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Bedtime Stories for Adults
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Mendalla
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If you're on Android, there should be a button for it on the settings panel that drops down when you swipe down from the top. Probably have to swipe twice, once for the quick access items and again for the full panel.
Samsung has renamed it the Eye Comfort Shield on my Galaxy S20 phone and you also have to swipe left once as it is buried on the second panel of the full settings panel. I assume other current Samsung devices will be the same but I can check Mrs. M's tab later to confirm.
It is a feature that has been around since at least Android 7 as my old Asus has it and is on 7.4 or something like that.
Can't speak to Apple devices but I imagine it will be there. Can't see them letting Google get ahead on even a small thing like this.
paradox3
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This is so informative.
But back to bedtime stories. I usually read a while before falling asleep at night.
When my children were little we had story time before bed. It was a lovely time of the day. It went on long after they were able to read independently.
We tried later with chapter books but it didn't really last. I do recall reading the first couple of Harry Potter books out loud.
But back to bedtime stories. I usually read a while before falling asleep at night.
When my children were little we had story time before bed. It was a lovely time of the day. It went on long after they were able to read independently.
We tried later with chapter books but it didn't really last. I do recall reading the first couple of Harry Potter books out loud.
Mendalla
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Yeah, it is a category (not really a genre in the traditional sense since it encompasses multiple traditional genres) that really took off this century, even if it goes back further. It is proving problematic for some authors, though. Fonda Lee, who just finished a wonderful trilogy for adults, keeps hearing about stores and libraries shelving it as YA, apparently because her first couple published novels were YA. Basically, instead of classifying books as YA, they are classifying authors as YA, which makes it hard for authors who want to write for both adults and young adults. Not that the Greenbone Saga is something that should be offlimits to teens (I would have loved as much back then as I have today) but it definitely has a more mature handling of violence, sex, etc. that may not be suitable for younger teens or skittish parents.
ChemGal
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I used to read before bed fairly consistently as a kid, but as I got older things interrupted the routine so that part way through university I no longer had a book consistently that I was reading at any time.
Now, things vary. I did jump on LeVar Burton reads when that first started up and I haven't heard everything but I do have it as a regular on my playlist. I often fall asleep before I'm done an episode. I did get through a lot of those stories completely when I thought I was dying of cancer - the only way I could sleep was if my mind was immersed enough in a story to distract me.
Since COVID, I also make use of audiobooks from the library. When I was sick I tried to get a library card and there was some sort of issue (it was possible online) and they refused to sort out the issue so I could access it without going in (at a time when my skin was raw and any trigger was a problem). Then COVID hit and boom all the sudden they could help anyone with online access.
I did use Chemguy's account a bit before that, but sparingly.
As for reading before bed, I actually find ebooks work better if Chemguy and I are sleeping in the same room due to the lack of an overhead light and I don't recall if it was automatic but on my phone I do have LIbby set to nightmode - black background, white text.
I also like puzzle type games to relax too, Been really into Nonagrams (specific app is Nonagrams Katana if anyone wants to get it). It's better for when my mind is a bit more active due to the concentration aspect, although I will list to a podcast/audiobook while I do that. Sometimes I get exhausted and put it down and fall right to sleep, sometimes I get sleepy but can't sleep yet, set it down and just listen to something before falling asleep.
Now, things vary. I did jump on LeVar Burton reads when that first started up and I haven't heard everything but I do have it as a regular on my playlist. I often fall asleep before I'm done an episode. I did get through a lot of those stories completely when I thought I was dying of cancer - the only way I could sleep was if my mind was immersed enough in a story to distract me.
Since COVID, I also make use of audiobooks from the library. When I was sick I tried to get a library card and there was some sort of issue (it was possible online) and they refused to sort out the issue so I could access it without going in (at a time when my skin was raw and any trigger was a problem). Then COVID hit and boom all the sudden they could help anyone with online access.
I did use Chemguy's account a bit before that, but sparingly.As for reading before bed, I actually find ebooks work better if Chemguy and I are sleeping in the same room due to the lack of an overhead light and I don't recall if it was automatic but on my phone I do have LIbby set to nightmode - black background, white text.
I also like puzzle type games to relax too, Been really into Nonagrams (specific app is Nonagrams Katana if anyone wants to get it). It's better for when my mind is a bit more active due to the concentration aspect, although I will list to a podcast/audiobook while I do that. Sometimes I get exhausted and put it down and fall right to sleep, sometimes I get sleepy but can't sleep yet, set it down and just listen to something before falling asleep.
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Funny, odd, perhaps just strange how some people need to focus on relaxing while others have to be stimulated by enigma to sleep ... thus the divine line spreads ... psi in the trees ... and how the crotch is hung there ... sometimes for a slingshot ... soemtimes a crutch! Thus as soem 'd ...
Circles thus become bubbles ... tis phe arsum ... phi ani? Depends on how you see's ite!
Circles thus become bubbles ... tis phe arsum ... phi ani? Depends on how you see's ite!
Carolla
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Re e-readers as asked upthread - I have a paperwhite kindle & love it. I do not experience eye fatigue with it at all - which is touted as the main difference between kindle & reading on tablets etc. I also really like that I can change up the font size & line spacing to my preference. With a proper cover it's easy to hang onto. I also like the built in dictionary feature - very helpful!
We get the majority of our e-books through a legit free site called Calibre - books there can be formatted for kindle or other readers. It's a massive library - but from time to time I cannot find what I want - so then I purchase from Amazon - quick & simple download directly to the kindle. And if your husband accidentally deletes your book (and doesn't tell you! - yes, it happened) it's simple to have it resent to you. As Mendalla mentioned, our public library system here does NOT link to kindle format - which took me most of a frustrating week to definitively discover a couple of years ago. So I do still get books out of the library from time to time if they're not on Calibre. That was the case with the recent Birder Murder Mystery series I read. I read 5/6 from library copies, and purchased one to read when travelling.
We get the majority of our e-books through a legit free site called Calibre - books there can be formatted for kindle or other readers. It's a massive library - but from time to time I cannot find what I want - so then I purchase from Amazon - quick & simple download directly to the kindle. And if your husband accidentally deletes your book (and doesn't tell you! - yes, it happened) it's simple to have it resent to you. As Mendalla mentioned, our public library system here does NOT link to kindle format - which took me most of a frustrating week to definitively discover a couple of years ago. So I do still get books out of the library from time to time if they're not on Calibre. That was the case with the recent Birder Murder Mystery series I read. I read 5/6 from library copies, and purchased one to read when travelling.
Carolla
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Back to bedtime stories ... I listened to most of one story from the Calm app site the other day ... my goodness ... the voice (Stephen Fry in this case) was certainly soporific! Bette I think mentioned that some sound like meditations - this one did! There seem to be lots available - and for kids too!