Chapter 1. Chapter 6 Adopting a Success Attitude Activity

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Reading for pleasure has numerous benefits: It can build your knowledge, improve your vocabulary, boost your reading speed, enhance your creativity and imagination, and encourage attentiveness and focus. Moreover, reading for pleasure can relieve stress and promote positive emotions.

Choose four literary genres from the list below. For each genre you choose, identify a book that you might like to read. (Search online or go to a bookstore to get ideas.)

Literary Genres:

• classic literature
• fantasy/adventure
• historical fiction
• crime/detective
• science fiction
• horror
• mystery
• romance
• humor
• suspense/thriller
• autobiography/biography
• nonfiction (factual information)
• poetry

For each book you chose, provide the following information in the text boxes below:

• the genre
• the full title
• the author's name
• a brief description (two to three sentences)
• the reason the book interests you
• when you plan on reading the book