tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post3021873426377002774..comments2024-03-23T12:04:33.354+00:00Comments on Serendipity Reviews: Magazine Frenzyserendipity_vivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-49484410246041133912009-09-12T04:48:45.134+01:002009-09-12T04:48:45.134+01:00I hardly ever pick up a newspaper anymore either. ...I hardly ever pick up a newspaper anymore either. I agree, too depressing! I used to get a subscription to several magazines but I realized I wasn't reading them so I cancelled them all.Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-44553538576503908422009-09-11T13:25:33.391+01:002009-09-11T13:25:33.391+01:00Great mags! I have stacks of magazines waiting to ...Great mags! I have stacks of magazines waiting to be read too. They're mostly female lifestyle mags I buy off the newsstand and Yoga Journal I subscribed. <br /><br />I'm going to see if I could get the Weight Watchers mag. I'm really, really interested in it!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623394887320093229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-25306973159901191302009-09-11T08:17:56.947+01:002009-09-11T08:17:56.947+01:00LOL loved your confession. Well I used to get Scra...LOL loved your confession. Well I used to get Scrapbook Memories and Scrapbook Creations & a recipe mag but I ditched the lot about 6 months ago and the money I save I pay someone to do my ironing because I hate ironing with a passion and this gives me more money for books and more time for reading (I can see the logic LOL)Teddyreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553244883194436385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-59859375324890483422009-09-11T06:51:42.865+01:002009-09-11T06:51:42.865+01:00Oh, I want Books Quarterly! Sooo jealous.
I will...Oh, I want Books Quarterly! Sooo jealous. <br /><br />I will make a list of my mags this weekend. *Gulp*The Book Resorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00600639646206217982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-32330155928068926412009-09-11T01:37:47.565+01:002009-09-11T01:37:47.565+01:00I loved this post! I used to buy so many magazine...I loved this post! I used to buy so many magazines...but now only have Entertainment coming regularly. (I can't help it: movies, tv, books..what's not to love?)<br /><br />'Course there's a school fundraiser for magazine sales beginning next month. I imagine my pocketbook will be touched. For the school, of course. :Pchristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-72147713459533393212009-09-10T19:58:17.177+01:002009-09-10T19:58:17.177+01:00Carmen - my hubby buys The Angling Times too.
Nik...Carmen - my hubby buys The Angling Times too.<br /><br />Nikola - I really don't feel that bad about buying them, more about not actually reading them.<br /><br />Kaye - I so agree, you are on my wave length.<br /><br />Nymeth - I thought you would get Books Quarterly too, I don't know why. You only need a Waterstones points card in order to get one and you get free books with the card as your points add up.<br /><br />Bookline and sinker ( Natalie) - I think you need to be in England to be able to get the mag, as you need a Waterstone points card. You can get into Waterstones online to see.<br /><br />Amanda - can't wait to read your post on your aversion to magazines.<br /><br />Ceri - I used to buy all the same magazines. How bad are we. I am impressed you manage to do Sudoku, I just can't get into them.<br /><br />Melissa - ta very much.<br /><br />Petty Witter - I get a lot of books from the library as ex stock. They are so much cheaper than the charity shops.<br /><br />Writemeg - I am curiouse about People magazine now. I am not familiar with it.<br /><br />Passionatebook lover - I used to buy Elle in my twenties. It seems so long ago now.<br /><br />Bermudaonion - pleased to hear you get the paper. I shall come to you when I haven't a clue what is going on in the world.<br /><br />Debi - you are so lucky you can get 5 different scrap mags over there. We only have three available and one of them is quite expensive.<br /><br />Mommablogsalot - I can highly recommend the WW mag. Some fabulous recipes and it helps you work out your points. I can email you the chart to work out how many points you should be on if you want it.<br /><br />Louise - those digital photography magazines always scare me. They seem a little too technical for me.