Reading and understanding!

[Saruko]

@Noire12

Any tips? And suggestions about what I should start reading? I tried children’s stories and I felt my head spinning. I feel like the sentences in Japanese are very long and I lose myself in reading them. Until I get to the end I forget the first part of it!

I think graded readers designed for adult learners of Japanese are one of the best ways to train your reading comprehension skills.
This thread is a good place to learn more about graded readers and ask questions about them:

Graded Readers and Parallel Texts "Book Club"

I want this to be a “Free for all” and open to all types of Graded Reader books. We are many who have them, but not necessarily the same ones. And this is where this differs from the Book Clubs; I want everyone to be able to ask about any and all Graded readers. They are a great resource that comes in a good variety of difficulties! Most of the stories are very short. If you ask about the beginning or middle, no spoiler tag is needed. If you ask about a plot point near the end you should proba…

Books written for Japanese children can be difficult material for us language learners because even a native 1st grader knows more grammar and vocabulary than a beginning learner. Plus, they might use casual or childish language that is different from what is taught in our textbooks at a beginning level.