One of my quarantine projects has been to catch up with my serious reading, and now I have an unread book on my mind, a splendid and impossible book, "Ulysses" by James Joyce. But why now? Because every year in the middle of June, and uniquely in literature, this book has a special commemorative day known as “Bloomsday.” Non-English majors may need CliffsNotes here. Bloomsday is observed every June 16 in Dublin, Ireland, to commemorate the life of James Joyce and relive the events in his novel "Ulysses," all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. There are public readings and dramatizations from the book, guided walks around Dublin, and frequent stops at the historic pubs. Things are less simple when you try to read the book itself, which is seven hundred and eighty-three pages long, including footnotes. The main character in the novel is Leopold Bloom – hence Bloomsday – and June 16 was the date of Joyce’s own first walk with his, future wife. The novel loosely follows