diff --git a/src/main/java/mx/bigdata/anyobject/impl/JacksonJSONLoader.java b/src/main/java/mx/bigdata/anyobject/impl/JacksonJSONLoader.java
index dfb34a3..f45ab29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mx/bigdata/anyobject/impl/JacksonJSONLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mx/bigdata/anyobject/impl/JacksonJSONLoader.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -44,5 +45,17 @@ public static AnyObject load(InputStream in) throws IOException {
     Map<String, Object> map = mapper.readValue(in, Map.class);
     return new MapBasedAnyObject(map);
   }
+  
+  public static AnyObject load(Reader in) throws IOException {
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    Map<String, Object> map = mapper.readValue(in, Map.class);
+    return new MapBasedAnyObject(map);
+  }
+
+  public static AnyObject load(String in) throws IOException {
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    Map<String, Object> map = mapper.readValue(in, Map.class);
+    return new MapBasedAnyObject(map);
+  }
 
 }