Well yes, I would say, the most important thing is to continue. And I think there’s for more benefit in working through a single book and starting a bunch and never finishing them.
When we moved to NZ we gave away most of our books (and lots of other stuff) to try to reduce what we took with us. She still hasn’t forgiven me!
I do have some more books in a box in the garage (we don’t have that much space on our bookshelves).
Luckily Auckland library has a huge selection of Japanese books so most of what I have been reading has been borrowed from the library.
Right… I think I may join the book clubs on Wanikani so that I am motivated.
Wow, speechless. How long did it take you to amass such a collection of Japanese books?
What about your native language collection - it is bigger or smaller than Japanese one?
I’m really interested in a second grader’s biography of Beethoven.
I have pretty well-stuffed bookshelves of mostly non-japanese books, but I’ve pulled out what I’m pretty sure are all my japanese ones. The Inoue book barely has any text, I’m just obsessed with his art style. しろくま is my latest purchase, bought it after seeing it recommended here on the forums – I haven’t attempted to read it yet but it looked so cute I couldn’t resist. Then there’s my textbooks and kids’ dictionary, most of which I’ve had since I took my first couple of japanese elective classes in college over a decade ago (my teacher recommended getting the kids’ dictionary). At the time I had a boyfriend who was very enthusiastic about me learning japanese (it was his first language) and he gave me the トトロ books that he’d read as a kid. The ラブホテル book I impulsively grabbed without opening it in a second-hand shop in Tokyo that my bandmate wanted to check out. I thought the art looked fun, thought it’d be a comic but it’s full of text. I still don’t really understand what it’s about except that it’s Nobuyoshi Araki? Looks like interviews maybe? I should probably stop being lazy and try to figure it out, lol. The lion book I also got as a souvenir for myself in Tokyo, really like the art in that one.
This thread has me itching to get more japanese books 
As a bonus, this one’s not a book but I keep it in my bookshelf. It’s a neat little children’s’ toy (aslo a gift from my ex), you press the buttons and the little kanji tiles pop up to reveal stroke order and readings ^.^
Probably about 4 years or so. I’ve mostly just had a hard time resisting cheap books 
I have about 5 books in Swedish – four physical books and one ebook. I’ve read a few more than that though(from the library) and I have a lot more in English(probably 100-200 or so).
So, if a burglar will get into your place (god forbid), they will decide for sure that you are 日本人 who studies English 
Since I saw at least one e-book covers image, here’s what my digital manga bookshelf looks like (not counting volumes I’m in the middle of reading):
This does include covers for some of my physical manga, but there’s still a lot missing.
Coincidentally, I’m considering buying the first Ojamajo Doremi anime-manga to add as an “easy manga” in my weekly reading. (I watched the series years ago in Japanese without English subtitles, so there’s a lot I missed.)
Christ, some of you guys are putting me and my pitiful book collection to absolute shame. I’ll try to remember to get a few pics when I get home.
OMG, that were seriously too many books…
I want to ask how long it took you to fully like understand and read (with speed) books. As in my case I need a LOT of time to complete even one page. And did you use anything other than Wanikani, any tips or so.
I would, but they’re almost all packed up. Give me 18 months or so. 
In the interests of full disclosure, this isn’t where I keep my books because it hosts my DVD collection, but nobody wants to see the state of my coffee table where most of these lie.
Obviously, didn’t include my Japanese study books, because nobody’s got time for that. Also didn’t include anything I don’t care about - all these are either read and enjoyed, or will be read soon enough, or are future endeavours (like most of Kato Shigeaki’s - I’m a big fan of his, but his writing is a little advanced for me right now).
I don’t actually go in for manga much, hence the sparse collection, but I’m aiming to have all of きのう何食べた？ soon and I’m keeping up with おじさんと猫.
Also, since the ones on the right are a little dark - 「書店であった泣ける話」,「ねこあつめの家」,「野ブタ。をプロデュース」 and「旅の香り時の遊び」, which is less of a story and more of a travel guide to be honest - it’s an accompaniment to a show Hikawa Kiyoshi was on back in 2003. It’s given me a few post-corona ideas though.
I read this sentence a little too quickly looking for titles to look up and spent a solid few minutes wondering “Neko Atsume gets dark??? Does something happen to the cats???” … 
きのう何食べた looks really pleasant! I might have to check that out!
I wouldn’t be able to handle that
きのう何食べた is my current obsession - I just watched the drama and absolutely fell in love. Strongly recommend that too. So much media around gay relationships gets so overly sexualised that it’s nice to just have one that feeds my love of domesticity and the “mundane” parts of it. Also great if you like cooking, or watching others cook - I got a few nice ideas for meals from it!
