We all have at least one: the title(s) that you still haven't finished weeks, months, even years after you started reading it, but nevertheless you are determined to finish... someday.

Let's commiserate. What's on your stuck book list?

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[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

James Joyce's 'Ulysses' for me, just can’t get the momentum to get into it.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the idea, I’ll try it.