"former lawyer" reads (pun intended) to me that she is financially set and can take this time off to truly heal from her sister's passing. my father died almost 4 years ago and my mother is still taking her time and addressing each day at her own pace, and I feel very lucky that my parents were so frugal that she has the space and financial freedom to do that.

I review books for Amazon.com they send me about 4 a month. BUT on top of those I read other ones, so its usually about 2-3 a week.

If I were independently wealthy and had help around the house, yeah, I could do it. I've always been a quick reader. Alas, I am not independently wealthy and the cats won't clean the house, no matter how much I encourage them.

If I'm engrossed in the book, a couple days. But if I'm not addicted to it, maybe a couple weeks. It also depends on how tired I am and if I'm getting a lot of headaches. Even if I had money to stay home and have someone do the cooking and cleaning, I'm not sure I could read a book a day. I'd need to get up and stretch and do something else awhile.

I could do this. I generally can finish an average fiction book on a cross country trip (4.5-5 hrs) I've always been a quick reader and have difficulty staying interested if I were to read it slowy for more than a few days or week. That said, I wouldn't enjoy a book a day because after a month, I'd stop retaining all the information about previous books. I have a ton of books sitting here to catch up on, and I've thought about making it a goal to read 2-3 a week over this coming winter, and this has inspired me!

Wow, I read about 2 or 3 a month, sometimes more, sometimes less. I'm wondering more about how many pages do you read a day since some books can be real short and others real long. For example, I've been wanting to read Infinite Jest for a while but because it's over 1000 pages I don't really bring it with me places that I'd like to read it (please drop in price more Kindle!). When I'm in a good reading mode I read anywhere between 100 to 200 pages a day. Still trying to get my mom to read The Omnivore's Dilemma, lol (she's interested in it but says she's busy otherwise).

When I was in high school I read one book of 200 pages in two days( If I was into it, if I didn't love it it would take me two weeks) that was when I had all the time in the world. Now I don't have the opportunity to read as much as I would like to ( when it comes to my own reading). And even if I do have time my eyes are tiered from all the reading I have to do from school, which I believe is more than 200 pages every other day.

I thought I had a goal but she blew me out the water. My goal is to read 100 books this year and I shy of my goal by 4 books. My books are usually 250 pages +. I will make the goal but wow, I wish I could read a book a day. I use to do that when I was in college or when I had an extra long commute. I just don't have that type of time anymore. I wish her luck!

When i'm doing nothing i can easily read a book in a day, but with school i don't have as much time to spare as i'd like

I can totally do a book (300+ pages) a day, but not for a year straight. I've got real life to deal with.

I'm a mom of two kids under 3 and have all the kids needs on top of all the other tasks at home and appointments so I can only read at night and nap times. The last series I read was a total of 2040 pages and I got through them in 6 days. I have to admit, I slept walked through that whole week. I've also had some books that have taken me weeks cause they're not too interesting but I force myself to get through them.

If I'm really into a book and ignore all my other duties I can read a book in a day. But in reality I can't do that every day so about a book a week these days (depending on the book, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer).

Wow, must be nice. Wish I could afford to not work and have someone do everything for me so that I could lay around all day. F*** this.

I love reading outside of classwork! But I've been really busy, so usually 1-2 a month.... But just last week, I had Jury Duty and a read two whole books before I was dismissed- I think I can't wait for another round!

I can and have done this.. as a child and teenager, i read a book, sometimes two a day all the while continuing my other activities, school, swimming, etc. Now that I'm a busy mom with chores and responsibilities, I only read a few hours at night, and I still often nearly complete books. I have over a 2,000 book collection. I've always been a very quick reader.

That being said, she has a bunch of silly restrictions with the authors and such, and then blogging a review the next day would take way too much time.

I always finish my books in a day. I recently read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' in a little over two hours. I lost an hour of sleep to do so..I told myself I'd only read an hour..couldn't resist the rest! I've always been a very fast reader, so this is nothing out of the ordinary or amazing to me..

It is still one of my goals- but I doubt I'll ever be disciplined enough to do it. I could make the time by going to bed early and read a book in a few hours, but there'll always be something else more important to do. Plus school and work has pretty much got me worn down by the end of the day so I won't really feel like it anymore. Currently I read about a book a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.. but I'm always reading at least one book. But if not for free periods at school and travelling time in trains, I would barely have the time so I'll probably be retired by the time I'd accomplish something like this, though I doubt I would be able to do it then. So all the more kudos to this lady.

I read Matthew Reilly's last book (6 Sacred Stones, ~500 pages) in a day. Granted I didn't move for 8 or so hours. Usually a book will take me a couple of days to finish if I'm really into it. If not it can take months!

You said it for me, Bella.

I read a book at least everyday while doing my regular activities..im not a skimmer, i retain all information. I didnt think what this girl did was that amazing, I had no idea it takes people longer to read usually. I thought It was normal.

Yeah, there is no realistic way for me to do this...I wish I was a faster reader, but I usually read a book every 2-3 weeks. Due to work, chores, pets, etc., there is no way for me to do this.

it really depends on the book for me. if i like its no problem. if its a slower read, then itll take me a couple extra days.

for example, i read the entire harry potter series in 1 month....

she has house cleaning help every other week, not every other day.
and what if the book you picked up was awful. that would be a drag of a day

I usually end up reading about 400 books a year... I do read more than one book by a single author, though, especially when it comes to mystery series. I've just always been a voracious reader since I was a kid, so I'm not too impressed.

that is crazy! I can read a good book in 24 hours if im really into it and can hold out on social activity for day other than that about 2-3 days.

I don't have time to read books at all really. I read things on the internet now...

i was in my final year in university when i swallowed Twilight saga in 6 days all 4 books. i ate, went to the bathroom, answered my mum's emails and slept - all other time was devoted to the books. the same goes for any good book that I enjoy. i don't go out or watch tv until i'm finished

MissSushi, I'm not sure that her restrictions are that excessive.

Her "rules" (or, rather, restrictions) are as follows:

-All the books are ones she has not read.
-She reads only one book per author.
-She reads one day and posts the review the next morning.

(note: But mostly she makes it up as she goes along).

-By necessity she mostly sticks to books 250 to 300 pages or fewer.

The other things they mentioned were just things she is partial to but doesn't rule out those that she isn't.

Sounds reasonable to me, not limiting, she needs some kind of structure to accomplish her end goal.

Oh, yes, her goal being that aside from the pleasure that she derives from reading for herself she is also grieving the passing of her sister and wants to inspire others too.

That is only good and I wish her the best on all of it

Whoops, last thing because the article words it better:

"Aside from the pleasure of it, Ms. Sankovitch had other goals — inspiring a love of books in others and finding her way through a period of sorrow and soul-searching brought on by the death of her sister Anne-Marie in 2005."

lol, I said the restrictions were silly, not excessive. I was referring to some comments about it being time too consuming, needing cleaning help, etc for most "normal" people to acomplish. That if there were less restrictions, no blogging, etc it is very easy to read a book a day. As an avid reader, i obviously support reading as much as possible and never said what she is doing is excessive or silly.