I ran across some interesting “rules” that accompany Ask Publishing’s Japanese Graded Readers:
１．やさしいレベルから読む
Start at an easy level
２．辞書を引かないで読む
Read without using a dictionary
３．わからないところは飛ばして読む
Skip any parts you don’t understand
４．進まなくなったらやめて、ほかの本を読む
When you hit a bottleneck, stop. Read a different book.
While I don’t think “rules” are necessary (and I do find it fun to read material that is far above my [...]
