Liana's Extensive Reading Journal
Liana is also an avid Japanese learner and reader in Tacoma, Washington. She has her own blog to help others learn about ER and provide resources/information about more reading resources. If you are trying to decide on what book to read next, check this site out! On her site she has written reviews of many Japanese books.
I've also exchanged e-mails with her quite a few times--she is quite friendly and helpful!
http://joechip.net/extensivereading/
I've also exchanged e-mails with her quite a few times--she is quite friendly and helpful!
http://joechip.net/extensivereading/
NPO Nihongo Tadoku Kenkyukai (Japanese Extensive Reading Research Group)
This is a nonprofit organization in Japan that is dedicated to developing Japanese graded readers and promoting extensive reading. The site is mainly in Japanese, but they publish their own graded readers (all of them are in our library), and make suggestions for other books to use for extensive reading. Here is a list of "non-graded readers" divided by level:
http://www.nihongo-yomu.jp/en/teachers/books/reference.html
They also have a blog site where they provide information about their meetings (similar to this site):
http://blog.canpan.info/nihongo-tadoku/
http://www.nihongo-yomu.jp/en/teachers/books/reference.html
They also have a blog site where they provide information about their meetings (similar to this site):
http://blog.canpan.info/nihongo-tadoku/
Read More or Die
This is an extensive reading blog that holds monthly contests. People participate by reading as many books/pages as possible and reporting them. Then you get ranked on the site.
http://readmod.wordpress.com/
http://readmod.wordpress.com/