Молодец! I need to get more serious about my Russian reading now that I am no longer speaking it everyday in Russia. I would be responding in Russian but my typing skills on a keyboard without Russian characters are still very lacking.
Have you tried finding it as a dual language book? I like that, I have one now, I usually don't look at the English pages but when I get stuck, I check it, then read the Russian again, and I can usually make sense of every word.
I'm not a very good learning partner but Ill try to share what I can if you would like any help or just someone to talk to occasionally.