**Updated** Great Short Stories. (Readers Digest)

Member Name: ray1952

Product:	Readers Digest
Date:	10/08/01 (236 review reads)
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Advantages: Great read, Compact, Variety of subjects

Disadvantages: None

What other monthly magazine gives you variety in the form of: current news, current affairs, sport, comedy and many other subjects.

The Reader's Digest monthly magazine costs £2.50 per month if bought from a newsagents. A few years ago I actually subscribed for a year and saved about 30%. I think this magazine is an excellent buy as it has many different articles for everyone's taste. It must be good because it boasts some 25 million copies issued in 19 different languages (July 2001 edition refers).

At the front is a list of contents for that month's issue. These are based both on fiction & non-fiction. One of my favourite parts of every issue is the "Word Power" page. What this section does is identifies 20 different words & gives 3 meanings. 2 are false & one is true. I therefore can test my knowledge & see if I give the correct definition. On the following pages are the answers & points awarded to see how many you get right. The ratings are:

20-19 Excellent
18-16 Good
15-14 Fair

At the end of each article there are small anecdotes, some of which are very amusing e.g. (July 2001) "Warning on the back of a van - Keep your distance - sudden tea breaks".

Other features I enjoy to read are:

1) News On Medicine, which keeps you up-to-date.

2) All In A Days Work, short quotes reflecting people's jobs.

3) Book Choice, this gives a review of one of the latest books.

The magazine also has many advertisements for food products, health products, loans, etc. Interviews with celebrities are also informative to me, e.g. Denise Lewis (July 2001).

I enjoy taking these magazines on holiday as they are compact 5 1/4" x 7 1/4", and I can read the short articles in between doing other things.

I recommend that the Reader's Digest is a must for all travellers.

I will continue to read it.

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