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  • Jul 11, 2007, 02:10 PM
    bigdreamer85
    Can't sleep
    Ok so I have a bit of insomnia and I like to read to pass the time... So I usually just look at a magazine before hitting the hay, but I'd rather being reading a good book, so I'm looking for a few good suggestions... Please no horror types or sci-fi.
    Thanks!:o :o
  • Jul 11, 2007, 02:25 PM
    Cinnabar
    - Eat a small meal with some carbohydrates shortly before going to sleep
    - Use your bed only to sleep or something not visually stimulating to help you get to sleep such as reading
    - Avoid the TV or computer at least an hour before sleeping
    - Avoid exercise in the evening -- do it earlier in the day
    - Avoid any caffeinated drinks after 2pm or so (coffee, soda, etc.)


    /edit -- Whoops, I just realized you wanted book suggestions and not suggestions on getting to sleep, lol. What genres do you prefer?
  • Jul 11, 2007, 02:32 PM
    bushg
    Read a book about insomnia it may be boring enough to put you to sleep.jk Read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It is a old book but it is mellow and about a nice family and their neighbors and town:)
  • Jul 13, 2007, 09:00 PM
    Clough
    When going to bed, I like to read things like Readers Digest, or something that is about science like Science News. For myself, I find it best not to read something that I like so much and in which I will get so engrossed that I will not want to put it down so that I can get to sleep.
  • Jul 17, 2007, 06:53 PM
    airbats-goku
    If you like comedy try janet evanovich, crime try michael connelly, let me know what genres you like.
  • Jul 18, 2007, 08:56 AM
    bigdreamer85
    Ok so, I love Dean Koontz books, but I get way to into them to put them down. And I find readers digest way too boring to read. Thank you though. And I've already read Little Women when I was like 12 and I've also read almost every book by Jane Austen. I'm really looking for newer books, not classics. And I like books opposed to magazines. Thank you everyone who is helping meout! Much love.
  • Jul 19, 2007, 02:55 PM
    trn
    Sams letters to jennifer by james patterson was really good. And its not gorey or scary or boring!
  • Jul 19, 2007, 04:04 PM
    bushg
    Author Tawny O'dell Back Roads it was an awesome book.
  • Aug 31, 2007, 12:34 AM
    gabra_123
    'Heir Apparent' by V.V. Velde, light fantasy
    'Sunshine' by Robin Mckinley, vampires
    'Ride the River' by Louis L'Amour, western
    'East of Peculiar by Suzan Ledbetter, romance
    'The Seventh Scroll' by Wilbur Smith, egyptology
    'Knight and the Dove' by Lori Wick, hystorical romance
    'Ten Little Indians' by Agatha Christy, mystery
  • Sep 5, 2007, 05:34 PM
    think_pink
    School of Fortune - Amanda Brown and Janice Weber
    The Sleeping Beauty Proposal - Sarah Strohmeyer
    How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls - Zoey Dean
    Fool me once


    PS: how to teach filrthy rich girls it's a really good book I highly recommend it
  • Sep 5, 2007, 05:38 PM
    Emland
    The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is a great series, but will keep you up not put you to sleep.

    I'll have to dig out my syllabus for my Catholic Traditions class. There was a book in that class that could put you to sleep in 10 minutes even after 5 cups of coffee.

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