^personally i like it. so i would keep it. some may find it annoying.
also some would rather that when you click on the 'read me' that it open's a second window. because then you could have 3,4,5 windows opened at once along with the main page. the reason i would do that is sometimes people accidentally dont click 'back' and close the tab/window (after reading), and dont know how to search for it in their history of closed tabs / and / or / forget the website...then they cant spread the word of your site.
just a word of wisdom, i do notice that you have references, just keep it up and cite everything. i know this will make for a long and tedious job, but it's worth it..so no one will shut you down. because there are haters out there.
looking good.