Finished reading Hard Times and went back to Ulysses

Reading a book like Ulysses is interesting. It makes me realize how much skimming I do when I read. Although the book does have a plot and a progression, you really can't stop paying attention for even a second, or you lose track of where and when you are and whose head you're in.  It's a book that can only be read when you're in possession of a lot of …