reading all books referenced on Gilmore girls

James Joyce... today is the day I choose to forgive you. Or at least decide that you're not the devil for 24 hours in a desire to celebrate my own Irish roots. My first attempt at a limerick (not dirty) to memorialize my experience with Ulysses... my version of the proverbial olive branch. There once was a smart man from Dublin. Whose words were so weird and confluffin' The world together agreed His work was a need And years later Bear Allen was done-in. Move over, Yeats! A

I'm currently drinking my Tazo Awake tea out of the most awesome mug! Banned books FTW! In-laws rock! (although I'm dying that Ulysses is the one right where the handle meets the mug. Why you gotta follow me everywhere, James Joyce?!) And don't forget... Banned Book Week takes place from September 21st-27th! #bannedbook #holiday #ulysses #jamesjoyce

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This weekend, Husband and I took Lorelai for her first trip to our cabin in upstate New York. Generally the cabin is an opportunity to get in 48 hours of reading, only interrupted by consuming mass quantities of alcohol and Cool Ranch Doritos. Not so much with a 14 month in tow. So, you'd think that in the few minutes I could sneak some reading in, I'd be more apt to read something "fun". But guys, I'm maturing! Unlike Lorelai Gilmore, this Lorelai likes the outdoors Inst

Slate may be on my shit list for Ruth Graham's ignorant rant against YA, but I thoroughly enjoyed this article. Joyce's Ulysses: The Only Chapter Worth Reading I may feel differently about it once I've finally hit that last page, but right now, I'm about here:Ulysses is an overwrought, overwritten epic of gratingly obvious, self-congratulatory, show-off erudition that, with its overstuffed symbolism and leaden attempts at humor, is bearable only by terminal graduate students

The 442 pages of James Joyce's Ulysses takes place over one day... June 16th. Therefore, every year we celebrate "Bloomsday", named after one of the main characters in the story, Leopold Bloom. This is a day to celebrate the life and writing of one Mr. Joyce and events occur on this day in Dublin and all throughout the world to commemorate the beloved author. Joyce selected June 16th for Ulysses as it was the date of his first date with his (eventual) wife, Nora Barnacle.

I recently discovered that Taystee on Orange is the New Black feels some kind of way about Ulysses. She and I appear to be kindred spirits. Right on, Taystee! I really need to watch Orange is the New Black. I read the book years ago... it was one of those ones I just picked up because I liked the cover. And then began reading it and realized that it's about the prison in the town I was born in (one town over from where I grew up and currently live). I highly recommend th

I recently discovered that Taystee on Orange is the New Black feels some kind of way about Ulysses. She and I appear to be kindred spirits. Right on, Taystee! I really need to watch Orange is the New Black. I read the book years ago... it was one of those ones I just picked up because I liked the cover. And then began reading it and realized that it's about the prison in the town I was born in (one town over from where I grew up and currently live). I highly recommend th

This quote just came up on my Facebook feed from A Mighty Girl (great site if you've never checked it out), and it really spoke to my conundrum about reading Ulysses. My final decision was to listen to Ulysses while reading along so I really absorb the intricacies of the dialogue and truly experience Joyce's writing style firsthand. And I have to say... it was a fantastic decision. I feel like I am getting so much out of reading it this way... I'm not just reading words on