Week 1: Your Story Starts Here
Day 5. You are officially a streak. 📚
Today we're going somewhere a little different. We're not just looking at what's happening in your book — we're looking at how it's making you feel.
This is something a lot of people skip when they read. They focus on plot — what happened next, who did what, how it ended. But the best readers also pay attention to their emotional response. That's where the real connection to a story lives.
Readers feel all kinds of things:
Excited when the pace picks up and something big is about to happen
Anxious when a character is in danger or making a bad decision
Frustrated when a character won't do the obvious thing
Sad when something is lost — a friendship, a home, a sense of safety
Seen when a character's experience mirrors something in your own life
Surprised when the story goes somewhere you didn't expect
Uncomfortable when the book challenges something you thought you believed
That last one is important. Feeling uncomfortable in a book is not a bad thing. It means the story is doing its job.
As you read today notice:
What emotions come up as you read?
Is there a moment that makes you want to put the book down — or makes it impossible to?
Does anything in the story feel personal?
Today's Reading Prompt: Read for 10–20 minutes. This time don't just read — feel. Notice what the story is stirring up in you.
Today's Writing Prompt: Write 2–3 sentences about how your book is making you feel right now. Then write one sentence about why you think the author wanted readers to feel that way.
Tip for parents — share this one with your child. Tell them a book that made you feel something strongly and why. Reading becomes a family language when you talk about it this way.
See you on Day 6! 📚 — Leah