This Is Not a Reading Hack. It’s a Soul Practice.
20 thoughtful AI prompts to deepen your experience with classic books—no skimming, no spoilers, just soul.
Dear Reader,
There’s a corner of the internet that wants you to read faster, highlight harder, and finish more books.
You know the type:
“10 Classics Everyone Should Read Before 30”
“How I Read 200 Books a Year”
“Speed-Read Tolstoy in 10 Days!”
But here’s what I believe:
We don’t read the classics to win at reading.
We read them to wake up.
To slow down.
To meet ourselves inside the lines.
To feel less alone.
Still, even for the most thoughtful reader, it’s easy to lose your way in the fog of obligation. You start Middlemarch or The Bell Jar with the best intentions, but then the meaning slips, the pages blur, and you’re left wondering:
“What am I supposed to be getting out of this?”
The problem isn’t you.
The problem is the questions you’ve been taught to ask.
That’s why I created something new—something a little rebellious, a little poetic, and entirely rooted in the idea that your reading life should feel like a conversation, not a checklist.
✨ Introducing:
📖 20 Thoughtful AI Prompts for Reading the Classics
No Skimming. No Spoilers. Just Soul.
This free downloadable PDF for members includes 20 prompts designed to help you use AI not as a shortcut—but as a mirror, a guide, a gentle companion on your literary journey.
Here’s a peek:
🎧 “Can you make a playlist that captures the emotional tone of The Picture of Dorian Gray?”
🪞 “I feel shaken after The Awakening. What might this be reflecting back to me in my own life?”
These prompts are for people who read with a pen in hand. Who leave little notes in the margins. Who want to feel their way through a book, not just finish it.
💌 Download the Free Guide Here:
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