If you took Shmoop Lit in the Media...

[a2jc4life]

Not helpful, but I see this is your second Shmoop class. Is needed additional material standard for Shmoop? Are they definitely required readings to pass the class, are you only needing a vague sentence or two from each book, or can you manage without?

I've only taken the two.  Bible as Literature didn't require any outside texts (that weren't linked to and completely free online).  I suspect it might be the exception?  I feel like the other literature classes, though, are probably a bit less "scattered" and it's, therefore, a little clearer what you're likely to need.

There were a number of books where we were supposed to read a single chapter.  I didn't read these, and just fudged it.  I wasn't going to buy a whole book for a single chapter if I didn't have to!  Understanding Comics is pretty non-negotiable; you read pretty much the whole book over the course of almost an entire unit.  (It's good, though.  I ordered it via Amazon Prime b/c that was quicker than waiting on our library, and I'm not sorry to have it.)  And Frankenstein (both book and movie) and The Tempest are pretty essential, I think.  All of these should be easily accessible at the library, though -- IF you know you need them.

I just finished the final, and I've been taking notes, so I'll post a thread with some more detail.