<br /><br />Alyce - I don't know if you can subscribe to Books Quarterly or not. It would cost £2.95 to buy or free with your Waterstones points card. I have never heard of the Smithsonian and will have to look it up.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-6829067041563576152009-09-10T19:06:19.492+01:002009-09-10T19:06:19.492+01:00I would love to read something like Books Quarterl...I would love to read something like Books Quarterly but don't know how much I'd be willing to shell out for a subscription. I'll have to remember to look around online for good book/lit magazines. (As if I don't already have too much bookish info to read!)<br /><br />I subscribe to The Smithsonian and National Geographic, and I save them strictly for reading during bubble baths. :) About once a week I make time to kick up my feet and read magazines in the bath for about an hour. It's heavenly and it's a complete change of focus from everything else in my life.<br /><br />We stopped subscribing to the paper last year when we realized we don't have time for it any more - it was just wasting paper. So now we will buy a paper occasionally from the grocery store when we are in the mood. It's just so much easier to get news online.Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-8721997572887821452009-09-10T17:14:29.021+01:002009-09-10T17:14:29.021+01:00I have subscriptions for two large daily papers an...I have subscriptions for two large daily papers and for a weekly paper coming each Friday. I actually manage to read them every day/weekend, but I rarely watch the news on tv and I never buy a gossip mag. I used to buy fashion mags, and may do that from time to time still. Then I also used to buy a digital photogrpahy mag, but after about 2 years (and tons of money) I realized that even though they claimed it was aimed at amateurs, I really didn't get it. Now I have a subscription for a History mag and that is the only one. I wish there was a Danish book mag, but there isn't. Or I wish that I could subscribe to one of the English ones. May have to look into that....Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041866872571178817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-1904796199743731402009-09-10T16:22:12.636+01:002009-09-10T16:22:12.636+01:00I was looking at the weight watchers magazine the ...I was looking at the weight watchers magazine the other day, thinking about picking up an issue sometime.<br /><br />I played along on my blog. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-77218815058056060972009-09-10T15:56:34.347+01:002009-09-10T15:56:34.347+01:00I'm with you...I can't give up my scrapboo...I'm with you...I can't give up my scrapbooking mags! Though I am proud of myself for cutting down from five scrapbook magazine subscriptions to two. :)Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-54333296369772146992009-09-10T15:49:33.198+01:002009-09-10T15:49:33.198+01:00We quit buying magazines when we realized we weren...We quit buying magazines when we realized we weren't reading them, but we do subscribe to our daily paper.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-40314378347520304052009-09-10T15:44:25.358+01:002009-09-10T15:44:25.358+01:00I read Elle Magazine:)I read Elle Magazine:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-21733793209890468852009-09-10T15:29:40.360+01:002009-09-10T15:29:40.360+01:00Oh, I love magazines! You have lots of good ones, ...Oh, I love magazines! You have lots of good ones, and I have to say... I completely buy into your justification for each of them! :) Scrapbookers definitely need inspirational material, if my mom and sister are to be believed, so I have no qualms with that!<br /><br />The only mag I regularly subscribe to is, sadly, the most expensive of them all -- <i>People.</i> I share it with my family and then pass it along to coworkers when I'm done, and I'm not sure I could live without it! Even visiting the website isn't the same as holding that gorgeous, glossy paper in my hands... ahh... haha :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-59406823077915321072009-09-10T14:25:37.811+01:002009-09-10T14:25:37.811+01:00I too used to buy (and not read) a lot of these ma...I too used to buy (and not read) a lot of these magazines until I realised the money could be better spent buying books - after all I could buy several ex-stock books from the library for the same price as a magazine.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-10713571940864949822009-09-10T13:13:16.670+01:002009-09-10T13:13:16.670+01:00Tag, you're it!
