.mothering.com/), but it takes like 20 minutes to read cover to cover so I don't count it. I also used to have a subscription to Brain, Child (http://www.brainchildmag.com/) that I guess should renew.

[Littlelamb11]

Parenting (FREE)
Parents (FREE)
Child (FREE)
American Baby (FREE)
Baby Talk (FREE)
Family Fun (FREE)
Consumer Reports (FREE)
Shape (FREE)
Natural Health (FREE)
Star (FREE)
In Style (FREE)
Ladies Home Journal (FREE)
Oprah
MS Eveeyday Food (paying for now but just recently tagged on a free year to my current subscription)
MS Living
Town & Country
North Shore Magazine

DH:
Men's Health
Flying
Aviation Week
Car & Driver (FREE)
Aviation Safety
AOPA Pilot

DD:
Animal Baby
Your Big Backyard
Highlights (FREE)
Nick Jr. (FREE)
Sesame Street (FREE)

WOW, i've never written that out. HOLY COW we get a helluvah lot of magazines at our house!

The ones I pay for, I REALLY enjoy. My ABSOLUTE favorite is MS Everday Food. It's like getting a cookbook in the mail in the month and the resipes are awesome and so fast and easy. Of the freebies, i would still buy even if I didn't snag them for free--Shape, Parents and Parenting. All three I have paid for in the past.

[Rosebud]

ME:
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Entertainment Weekly
Us Weekly
InStyle
Martha Stewart Living
Cooking Light
Fine Cooking

DH:
Time
Newsweek
Wired
National Geographic
Reader's Digest (gift from MIL)
The New Yorker
Games Magazine
He also gets a bunch of health newsletters, like the Berkeley Wellness Letter

It is a chore to try to keep up with all these magazines and not have them lying around the house. They become clutter really quickly. If I had to narrow it down to two that I couldn't live without, it would be Vanity Fair and Entertainment Weekly. With InStyle as a close third.

[ladybug777]

People
Us Weekly
Redbook
Good Housekeeping
Lucky (not sure how this one came to be)
Marie Claire

[Kimberland30]

I subscribe to:

People Magazine: Yes, I love it. Although I normally get the news in the Gossip forum here, I do like reading all the articles - especially those non-celebrity.

Better Homes and Gardens: Great ideas for...you guessed it...home and garden.

I also subscribe to several newsletters, including those from garden clubs, Lowes, Handyman, etc. These normally come in every couple months and have weekend project ideas and project tips. Since we just bought our house, it will all come in handy.

[ginad724]

Real Simple
Philadelphia Mag
Parenting
Parents
Newsweek

I've cut down significantly since DD was born, I used to be a magazine junkie but am now lucky to get through the ones I have.

[cocopop]

I subscribe to:

The Economist - interesting articles, keeps me up to date on current events
US Weekly - I don't usually read the articles, I just like looking at the pictures

DH gets:

Playboy - we both "read"
Fishing & Hunting - he doesn't hunt, but he fishes alot

[Kimmer]

I just love getting mail. I have been this way since I was a kid waiting on my Highlights to come.

Lucky – Gift from a friend for x’mas
Real Simple – makes me want to attempt to organize my life someday :p
Shop Etc - I think I got this free with a paid subscription
The Economist – great articles
In Style – I just love it
Everyday Food – I really use these recipes
Southern Living – I just love the recipes
Life and Style – my gossip rag
Cookie – fancy pants parenting mag I got free sub from the doc’s office will not renew
Parenting – free will not renew
Baby Talk – free will not renew

[BumbleB]

Currently:

Self (this is the newby, I like it, but may switch back to Glamour)
Outside
Mountain Living (get this free at work, but if not I would subscribe - love it)

Real Simple (used to love, now not so much - won't be renewing. I never use their tips and don't find it very interesting/entertaining).

DH has: Fine Home Building (very good projects + tips)

Wish I had: Backpacker, National Geographic, Better Homes and Gardens, Glamour.

[JenDawg]

Chicago Magazine
People
Parenting

I used to have a ton more subscriptions - Vogue, InStyle, Real Simple, etc. - but that's all I have now!

[JRPAGV]

Does anyone subscribe to Better Homes and Gardens? How do you like it? Is it old-fashioned or for more mature tastes?

