gimli_is_the_best t1_jdktmma wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:59 AM

Reply to comment by Independent_Boss3950 in Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly

Epic fantasy just goes so well with winter when you're stuck inside because it's too cold or dark to do anything but read in the afternoon. And then you have The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with the "Always winter but never Christmas" to set the mood.

gimli_is_the_best t1_jdkrwus wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:44 AM

Reply to Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly

I kept hoping for a whole month off from work so I could read Ulysses (Joyce) without interruption and without getting sidetracked by rereading The Odyssey for context.

Then the pandemic happened and I thought, "Oh! This is perfect!" But you know what? I got distracted by reading The Odyssey a 4th time again and never got back to Ulysses ¯\(ツ)/¯

EDIT: escape character typo

PS. I have read The Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man so Ulysses isn't my first Joyce experience. I just have a compulsive need to do competitive lit analysis with it and The Odyssey.