But it's only Wednesday today.
Steve has the gun range tonight.
It appears that my supplies for starting to annotate my reads will arrive today so I could start reading and annotating BABEL tonight.
BABEL by R. F Kuang. Stand alone (so far)
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation — also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel's research in foreign languages serves the Empire's quest to colonize everything it encounters.Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin; a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?
Published 2022; 557 pages.
This will probably take a while to read because I will be marking it (I have the physical book). I'm thinking of annotating as an author, not the emotional response like I've seen others do in vlogs. Noting characters, story structure, world building, plot, theme, and commentary in general.
To me, it sounds kinda fun. I won't be marking the book permanently (like I've seen them all do). I've got book darts to mark the page and transparent stickies to put on the page to highlight, underline, or make comments. We'll see. Maybe I'll just highlight and use the stickies for comments. It might be easier.
I also picked up these two books to do. I figure one per month maybe.
Otherwise this evening, I'll prep for tomorrow's meal, write my pages, and take care of the boys.
Have a good day
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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