Read More after Excerpt

Trying to get “read more” after excerpt…

This is what i’m using currently to call the excerpts from the ‘featured category’ id=19

<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=19&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php the_title(); ?> - <i>Read Full Post</i></a>  <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>

This is what I tried to use for read more after excerpt but it shows up 2 lines below making it hard to see

<ul>
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=19&showposts=10"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php the_title(); ?></a>  <?php the_excerpt(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><i>Read Full Post</i></a>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>

Any help appreciated, here’s the site… clicky