I got through the Oct issue in record time a few days ago. I did not question why until I read this thread, so I pulled the issue out to check.
Like many previous posters, there have always been articles which are of interest to me, and others which have little or no interest, but are obviously of interest to their target audience.
October appears to have covered a reasonable spread of different subjects, so why did I not bother to read them?
Was it jet lag on returning from the far east, or was it the difficulty in reading the extremely glossy format, which might be great for photo reproduction, but is not conducive to easy reading.