As an avid reader I devour articles, magazines and books on a daily basis. I guess that’s why I’ve never made any formal reading goals. It’s something I already do, but seeing others create reading goals for the new year made me want to take my reading to another level which is reading with the purpose to acquire and use information.
Reading to Learn
Writing better will always be a goal of mine. The first two books I’m reading this year are about writing. I’m re-reading Syd Field’s, Foundations of Screenwriting. It helps me to look at the plot of the story I’m working on and strengthen it.
The second book I’m reading is Writing Irresistible Kidlit by Mary Kole. If you are writing for young adults or middle grade I highly recommend it. This is one of the best books on writing I’ve read.
Reading to Acquire New Information
There are things I want to learn like how to best handle my finances, business and marketing. I’ll be reading books on these topics and I’ll share them here and on Goodreads. Please share your recommendations in the comments.
Reading for fun
I also like to read for pure entertainment especially fiction. Next on my to read list is one I picked up at the Miami Book Fair. It’s a book of short stories called: The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories. There are some classics stories in there like Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph but also many other great gems I hope to discover.
Some of my favorite books are:
10 Benefits of Reading
Mental Stimulation
Improve Memory
Acquire Vocabulary
Boosts Analytical Thinking
Improves Empathy
Improve Writing Skills
Increase Emotional Intelligence
Expands Your World View
Makes You Look Sexy
Entertainment
If you’re on Goodreads you can check out what I read in 2013.
Your turn, tell me what you’re reading?
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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.” Gustave Flaubert
“We read to know that we are not alone.” William Nicholson
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Benjamin Franklin
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” Fran Lebowitz
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” Mortimer J. Adler
Update: I found an old Vine video with some books from my shelf.
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