After going through Genki 1 and half of Genki 2 (while doing the partner exercises and reinforcing the grammar using Bunpro), I was in a good position to join my first Absolute Beginner Book Club.
After that I continued reading + looking up stuff I don’t understand while:
- Finishing Genki 2,
- finishing the missing N4 grammar points on Bunpro,
- taking a long pause from explicit grammar studies (but continued to read while looking stuff up) and
- finally finishing the N3 grammar points on Bunpro.
That’s where I am at now. Since my problem is mostly vocab I don’t feel a particular drive to continue doing more explicit grammar studies, but at some point in the future I’ll go through the N2 grammar on Bunpro.
So, my recommendation is: Genki 1, Genki 2, Bunpro… and reading, reading, reading and more reading.
edit: Ah, looks like I essentially went the @Daisoujou route with less Satori Reader and more Bunpro.