Question: Google Reader tends in my opinion to be a bit over-eager to mark posts as read - if you click on a post or scroll over the top of it it will be marked as read.

Is there a setting to control the conditions for a post being marked as read?

Answer: 
[Agile Zen](http://www.agilezen.com) is one of my favorites. Very simple and easy to use.
I've been using PivotalTracker.com and am quite happy with it.