Reading in Ron Hogan’s Wake:
Since Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin books are now available in e-book format, Ron Hogan (of Beatrice.com) is reading his way through the beloved 20-book series using the free Subtext app for iPad to make annotations along the way.
Here is Ron’s description of the kind of notes you can expect:
“I’m not explaining every one of the sails on the great ships—there’s charts at the beginning of the book for that!—but every time I run across a historical reference I don’t quite get, I look it up, and I share what I find out. And when I come across a passage I particularly like, I talk a little bit about why. (And I do love O’Brian’s language so—an amazing blend of 19th-century voice with modernist innovations like stream of consciousness and cinematic jump cuts.) I’m also a big fan of the way that I can insert images or audio/video files into my annotations, so if an actual historical personage like Lord Keith makes an appearance, I can call up his Wikipedia portrait.”
Based on this screen capture, it seems Ron is already making good progress: 74 notes added to Master and Commander so far. Keep reading on Beatrice.com to learn more.
