おめでとう？

十二月間私は日本語を勉強していました。

And in that time, I have learned about 1100 漢字, with some 200 more still in my "currently learning" list on Kanji Study, so the end is in sight.  I've started ruling out remaining ones that aren't in the common use but are used for proper names or not much at all.

I was able to read ジャックと豆の木 (Jack and the Beanstalk) on Wasabi with only occasionally looking at the translation for a word.  Admittedly I've reviewed it a few times and had vague memory of some words it uses a lot.

Haven't turned the corner I keep hoping for, though, past which reading is more fun than work.  I can almost feel it with ジャック, though.

Next up:  Japanese Graded Readers.  I've ordered the first.  I'll let you know.