Hoarders Loot Part 4
Native Material
Fairy Tales
So I decided to get somethingā¦easier 
Fairytales aimed at the younger kids. These are so much easier than the first grader books, though they are probably aimed at same age group O_o
And just to make it easier; These are OUR fairytales! Yes, just look at the image and see how many you can recognize! They have furigana and easy repetitive language. Iām able to read and understand these fairly well, though not all. The images help a lot though! Iāll probably read these once Iām done with my ever growing Graded Readers 
The first set is the same as the above, just Japanese tales! And they are also an Anime! Which means I already know the ones Iāve seen, and that helps me understand them better =)
The other set looks fairly good too, being similar in language and stories. I havenāt gotten around to read them yet though. I do think these will be very good for reading practice =)
These did not impress though. They are small, thin and flimsy, and a bit hard to read due to colors of the image behind the text interfering with readability at times (though mostly not) Wouldnāt recommend these, go for the other ones instead.
Books
Thanks to the lovely book clubs here on WaniKani I have also started reading some proper books now!
Some we are doing, others have been suggestions that might be done later =)
The Beginner Book Club did first book of Kikiās Delivery Service. I fell of mid way, but have just recently started reading it again. I WILL make it! =D
I bought a set of 6
Autumn Prison and No6 are past books from the Intermediate Book Club, they were both way above my level though, but I managed to read quite a bit of it (not sure how much I understood thoughā¦).
The first two on bottom are collection of short stories, we did the red one. Again, above my levelā¦ I did the first two stories or so before focusing elsewhere.
The top right was read by the Intermediate group, I bought it even though I had a feeling it was above my level like the rest (I can read it later I hope )
Last one was supposed to be read with a separate group, they made it sound like an easy readā¦ It is the hardest book I own and most likely to NEVER be read! XD
These are meant for Japanese School Children, grade 1 and 2.
Makes them somewhat easier in language, but so much Kana makes it harder than expected XD
I wanted the Harry Potter illustrated books, but couldnāt justify buyign them since I already have them all.
Wellā¦ if I buy them in Japaneseā¦
Reading a book I already know the story of should make it easier since I already know what is going on =)
Bought book two too, will update when it arrives =)
We did the first Kitty book together as a group, and I will read the rest on my own =)
These are beautiful!
Book club books!
We read Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and will be doing the bottom two soon! (the other two, Wolf Children and Your Name, had enough votes that they just might win later)
The Scary Stories collection have also been suggested, and I hope we chose it one day, they seem so much fun and might be good for the Beginner Book Club! =D
These I stumbled across when we were doing suggestions, and they did get added to be voted on too. Iām glad they didnāt win cause the text is all in handwritten type and so hard to read because of it ^^;
Other
Other:
I donāt have too many books about the culture though. These are basically it.
The two first ones are meant for children, but they are 100 times more interesting than the two first on bottom row!
Xenophobe series rules, but know from reading the one about Norway their facts are questionable
Top right one is amusing facts that you probably didnāt know already, short and interesting with fun images.
Bottom right is an English version of tales from Japan. Not just fairy stories for children. They are often very bizarre =P
I got this book suggested because of the books in the above set:
I want to get better at Needlefelting and found these AMAZING books!
When me and my friend looked through these books we kept failing to see who was needle felts and who was the photo of the animal they where based of (several times we found it was opposite of what we first thought) These are just THAT incredible! =D
Most of these are how to do it too, even though the text is in Japanese I think I can follow fair enough (cause it has lots and lots of photos =P )
Games: DS
These are my Japanese DS Games. The first two are actually about learning Japanese while the other two are Japanese copies of Pokemon games.
The first one, My Japanese Coach is actually very good! It drills you on vocabs, but best of all, teaches you the kana where you have to write it and get scored by your writing! This is where I actually learned kana! <3
The second one suckedā¦ end of story XD Played it 10 minutesā¦
I also have lots of games you can chose Japanese text and/or voice on, especially all the new Nintendo games. I do pick Japanese on some, currently playing Pokemon Ultra Sun in Japanese. Decided to only include the actual Japanese games =)
Digital: iPhone apps
Though I have tried many, these are the only ones I still keep on my phone.
The Human Japanese (HJ) is a very interesting written course =)
It is not free, but well worth the money. The others I havenāt used as much yet, but supposedly good apps.
In the Kanji folder, the two bottom ones belong to remembering the Kanji. I got them after giving up on that way though, so not used them much. The first two I like better. You get to drill all readings and stroke order of kanjis, as well as meaning. Sorted by Japanese Grade and uses repetition systems =)
Not used them at all after finding WaniKani though
In the dictionary folder there is an app simply called Japanese. It is the app I have used the most by far! First place I go to look up words, and it also has flash cards systems, with pre-made folders or make your own. It uses a repetition system too. Whenever I come by words on WaniKani that Iāve seen there I recognize it and already more than half know it
In the culture folder Iāve mostly only used the radio, but seen the others recommended =)
Wow, so this is the END! ā¦for now
My collection is ever growing, even by the time I completed making this it had grown some more =P
I want to hear your thoughts. What you have, what youād recommend (both from these and others)
And want to know more about a specific book, just ask =^_^=
I have a good bunch of new items to add too, and more still on the way
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