I read some really interesting books in September. One of the books prompted me to pick up a couple more from the same author. The book was called Book Architecture by Stuart Horwitz. I will be reading these two new books this month. Additionally, I read a very informative book on Universal Design for Learning and I have another UDL book lined up for this month. Where I am falling down is writing my book reviews. I have nine reviews that I need to write. I hope to knock a couple of them off my list this weekend. I have also been busy prepping my new podcast but I have been set behind due to travel, school, and technology issues. If you want to know more come join me on my author page on Facebook. This is what I have planned to read for October.
My October reading list is a continuation from September. I will be reading two books from Stuart Horwitz on writing, another book on Universal Design for Learning, and the latest book by Malcolm Gladwell.
Here is what is on my reading list for October 2019:
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
I just finished reading Gladwell’s book, Blink. He is such an informative and entertaining writer than when Talking to Strangers came out, I knew I wanted to read it. I am not sure what it is about but I know it will be interesting.
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers–and why they often go wrong.
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn’t true?
Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland—throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.
Finish Your Book in Three Drafts: How to Write a Book, Revise a Book, and Complete a Book While You Still Love It by Stuart Horwitz
I found Horwitz book, Book Architecture so interesting, I wanted to read more. Horwitz shows a different way of writing a book. I am interested in learning more.
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How do you write a book? Stuart Horwitz helps you do it in three drafts. Three drafts: that’s all you need. The messy draft: which is all about getting it down. The method draft: which is all about making sense. The polished draft: which is all about making it good. Finish Your Book in Three Drafts is for outliners who meticulously script every writing session and pantsers who pilot solely by feel. It will help you get past the fear that can land a first draft in the trashcan, and the confusion that can send a second draft into a dizzying tailspin. Because you don’t want to be writing the same book for the rest of your life.
You can Finish Your Book in Three Drafts provided you approach each draft in the right spirit and know what action steps to take between drafts. With clarity, honesty, humor, and even videos, Horwitz discusses the best outlook and direction for each of the three drafts so that you can increase your efficiency, satisfaction, and engagement with both your writing process and your final product.
UDL Now!: A Teacher’s Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today’s Classrooms by Katie Novak
Universal Design for Learning is a powerful way to increase access and inclusion for a classroom. The more I can learn about UDL, the better I can help faculty implement it.
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In this revised and expanded edition of UDL Now! Katie Novak provides practical insights and savvy strategies for helping all learners meet high standards using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a framework for inclusive education that aims to lower barriers to learning and optimize each individual’s opportunity to learn. Novak shows how to use the UDL Guidelines to plan lessons, choose materials, assess learning, and improve instructional practice. Novak discusses key concepts such as scaffolding, vocabulary-building, and using student feedback to inform instruction. She also provides tips on recruiting students as partners in the teaching process, engaging their interest in how they learn. UDL Now! is a fun and effective Monday-morning playbook for great teaching.
Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method by Stuart Horwitz
I am very interested in how Horwitz writes his books. This is another glimpse into his method.
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The first draft is the easy part…
In Blueprint Your Bestseller, Stuart Horwitz offers a step-by-step process for revising your manuscript that has helped bestselling authors get from first draft to final draft. Whether you’re tinkering with your first one hundred pages or trying to wrestle a complete draft into shape, Horwitz helps you look at your writing with the fresh perspective you need to reach the finish line.
Blueprint Your Bestseller introduces the Book Architecture Method, a tested sequence of steps for organizing and revising any manuscript. By breaking a manuscript into manageable scenes, you can determine what is going on in your writing at the structural level—and uncover the underlying flaws and strengths of your narrative.
For more than a decade this proven approach to revision has helped authors of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as writers across all media from theater to film to TV.
That’s it for this month — I want to hear what good books YOU’VE read lately! Please share in the comments below.
If you missed previous months in 2019, you can still check them out:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September
My Reviews for This Reading List
- Book Review: Finish Your Book in Three Drafts: How to Write a Book, Revise a Book, and Complete a Book While You Still Love It
- Book Review: Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript With the Book Architecture Method
- Book Review: UDL Now!: A Teacher’s Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today’s Classrooms
- Book Review: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
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