Falling Asleep With a Good Book

Hey girl, let's fall asleep with a little First Wave Feminism floating through our brains. Complete with peaceful tones and the sounds of the night, join these two women and they skirt the dismissive men investigating a murder of their neighbor...by his wife?Audiobook Samples at the Episode End:The Empire and the Wolf King by Diana KnightleyKiller Therapy by Chrissy Stein-MartinThe Client Book: A Catalogue of Hungers by Isa BrevineSecrets in the Light by Beth Ford

Welcome back! Enjoy Stave 2 of the original telling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Our first spirit joins us tonight. If you stay awake long enough, consider whether this spirit matches the spirits we've seen in movies or cartoons.Audiobook Sample Shared:Long Live the King by Diana Knightley

Why are we starting so early with Christmas? Because we're reading the entire story in its original prose because Dickens is darn funny and sarcastic. Complete with peaceful music, join me for a relaxing journey to 1843 London while we enjoy the complete original version of A Christmas Carol. (Stave 1 Tonight)Audiobooks shared at beginning:Love on the Road by Emelle GillWhat She Remembers by Daniana Medina

Curl up and get ready to fall asleep to Part 2 of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. (Note: original language is used in this reading) Complete with peaceful nature and quiet music to help you relax and find sleep.Audiobooks Featured at Beginning of Episode:What Scratches Beneath the Surface by Thomas EmeryWhat She Remembers by Daniana Medina

A fantastic early American story to curl up to on a chilly fall evening. As always complete with evening nature sounds and peaceful music. Find your perfect sleep as you enjoy one of America's first home grown ghost legends.Audio Books Shared Tonight:What She Remembers by Daniana MedinaWhat Scratches Beneath the Surface by Thomas Emry

If you enjoy a good book at bedtime meant solely to help you find deep sleep, give us a follow! We're for you when you need us.Tonight enjoy The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe complete with peaceful haunting music to help you find your perfect slumber.Hauntingly Perfect Retail Samples at the Episode Conclusion:What Scratches Beneath the Surface by Thomas EmryWhat She Remembers by Daniana MedinaBig Teeth by Morgan Elektra

He's always a thinker...but don't let yourself think too hard. It's time for bed. Kurt Vonnegut's "The Big Trip Up Yonder" was originally published as a short story in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. Enjoy a little peaceful dystopia tonight as you drive off.Tonight's Audiobook Samples:Lipiuna by Igor MihailovForging Love (Cassie Woods Mystery) by Beth FordLove on the Road by Emelle Gill

Complete with peaceful music and sounds to help you fall asleep fast, enjoy this telling of the original Tell Tale Heart first published in 1843.Audiobook highlighted at beginning of episode:Recipe for a CrimeBig Teeth: A Dark Fairytale

I couldn't take it! I'm taking a break from my summer break and sharing a little Agatha Christie mystery. Hopefully you fall asleep before it's time to solve it, but on the off chance you don't it is solvable within the hour.Tonight's featured Audible Books at the end of the podcast:Love on the Road by Emelle Gill (Order here)More Than a Dinner by Ashley Sands (Order here)A Tale of Princes, Poets, and Personal Interest by Lydia Rowe (Order here)

Continuing forth with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the mystery deepens tonight and we meet more characters in the dreary (and sleepy) city of London. Let yourself fall asleep whenever you like! You can always listen again tomorrow night.End of Podcast Narration Samples:This Isn't Everything You Are by J. Marie RundquistA Tale of Princes, Poets, and Personal Interest by Lydia RoweMy Boyfriend, the Dinosaur by Gloria Screams (Coming Soon)

Tonight we take a break from Pinocchio to dip into the beginnings of a creepy classic...perfect for falling asleep...The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. (Families: it's not too creepy at all plus it's older English) As always, our story is accompanied by beautiful peaceful music and the sounds of evening to help us fall asleep.

