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What books do you guys read in spare time for lsat?
please recommend me some books which has similar passage types with RC or LR.

Sometimes I felt black out during the test, Maybe in LR more than RC.
I wanna break this.
Thank you guys.

RC and LR passages are constructed in a very specific way and by the same folks at LSAC. There is nothing quite parallel to them since it never hasthe "feel" of an LSAT passage. I found no help in reading other materials in order to simulate. The only helpful thing is to read, dissect, and understand real LSAT passages and pick up on actual trends.

Read the general theory of employment interest and money by john Maynard Keynes.

YaSvoboden wrote:Read the general theory of employment interest and money by john Maynard Keynes.

And identify all of the fallacies. Great practice for LR.

YaSvoboden wrote:Read the general theory of employment interest and money by john Maynard Keynes.

Lol +1

kaiser wrote:RC and LR passages are constructed in a very specific way and by the same folks at LSAC. There is nothing quite parallel to them since it never hasthe "feel" of an LSAT passage. I found no help in reading other materials in order to simulate. The only helpful thing is to read, dissect, and understand real LSAT passages and pick up on actual trends.

Actually I think they use articles from the Economist quite often. They certainly did in June and I had fun going back to the original and remembering the questions.

I read the Economist regularly and I agree that I definitely benefitted from that this past June, but I think if you're trying to specifically target the RC sections, accustom yourself to precisely that format and style, with questions following.

Take apart a bunch of tests - mostly early, but one or two more recent ones that include a the Passage 1/Passage 2 comparative types - and drill them. It sounds like you mostly need to learn how to push through the "black out" wall, and doing passage after passage on a regular basis will do that. It may not be particularly enjoyable, but I can promise it will be much more effective than reading outside material.

I read American Scientist (different from Scientific American) and mags on Finance. I think magazines work better than books, they're more similar to what you'll see in RC sections. Also watch Nat Geo documentaries (or any short documentaries) - I watched one on dreams the night before yesterday's LSAT and had a lovely little LR question on exactly what I had just watched the day before. As long as you get comfortable with the process, you'll be fine!

vulpixie wrote:

YaSvoboden wrote:Read the general theory of employment interest and money by john Maynard Keynes.

And identify all of the fallacies. Great practice for LR.

It won't be difficult.

I was listening to a law school podcast and some guy said that this book is pretty good.

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-That-Lottery ... 184708043X

Thank you so much guys.

By the way,
I was worried that I felt most of that black out at the 'must be true' type.

Do you guys think normal reading is better strategy than try to think some conditioning or else for must be true type?

If youre still looking for a book, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Not a tough read but a good intro to logic and philosophy, plus it made me cry.
But mags are best for practice, imo. My favorite is the new yorker. Also +1 to the economost

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... tilts.html

Wish I read this before Saturday

Just pick up The Economist and Scientific American every month/week. They are dense, technical articles that only assume you're a smart person, not a PhD in Econ or Physics.