Today I continued my quest for books for school. Trusty list in hand, I headed north on El Camino Real, certain that I had seen a Borders somewhere. After a fair amount of traffic and much self-doubt, I found it. Now, I could have looked online to see if they had the books I wanted, and there I also would have seen the price. But I didn't do that. I just wanted to go. Therefore, I found books that I wanted at much higher prices than I wanted to pay. I mean, I'm not going to pay $13 or so for a 50 year old book that I should be able to find in a used bookstore, if I just had the desire to go from used bookstore to used bookstore looking.
In the end, I used my trusty coupon and bought A Severe Mercy, which I told Sandra I would never read. Oh, well. I'm writing a paper on C.S. Lewis's views on theodicy (pain & suffering, why bad things happen to good people) and this book deals with that.
I also stopped in at Barnes & Noble to see if they had any of the harder to find books, but they did not. It was really difficult being in those stores without a) feeling like I could really relax and browse, b) buying a coffee, and c) having money to spend however I wanted. Oh, bookstores. How you torture me.
So, after yesterday's & today's quests, I have 2 books I want/need for papers, I've ordered 2 more online, I'll go to the library at school tomorrow to get a few more (even though I prefer having my own so I can write in them), and I may order one more if the library doesn't have it.
And let's not even talk about my final project for sexuality, okay? I'm pretending that's going to be easy.
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