The Sound and the Fury

I hav been trying for days, since I finished The Great Gatsby, to read The Sound and the Fury. To my avail I have not been successful. It has taken me the last couple days to force myself to read through the first chapter and I call a loss, the book, the writer, William Faulkner wins. I suppose depending on how you look at it the writer looses. The book is written in short choppy sentences, reminiscent I am sure of the time frame in which the book takes place. The short choppy sentences make it difficult enough to read but then it seams as the writer moves around from times and scenes that leave you thinking wasn't I reading about this pages ago or where did this thought process come from. I am a succinct reader. I don't mind reading books where each chapter is a particular characters take on events, because they tend to be succinct with what is occurring. But, with this particular book I was having a difficult time following all of the changes through the choppy writing. This book maybe a good fit for some and not for others. For me it is a loss, so, with that being said I will give it two at of five books. What I could follow wasn't entirely awful, I good story somewhere in there I am thinking.

Ulysses

In the midst of the crazy that I have resigned to accepting as my life lately I have been trying to read through Ulysses. I had to renew the book with the library and now I am on week four. I climb into bed with the plan to read through at least a chapter and I make it through two or three pages before I find the back of my eyelids. So far I am finding that although writing is old fashioned (do to the time the book is written) it is easy to follow. Thus far I have to say that I do enjoy the book greatly, well what I have read without looking through my eyelids.