There are certain things in life that make me very happy. Dark chocolate is the near top of the list, but dark chocolate and a stack of magazines? Well that, my friends, is nirvana. So imagine how thrilled I was to hear about a new Netflix-like service for magazine lovers! It's called Maghound and you pay a monthly fee to have a certain number of magazines delivered to your house. You can select different magazines each month so you don't get bored with the same subscription and you manage your account online, just like Netflix. & Many of the brain power mags like the New Yorker , The Atlantic , Harpers , etc. are not available as of now, but maybe they'll join in if Maghound takes off. & My guess is The Believer or Oxford American will never be available with Maghound, but that's okay, I don't mind giving them my money.
There is, however, a long list of magazines that are available. I'm interested in American Photo , Cooking Light , La Cucina Italia , Radar , Travel and Leisure , In Style , Poets and Writers , and Columbia Journalism Review (just in case my boss is reading this!). There's also all kinds of anthropological research you could do as a Maghound subscriber since there is apparently a magazine devoted to every facet of American life. Maybe some month, I'll get a copy of Perfect Horse , just to see what's being talked about around the stables (I wonder if they reviewed Equus ). & Or maybe I'll dabble in Trailer Life , or Aquarium Fish , or spend an afternoon being scandalized by True Confessions . I mean, the world is our oyster, people!
