Improving Critical Reading and Writing Books

LaptopLover
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:08:43 +0000

There’s no book that will improve your reading, that needs to be done over years of reading tough prose. There is no easy way out.

How to react to certain situations? You could try out The Gentle Art of Verbal Defense. I hear it’s a decent book (I’ve never read it myself) but it lacks the “oompf” to be an excellent book. Readers generally give it a 3/5 stars.

Writing: You should look into Diana Hacker’s Pocket Style Manual and Elements of Style, those are both REALLY good