I decided to read all of Joyce in order, which I think helps ease you into his head.

I borrowed out from a friend at his insistence, but i was moving away two weeks later and couldn’t finish it in time… I was enjoying it a lot but now I’ll have to start back again and i don’t know if I can get into it again.

To me, reading it required a very different state of mind than for other books. I had to feel “floating” along with the book, accept where it was bringing me and not ask too many questions. I relished the feeling and the difference from everything else I’ve read.