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Forrest is on page 3 of 270

I'm reading this in the original Latin. And I've only been "studying" Latin - not terribly seriously - for a couple of years now. I'm hoping this dovetails with my more serious study of Latin (using Familia Romana) that I'm doing now. In any case, it's going to take a looooong time before I'm finished with this. I should pick up speed as I learn more. Maybe someday I'll read better than a five-year-old Roman child.

— Feb 02, 2025 07:15PM

De Spectris, Lemuribus Et Magnis ... Liber Unus

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Forrest is on page 45 of 270

Back at it, very slowly.

— Jan 05, 2026 07:53PM

Forrest is on page 43 of 270

— Aug 27, 2025 07:08PM

Forrest is on page 41 of 270

Got a decent chunk of this read while on vacation. And by "decent chunk," I mean 9 pages, of which I really understood maybe a third. When I finally get more facile with Latin, I'll go through it again (and probably laugh at my wholly incorrect and inadequate notes). Yes, this is a reading experiment. I'm allowed to fail and try again.

— Aug 24, 2025 10:07PM

Forrest is on page 32 of 270

— Aug 15, 2025 07:05PM

Forrest is on page 29 of 270

It's only two pages since my last update, but this is actually quick progress for me. Learning Latin takes time, and I knew this was going to be challenge when I started (digging in to a text like this). So, I'm plugging away and learning more as I go. Of course, I'll have to reread the first part of the book after I finish, so I can revisit and see how far I've come with the language.

— Aug 10, 2025 06:41PM

Forrest is on page 27 of 270

— Jul 31, 2025 08:02PM

Forrest is on page 26 of 270

— Jul 20, 2025 06:47PM

Forrest is on page 25 of 270

Ironically, I may be dead before my Latin is good enough to fully understand this. And yet, I persist.

— Jul 05, 2025 06:34PM

Forrest is on page 23 of 270

— Jun 28, 2025 09:05PM

Forrest is on page 21 of 270

Three pages in a half hour! Man, I'm cruising through this! Good thing I took four months off of studying Latin to refresh my German!