Reader's Digest Magazine

Pros: Very well written Digest

Cons: None

Review: Readers Digest Magazine has been around for a very long time. My husband began getting this magazine as a gift when we first got married over 18 years ago. His father has given him the gift of a yearly subscription each Christmas. At first, I rarely...

Pros: compact size, variety of well-written articles, quick-read, entertaining, educational, inspirational, humor, photography, family reading

Cons: articles from other sources may have been previously read,

The Bottom Line: Reader's Digest is a well-written entertaining magazine to read for keeping up with current thinking in many areas. There is something in every issue that everyone would enjoy reading. .

Review: Over 25 million copies of this compact-sized magazine are read all over the world. It is filled with the best current articles from highly respected sources. Some features are excerpts from current popular nonfiction books like SURVIIVING GALERAS,...

Pros: The stories; Humor; Few ads

Cons: Geared mostly toward older people; Some stories are reprints from other sources

The Bottom Line: Reader's Digest provides some solid reading about people and life.

Review: Magazines cover a wide range of topics and interests. Some are informative, some are inspiring, some are complex, and others are simple. One magazine that combines elements from all of these categories is Reader s Digest, one of America s...

Pros: Humor and living sections

Cons: Emotionally manipulative articles; too conservative

The Bottom Line: Very conservative and/or inflammatory slant of articles is a turn off.

Review: Once again I?ve ended up with a free subscription to a magazine that I would not have picked for myself. When I was a teenager, my parents subscribed to Reader?s Digest and I read every issue. In the intervening years since I left home, I?ve...

Pros: Sections for everyone in your family, $2 for 200+ pages of great reading

Cons: My daughter steals it when it arrives

Review: Reader's Digest is one magazine that my entire family has read and passed on for as long as I remember.

Of course everyone has their favorite sections of the Digest. My personal favorite is All in a Day's Work. These are...

Pros: everything.

Cons: I finish it too fast. I need a weekly version.

The Bottom Line: A classic with something for everyone to enjoy.

Review: Reader's Digest is, for me at least the comfort food of magazines. It's the magazine I grew up with and that's always good to go back and read. Imagine my delight when I found out my boss subscribed to the magazine. Imagine my tears when I saw he...

Pros: A winning combination of "best" reprints and fun fillers.

Cons: If you read too much, you'll find you've read some of the pieces.

The Bottom Line: Reader's Digest has been a family favorite for years. I wish they wouldn't change things like adding that art on the back cover.

Review: I always loved Reader s Digest, except the day it came in and Poppaw read it cover to cover in the only bathroom at the old farm house he built and where he raised my mom and her five siblings. Poppaw also read the Bible cover to cover and in...

Pros: interesting articles

Cons: somewhat costly

The Bottom Line: Great reading on a rainy day.

Review: I like to read, but very seldom actually subscribe to a magazine because of the cost. Most of my family subscribes to Readers Digest and other monthly magazines, so they pass them through the family to save money. Recently, my sister in law gave me...

Pros: Uplifting stories, lots of humor, skims the surface on some issues

Cons: Some stories are too condensed and short

Review: Some of us are old enough to remember Reader's Digest back when it was a little larger and covered in pastel. The topics and page numbers were listed in the front.

Fast forward to today's Reader's Digest and you'll find a magazine that's...

Pros: Fantastic True Stories That'll Make The Toughest Guys Whimper!

Cons: Not A Darn One!

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