Snow White is all the rage right now, so I decided to take a break from our full reading of Pinocchio to share the original Little Snow White (1812) with you. As usual, the story IS different from what we're used to. Enjoy.Tonight's Sample Audio Book is for children: Benji and Briana Become Booger Doctors. Order Here

Tonight's chapters were brand new to me! These mini adventures never showed up in a Golden Book, picture book, or any motion picture. Please enjoy this excerpt from the original version of Pinocchio as I have.Featured Sample at End: This Isn't Everything You Are by J. Marie Rundquist Available Here

Plugging right along with the original telling of Pinocchio, tonight we find out why his know grows! There are also parrots, monkeys and serpents...enjoy. And, of course, our story is carefully wrapped in beautiful music and evening tones.Tonight's sample Audible book for children is "Benji and Brianna Become Booger Doctors" ⁠Order here.⁠

We're enjoying the story of Pinocchio so much (mostly because it's unlike any telling we've ever heard) that we're back tonight with the next six chapters complete with peaceful music to fall asleep to after a hard day.Featured tonight is my latest narration: A Tale of Princes, Poets, and Personal Interest by Lydia Rowe. If you enjoy it, order here!

This is the first of a few weeks where we enjoy the entire original Pinocchio...quite a bit different from the version most of us grew up with. And before you wonder, yes absolutely complete with beautiful music and night sounds to fall asleep to.

Continuing with our current trend of Chapter 1 of many great novels, tonight enjoy Chapter 1 of Emma by Jane Austen complete with peaceful music designed to help you find deep sleep.Following tonight's episode is the retail sample of "This Isn't Everything You Are" by J. Marie Rundquist. If you're interested in finishing the book you can order it here: This Isn't Everything You Are

One of hundreds of versions of Little Red Riding Hood, tonight enjoy The Grimm Brothers version from 1812 "Little Red Riding Cap". Of course, fully cocooned in sleepy music and the sounds of night time, if you make it far enough tonight, I have included the retail sample of "Big Teeth, A Dark Fairytale" by Morgan Elektra. If you love a little romance and modern themes, you might want to give this one a listen: Audible ~Big Teeth

Continuing with our dive into great stories and their first chapters, tonight enjoy the introduction and chapter one of The Raggedy Ann Stories written in 1918 by a young cartoonist and illustrator for his daughter, Marcella.As always, we've provided peaceful music and evening sounds to help you find your best sleep.

We're on a little binge this month listening to Chapter One of some of the greatest stories of all time. As always, curl up tonight with peaceful music and natural evening sounds as we enjoy Chapter One of The Great Gatsby.

Fully family appropriate tonight, enjoy Chapter One of the original Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne created for his son, Christopher Robin Milne. Complete with peaceful bedtime story worthy music and ambiance.

Join me tonight for part two of Morgan Elektra's (author of Big Teeth and All Eyes on Him) short story "The Last Thing on the List" complete with peaceful music and ambiance. This young adult tale is tense and heart felt. Please note that it does contain adult language and is not meant to be a childrens' tale.

I'm so excited to share a short story by Morgan Elektra (author of Big Teeth) this week and next. Of course, complete with peaceful music, this very relatable slightly tense modern tale comes to us in two parts. I very much enjoyed sifting through the mental load as five friends follow through on a childhood adventure while coming to terms with that important next step of adulthood. Also featured at the beginning of tonight's episode is the retail sample of Big Teeth by Morgan Elektra available here.

As always, I like to share my latest audiobooks. Spooky enthusiasts will enjoy this one. It's a very cool Sexy-Red-Riding -Hood. I absolutely had a ball reading this one! Big Teeth by Morgan Elektra AUDIOBOOK Tonight enjoy the second half of The Little Mermaid written in 1836 by Hans Christian Anderson. Complete with peaceful music to fall asleep to, this isn't exactly the story we're all familiar with.

Tonight enjoy the original tale of The Little Mermaid written in 1836. Long before the red headed beauty that collects forks and sings with crabs...long LONG before...comes this slightly darker tale about our place in this world, our voice in this world, and more. Darker yes, but still a fun listen for our family listeners.

First published in 1823 in The Troy Sentinel, intrigue follows this poem as there are long-held debates as to its true origin. This special episode also includes two separate versions of "The Night After Christmas". The first by Dr. Robert Archer (1866). The second published anonymously in Dear Santa Claus: Charming Holiday Stories for Boys and Girls (1901) As always, tonight's stories are wrapped up in beautiful tones and the sounds of holiday evenings to help you find your much needed sleep.

