On a mission...

I've decided that because I've been pretty slack in the gap filling of late, I need to set myself a challenge.

So here it is: I'm going to try and read Ulysses by James Joyce by Bloomsday, which is the 15th of June.

I'm pretty sure that this will turn out to be impossible, as most of my ideas are, but I solemnly swear to update on the 15th of June with my progress report at least.

Anyone else feeling brave/monumentally insane?

Happy Bloomsday!

Technically it's not Bloomsday in Ireland yet, but it is here in Australia so I thought I'd share!

From Wiki:

Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin, Ireland and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The name derives from Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses, and 16 June was the date of Joyce's first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, when they walked to the Dublin village of Ringsend.

Megan - No Progress

I really thought that once I committed to this I would turn into an avid reader. While I think I'm reading more than I have yet this year, I still feel as though I'm not getting through anything.

I started Ulysses but am finding that this one of those books I wish I'd had a class on in college. It's going to be difficult to get through on my own. I'm hoping that this will be one that others will want to read together? I know Middlemay is going on so definitely not right now, but in the future? If there's an interest I will put this one away for a while. I'm so confused...