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Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Mel Tonin Studios ~ Jama Smith
73 episodes
1 day ago
Be a Falling Asleep Subscriber Today: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jama-smith/subscribe Beautifully quiet short stories shared with peaceful ambient music. Our time together is carefully designed to calm your spirit and lull you into a deep sleep. From classics to new voices, think of this as our serene book club where we unapologetically fall asleep during the meetings...and never talk about the books together. Subscribers Receive: COMMERCIAL FREE listening and bonus content weekly
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Be a Falling Asleep Subscriber Today: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jama-smith/subscribe Beautifully quiet short stories shared with peaceful ambient music. Our time together is carefully designed to calm your spirit and lull you into a deep sleep. From classics to new voices, think of this as our serene book club where we unapologetically fall asleep during the meetings...and never talk about the books together. Subscribers Receive: COMMERCIAL FREE listening and bonus content weekly
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Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Part 2) - Washington Irving

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 Emery

What She Remembers by Daniana Medina

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1 week ago
1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving (1820)

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 Medina

What Scratches Beneath the Surface by Thomas Emry


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2 weeks ago
1 hour 4 minutes 21 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

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 Emry

What She Remembers by Daniana Medina

Big Teeth by Morgan Elektra


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1 month ago
1 hour 2 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Big Trip Up Yonder ~ Kurt Vonnegut (1954)

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 Mihailov

Forging Love (Cassie Woods Mystery) by Beth Ford

Love on the Road by Emelle Gill

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2 months ago
1 hour 1 minute 17 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (1843)

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 Crime

Big Teeth: A Dark Fairytale

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2 months ago
40 minutes 19 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Jewelry Robbery at the Grand Metro ~ Agatha Christie (1924)

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)

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4 months ago
55 minutes 12 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) Chapters 3, 4, and 5 - Robert Louis Stevenson

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 Rundquist

A Tale of Princes, Poets, and Personal Interest by Lydia Rowe

My Boyfriend, the Dinosaur by Gloria Screams (Coming Soon)


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5 months ago
1 hour 18 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) Chapters 1 and 2 - Robert Louis Stevenson

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.


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6 months ago
49 minutes 56 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Snow White (Little Snow White) ~ Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812)

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

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7 months ago
45 minutes 15 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Chapters 21-23) - Carlo Callodi (1881)

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


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7 months ago
45 minutes 16 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Chapters 17-20) - Carlo Callodi (1881)

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.⁠

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7 months ago
44 minutes 57 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Chapters 10-16) - Carlo Callodi (1881)

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!

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7 months ago
50 minutes

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Pinocchio (Chapters 1-9) by Carlo Collodi (1881)

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.

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7 months ago
1 hour 40 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Emma (Chapter 1) by Jane Austen

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

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8 months ago
45 minutes 27 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Little Red Cap (1812) ~ The Brothers Grimm (PLUS Retail Sample: Big Teeth, A Dark Fairytale)

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


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8 months ago
35 minutes 13 seconds

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Raggedy Ann Stories (Chapter One) ! Johnny Gruelle 1918

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.

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8 months ago
30 minutes

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Great Gatsby (Chapter One) ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)

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.

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8 months ago
1 hour

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Winnie the Pooh (Chapter 1) by A.A. Milne (1926)

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.

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9 months ago
45 minutes

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Last Thing on the List by Morgan Elektra (Part Two)

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.

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9 months ago
1 hour

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
The Last Thing on the List by Morgan Elektra (Part One)

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.

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9 months ago
1 hour

Falling Asleep With a Good Book
Be a Falling Asleep Subscriber Today: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jama-smith/subscribe Beautifully quiet short stories shared with peaceful ambient music. Our time together is carefully designed to calm your spirit and lull you into a deep sleep. From classics to new voices, think of this as our serene book club where we unapologetically fall asleep during the meetings...and never talk about the books together. Subscribers Receive: COMMERCIAL FREE listening and bonus content weekly