I don't know a witness that actually reads the awake
It took several readings to realize that there was no deep spiritual truth, no wonderful pearl of wisdom for me to find; I was searching for what was not there. Just high school level pseudo-journalism which was so inane as to be embarrassing to any reputable magazine.
I actually prefered the Awake!... but maybe it was because i was never truly bothered with "spiritual things" and finding more depth than necessary to convince my parents i was "spiritually strong". The Witchtower used to bore me to death with all its talk of Bible, Jehovah, Kingdom, Jesus, 144,000 ...... i also think i enjoyed it more because, as a child, i treated the Awake! as a kind of Did You Know? magazine... eg. Did you know that the hummingbird beats its wings at bla-di-bla times per second?...
I see what you mean though when you talk about pseudo-journalism... the article in the August 22 2003 Awake! "Insect Repellent... for Monkeys! (from our correspondant in Venezuela)" forces its way back into my thoughts.