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  • Babel
    Thoughts from 10% (page 52)

    "the French translator – did his very best to Frenchify the dialogue and to erase all cultural details he thought would confuse the reader."

    Yesterday, I saw a tweet saying "itadakimasu" shouldn't be translated to "thank you for the food" because no English speaker says that before meal, and I don't understand how that's relevant at all. When you read it, you're supposed to think, "oh Japanese people say that, huh?" You're not supposed to think "what the fuck man? What the actual fuck? I never say that! No one around me says that! Why would someone (from a different culture) possibly say or write that? The world is going crazy! Aaaaaaa!" Like 😭😭😭 I guess Kuang gets me.

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  • Babel
    Thoughts from 10% (page 52)

    "the French translator – did his very best to Frenchify the dialogue and to erase all cultural details he thought would confuse the reader."

    Yesterday, I saw a tweet saying "itadakimasu" shouldn't be translated to "thank you for the food" because no English speaker says that before meal, and I don't understand how that's relevant at all. When you read it, you're supposed to think, "oh Japanese people say that, huh?" You're not supposed to think "what the fuck man? What the actual fuck? I never say that! No one around me says that! Why would someone (from a different culture) possibly say or write that? The world is going crazy! Aaaaaaa!" Like 😭😭😭 I guess Kuang gets me.

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  • Forgotten Vows (Folk, #2)
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    Feb 12, 2026
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    I enjoyed this book a lot less than the first one. The plot is too convenient and Ash felt like a different person. We spent the entire first book building up his character as a potionmaker (drachmsmith) but there is no potionmaking anymore in this book. He became really good at archery (despite never doing archery before meeting Gillie) and he started doing bold yet irresponsible things that could bring harm to Nua and Gillie.

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  • Mortal Skin (Folk, #1)
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    Feb 12, 2026
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    Cute romance between a timid potionmaker and a kuudere prince.

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  • Monday's Not Coming
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    Feb 07, 2026
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    Too much filler. Cops not caring about children, black children especially, going missing is unfortunately realistic, but it doesn't make sense for Claudia's parents not to feel weird about their daughter's best friend's disappearance. You two saw Monday hanging out with Claudia every day, and suddenly poof! Nothing. You're not suspicious??

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