First of all I want to thank @listenwithaudrey for the month long listen-along of Ulysses. It was a wonderful experience to read this brilliant book with the kind and supportive Audrey community. It was the best month ever, I don’t think I would’ve found a new all time favorite book in Ulysses without all of the amazing friends I’ve listened the book with and Sophie’s guide was always super helpful. 💚💚💚

I am absolutely in love with this masterpiece of a book, I found so much joy while reading this novel. I loved the beautiful writing, all the fun words, the atmospheric scenes. I loved being in this world, I felt myself in the book while reading it, I didn’t wanted to leave the pages of the book. I know some people who finish Ulysses are probably happy to be done with it and they feel free to read anything else… but for me I just wish to re-experience the time I had while reading the novel. I found so many moments, words and quotes I loved some I could relate to, it was just a purely incredible story. I loved it, I feel like I cannot express my feelings properly towards this book because I just loved it so deeply. When I find a miracle like this I always feel like I can’t bring my emotions into words.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:  

‘snotgreen’ 

‘shellcocoacoloured’ 

‘seawardpointed ears’ 

‘greengoldenly’ 

𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“ℋ𝑜𝓌 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎? ℐ𝓉'𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂, 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒. ℬ𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂.“

“𝒞𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. ℒ𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹.”

“ℋ𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝓊𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉.”

𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬:

I really enjoyed the part where Mr. Bloom was at the chemist, it was such an atmospheric scene. I felt like I was there with him, almost like I could smell the lemony scent of the soap. 🍋

“𝒯𝒽𝑒 ℬ𝑜𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒸 𝒢𝒶𝓇𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. ℐ𝓉’𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒.“

⬆️ I find this view very beautiful. Such a nice and special way to look at death.

If you’re thinking about reading Ulysses, please do, it is such a phenomenal book. I highly recommend listening the book on Audrey they have such a fantastic narration and guide with amazing and helpful notes. Also I suggest listening to the book while following along with a physical or digital copy of the book. I found it so much easier and fun to follow along in the book while hearing the story. So don’t hesitate to pick up Ulysses, it is such a treasure!