10.6.
Today I read some more of リゼロ 17 as well as a chapter of あせとせっけん 11. 
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2021-06-10
Finished 氷菓！Read the last 7 pages in about 30 minutes
Overal impression: pretty meh. I guess if I read it as a teen I’d have enjoyed it more.
Well, tomorrow I’m going to start the Spidey and I’m looking forward to that 
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May I ask where you found this book? Looks like it would be good practice.
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Day 10 
Satori Reader: Kiki-Mimi Radio, Episodes 14 and 15.
Today has been the first legit hard day for me. I had quite a stressful day and had to push myself quite a bit to make the effort to read, but I gave in. Funny enough, once I started I ended up doing more than yesterday. It’s pretty easy once you do it; the real struggle is getting to that point 
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Keep going peeps, we’re doing great.
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Woah, this is a really cool kanji! And yeah, I was nowhere near that English translation 
Buying the English version to compare is low key genius…
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Day 10: June 10th
What did I read?: サメーズ -サメとアザラシ- 
How much did I read?: 30 pages
How long did it take me?: 28 min
Woke up in a super weird mood, been low-key stressed and squirmy all day about a thing I need to do tomorrow, plus I was working until 8pm again, so…it was sharks for me today 
But I love them, they’re so dumb and so cute. And I learned a new onomatopoeia that’s honestly my favorite thing for some reason: もぞもぞ - creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
Don’t know why, I just love it lol. Also feels weirdly appropriate for today, now that I think about it 
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June 10. Time: 30 min. Manga Pages: 3
What: Manga からかい上手の高木さん (Volume 1), current pick of ABBC. Chapter 7, Pages 5-7
Got to reading very late, so too tired to dig the grammar. Just going with the gist of the story.
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Today I’ve read:
- Today’s NHK Easy News.
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When I saw 淵 in your post while scrolling through the thread I though that you might be reading Made In Abyss 
What is this Cannibal Flan? Is it a touhou doujinshi?
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So I’m reading Japanese news daily, but there is something I would like to ask you guys.
Which one is better between
- Reading randomly to have broader vocab and structure knowledge
- Reading only a few topic areas to have deeper understanding
0 voters
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I did not do Satori Reader today, honestly was not in the mood, don’t wanna burn out I did read the book I have tho
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I’m just a beginner with reading as well, but if I look at all the comments in this tread and also in the extensive reading posts, I hear a lot of people saying that sticking to one series at a time can build your reading abilities faster because you pick up the way it is written and certain words you will be seeing more frequent. When starting a new series, you have to almost start over again, but you will have more knowledge that you learnt from the last series that probably stuck with you because you read the same structures/words more often.
Another way to look at it: if you are reading this from a topic that you really like, words will stick more easily because you want to learn that subject.
My plan is to keep reading certain series (hige wo suru first, then probably some free yaoi/shounen ai series since I think I will encounter the same words there often and I like reading them xD). But I will also keep working on my vocab and kanji all the same, to get a nice synergy going 
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I agree with the idea that reading from one subject area (or series) at a time is probably more efficient/better, in terms of building up vocab at least. However I don’t have the self control for that hahahaha.
I think there are some perks also to reading a variety of things at a time as well though. I’ve found quite often over the last few weeks that I will look up some vocab in one thing I’m reading, only to have it pop up again in something else. I feel like for some reason seeing it in a variety of different contexts helps me to remember things more than say, coming across it a couple of times in the same manga.
However, I’m guessing this probably only happens so much because a) my vocab is tiny so I can still come across everyday vocab with a lot of crossover that I didn’t yet know, and b) even though I’m reading a variety of things at least most of them have a fairly heavy ‘slice of life’ focus. I’d imagine for example that if you already had most ‘everyday’ vocab covered and decided to read a dense SF novel and say, some ye olde fantasy…then likely there would be limited crossover there.
TLDR: reading from at least the same genre is probably better but if your vocab isnt massive yet and you’re not reading super specialised things then it’s probably not worth worrying too much about. Read what you enjoy!
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Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/
I LOVE that site! I get all my books there if possible!
