One day I will......

Phoenix - ME TOO! I said to DH a few years ago I would love to Ulysses. He said 'no chance, you'd never get through it'. Right - off to the library tomorrow.

A fine sentiment, ginny, but often quite hard to do in practical terms!

Never say 'one day I will...' Do it now.

I have... not gonna repeat the experience!

I saw the film when I was about 17/18. I'd expected it to be a bit raunchy (and maybe it was) but all I can remember is feeling perplexed and bored.

Reading Ulysses to me would be like a crime and punishment!

I hope that others will add their own "one day I will....." things, I didn't intend this thread to be solely about Ulysses!

(I've just remembered hearing an interview with that nice Irish chap that was in "Cold Feet" years ago, saying that he was in a bookshop once and heard someone ask "Do you have a copy of that James Joyce's book "Useless" ?)

In a fit of enthusiasm I downloaded it to the Kindle about 2 1/2 years ago and it's still waiting to be read.

Nearly died of confusion and boredom, but it was a 'must read', so I did.

I saw the film in the late sixties and was surprised to find we were sitting behind our vicar!

Not tempted to read the book either.

That's really encouraging, feetlebaum perhaps when I get round to actually buying and starting it, I might adopt the same policy.

I'm about a third of the way through Ulysses. To my surprise I'm loving it, but I have to take breaks to read lighter things...

I vaguely remember DH dragging me off to see the film on what I think was one of those 1970s late night screenings. I cannot really remember anything about it though, except that it seemed dark and dingy the whole way through. I am not tempted.

I haven't, and I don't intend to.

It'd quite a challenging read.