[mindy75]

Zero magazine subscriptions. I'm cheap about those. I'll look at them in the store and if there's a couple of articles I want to read or pictures I want to look at in depth, I buy.

My favs are...in no particular order
Cosmo
Glamour
Traditional Home
Southern Living
Veranda
Coastal Living
the Oxford American
Real Simple
The Rage and Nashville Parent (local freebies one's about music and clubs, the other is obvious;) )
People
US
Lucky (!!!!!)
In Style
cooking magazines that I can't think of the names of right now...
Parents Magazine

There are more, but I can't think of them right now.

[Emilie]

We are getting ready to move so I have to change all these subscriptions again. :o

Glamour
Marie Claire
Southern Living
Martha Stewart Living
Blueprint
Business 2.0
Entrepreneur
MS Weddings*
Brides*
Modern Bride*
Special Events

I buy a ton more each month as well. I am a little bit of an addict.

*I am a wedding planner so I can justify these 4 years after my own wedding.

[Etoile]

I get:
Taste of Home's Light and Tasty
Sunset (like Southern Living but Western Living)
Better Homes and Gardens
Redbook
My husband gets Horticulture magazine

I want to get O, Good Housekeeping, and Inspired House.

[Adaya]

If anyone's interested, I get most of my mag subscriptions from Land of Mags (www.landofmags.com) and right now they are having a "2 years for 1 sale" on most if not all of their magazines. And I also have a promo code for $3 off every subscription. It's ALLM3. **Note that it's only good through 9/25.

I got a lot of gifts for friends and family, and renewed my subscriptions.

[JRPAGV]

Bump

[jenjunum]

Backpacker DH and I both read this one. Fun stuff. I'm not a huge fan of the survival articles.

National Geographic Adventurer I really like this one. Good articles, excellent pictures, just good overall. It usually has more outlandish trips, once in a lifetime kind of things. But it's fun to read and dream about.

Self My one fitness magazine. I like it. It's enjoyable to read.

Cooking Light I like the 2nd half of the magazine which is actually about cooking. Not so thrilled about the 1st half which is about hobbies, fitness, and random stuff. I usually skim over that part.

Lucky My shopping mag. I'm not renewing it. I like it but the stuff is just too darned expensive, there's usually only a handful of things I could actually buy and it's depressing.

National Geographic I usually only look at it if there's something really interesting. This one's mainly for DH.

Sunset Another magazine I love. I think it's a must if you live in the Western US (there's a different magazine for each region of the West). I love that it's full of local attractions and it's really good.

Gourmet My sister just bought me this one!

I love magazines! I'd also like to get a web design magazine, not sure where to go with that. And maybe some financial ones (not a stuffy one though) and Budget Travel.

[Rosebud]

DH and I have realized that we are overwhelmed by our magazines and need to cut back. Between us we're getting like 20 magazines a month-- it's gotten a little crazy. We are each choosing four that we can't live without. I think this is what I'm going to choose:

Entertainment Weekly
Vanity Fair
InStyle
Conde Nast Traveler

I like the cooking and fashion magazines, but to be honest I rarely make any of the recipes or buy any of the clothes. So... out they go. I think this is what my DH is sticking with:

The New Yorker
Time
Newsweek
US News & World Report

[manda_kate]

I subscribe to...

Glamour
Allure
Taste of Home
Simple and Delicious

My husband subscribes to...

Motor Trend
Car and Driver
Playboy
Maxim

And I usually buy US Weekly if it looks interesting, and my mom saves all the People magazines she subscribes to for me. I can't get enough magazines!

[JenniferEC]

We cut ours back, but it's time for us to buy subscriptions from our nieces, so we'll be adding two more. Currently we subscribe to:

People
International Figure Skating
Cooking Light
Newsweek
Cincinnati Magazine
Travel & Leisure Golf
Consumer Reports

[sixlets]

We really need to cut down on our subscriptions:

Reader's Digest
Consumer Reports (gift)
Good Housekeeping
Redbook
Lucky
O (Oprah)
Ladies Home Journal
Woman's Day
JP (Jeep for hubby)
Popular Mechanics

I know there are more, especially for DH, but these are the ones I know off-hand.

[Ilovemygeek]

I barely have any subscriptions compared to all of you!
Vogue Love it!
InStyle Love it!
Reader's Digest Eh, it was free and worth about that much to me.

