Any ideas for the struggles of a N3?

[NicoleIsEnough]

@Captum

Where do you buy your books?

Oh, I think nobody ever got back to you on this…
You can check out this thread which has a section on how to buy books:

Resources for Starting to Read Japanese Content

[Reading] This thread brings together resources and advice for helping people to get started with reading. If you know of any great tips or resources, please share them! You can also let me know if anything needs updating, like if any of the links go out of date for example. Reading Advice and Support Tools

Where to Start

Reading native Japanese content is simply hard, and you’re gonna have to prepare yourself to look up a lot of stuff if you plunge straight in - sorry! Two things…

Personally I’m a fan of digital books (no shelf space, no shipping cost, integrated dictionary for easier lookup of kanji and vocab) and use BookWalker, but the thread also explains how to purchase physical books.