This is what Nina Sankovitch (above) did – read a whole book every single day. She also found time to review each book on her blog. Everyday. And it wasn’t like she lived alone in a cave or anything – she lives in a house in Connecticut with a husband and four children. And reads a whole book every single day. Check out her blog: www.readallday.org.  Get inspired to read more.

How many books a week, a month, a year are you reading? I can read a book a day but only if I’m on vacation and meals and all necessities of life are handed to me. When I was a judge for PEN I managed to step up my reading to about four books a week but it was a push. Ms. Sankovitch has inspired me. And I know how to start reading more – carry the current book I’m reading around with me during the day instead of leaving it on my bedside table to read only at night. I’ll read it at lunch, standing in line, waiting at the car wash, and instead of watching CNN.

If you’re in LA and itching to write about your life, there’s some space left in “Writing Your Own History”, a one day course I’m teaching at UCLA Extension this weekend, October 24^th, 9:30-4:30. If you’re interested go online to uclaextension.edu.

Chapter 2 of the Cell Phone Melt Down coming soon.