@chemifox Thank you for your input.
It seems that everything from this and other tools reinforces reading in some fashion even if it doesn’t necessarily solve the vocab problem.
From your and others’ response, it sounds like I should join a book club and take a more structured approach to reading rather than just diving in and hoping some magic will occur if I do it enough.
I think focusing on the book club vocab lists and then learning the meaning of the kanji in the vocab would be a better avenue for me. It would mean more prep work on my end but I think ultimately, would be a better use of my time and effort than serving the Crabigator, appealing as kanji heaven may be.