Reddit reviews Lab Ref: A Handbook of Recipes, Reagents, and Other Reference Tools for Use at the Bench (Handbooks)

You might check these out (my university library had them):

http://www.amazon.com/Lab-Ref-Volume-Reference-Handbooks/dp/0879696303/ref=pd_sim_b_4

http://www.amazon.com/Lab-Ref-Volume-Handbook-Reference/dp/0879698152/ref=pd_cp_b_2

http://www.amazon.com/At-Bench-Laboratory-Navigator-Updated/dp/0879697083/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-Bench-Step-Step-Biologists/dp/0879698578/ref=pd_sim_b_3

Hey H0RSED1K it's good to hear that I'm not the only one who feels this way.

I just want to graduate as soon as possible - I'd rather spend 40 hours a week working and getting paid, then 80 hours a week studying and paying for it.

One text we used in one of my classes was great, it is Molecular Biology of the Cell
I would love to read this entire text over an 8 month period or so, and complete the problems book

I feel that this would solidify my basic knowledge in biology.
Following this I would be able to target specific areas of interest.

I'm having errors accessing my Amazon wish list, but some of the books I can remember are as follows:

• Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences
  
  
• Lab Ref, Volume 1: A Handbook of Recipes, Reagents, and Other Reference Tools for Use at the Bench
  
  
• Power, Sex, Suicide
  
  
• Short Protocols in Molecular Biology
  
  Also, you can consult some of the free courses online (MIT's OCW, Coursera.org, iTunes U, Open.edu) and once you obtain the syllabus you can review the material at your leisure. There are also sites like BenchFly.com, Jove.com that have videos of lab techniques and experiments. I presently don't have the time to review these in detail, so they are on my post-graduation queue.
  
  If you want to do this right, you'll probably have to hire a tutor to answer questions you might have.