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Grad School: Books on the cheap :)

June 22nd, 2009 at 01:48 am

Today I spent about 90 minutes or so searching the internet for the various required books for my upcoming courses.

The first course, coming up here in just a few weeks, requires a great number of books. Most of them are novels, but two of them are actual textbooks. Guess what? I found ALL of them at my library!! Yes!!!

Of the three classes I'll start in August, one of them has no required texts (Yay!), one of them I have not found any info on yet (will be calling Monday!), and the third requires two texts. I found one of them at my library, and the other one I found a very used copy of at AbeBooks.

Hopefully, I will have as much luck in finding the required text(s) for the one remaining class. Big Grin

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I made a suggestion to my brother today. I suggested that maybe we could convert my livingroom into a bedroom for him, and clear out closet space for his stuff, and we could split my apartment. Big Grin

Long story - he and sil are getting divorced - have already short saled their house. Frown He's decided to go back to school and become a nurse.

If he can find a nursing program he can get into here in Dallas, he said he'd be willing to talk further about the idea.

With me working 4 days a week at the gym and going to school full time and him going to school full time and working, we probably wouldn't see each other much at all. I very very rarely use my living room for anything, so it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice.

This would cut 3 -4 hundred dollars a month off my expenses - and I would know I'd have someone I get along with pretty well.

Posted in General, Frugal Single Life, Financial | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Grad School: Books on the cheap :)”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 01:57 am 1245632267
    1245632267

    Fingers crossed that it works for your brother to be roommates. It sounds like a fabulous idea!

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 01:59 am 1245632381
    1245632381

    Thanks! He likes to run too, so I might be able to get him to run with me once in awhile (though I bet I'm a lot slower than he is.)

  3. crazyliblady Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 03:02 am 1245636147
    1245636147

    Sorry about your brother. That's a difficult situation, even under the most amicable circumstances. Congrats on finding a potential roommate. That should help some on expenses while you are in school.

    For used books, you can also check these places.

    http://www.alibris.com
    http://www.powells.com
    http://www.half.com
    http://www.betterworldbooks.com
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com
    http://used.addall.com

  4. frugaltexan75 Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 03:08 am 1245636516
    1245636516

    Thanks. Yes, it is a sad situation, but so far it is going as well as can be expected.

    Those are good sites you posted - I found one of the books on albris, but then checked my library and found it there. Smile

  5. dmontngrey Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 05:23 pm 1245687822
    1245687822

    How nice you may be able to help your brother out - and it would help you too! I like it when I am able to jump in and help my brother - just did so this weekend. Smile He now has the car we were trying to sell. Had a buyer 99% lined up too - but my brother needed a car FAST.

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