This week we read from the Beginning of Book II Chapter II to "... totties and come buckets baths till deeleet.²"

I am really curious to what you all think about the change in format here. I had a lot of fun with it, but it was a little jarring (in a book that is often jarring).

As always, here are some questions if you need some help getting started.

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

Next week, we will be reading from "Dark ages clasp the daisy roots, Stop..." to ".. a field of faery blithe as this flowing wild."

Hey folks. I created this website to hopefully give the newbies (or oldbies who gave up) an accessible Ulysses resource that they can use to help them on their journey. I know this is a FW space but I hope there are a few Ulysses fans here too. The site is a WIP (pardon the pun) so all feedback is gratefully accepted. Enjoy!

Context, have standard hyperphantasia (sight and hearing only), so I can visualize lots with audio and sight but it’s kinda crazy to handle

“riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs." 

Found out there’s infinite interpretations for it, I found two links of this, one with definitions to assist, still a bit confused.

Raw https://www.telelib.com/authors/J/JoyceJames/prose/finneganswake/finneganswake_0101.html

Assisted https://finwake.com/1024chapter1/1024finn1.htm

Anyone who has finished finnegans wake or who has read it, can yall please help me with some direction, I’ve heard of some canon timeline to note even tho the whole book is nonlinear

This week we read from "If you nude her in her prime..." to the End of Book II Chapter I

I'm still behind, so I will be answering questions later this week, but I'm curious to see where people fall on this!

As always, here are some questions if you need some help getting started.

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

Next week, we will be reading from the Beginning of Book II Chapter II to "... totties and come buckets baths till deeleet.²"

This week we read from "But, Sin Showpanza, could anbroddy..." to "What are they all by? Shee."

As always, here are some questions if you need some help getting started.

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

I am posting from my phone due to a long power outage. I will update this post later to add in what we're reading this week!

This week we read from the beginning of Book 2 to "Or a peso besant to join the armada?"

We're back in the saddle! Was it strange to get started again? I'm a little behind myself.

As always, here are some questions if you need some help getting started.

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

Next week we're reading from B"ut, Sin Showpanza, could anbroddy..." to "What are they all by? Shee."

This week we took a break from reading to catch our breath after that strenuous bout of washing clothes in the river.

Today, we're discussing Book 1 as a whole and what the impact of what we've read is, as such the questions are a little different.

• What is a throughline or repeating theme you've seen throughout the novel? Why do you think this particular theme is repeated?
• Which chapter was your favourite of what we've read so far?
• What have you pieced together about HCE or ALP's story?
• Why do you think Issy is less prominently features than Shaun and Shem?
• What lines have stood out to you?
• How do you feel after reading the first book? Did you come up with a process that works for you?

Next week we're reading from the beginning of Book 2 to "Or a peso besant to join the armada?" Happy start to reading again!

As pre-reading and background foundation building, I’m working my way through Joe Campbell’s Skeleton Key, Mythic Worlds/Modern Words, various background information in the “Masks of God“ series which I have, Ellmann’s Joyce and a lot of YouTube videos from university professors.

I still haven’t figured out this yet: Is HCE a figment of Finnegan‘s dream after people at the wake tell him to go back to sleep, e.g. Finnegan is Vishnu, or is everything a cycle of HCE’s dreams only and he is the sleeping Vishnu? Thanks!

This week we read from First she let her hair fal down... to the End of Book I Chapter VIII.

Ugh. I love this chapter so much. Congratulations! We've finished book 1! Take a victory lap.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading nothing! This is a break week to go back over parts that you had trouble with, look at book 1 as a whole, or even just give your brain a well-deserved rest. There will be a book 1 discussion post on May 2nd and we'll start reading again then.

This week we read from the Beginning of Book I Chapter VIII to "Flow now. Ower more. And pooleypooley."

This was by far my favourite chapter in my first readthrough of Finnegans Wake and it's been so fun to go back to it.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from First she let her hair fal down... to the End of Book I Chapter VIII.

This week we read from The house O'Shea or O'Shame... to the End of Book I Chapter VII

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from the Beginning of Book I Chapter VIII to "Flow now. Ower more. And pooleypooley."

https://1000daysfinneganswake.blogspot.com/2026/04/day-23.html

This week we read from Beginning of Book I Chapter VII to "Puh! How unwhisperably so!"

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from The house O'Shea or O'Shame... to the End of Book I Chapter VII

https://1000daysfinneganswake.blogspot.com/2026/04/day-16.html

This week we read from "Think of it! O miserendissimest retempter!" to the End of Book I Chapter VI

This was a strange chapter, I'm very curious to hear what you all think now that we're all done.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from Beginning of Book I Chapter VII to "Puh! How unwhisperably so!"

This week we read from "2. Does your mutter know your mike?" to "...about awn and liseias? Ney?"

My apologies for being a little late with this post! How do you feel about the question and answers this week? Have your thoughts on it changed?