DH only subscribes to one (Nerd Alert!)
PC Gamer

[imagirliegirl]

Our nieces sell subscriptions through their school which is the only reason we get any but...

Men's Health and Women's Fitness - Honestly, I think we might rarely even skim them. Seems to be pretty much the same information every month.

Time - I enjoy getting this and read pretty much every one that comes.

Popular Science - That's his, I don't read it but he likes it.

I think we're going to add People this time. I need some mindless entertainment.

[Standrea]

We just order through our Niece's and Nephew's school every year. Today was renewal day, so they are fresh on my mind!

Glamour
Cooking Light
Parent's
Cookie
Real Simple
Field and Stream
Outdoor Life

I buy myself US weekly at the store when I've had a bad day/week.

[lucycat]

I get:

Redbook- I like this one alot- I can relate to it better than cosmo or glamour(but i like glamour)
Good Housekeeping(got it free with mycokerewards)its ok-better since it was free:D
Country living-I like the style of decorating
Parenting-this is my fave parenting mag so far
Parents-another freebee
a couple free baby mags that you get when you sign up while preggo-they are ok,informative
Domino- this one has cool interior decorating ideas-love it

I want to get Blueprint!:)

[Rancid13]

I'm a humongous magazine whore, and I've actually pared down my incoming magazines over the last few years. Currently I'm subscribed to the following:

Real Simple
Woman's Day
Redbook
Glamour
Cosmo
Time
Newsweek
People
US Weekly
Star
Self
Parenting
Parents
American Baby
Baby Talk
Pregnancy
Fit Pregnancy
Health
Women's Health
Shape
Fitness
Cooking Light
Money
Allure
Working Mother
Reader's Digest

Hubby gets:

National Geographic
Skateboarding
Outdoor Photographer
Skateboarder
Maxim


I think that's it. :)

[Standrea]

Wow, Rancid! You put us all too shame! That's mighty impressive! ;)

[mgrace]

Way too many. I got good deals on all of them, though. ;)

Cooking Light
Saveur
Everyday Food
Redbook
Shape
Natural Home
Mothering (digital subscription)
Better Homes and Garden
Wondertime
Cookie
Parents (after Child ceased publication)

we also get This Old House, Consumer Reports, Money and Smart Money.

[CarolinaGirl]

I usually just buy them b/c I don't like being on mailing lists, but I get every issue of:

Southern Accents (decorating magazine)
Cottage Living
Southern Living
Martha Stewart Living

I sometimes also buy New Old House, and I bought all of the Kitchen and Bath Ideas when we were renovating our house.

I used to buy a lot of the beauty and fashion magazines in my 20's, but now that I'm in my 30's I'm more interested in fixing up my house. I probably need some of the fashion and beauty mags though, but they just don't interest me as much.

[Amuse Bouche]

I get Sunset, Oprah, InStyle, Gourmet, Cooking Light, Real Simple and Time. DH gets the New Yorker and the Economist. I cancelled my InStyle, and might cancel Oprah. Sunset is probably my favorite, though I also love Real Simple.

[Rancid13]

Wow, Rancid! You put us all too shame! That's mighty impressive! ;)

LOL, I just love to read! I try to get good discounts for magazines, like the ones where it's $25 for a year of Time or $10 for a year of Redbook, etc. I also read 1-2 books per month as well...

[nawsgirl]

Right now I am getting Vogue and Good Housekeeping (which was free), and DH just got me an InStyle subscription for my birthday. I may continue Vogue, but probably not GH. DH subscribes to PC Magazine.

[ks_piper]

We currently get:

National Geographic
Smithsonian
Entertainment Weekly
Dwell
Atomic Ranch
Babybug (for the kids)
National Geographic Traveler
Penzeys One

We had a sub to Sports Illustrated, but it just ran out. I just started our Dwell and Atomic Ranch subs. :)

[mamax2]

Southern Living (Me)
Mothering (Me)
Wine Enthusiast (us)
Wine Spectator (us)
ESPN (DH)
Highlights (DD)

I take hand-me-downs from my Mom & grandmother on People, Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies Home Journal. Oh, and Cooking Light I'm on sabbatical right now, but may start again soon.

[Dizzy]

We subscribe to:

Ready Made
Bookmarks
Real Simple
Sport Illustrated
Bee