I've just been on Amazon, browsing titles to add to my Christmas Wish List. Top of the list must be the Latin version of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, entitled Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis.
There's a new Latin version of the Chamber of Secrets too, but I think starting with the first book in the series is probably the best way to go. I actually spotted HP & TPS in Foyles a few months ago, but didn't quite have enough money available for that and the other books I was buying that day. And at that point I hadn't yet decided to get serious about Latin again, anyway - by which I mean concentrating on that for a while instead of purely on Greek.
I'm due to pop into Foyles again next week, for the Salt Autumn Party and launch event on Thursday 29th November, and will no doubt be raiding my piggy bank in order to buy it. I've seen mixed responses to the book online, mainly either complaints about the simplified Latin or the too-wide vocabulary with no glossary, but I still think it would make superb light reading for bedtime.
Having just typed that and genuinely meant it, I now realise how far removed I am from any semblance of normal existence.
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