<p>So summer just started, and I really want to improve my CR score for the next (and hopefully last) SAT that I will take in October. I constantly heard that reading is the best way to improve your CR score (which makes sense) but I never had time, but now I do.</p>
<p>So does anyone have a good list of books that I can read over the summer? (I'm a senior in highschool if that helps anyone)</p>
<p>Thanks for reading, and have a nice day.</p>
<p>Read articles from quality publications like the Times, Economist, Christian Science Monitor etc.</p>
<p>Also do practice questions from the Official SAT Study Guide and review wrong AND right answers.</p>
<p>The best way to practice is to buy vocabulary review cards from Amazon and study practice questions from the SAT study guide. Other good ways include reading the NY Times, the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, stuff by Hemingway, and “The best American Essays of the Century” by Joyce Carol Oates.</p>
<p>Tyler: essentially read A LOT from a lot of genres and in a continuous format (ie. full-length book, from start to finish). Go to your public library, you’ll find recommended summer reading lists for all grades. Pick books from any grade (even 7th :p) as long as you read a lot of books in a variety of styles and genres. Start with what seems the most interesting - a memoir, a war novel, a sci-fi book, etc. Go to the public library every week and give yourself goals (like: returning at least one book per week).</p>
<p>A list of recommendations
[Summer</a> Ready: Get Reading with These Top Books for Summer 2013 | First Generation Student](<a href=“http://www.firstgenerationstudent.com/blog/summer-reading-list-top-books-for-2013/]Summer”>http://www.firstgenerationstudent.com/blog/summer-reading-list-top-books-for-2013/)</p>
<p>I disagree with the post about studying vocab.
In my experience it’s a waste of time and not really worth the amount of hours put into memorizing hundreds of words.
As for books, things like Life of Pi, A Thousand Splendid Suns, etc work just as well as classics and news articles plus they’re fun and engaging.
I personally find it hard to really get into some classics, especially Dickens stuff, and some intellectual articles can get dull and drony - books like I listed above do the same trick in getting you ready.
CR is a breeze when you get the gist of it, as are the other two sections in the SAT - just familiarize yourself with format and question type and you’re golden!</p>