The "read more" thing has bugged me for a while (ever since starting to use Drupal) - I've had numerous people tell me that they didn't know there was more to a story - they never saw the read more link. (This depends on the theme in use, of course, but hiding the "read more" link in the links block tends to make it hard to modify any other way.

The other advantage to this module is that the read more link shows up in your site's feeds - so readers know that there is more to the story, and are more likely to visit, IMO.

I recommend tweaking the theme's css file for the .read-more span/div - you can make the "read more" link more prominent, if you like. I've done that on a number of sites, and find that it really helps.

I just checked out hushedcasket.com, nice site :D