Starr's report was so novelistic that reading it had the effect of redrawing the characters we have watched now for so long.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Carr does not seem to make much of the fact that widespread reading itself had an effect on consciousness that the powers of the time did not like but we are pretty happy about.

FORBES: Commentary

Mr Self offers a highly personalised reading, describing the text's effect on his own and his friend's lives.

ECONOMIST: Canons of conflict

Whatever Bowie was reading and imbibing during his sojourn in LA the effect was not healthy.

BBC: David Bowie

Researchers at Rush Medical University found that mentally challenging activities, such as reading and playing chess, may have a protective effect on the brain and help lower risk of dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease.

CNN: Vital Signs health tips

My initial desire here is to learn more of those who fought, yet somehow that would detract from the overall effect of the work and perhaps influence our reading of the photographs.

BBC: In Pictures

The point here is that we are reading the most significant economic story of our time and its effect on the psyche of the people who should know better is minimal.

CNN: Carville: What if the rich lost 40% of their wealth?

That law passed the first of three readings on February 22, but since then no date for a second or third reading has been set, which can mean that a piece of legislation has in effect been buried.

CNN: Putin decree targets elite's foreign assets

If you are reading this, then you may have recently suffered a great loss, having played and finished Mass Effect 3.

FORBES: Mass Effect, Web Campaigns and the Five Stages of Bereapment

The effect is a little less Huffington Post, a little more Facebook, and considerably more friendly to mobile reading.

FORBES: Patch's Redesign: An Evolution, Not A Pivot