Their English section is massive, their Japanese section still somewhat short (But have gotten some good ones, including this one!)
They even have a Latin section O_o
*Bought The Hobbit in Latin just because! Considered Harry Potter, but the one is good for now, cause it’s not like I can actually read it! 
Oh, and BEST prices and free shipping! 
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Well said! Enjoyment is always the most important factor
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Day 11
Today I read the whole of chapter for in カラフル (it was really, really short!). The plot is picking up pace even more so reading time today flew by.
I could believe it, this kanji actually showed up in my reading today! 「まだ死の淵から生還したばかり」was the sentence for me. Thanks to you, I didn’t have to look it up.
My favorite words for today:
無駄骨=a waste of time and effort
話を切り出す=to break the ice, to broach (a topic)
どんでんがえし=plot twist
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June 01: かがみの孤城 上 (63 pages)
June 02: かがみの孤城 上 (20 pages)
June 03: かがみの孤城 上 (90 pages)
June 04: かがみの孤城 上 (40 pages) + 日の鳥１ (10 pages)
June 05: かがみの孤城 上 (112 pages)
June 06: かがみの孤城 上 (69 pages) ~ Finished
June 07: かがみの孤城 下 (170 pages) ~ 46%
June 08: かがみの孤城 下 (81 pages) ~ 68%
June 09: かがみの孤城 下 (116 pages) ~ Finished
June 10: がばいばあちゃんの幸せのトランク (136 pages) ~ 50% + 日の鳥１(17 pages)
I read half of がばいばあちゃんの幸せのトランク (138 pages) yesterday, an autobiographic story be Shimada Yōshichi about how he eloped with his wife and became a maizai artist in Ōsaka. It’s so much fun to read I couldn’t stop. Learned a bunch, too. I was actually planning on reading an Uehashi novel, but I’ll save that for another day.
This morning I read another chapter (17 pages). I’ve also read とつくにの少女 Vol. 1 and will probably continue with the next volume soon. I just LOVE the drawings and the atmosphere. I could look at it all day.
But now I’ve got some work to do. Probably won’t be reading much more this week since I won’t be at home during the weekend. Maybe a bit on the train, though.
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I can’t pick just one option because it feels entirely dependent on someone’s goals and interest.
Say for example someone who’s mostly learning Japanese because they have a huge interest in sake. Then it wouldn’t make sense to tell them to read broadly; it would be better to focus a lot on the topic of sake.
But what if someone’s goal is related to reading broadly of Japanese literature. What if they want to understand the culture better? Then reading widely is precisely what they will need to do.
So saying that one is better than the other is impossible. It depends on your goals. It is a bit like saying that reading novels is better because the language is more complex and deep, while the person you told it to is only interested in reading manga.
We all have different goals, so take different approaches. And then it is also about interest.
If you look at me as an example, I will finish the last couple of Ask graded readers level 4 I have. But it isn’t because I necessarily think they will help me with Japanese, nor do I find most of the stories interesting. Part of my motivation is just: I own them. But they also touch on subjects and themes I don’t normally read. Also, I find that a lot of them are famous short stories or from famous authors, so there is value in reading that because it might enrich my reading in the future (since other works might reference them).
But I won’t get through them very quick because as I said, not very well suited to my taste. On the other hand, I just picked Sailormoon back up again and I happily read more pages after my update yesterday just because it is fun. I also have some other things I’m thinking of when I want to try read.
While those last two graded readers are like: well, I’ll get to them when I get to them, but I will read them.
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Umm, doesn’t summer start on the twenty-first of this month and end on twenty-second of September?
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That time frame is just an approximation based on my assumption and associations (as a Scandinavian) that June and July are the summer months of the year 
Speaking of time frame, I kind of regret adding one at all, as it could make people new to this thread less inclined to join because they might think “ah, they started already, too late for me to join”, and really, I think it is not about when you start to read, but the habit of doing it regularly that is important
This thread was started mostly just as a place where I could keep track of my reading progress, and thought it’d be fun if other people wanted to do the same for themselves too. Meaning, that time frame is mainly for my own personal convenience 
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