ABC'sTag, you're it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.melissas-bookshelf.com/2009/09/my-abcs.html" rel="nofollow">ABC's</a>Melissa O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13068354108178290445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-78325579641427329462009-09-10T12:55:12.816+01:002009-09-10T12:55:12.816+01:00Hehe, I was the same until I thought about it prop...Hehe, I was the same until I thought about it properly.<br /><br />When I was in college, every week I'd buy "Heat" magazine, "Closer" magazine, "Now" magazine, "OK" magazine, and sometimes "Hello". That's so sick. :P I don't buy any of them now and don't read celebrity gossip - I just don't care. <br /><br />I read the news online because you definitely get the information faster.<br /><br />Magazines I *do* still buy but take forever to read (until the new issue comes out) are: "Inside Out" (a creative arts magazine); "The Big Issue" (I think I'm entitled considering I'm donating to the homeless by buying that ;-) ); "The New Humanist" (sometimes); and there's quite a few Sudoko books. :-SCerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819784931932219371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-49534331641723332182009-09-10T12:34:18.448+01:002009-09-10T12:34:18.448+01:00I'm actually not a magazine person at all. I&#...I'm actually not a magazine person at all. I've always struggled to read any sort of magazine. For some reason, I just don't like them. Years ago, we used to get the New Yorker (for one year) and the only thing I ever managed to read in there was the short story, and even that was a struggle. In doctors' offices, I prefer to sit quietly with nothing to do than pick up a magazine. Right now, the only one coming into my house is Fitness which I only ordered because it was a fundraiser for my son's school. I've recycled each issue without looking at it. Oh yeah, there's a librarian one coming to me now too since I went to ALA and I haven't looked at that one either.<br /><br />I don't know what it is about magazines but I just can't look at them! I prefer literary journals that come in book or booklet form - then I can read them.<br /><br />You know, I've just realized how weird my aversion is. Maybe I'll have to write a post up, too.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-568955573397746092009-09-10T12:28:23.067+01:002009-09-10T12:28:23.067+01:00ooooh, books quarterly?!? and it's free? sig...ooooh, books quarterly?!? and it's free? sign me up, please. :) <br /><br />i love magazines but all of my subscriptions have expired in the last year or so. <br /><br />most recently, i was getting coastal living, vanity fair, cottage living (now defunct, boo!), and paula deen (the lady from 'lady and sons' restaurant in savannah, ga who has a cooking show).<br /><br />let me just say for the record that paula deen has a butter addiction. she FRIES everything. <br /><br />thanks for the mention, you're too sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-91614636042406579242009-09-10T11:41:35.429+01:002009-09-10T11:41:35.429+01:00Books Quarterly sounds so good! And there's no...Books Quarterly sounds so good! And there's nothing to feel guilty about! To be honest I miss reading magazines. They're fun, so shoo that guilt away :PAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-72447872875237728882009-09-10T11:25:39.824+01:002009-09-10T11:25:39.824+01:00No guilt in those mags, Vivienne. All are essentia...No guilt in those mags, Vivienne. All are essential for your mental, emotional, physical health. Books are hobbies are like therapy for the soul and you need the accompanying tools. So just enjoy. At least you kicked the gossip rag habit!Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282803815704229945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-76031383164031969982009-09-10T10:36:56.063+01:002009-09-10T10:36:56.063+01:00No need to feel guilty about buying magazines. The...No need to feel guilty about buying magazines. There are some really good ones out there, with photographs that are works of art and text that is close to high literature! It's all about weeding out the bad ones, I guess :)Nikolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11306130544726821173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2963292547354990076.post-50829865001614793422009-09-10T08:33:35.536+01:002009-09-10T08:33:35.536+01:00I buy the occasional Scrapbook Inspirations or oth...I buy the occasional Scrapbook Inspirations or other crafty mag. I don't buy them as regularly as I used to, I'm finding I get just as fab inspiration for free on all these fabby blogs I visit. I occasionally buy Classic Rock espescially if a certain scrumptious person is featured.<br /><br />Craig used to get Cage & Aviary Birds and some pigeon mag but he feels it's all the same stuff rejigged each week so has swapped to the Angling Times which he reckons is much better. I've even dibbed into that one and it has changed my view of fishing a bit. Terrible story about a huuuuuge carp left butchered in the last issue :( But has made me realise Craig is not the only 'good' fisherman out there. He comes home with a black sack of rubbish everytime he goes that the 'bad' fisherman have just dumped :(<br /><br />I keep wondering about the WW mag - I'm loosely following the diet but not going to meetings. I'll have to pick up a copy and have a gander.<br />Get reading those writer mags missus. We all want to read your book!Carmen https://www.blogger.com/profile/07968725221313800020noreply@blogger.com