Teen Vogue (2-year automatic renewal)

I agree that this magazine boasts designer clothing with extremely high prices that most people cannot afford, but may people be aware that this magazine is called "Teen Vogue" and obviously will follow in it's big sister's footsteps.

"Vogue" does not feature clothes from Walmart, and so "Teen Vogue" will not either.

This magazine does not necessarily cater to only rich people. who says that a person should only buy a magazine when she is going to get the exact clothes featured in it? I am definitely no millionaire. I'm 16 years old and still in High school, but I enjoy this magazine immensely.Of course I dont slip out to Marc Jacobs when i'm done reading and get myself the shirt on page 79, but I do look at the styles so i can understand the new trends and just inspire myself some. magazines dont always have to be realistic. fashion is about pursuing beauty and covetting beauty, and if all magazines only featured "affordable clothes' from Walmart and Old Navy, well.. I really wouldnt know what that would be like.

"Teen Vogue" is a pure fashion magazine. it isnt an all-round magazine for young girls. it's only fashion. and it does a great job at what it strives for. the fashion is great and the taste is great, the shoots are amazing. a former reviewer reccomended "Seventeen" and I want to note that "Seventeen" is a different type of magazine entirely. Seventeen is extremely mainstream bubblegum and is not very fashion orientated. personally i do not like that magazine but i'm not going to condemn it here.

"Teen Vogue" is classy, stylish, and lives up to it's name. you dont have to be a rich kid to read this magazine. but it's the only teen magazine out there which is dedicated souly to high fashion and yes, features the best fashion. people who are not interested in fashion will probably hate this magazine, and that is probably why it has recieved so much criticism. I, on the other hand, love this magazine. the only reason i didnt give it five stars is because the reviews above deemed the stuff in it affordable for young girls and that does strike me as ridiculous.

otherwise, look to this magazine for some fantastic fashion inspiration.

My daughter likes this magazine. However, I was less then pleased when I received an email AFTER paying for the order stating that this magazine is not sent our regularly and that they could not guarantee how often, or not, we would receive it. I think I should have been notified of this PRIOR to ordering the subscription.

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I subscribed to this for my niece's birthday, but only AFTER purchase, did I find out that the publication prints on an "unscheduled" basis. Why don't they show this info up front? And how many issues does it work out to be?

The price was cheap, but I hope the purchase was worthwhile, since it's a gift.

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I ordered this magazine from amazon half a year ago and my subscription started this January. Since then, I have been constantly disappointed by the quality of the articles that TeenVogue contains. Every time the magazine features a celebrity and writes about them, they always say "She may live a glamorous lifestyle, but she's just like you." This concept is recurring in every issue and is absolutely boring to read about. Their articles are also immensely shallow and repetitive and reading them reminds me a bit of reading my own writing. They may be trying to appeal more to the teen audience, but it is definitely a turn off for me. The number of appearances of the unnecessary form of "like" is cringe-worthy. The articles written are also very cheesy and cliche, and never provide me with any information that I did not already know.

Also, I don't like how small the magazine is, but this cancels out with the cheap price.

However, I give this magazine two stars for the plastic bag it comes in. The magazine comes to my house clean and protected. Also, it has some pretty pictures. I'll probably use the magazines to cut up and make collages since none of them have any better use anyway.

If you are a fifteen year old like me and are thinking about getting a fashion magazine, I believe that it's better to get ELLE and skip over the risqué parts than to get TeenVogue.

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At first I was very excited on the deal I got on this magazine... but after a couple months it seemed like half of the magazine was filled with ads, not to mention that most of the articles weren't very interesting. They also failed to send me my 'free subscription gift' which was a large tote. After calling in for a request they still didn't send me a gift. But it seemed to become more dissapointing as they year went on now it seemed that every 2 pages of the book there was at least one ad. I would DEFINITLY NOT recomend this book to anybody! :(

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Colors - Italian Edition

This is a wonderful magazine. I have been reading it for years when I am able to find it on newsstands. However this is difficult to do. I am unable to order a subscription directly from the publisher becauase my bank will not allow international internet orders. So imagine my excitement when I saw that I could get a subscription through Amazon. However, this has not been very successful for me. I first ordered the subscription in July 2010. It said that I should expect my first issue in October. I actually got it in the middle of November after I had to inform them that I had not recieved it yet. That was the issue that came out in July. Now it is March 2011 and I have not recieved any more issues. I should have recieved another one in January and then be expecting another in April. This is not the case. My suggestion is if you are able to order directly from the publisher, that is what you should do. You can do that at It seems more reliable.

