If you're like me, you like to know things but how much time to invest? That's the question. Here's the answer: Read Beat--Interviews with authors of new releases. These aren't book reviews but short (about 15-20 minutes on the average) chats with folks that usually have taken a lot of time to research a topic, enough to write a book about it. Hopefully, there's a topic or two that interests you. I try to come up with subjects that fascinate me or I need to know more about. Hopefully, listeners will agree. Most of the folks being interviewed have written non-fiction books. I'm Steve Tarter, former reporter for the Peoria Journal Star and now a contributor to WCBU-FM, Peoria Public Radio and Peoria Magazine.