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Mega busy with running my own 'business', but I've managed to crawl back into learning Japanese. Took a few iTalki lessons this month and I've taken some advise from my tutor and started reading more.

Quote: *I read a lot. Including a few 25-30 page "books" from the Japanese Graded Reader series level 3. Before this month, I hadn't read anything of that length or difficulty before.

I've given up Anki for simple reading and listening (song lyrics, reading sections from textbooks, actual books!) I know have no idea how close or far my JLPT goals are, but I am enjoying the language far more than I did with Anki. The little bit of "The 10 Nights of Dreams" that I've struggled through using intensive reading seems to have raised my reading level -- substantially. Lower level works are a breeze outside of unknown words (a sign I need to start some extensive reading!)

Currently I am on the 5th Night of the 10 Nights of Dreams. I prefer intensive reading at the moment, which is slow involves lots of rereading -- but it's worth it. Once I get through the dreams in "Breaking into Japanese Literature", I plan on reading the other dreams using this brilliant site: http://www.sosekiproject.org

Keep it up and don't change what you're doing if it's working!