C O L O R S Magazine is provocative, interesting, enlightening, and a must for any coffee table. The photos tell the whole story...

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Timber Home Living (1-year auto-renewal)

I'm a developer, so I subscribe to these types of magazines mainly for ideas that I can use building spec houses. This magazine has some great pictures, but a large portion of the magazine is advertisements. Given the low cost, I think it is well worth the price.

I don't know if we will ever build our own timber home, but it is sure nice looking at all the possibilities.

This magazine is great for decorating and architectural ideas and was offered at a great price. More than

likely, I will be definitely renewing this magazine. It is a nice, relaxing read.

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The very first time I saw the beauty of a timber framed home I knew I would someday want to live in one. The magazine's articles and pictures just keep the dream alive.

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Classical Fighting Arts

Along with "Journal of Asian Martial Arts" (JAMA), this is one of only two historically serious martial arts periodicals that I know of. While JAMA has more of an academic overtone and prints articles on a wide variety of subjects, CFA is more engaged in the dirty work of digging up and reporting primary source material and has a narrower focus. My main criticism of CFA is that it has an overwhelming amount of advertising, but I buy it anyway because it is the only place to get certain information and because I value the work that its contributors do.

Please note that the other 3-star reviewer did not really review this magazine.

As a martial artist practicing kenpo karate, kali and jujutsu, I find the historical reference articles published in this magazine to be superb.

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I read 'Classical Fighting Arts' for years, ever since they first switched from the name 'Dragon Times,' and though there is much to admire in CFA, such as the interviews with Okinawan karatedo masters and articles examining the evolution of karatedo since the early 20th Century, I often find more to disdain in this magazine than to enjoy.

Much of the magazine attempts to look like a scholarly study of the classical and historical Asian martial arts, but with just a little closer of a reading, the shoddiness of much of the scholarship, as well as an overzealous sense of Okinawan nationalism, shows through.

Shortly before CFA began printing its articles on glossy pages, I stopped reading it when the magazine took three of their bi-monthly issues to print a single article that meant to discredit the existence of 'chi' or 'ki,' what many people believe to be a kind of energy found in the body. I make no argument for chi's existence, but though the article outlined many examples to disprove chi in kung fu or ki in aikido, the writer chose not to address acupuncture or any of the other methods of chi used in healing that your insurance company covers, i.e. believes in. In other words, the magazine took three issues to tell the part of the story that would make kung-fu and aikido look bad, leaving the rest of the story untold.

I recently gave the magazine another chance with their Summer 2009 issue, and the shoddy scholarship let me down again. An article on Chinese martial virtue, 'wude,' attempted to dismiss the individualism of Chinese martial arts fiction with the single historical example of the Red Spear Society, a rural militia from the early 20th Century that was steeped in a Confucian concern for the group.

Though the article takes the time to describe the 'Wu Lin' of martial arts fiction and even uses the term 'swordsman,' the writers choose to completely ignore the Chinese term for swordsman: 'xia,' a word used to describe the type of fiction ('wuxia') they use for examples of false wude. Xia was also an actual class of rogue warrior described in 'The Records of the Grand Historian' one of the Four Chinese Classics by Sima Qian (145 or 135-86 BC).

This is basic stuff in Chinese history. To say that individualistic swordsmen never lived in China is to say that gunslingers never lived in the Wild West. There are historical records of both. To discredit the wude of xia with reference to an obscure, rural militia is agenda-driven scholarship, akin to the type of nationalistic propaganda written by Nazis in the 1930s.

I'm not Chinese, nor do I study classical kung-fu. Over the years I have really really tried to like this magazine (that's what the second star is for) but the petty nationalism, and sometimes blatant racism (read anything printed in CFA on Tae Kwon Do) consistently prevents me from liking or recommending this martial arts magazine.

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Library Journal

I am not a librarian but I did take a graduate level course in library science and was introduced to this periodical. Library Journal is quite comprehensive in its coverage it features articles pertaining to the discipline, features on libraries and some of the innovations in spotlighted libraries, the use of technology in libraries (a recent issue spotlighted a small library in MA where patrons could check out Nooks, Kindles, and iPads!), and many more.

One of my favorite sections in the journal is the sheer number of book reviews which gives an avid reader like me lots of suggestions as to books to be placed on my To Be Read (TBR) list. Many of the reviews feature books which are in pre-publication and there is also quite a comprehensive coverage of audio books, DVDs, software, and many more. I also like the suggested reads by practicing and retired librarians. Bibliophiles and librarians will find lots to enjoy in this quality journal.

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