If you like the way of studying vocabularies via Kanji, it would be probably be nice to realize that, words with or without Kanji can be broken down as well. – Special kanji words derived from other words (not only Kanji compounds, even if the title says so)
I like the idea of mining via manga, and then searching further – probably via Kanji, or via the sound of vocabularies.
Listening can be picked up vocabularies as well; and probably reducing over-focusing on Kanji.
I would say, join Read Every Day Challenge or Listen Every Day Challenge to keep in touch with community. Suitable books might be in some book club’s nominations, or sometimes in Extensive counterparts.