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James Joyce, James Joyce: Ulysses (1922, Shakespeare and Company)

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in …

I Get It

After getting through this here's what I've got.

This is a book that happens in 3 halves. I know how that sounds but it's the best way to describe it.

The first half? Fantastic. Loved it. Second half? Confusing as hell. All over the place. And I feel a lot of what's in here could have been left out. Third half? Fantastic. Loved it.

Salman Rushdie: The Satanic Verses (Hardcover, 1989, Viking)

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jumbo jet blows apart high above the …

Not What I Expected

I wasn't expecting this. Not after all the violence and everything anyway.

The book is unexpectedly funny, full of a lot of history I don't totally know myself - so I'll have to do some research. But it was a fun read, and enlightening read for the most part, and I plan on reading it again after I've learned a little more.