Another shark attack foiled! (Readers Digest)

Member Name: ninacolada86

Product:	Readers Digest
Date:	02/03/09 (158 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Small, has some great nail biting true stories

Disadvantages: Way too many advertisements.

As a young child I remember my father reading stories from the Readers Digest, the ones he read to us children were usually about miraculous escapes from tornadoes, blizzards or floods, and generally had some sort of Christian tone to it.

I used to love my bed-time stories, even though some of them kept me up at night as I dreamed of rafting the Amazon, or trekking the Serengeti.
So when at my local library I saw this on display I jumped at the chance to relive my childhood as well as read some great stories that I had remembered being enthralled by.

Well it took me about one second to open the magazine, but then another 30 as I thumbed through the many hundreds of advertisements that seemed to make up the majority of the magazine. Finally I found the first main article and was pleasantly surprised when I found myself reading about the narrow escape from a sharks jaw, it almost did sound like the same magazine that I had remembered.

That issue didn't improve much from there though, the rest of the articles I found a little boring and although there was some great joke sections, that had me perking up, the other articles features stories like, how they made a horse for a play out of wire, and how bionic legs are the new great discovery. Not quite up my alley I'm afraid.

I guess I just have to accept that things change and it wont be the same as you remembered as a kid, thankfully the next issue I got was more interesting.

For those of you who don't know anything about Readers Digest, I will now go through the different things you can find in there, in no particular order.

Inspiring true Stories.

Articles about famous people

Photography.

Humor sections.

Plenty of advertising.

Recipes.

Ok I admit that's not a comprehensive list, but its just an idea of the different things you find in RD, its basically a great A5 magazine that fits in your purse without hassle, and will entertain you better then the latest gossip magazines (I think gossip magazines a big waste of time, so you might not agree with me on that point).

Conclusion:

Some issues will naturally be more exciting then others, but they all tend to have the same combination of true stories, articles, interviews, recipes and humor. I like the fact that it is in a small size, and therefore easy to read discreetly and keep in your purse or bag while traveling.

I am giving it four stars for content, but minus one for the excessive advertising, which tend to be about boring things like hearing aids.

Summary: The mag of my youth is still going strong!