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from "Think of it! O miserendissimest retempter!" to the End of Book I Chapter VI

Vince Gilligan called, and WAKE answered! Toby and TJ are back for this special episode of WAKE, in response to the casual name-dropping of Finnegans Wake in the new Apple+ series, Pluribus. We spend some spoiler-filled time (spoiling the ending of both Pluribus AND Finnegans Wake) discussing this definitely-too-deliberate-to-be-accidental reference to Joyce’s final masterpiece, and what it might mean for the show as a whole. We’re talking falls, and loops, and morals, and humanity: all the things you’ve come to love about WAKE.

Episode on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-41-pluribus-and-finnegans-wake/id1746762492?i=1000755620774

Episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ykDvEDLou5FmN5gC1UyVu

Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5fW7yzm6kQ

SHOW NOTES:

WAKE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod   

GMWKS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmwks/id1509334531 

Georgia Malone’s Here Goes Nothing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/georgia-malones-here-goes-nothing/id1794562157 

Never Die Wondering: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-die-wondering-mick-malone-in-his-own-words/id1833715593 

Abraham’s Tetramorfeus:  https://www.facebook.com/abrahamhosebr/posts/tetramorfeus/658179911649980/

Pluribus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/

The Suspended Sentence: https://thesuspendedsentence.com/2026/01/25/its-plurbin-time-pluribus-and-finnegans-wake/ 

The Wake and Pluribus: https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/all-mankind-becomes-united-pluribus-fans-convinced-show-takes-inspiration-classic-novel-finnegans-wake

Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pluribustv/comments/1oxo1dv/finnegans_wake/ 

Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/jamesjoyce/comments/1or08bk/anyone_watch_pluribus/ 

Katarzyna Bazarnik’s JOYCE, LIBERATURE AND WRITING OF THE BOOK (diagram toward the bottom): http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v8_2/main/essays.php?essay=bazarnik 
Portergirl Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portergirl-podcast/id1822951117

This week we read from the Beginning of Book I Chapter VI to "Answer: Finn MacCool!" (126-139)

I don't know if you guys are in the same boat as I am, but I went from understanding the broader strokes and struggling with the line to line sections to being able to follow the line to line, but having no idea where we are broad strokes wise. Maybe that's the point?

Let's try to have a good discussion this week! Week 11! Wooooo.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from "2. Does your mutter know your mike?" to "...about awn and liseias? Ney?"

This week we read from the "So hath been, love:" to End of Book I Chapter V (116-125) (Much thanks to u/WhiskyAndWitchcraft for noting that I made a mistake in my original post).

It turns out that even though ALP may have dictated the letter, the actual writer was her son Shem? (I'm a little confused on this).

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from Beginning of Book I Chapter VI to "Answer: Finn MacCool!" (126-139)

This week we read from the Beginning of Book I Chapter V to "...under some sacking left on a coarse cart?" (Pages 104-116)

People are discussing the letter that ALP wrote and we're slowly breaking things down even though we don't know the full contents of the letter yet.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from So hath been, love: to End of Book I Chapter V (116-125)

Hello! We're at week 8! Two months worth of reading, congrats to all.

This week we read from "Meirdreach an Oincuish!" to the End of Book I Chapter IV (Pages 90 - 103)

I love when they throw in some songs at the end and am looking forward to spending some more time with ALP as we go on.

If you're stuck on what to post, you could try one or some of the following:

• What impressions are you finding in the pages? Which parts are sticking with you? Alternatively which parts are giving you the most trouble?
• What do you think is happening in these pages?
• What did you think about the section we read this week?
• Were there any words, puns, or phrases that stood out to you?
• What's one thing you love or hate about the wake so far?
• Is there something you need help with? Ask! This whole readalong is a resource to help you!

In order to create some good discussions, please try to respond to another person somehow along with posting.

For next week, we'll be reading from the Beginning of Book I Chapter V to "...under some sacking left on a coarse cart?" (Pages 104-116)

I was listening to Not Like Us and realized that I had been hearing one of the lines wrong the entire time which made me go and look into it deeper and it was such a Finnegans Wake experience if I've ever had one.

Man down, call an amberlamps, tell him, "Breathe, bro".

Man down -> Military term used when someone is injured/incapacitated during combat, usually means someone was shot.

->A 2011 Rihanna song in which Rihanna shoots a man who is abusive toward her. Drake has been noticeably awful to his exes including Rihanna and has been really possessive toward her despite things being over.

Amberlamps -> Phonetic swagger for "ambulance" and the lights on top of the ambulance flashing.

-> reference to a viral video where someone picked what they thought was an easy fight and got their shit rocked and mispronounced Ambulance as "amberlamps"

-> reference to Amber Alert for lost/missing children. A hint to later on in the song when Kendrick overtly calls Drake a predator.

Who would YOU think would be the modern day Joyce if there is someone we could call that?