[WilTimSon]

I'll say this, with the caveat that I never did finish the book due to unrelated reasons, this is an excellent method.

One may think "It's fine, I'll simply read the text and then, if I have questions, absorb some scholarly articles on it." Trust me, you will enjoy it so much more when you understand Joyce's intent and clever writing as it happens. You simply can't take it all in post-factum, too much would be missed.