A very common New Years Resolution is to be more informed or to read more, so I thought I would put together some tools and websites that will help people meet those goals.
You will often here people say, "I wish I had more time to read." Well, here is the easiest way to make time. It is a website called DailyLit and you can sign up to receive portions of a book emailed to you every day. Most books on the site are free, but there are some that you have to pay for. I did this recently and read Pride and Prejudice. It had 149 parts, so it took some time, but at least I finished the book.
If you are like me and you like to be informed about current events but you don't have the time (or the energy) to read the whole article, then there is Google Reader. What Google Reader does is it allows you to pick topics such as current news, small business, etc. and it pulls together the top headlines from the top sites under those topics. For example, I pick current news as one of my subscriptions, so Google Reader pulls the days headlines from sites like CNN and BBC and under each headline there is a brief description. If I want to know more, I just click on the link to read the whole article. Very handy!! There are many different types of subscriptions to choose from and it is free.
Hopefully these two sites will allow you to meet one of your New Years Resolutions. Happy Reading!
Alex
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