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I read Greek and Latin both for fun and research (I'm working on an article and a book that involves reading in both languages, in between working on my thesis and having a home life!) That doesn't leave me much time for reading in the other languages that I speak, unfortunately. I used to read in French and Italian much more often than I do now; I really feel Ficbot's pain about the lack of Quebecois ebooks! I will occasionally read a novel in Spanish as well. My German is not good enough that I can read without the help of a dictionary, and my German reading is mostly limited to academic reading. I would love to beef up my Catalan and Modern Greek when I have a bit more time; I really enjoyed learning both of those languages, but haven't had much time to practice them in the past few years. I read quite a bit of Croatian, but I have to admit that it is mostly academic reading. I don't know enough Japanese to read in Japanese, but I am determined to get my Japanese knowledge up to speed! I really enjoyed learning Japanese and I do find the time to work on it, but not nearly as much as I would like.
Reading over my post I have come to the realization that I am a bit of a nut, and I really should cut down on all of the projects that I have going at the same time - I've been like this for years and it is really starting taking its toll on me. Language learning has been a great joy to me, I hope to be able to get back to it soon!
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