I haven't read much this year, but I would recommend the book I'm currently reading (or should I say working on): Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. D'Ooge.

It's decent albeit old-fashioned. I think it would be better to use this accompanied by LLPSI.

It's also an irony that people who have a slightest hint of saying China is not all good are easily regarded as traitors on the Chinese internet. Also some people living in China know that Chinese media outlets (all state-run) might be far more biased. But hey, I'm not playing whataboutism. It just seems so ironic to my Chinese eyes.

In Sīnīs, this kind of thing wouldn't see the light. We aren't supposed to see anything like this. Also that bird is beautiful, if only it weren't designed to kill.