Hello, I am about to start reading Ulysses By James Joyce.
You might find my thoughts and notes interesting along the way.
Let's have some background first. You see, I have this list of books that I intend on reading. I pick a book at random, I complete the book, I cross it out and pick another and so on. Now it is Ulysses' turn.
Something that I should be clear about.
I do not presume to have the mental capability to understand this book.
I do not make any promises about completing this book (but I will).
I do not make any promises about following through with this blog until completion.
There will be all kinds of errors, including typos, incorrect grammar, run-on sentences, and all that other junk. I am a busy man and don't have the time nor the inclination to right click every squiggly line I create.
There will probably be spoilers, but, I figure you would probably expect that.
A little bit about me. I enjoy reading.
A little bit about James Joyce from the top of my head. He was Irish. He had very poor vision. I think he was alive in the whereabouts of the late 1800's to early 1900's. 1912 comes to mind. He might have been alive during that year.
Anyway, to touch back on my joy of reading. It's not a common thing for me to reread a book. When I do its because it had a major impact on me and my way of regarding the world I live in. That isn't to imply that I just skim either, I dig in. Look up things, write notes in the margins, think about things I pick along the way and how they relate to me and my life. I try to make each page count, because like I said, I probably won't read it again.
That's the sort of thing I imagine you can expect from this. But, I dunno.
Anyway, I was going to finish this by saying Thank you, and I hope you enjoy this, whatever this is.
but...
The "Thank you" part is solid. Thank you for at least reading this far, you didn't have to.
but .... Hoping you enjoy it? You might not. I think my hope is that you think about what my motivations for doing this are. Maybe you might consider your motivations for doing what you do. You might find a thing that could do some good for someone else, maybe give that a try.
Or, I hope you will know when to cut your losses and move on to something more worthy of your time.
Anyway, Thanks for reading.
