as a library administrator I get to see and read a awful lot of woodwork book and magazine . I have be a personal subscriber to Woodworker 's Journal for a year now , and a off and on reader of the magazine for about 5 year . in that time I have grow to appreciate this as a very good woodwork magazine . be it my favorite ? no , but I still like it well enough to recommend it to other . I also regularly read fine woodworking , Workbench , Wood , Popular Woodworking , etc. and like all of those , this magazine have its strength . I find that wj be very into power tool , tool review -lrb- theirs be among my favorite -rrb- , and shop project . have say all of that , I also must confess that the best piece of furniture I ever build come from a plan in WJ magazine -lrb- a art & craft style wine storage table -rrb- , so do not pigeon-hole it too much . try it for a year and I bet you will not be sorry !