Enjoy this one-episode mystery by one of our favorites complete with lovely "falling asleep" music and the crystal clear sounds of nature after dark.

Curl up tonight to the conclusion of "Unveiling a Parallel, A Love Story" complete with comfortable sleep inducing music and the sounds of nature. Tonight's episode is a little bit longer because I wanted to squeeze in those last two chapters. Enjoy two final conversations as our nameless Earth Adventurer begins to fully understand his friends, the Caskians...and starts to more fully comprehend his own thoughts on society and religion. Watch for "Unveiling a Parallel ~ Cheeky Book Talk Edition" on Amazon and Audible this holiday season.

Join us this week as our Earth Adventurer travels to a new country on Mars and uncovers a new mindset on labor, space, and wealth....as always swaddled in beautiful peaceful music and evening sounds to help you fall asleep fast. Sampled in this episode is "The Yellow Wallpaper Cheeky Book Talk Edition". Purchase now: https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Wallpaper-Cheeky-Book-Talk/dp/B0DCRPPJY1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2V7IKMSBAQCQ1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IS-AbDzwVZfwNc0vlD36OMtaX0W06R96_qim0yyzO9u0yjftRJ6u_yqWJ9s81cAXs8qejSDO-Nox9irsCk1HRZzZ2Oke3QOZ8FwJNGYFTna9PFK1HcjBXfAIlRsTsxrYu0P_GH9EPjD_9JSs7O9pSIfdxwaiSo_sOXAX91cHLCoBd6AJX8wrjq4yAm42SvDA.wnaKmiF2bNE-ektXoqN6u_wVGBisA1mJX7NgNMsl2-g&dib_tag=se&keywords=jama+smith&qid=1730141627&sprefix=%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

Welcome to Chapters 7 and 8 of our very early (and space traveling - believe it or not) feminism novel "Unveiling a Parallel" written in 1893. If this is your first night with us, no worries! Every chapter involves a deep and satisfying conversation with another character. Tonight he enjoys his very first meaningful conversation with his love, Elodia. You'll be caught up immediately. Complete with lovely peaceful music and what I imagine to be the melodious sounds of a Martian evening, I expect you to be asleep so quickly it takes your several nights to complete this episode.

Fall asleep tonight to chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant's Unveiling a Parallel. Tonight our un-named Earth adventurer travels to another location on the Martian planet and discovers new evils and oddities. As always our bedtime story is cloaked in beautiful music and quiet ambience to help you find deep sleep. Thank you for joining us.

By Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant Tonight we begin to truly peel the layers and unveil the parallels between men and women on Mars and men and women on Earth as our un-named Earth explorer comes face to face with traditions that he views as only masculine being fully enjoyed by the women of Mars. An enjoyable story and study, but not likely to keep you awake. As always our story is comfortably cuddled with layers of peaceful harmonies and the sounds of nature.

In tonight's story our traveler and his new Martian friend discuss many of the differences between their communities. As they discuss women's roles, politics, and religion, I challenge you to remember that this story was written in 1893. Of course...that's IF you make it that far before drifting off to sleep. As always, tonight's episode is comfortably wrapped in peaceful music and the chorus of nature to help you find your perfect sleep. Prior to tonight's chapter, enjoy a snippet from The Coil by J.C. Moore available for sale here. (The Coil is for adult horror story lovers only.)

Oh my did we find a good one! Gathered from the feminist writings of the late 1800s, we begin this novel tonight that will undoubtedly become part of our Cheeky Book Talk Collection available on Amazon. But for now, enjoy this tale of our nameless hero as he travels to Mars in his "aeroplane" and finds two very different cultures to explore. As always, our tale is nestled in with calming music and the sounds of a good nights sleep.

Widely accepted as one of America's first ghost stories, enjoy this story in it's original voice with references in real time to early American landmarks and characters. As always we've cocooned this bedtime story with cozy music and the sounds of evening nature to help you find your best sleep. Clip at beginning comes from "Walt Disney's Kansas City Home" available from Amazon.

