<p>As far as SAT prep books go, I currently have the BB, a book from Kaplan, and a book from Princeton Review. I am not too keen about the Kaplan or Princeton Review books because a lot of their explanations use the "Plug in from the choices" method, and I don't like that. Another aspect I don't like is the fact that sometimes, they simply tell you how to eliminate a few answer choices, and they leave you with that. Maybe that's the way that it should be done, or maybe someone can recommend an SAT prep book (it can be a general book or specific to math/English) that is extremely thorough, very specific, and better than the previously mentioned books?</p>
<p>I have been using gruber’s for math and so far I have no complaints. It is very thorough and covers every subject that will be tested. For writing I used Barron’s 2400. It covers all the errors that you will face on the real test and the practice questions are pretty challenging (which is good). What I have found to be very helpful on the grammar side is sparknote’s 7 deadly errors. Just google it and read it and make sure you understand all of it. It will do wonders for you. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I am not sure if you are just looking for practice books, but if you want to do better on the sentence completion portion of CR, you should buy the two volumes of Direct Hits. The 400 words from the books will help you very much come test day.</p>
<p>I bought the Grubber’s SAT Math book to prepare for the March SAT (didn’t finish but it did have useful tips), the DH (V1 & V2), along with the Barron’s 2400 for Writing. I’d recommend buying the DH books because they provide a more interesting approach to learning vocabulary and actually helped my retention of the material. I would recommend not buying the Barron’s 2400 for Writing, your way better off buying the Kaplan Writing book(probably one of the best coming from kaplan.) The Grubber’s SAT Math book did help a bit and I’m sure it would’ve been more helpful if I actually spend more time on it. Some book by Mr. Chung or something is also highly recommended, i’d check it out.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input! I have DH 1+2, and I will definitely get books from Gruber’s and Barron’s. Also, I will be sure to check out Sparknotes’ 7 deadly mistakes. I like my books to be extremely specific and leaving no questions, unlike the book from Princeton Review which centers around guessing and estimating.</p>