This is mostly for my own reference, but some of you may find it interesting
I ordered all of my books (and a few extra things) off Amazon.com.
Here's the breakdown:
- HUM104
- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religions
David Hume
($9.95; $5.10 at IIT used) - Frankenstein
Mary Shelly
($4.95; $5.95 at IIT used; never did read this in 12th grade, yay for AP English) - Darwin (Norton Critical Editon)
Charles Darwin, Phillip Appleman
($12.35; $13.50 at IIT used) - Therese Raquin
Ãmile Zola
($9.13; $8.25 at IIT used)
- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religions
- BIOL115
- Human Biology
Sylvia S. Mader
($80.32; $90.50 at IIT used)
- Human Biology
- LIT328
- Favorite Works of William Blake
William Blake
($9; $11.25 at IIT used) - Short History of the Printed Word
Warren Chappell
($14.68; $18.70 at IIT used) - Another E.E. Cummings
E.E. Cummings
($5.49; $11.20 at IIT used) - Norton Anthology of Poetry
Margaret Ferguson
($48.50; $50 at IIT used) - Ariel: The Restored Editon
Sylvia Plath
($11.16; $10.45 at IIT used)
- Favorite Works of William Blake
Total: $205
I listed the IIT Bookstore's used prices for reference. A few of the books were a tad higher than the used prices on-campus. I neglected, however, to list the prices for new books. The store was asking $120.65 for the bio book. I think it's a win no matter what, really.
I also already had the Java book I need for CS116 and the Psych book I need for PSYCH221.
I also ordered:
- Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
($9.64) - Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
($6.99) - Lord of the Flies
William Golding
($9.99) - 1984
George Orwell
($7.95) - Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
($6.99) - V for Vendetta (the graphic novel)
Alan Moore
($13.59) - East of Eden
John Steinbeck
($15.90) - The Dollmaker
Harriette Arnow
($2.25) - Stargate (Ultimate Edition) (the original 1994 movie on DVD)
($4.91)
With these items, and shipping/handling, the total came to $309.20.
Ouch!
There goes all that money from work I was talking about.
Half of the order was to be shipped on Feb. 20th due to Brave New World being out of stock. I ended up cancelling that book so that the order would ship on the twenty-fifth of January instead and just reordered a cheaper version of the book that also has some extras (and is in-stock!).
The only book in that list that I have not yet read is 1984. All the others I read in Honors English 10, 11, or AP English. It's been a while though, so I figured it'd be good to read them again, seeing as how I enjoyed them quite a bit. V for Vendetta was just a little something I've been meaning to get. I love the movie and I wanna read the original story.
I also found out that my amazon.com login/password is valid on amazon.de, the german site.
- Der fernste Ort
Daniell Kehlmann
(€6,07/$7.87 ; €20,07/$26.04 with shipping/handling)
I saw a review of the book on everything2, and it looks pretty neat. Plus it's in german. It'll be a challenge to read, but it'll be a fun challenge. I need to keep up with my german anyway. And what's better than reading? The reason I love the english language so much and am pretty good with it is because I used to constantly read books that were rated for highschoolers and the like in elementary school. It's the same principle with german.
Speaking of everything2, today marks two years since I signed up as a noder. I have only written three things in those two years, so I decided I'd post the sonnet I made for AP English. I'm wondering what kind of reception it will garner. We'll see.
I should write more. I have an idea in the back of my head. It's been there since the summer, I think. I forget when I started it.
All of the books should be coming right around my birthday. It'll be like a gigantic birthday present followed by a bunch of smaller ones (that's the way the orders are broken up; there's like ten items in one order, and then one in each of the rest) and then finally one from Germany. I can't wait. There will be much literary goodness to come.