Welcome to Season 3! I'm glad you're here. Tonight's Sleepy Story is well-accepted as one of the earliest American Ghost Stories. As always, we've included lovely music and peaceful outdoor evening noises to help you find that perfect deep sleep. Before we begin tonight's episode please enjoy a couple minutes of my new narration of Kyle Bumbalough's The Enchanted Stone available on Amazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DCPCGMGM/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-409877&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_409877_pd_us

As fall approaches, what better way to curl up than with a good old fashioned scary story? This repeat of one of our popular creepy episodes comes complete with a preview of one of my new Audible Book productions. Before we curl up to The Vampire Maid, enjoy a snippet of The Coil by J.C. Moore. Audible Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DCH4SW62/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWU-BK-ACX0-409071&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_409071_pd_us

We return with Season 3 in two weeks! Until then, please enjoy this repeat episode of early science fiction piece, The Invisible Man, originally written in 1897 and presented in Pearson's Weekly. For our family listeners, please enjoy a snippet from the recently released on Audible "Quest for the Enchanted Stone" by Kyle Bumbalough. Narrated by Jama Smith of Falling Asleep With a Good Book.

For our Season 2 finale, please enjoy this ghost story with a lesson about the human condition. Complete with evening sounds and our trademark peaceful music, this spectral tale is neither light hearted nor heavy. It is, however, perfect to fall asleep to. It first appeared in a popular magazine in the late 1800s, The Idle.

This sci fi short with a female heroine was first published in the pulp fiction magazine "Planet Stories" in the fall of 1944. Enjoy these rich future-living planet-traveling characters thwarting a nine-planet dictatorship (to peaceful music and cricket noises) all conceived during the actual World War Two era.

Tonight's bedtime read comes from a fan-favorite of Falling Asleep With a Good Book, Agatha Christie. Written barely a year after the discovery of Tutankhamuns's Tomb, this Poirot mystery takes full advantage of the fear of the mummy's revenge prevalent in that day. As always, complete with night sounds and peaceful music, let's fall asleep to the light-hearted problem solving of Hercule Poirot.

Tonight, enjoy the conclusion of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum as you slip off into a beautiful deep sleep. Does the story end similarly to the movie? Does Dorothy get home? Will you fall asleep before you find out?...I hope so. Next week: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie

We've almost reached the conclusion! (Next week) Tonight curl up and rejoin our friends as they figure out how to get over that giant china wall and discover what is on the other side. As always our story comes complete with the quieting sounds of evening nature and ambient music all carefully curated to help you find peaceful deep sleep.

Curl up and drip into a beautiful deep sleep with this bedtime story complete with quiet music and the sounds of evening. When we left our friends, everyone except Dorothy had been granted their deepest wishes. Will the Wizard grant Dorothy's?...CAN he?

Welcome back as we continue with the adventures of our friends in Oz (Chapters 12-15) complete with the calming sounds of evening and mind-quieting music. This episode is part of our Family Novel Editions.

Continuing on with our family edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, enjoy our next chapters complete with quieting music and the sounds of evening nature as you drift into a beautiful deep sleep.

Guest Voice Actors: Elisabeth Grace Wilson and Jeremiah Wilson Enjoy a little turn-of-the-last-century magic complete with night sounds and peaceful music all carefully presented to help you drift off into the deep sleep you deserve. Join us next week for the coming chapters of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Taking a little break from our reading of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, tonight we enjoy one of our most popular author's (at bedtime) Agatha Christie. The Hunter's Lodge case first appeared in 1924 in "The Blue Book Magazine". Enjoy this peaceful reading complete with light music and the sounds of evening nature all designed to help you find deep sleep.

Fall asleep tonight as we continue a genuine bedtime story for children of all ages originally written in 1900. Meet the wizard this evening...while still quieting your brain with evening sounds and music designed to help you find deep sleep. The Wizard of Oz is part of our second "Family Novel Edition" for the families with children who have found our podcast.

Please enjoy our second evening of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chapters 4-7) complete with peaceful music and the lulling sounds of a summer evening. Interested in advertising with us: JamaSmithVoice