Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep

On the Street Where You Live

Mary Higgins Clark

The speaker's new audiobook was available for pre-order anywhere audiobooks were sold. The recording featured a full cast of special voices joining the author, resulting in a piece described as lovely and enjoyable, providing a nervous system reset through storytelling.

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My new audiobook, On the Street Where You Live, is available for pre-order now, anywhere you get your audiobooks.

The Anarchist Cookbook

William Powell

The narrator flipped through this cookbook they had owned for years, initially looking for a soup recipe but getting drawn into the dessert section where they found a recipe for miso caramel.

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Just now I'd seen one. And flipped through my little log book to write February 3rd cookbook slash new coffee special just the night before. I'd been flipping through a cookbook I'd had for years.

In the Night

Lord Gorell

This story was written for the creator's first book many years ago and had never been heard on the podcast before the episode. It centered around a trip to a special shop in downtown Nothing Much where spices were sold in glass jars.

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Our story tonight is called In For The Night. And it's a special story I wrote for my first book, many years ago, It's never been heard on the podcast before.

The Woofmore on Thin Ice (The Woofmore #3)

Donna Gephart

The narrator recalled reading a thin chapter book as a child on a morning with frost on the windows, feeling very proud upon finishing a chapter on their own.

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With a thin chapter book. I remember fumbling my way. Through the words. I didn't recognize. Sounding them out slowly. But determinedly. Until I turned a page. And found a big. Two. Marking the stars. Start of the next chapter.

TOUCH NOT THE CAT BY MARY STEWART~1976

Mary Stewart

The narrator's current read, which they picked up every autumn, was full of mystery, magic, and impossible love, and they enjoyed dipping into its world while curled up in bed.

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My current read. Was one. I read. Every autumn.

Puzzle Mania!

The New York Times Games

The narrator mentioned buying candy necklaces and these books at the corner store when they were a child.

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I'd bought candy necklaces. And puzzle books there. When I was a child.

The Big Book of California Ghost Stories (Big Book of Ghost Stories)

Janice Oberding Ghost Hunt Conference Lea

The narrator purchased a floppy, self-published book of local ghost stories from a display near the register and added it to their basket.

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There were jars of the pickled watermelon rind they made up at the inn. A floppy, self-published book of local ghost stories and small glass jars of maple syrup from the trees down the road as I unloaded the basket, adding in the book of ghost stories

Nothing Much Happens

Kathryn Nicolai

The podcast host mentioned her book, Nothing Much Happens, which is available for purchase. The book's content was not discussed in this episode.

This Is Just to Say

Joyce Sidman

The author referred to the poem "This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams, using a few lines from the poem about plums in an icebox, to describe plums in a fruit bin at the summer fair.

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It made me think suddenly of that brief, lovely poem by William Carlos Williams that goes, This is just to say, I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox, and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me, they were delicious, they were delicious, so sweet and so cold.

The Detective Dog

Julia Donaldson

The children were excited to see the book covers and read stories to the dogs. One little girl showed Butterbean, the collie, the cover of the book about the dog detective.

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I noticed the little girl who liked red popsicles was showing Butterbean, the cover of the book, about the dog detective.

The Little ABC Coloring Book (Dover Little Activity Books

Anna Pomaska

It was described as a fantastic way to disconnect from your screen and tap into your creative self before bed.

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A meditative activity for you by way of a Brighter Years mini coloring book.

Sweet Dreams (Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast Paranormal Cozy Mysteries Book 1)

Beth Dolgner

The speaker had finished reading a book the previous night and was looking forward to starting another book, which she called "Sweet Dreams". She chose it based on its cover, title, and weight, feeling that it would provide many hours of reading.

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I remembered turning the last page of a book the night before, closing it with a sigh and sliding it onto my bedside table, wondering which of the books from my to-be-read stack would come next. So that's what I wanted. To start a new book, to get lost in a new story.