I do like to read, but I like books, fiction and non-fiction, but mostly fiction for escape reading, so when my daughter and son-in-law told me that they had bought me a subscription to "Reader's Digest" I was appreciative but not really thrilled. I have never been an avid magazine reader, and suffered through an overdose of magazines some years ago. After my husband died, I discovered, as the daily mail came, that he had subscribed to 28 magazines, mostly after he retired. Rather than go through the process of trying to cancel those subscriptions, I just saved the magazines, and when I had a month's worth, took them to the VA hospital. They were thrilled to receive them and I was glad to get them out of the house. Gradually all of the subscriptions ran out and I promised myself that I would never subscribe to another magazine. All of that is to say that when I heard I would be receiving a magazine regularly I had visions of stacks of half read magazines piled up around my apartment. Imagine my delight then when my first RD magazine arrived in the mail this week and I saw that it is only about half the size of the magazine I remember, and also comes only once every other month. I can manage that. I started reading this issues in short bursts during TV commercials, some of which go on almost longer than the program. I've enjoyed the humor pieces and puzzles but also some really good articles. I've read about progress in developing new cancer treatments, the hassles school and city librarians are going through with challenged books, and a report on a young man who had never piloted a plane, safely landing a plane when his pilot had a heart attack. It also has a three page spread of recommended new books. This is turning out to be a really good Christmas present. Ho ho ho.
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