I'd like to know how you got through Ulysses - preferably an explanation that doesn't involve prerequisites like obtaining PhDs in Greek Mythology, Irish history, and intimate knowledge of the underpinnings, past and present, of Catholicism. Every other word had me referencing the dictionary or encyclopedia.

A Separate Peace was recommended to me after I'd read Catcher In The Rye. The person who'd recommended it said I'd like it better. I didn't, but then again I was about 11 years old when I read it. I read it again after I got out of high school, and liked it much better, especially the ending, or more specifically, the last line.

Recently, I've thought about going back and reading it again, just because it is such a well written book.