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Connector of the day: Nina Sankovitch
Nina Sankovitch has become an Internet phenomenon by documenting her goal of reading and reviewing a book every day for 365 days. Despite having four children and a very busy life Sankovitch has stuck to her goal and published her reviews on her Web site.
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On Tuesday Sankovitch will have read her 358th book in as many days. The environmental lawyer is using reading to cope with her sister’s untimely death and to inspire a love of books in others.
Her read-all-day project has some ground rules: all books are ones she has not read before; she reads only one book per author, and she reads one day and posts a review the following morning. By necessity she sticks to books no longer than 300 pages (with a couple of exceptions).
With just over one week to go, Sankovitch talks to Connect the World about her amazing feat. Is reading a pre-Internet, pre-TV anachronism? Nina insists not. She thinks the joy and inspiration you can get from books cannot be found elsewhere.
Send us your comments, questions for Nina and we’ll do our best to use them on Tuesday's show.
Which one of the books that you read helped you gain the most closure?
How long does it take you to read and review a book? Is there a book you would recommend?
As for me it's too fast to read one book a day. You don't have enough time to understand it at all. But nevertheless, greetings from Russia:) it's very interesting project, especially having 4 kids))
Big deal. Harriet Klausner reads and reviews about 6 books a day on Amazon, and has been doing it for almost 10 years.
I wonder what her household looks like? She obviously isn't
as busy as she claims & family has to totally self-sufficient
My hero! That's just awesome.
how do you find the time to read every day with 4 kids? i've only got 1 and i have only read 2 books since he was born over a year ago!
the things people do these days for attention, i sympathize with her for the lost of her sister; but people died every minute. I agree with one of the bloggers where does she find the time to do this. The kids are the ones who are now suffering, not only her. Everyday we loose another solider, they are heros. People find heros in the weirdess things.
That's just Awesome.
was it recommeded that reading and reviewing of books would help you find closure OR you assumed it would.which book has helped u with this closure u are looking for?
Bravo 1000 000 times. I am an Ophthalmologyst and you are proof that eyes are able to do this much and more for the soul.
I recommend you use artifitial tears often.
Bravo again
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Do you find authors to have a similar style of writing or do you feel that each author has a distinctive writing style of their own?
How do you get through a book that doesn't at all engage you personally?
She's inspiring... I'v bn tryn 2 keep up with 1 book per month..hv 2 review my timelines. Thx Nina & CNN
Congratulations! I imagine you'll go to the Guinnes world record! You have a special mind, and memory, please let me know those you have enjoyed most. Keep on!
While I applaud her determination, I guess feel that reading should be an enjoyment, a leisure activity. Just curious, how does it feel like to make it an obligation to read a book a day for 365 days? Won't she feel tired of it?
Wow!! she has to read very fast, but this is totally reachable with many practice, I'd want can read at least one book in a week but I am really busy, I don't think that she is anachronistic, the books still are the largest fount of good information in the world and they will be for a long time and when you really love the lecture nothing is comparable with the pleasure of a book.
Nina Sankovitch rocks!