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Tribute to “dreamdust” and other DailyLit Readers

Every so often I encounter people who demonstrate generosity in ways I never could have imagined. The on-line world is no exception. Certain readers have been wonderfully generous with their time, sharing thoughts, insights and a commitment that keeps me engaged and inspired. In particular, I’d like to recognize dreamdust who’s contributed a whopping 439 posts to DailyLit’s forums over the years. And then there’s cresswga with 195 posts, Golem100 with 114 posts and moengey with 86 posts.

So to these readers and others, I thank you. All you do to keep DailyLit a vibrant and engaged community is much appreciated.

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Winners of “Your Words That Matter” Reader Challenge

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April Reader Challenge Your Words That Matter–we loved reading all of your inspirational quotes and we hope all of you got some good feelings from them too. Congrats to our three winners, each of whom will receive a hard copy of Words That Matter: A Little Book of Life Lessons from the editors of O, the Oprah Magazine.

“Nobody looks at the bridesmaids’ feet.” In other words, don’t sweat the small stuff.
-by tin0002

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” –Goethe
-by lisbie

“He’s fine, and the car can be fixed.” My husband’s grandfather (the calmest person I ever met) said this to his daughter, who was about to scream at her son for backing his four-wheeler into her car. Now, whenever I feel myself getting angry over something small, I say to myself, “He’s fine, and the car can be fixed.” It’s a wonderful reminder of what’s really important in life.
-by JLS915

Reader Spotlight: Distance and Dickinson Make the Heart Grow Fonder

We’ve received some great reader stories since we called for them in our last newsletter–check out how one reader has made an innovative online book club. We loved this story a reader shared with us on our recent survey, especially since it’s still February, the month of love:

Daily Lit is great. My fiance and I are separated by 1000km and we both get Emily Dickinson sent to our inboxes and it arrives at the same time. It’s lovely.

Thanks so much to this (anonymous) reader for sharing this great way to connect with loved ones who are far away.

Do you have a DailyLit reader story? Share with us at support[at]dailylit[dot]com.

DailyLit Reader Spotlight: DailyLit Readers using Google Wave for Book Club

In our most recent newsletter we asked you to share your DailyLit stories with us–when you read, how DailyLit has affected your life, what you use the service for. One of the most interesting stories we’ve received so far has been this one from Christin, who writes:

I’ve been pleased with what my group of friends and I have done [with DailyLit]. We’re all very into Google Reader and Google Wave, so we’ve started a DailyLit book group using those as the medium. We have a single RSS feed from DailyLit to which all of us (about a dozen, a combination of coworkers and friends) subscribe, and we discuss each day’s installment on a running Wave. We just finished Heart of Darkness, and now we’re tackling The Picture of Dorian Gray. As we’re all several years out of school, we’d been collectively lamenting that we don’t read enough classic literature anymore, and group-reading online is fantastic both for ease-of-use and keeping ourselves accountable. Thanks!

It’s a great idea to use Google Wave with DailyLit for book clubs–hope this encourages more people to try it.

If you have a DailyLit story to share please email us at support[at]dailylit[dot]com.