I have the same feeling as you… 1000 kanji… it was a pipe dream before discovering WK.
I’m way behind in grammar, but I will start to work hard on it.
As for something to read, maybe you can join us in 少女終末旅行 and/or しろくまカフェ. I will read both 
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Best of luck to you, don’t let the train stop 
edit: wrong reply 