Thursday: On Books, New and Used

Had my second day of class today; and the first lecture of my second course. It was just as frantic as the first, but I was better able to keep up, so I’m glad. The classes themselves don’t seem like they will be too bad, not really any of my interests will be covered until the middle of November, but I’ll learn something. I’ve already got work due for both classes next week. I meet with Tom (the American transplant) Tuesday before class to make sure I did the assignments properly, as the form is completely different from in Mtl. After class, Natalie and I went to BookEnds, the school run used bookstore. The lectures have both referred to about a baker’s dozen books we should have, and I wanted to see if BE carried any of them; it’d save me some time trying to track them down. They didn’t, but I did find a book of mythology I’d wanted for 50p (pence). Considering it costs about 3 dollars back home, the conversion still left it favorable and I felt justified in my purchase. After that, Natalie mentioned a used bookstore near her apartment and we went there to check as well. While they also didn’t have the ones I needed for class, there were some I’ve had on my shopping list for years and I got them. I bought 5 books, with the most expensive being 5 quid. I got home that evening with 6 new books that cost me 16.5 pounds. It was a good day!