Week 1: 157.45Week 2: 266Week 3: 403.15Week 4: 329.2Total: 1250.6 It’s over! I did pretty well for my first try but I don’t think I want to do it again and track all of my reading like this. However I am grateful to the challenge for forcing me into daily reading, making my way throughContinue reading “tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 4”
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tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 3
Week 1: 157.45Week 2: 266Week 3: 403.15!Total: 826.6 I had an amazing week for reading! It helped that it was also minimmersion weekend and I dedicated Sunday mostly for reading. I finished 逆転裁判 and started three more books as they’re of varying difficulty and I worried that if I only read a difficult book I’dContinue reading “tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 3”
tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 2
Week 1: 157.5Week 2: 266Total: 423.5 I beat my points from last week! *smiley face* In week 2 I found myself really getting into reading and making a daily habit of it, and I had a whole Sunday of just relaxing and reading 魔女の宅急便. I was even able to finish it! I know, even I’mContinue reading “tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 2”
tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 1
It’s now the 8th so I’ve been doing the reading challenge for a week now. I usually have to force myself to sit down and read because I have a short attention span sometimes, so each day I’ve been making myself read for a short amount of time. I’ve been trying to read at leastContinue reading “tadoku reading challenge round 5 – week 1”
september 2021 goals
I posted on Instagram about my September goals but felt that I needed a longer post here, mainly for me to have somewhere I can come back to and track my progress towards them. I’ve set myself a few goals plus a challenge (!!!) for this month so let’s do this! CHALLENGE: Tadoku reading challengeContinue reading “september 2021 goals”
book review: どんなときどう使う日本語表現文型辞典
I bought this book last month and have been using it to prepare for conversation classes and with my own personal writing. If I had to describe it, I would say it’s a book of useful expressions and grammar structures for learners of all proficiency levels. Expressions are listed alphabetically (kana order) and are easyContinue reading “book review: どんなときどう使う日本語表現文型辞典”
drama review: familiar wife / しってるワイフ
Familiar Wife is a drama I started watching earlier this year while it was airing after it was recommended by my Japanese teacher. I did try watching it live but only got the gist of the story, so very quickly found somewhere to watch with subtitles. Note – this review is for the Japanese remakeContinue reading “drama review: familiar wife / しってるワイフ”
resource review: wanikani
Just in case you didn’t know, WaniKani is a web-based platform for learning kanji and vocabulary with it’s own SRS (spaced repetition system). It’s what I use to learn kanji and I will admit that I have a long and complicated history with it. After going between WaniKani, Anki and other kanji based books (KodanshaContinue reading “resource review: wanikani”
mini update: sumo news!
The July basho has just ended and I couldn’t be happier for this man – one of my favourite rikishi, Terunofuji! He didn’t win BUT he only lost to the current sole yokozuna, Hakuho (the most successful sumo wrestler with 45 championship victories), with an impressive 14-1 record. With his past three performances also containingContinue reading “mini update: sumo news!”
drama review: ossan’s love
I’m very late to the Ossan’s Love party but now that I’ve watched it I just have to share my love for it! Ossan’s Love is a drama about a real estate agent called Haruta who is unlucky in love and in work – his last relationship was years ago and he can’t get theContinue reading “drama review: ossan’s love”
アマンダの勉強 / Amanda Learns! 