Introduction
The Reading habit is not easy to develop. If you are a student, you need to develop this reading habit in order to know how to read novels and short stories, how to read plays, and how to read poetry. For the teachers and others, reading habit is important for developing your career and enriching yourself with wide range of knowledge of this world.
For me, reading is like
eating. We should eat to live and stay healthy. We should also read books to
live and stay updated. Bearing this in mind, 2020 was another year which I had
to read to live and stay updated. Reading books is crucial because it helps us
solve various challenges of life which could be impossible or difficult to
solve if we did not spend our time to read.
Here is the list of books, articles and webinars I read in
2021:
[1] A Guide For
Creative Thinking. By Brian Tracy
[2] Gelb, Michael J. (1998) How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps To Genius Every day,
Business Summaries: Wisdom in a Nutshell.
[3] 202 Jokes of
Mulla Nasrudin (Jokes)
[4] Vince, Michael & Sunderland, Peter
(2003) Advanced Language Practice with
key: English Grammar and Vocabulary, Macmillan Publishers Limited, Oxford.
[5] Peterson, Patricia Wilcox (2003) Developing Writing
Writing Skills Practice Book for EFL Beginning/Intermediate
Level, Office of English Language
Programs United States Department of State, Washington, DC
[6] Woodward, Suzanne W (1997) Fun With Grammar: Communicative Activities for the Azar Grammar Series,
PRENTICE HALL REGENTS, Upper Saddle River.
[7] Devine, Felice Primeau (2002) Good Proof GRAMMAR, Learning Express, LLC, New York.
[8] Stobbe, Gabriele (2008) Just Enough English Grammar, McGraw Hill, New York
[9] Henderson, Barbara (undated) "What Happened Next?" Plotting a Story: Webinar Transcript,
Penguin Random House The Writers Academy
[10] Henderson, Barbara (undated) Creating Complex Characters: Webinar Transcript, Penguin Random
House The Writers Academy
[11] Henderson, Barbara (undated) Creating Powerful Dialogue: Webinar Transcript, Penguin Random
House The Writers Academy
[12] Mankowski, Guy (undated) Overcoming Writer's Block: Webinar Transcript, Penguin Random House
The Writers Academy
[13] Henderson, Barbara (undated) Constructing Worlds and Setting Scenes: The Online Masterclass. Webinar
Transcript, Penguin Random House The Writers Academy
[14] WRITE EVERY DAY:
Writer's Toolbox, Penguin Random House The Writers Academy
[15] THE CREATIVE
WRITER: Writer's Toolbox, Penguin Random House The Writers Academy
[16] FICTIONAL
LANGUAGE: Writer's Toolbox, Penguin Random House The Writers Academy
[17] Literary
Devices to Improve Your Creative Writing Style: Part 2: How to Use Rational,
Discriminating, Judicious Judgment in Your Writing Style. Published by
www.freelancewriting.com
[18] Getting
Started in Fiction Writing: Learn the basic rules of writing fiction.
Published by www.freelancewriting.com
[19] Cre8tive: 8
Great Literary Devices to Improve Your Creative Writing. Published by www.freelancewriting.com
Final Words
Our brains need its own food. This food is diet with a
collection of various kinds of books which contain various kinds of vitamins as
well. This is to say, this is my 2020 diet of books.
What was your 2020 diet of books?
Let's share!
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