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222 Ways to Trick Yourself to Sleep: Scientifically Supported Ways to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep by Kim Jones, Sarah Brewer
2.0
Includes rat studies and studies that are made on very small samples of people.
She doesn't outright say not to try potassium supplements, which could cause heart issues if taken in the wrong amounts.
The narration and the content are not really all that suitable for falling asleep to, as there are some anxiety causing things, such as listing diseases you get if you can't get enough sleep.
There is a bit of a shaming element if you can't manage to change your bedsheets every week and for the narration part at times there's a sudden volume increase in emphasis of random words.
She also doesn't take into account all that much different people's budgets.
She doesn't outright say not to try potassium supplements, which could cause heart issues if taken in the wrong amounts.
The narration and the content are not really all that suitable for falling asleep to, as there are some anxiety causing things, such as listing diseases you get if you can't get enough sleep.
There is a bit of a shaming element if you can't manage to change your bedsheets every week and for the narration part at times there's a sudden volume increase in emphasis of random words.
She also doesn't take into account all that much different people's budgets.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Sexual content
A New Dawn Over Mulberry Lane by Rosie Clarke
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content
Rainbows over Puddleduck Farm by Della Galton
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Animal death
Claiming Victory by Beverley Watts
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.75
Wasn't expecting some occult. 2nd narrator was unpleasant.Slow beginning almost DNF gets better with modern times girl rather than Prince & his father's death...
It can get quite dark with fairies that suck blood to extract secrets and mermaids with a corpse that drowns someone they try to force into marriage.
There are some weird tangents into dentistry and for whatever reason the author seems to want to emphasize some gross events like frog dissection,leeches...
The only reason to read on was to know what happened if he was able to go outside of the book and the dialogue between Delilah and Oliver in the book was quite good,mildly funny . The story does skip around in chapters alternating between two plot lines which end abruptly so it can get quite confusing as to what is happening.
It also had some weird things like the horse called Socks being afraid of being too fat and very self-conscious and depressed.
Although the misunderstandings at the beginning were cute and amusing because they lived in different times, it got tedious , them not understanding each other over and over, wasn't funny anymore.
The ending which was hard to guess didn't feel like it fit the style of the book because it had some sci-fi type of things in it. It did end quite abruptly but on purpose for book 2 which looks a lot funnier from the one-hour sample available on Google Books.
It can get quite dark with fairies that suck blood to extract secrets and mermaids with a corpse that drowns someone they try to force into marriage.
There are some weird tangents into dentistry and for whatever reason the author seems to want to emphasize some gross events like frog dissection,leeches...
The only reason to read on was to know what happened if he was able to go outside of the book and the dialogue between Delilah and Oliver in the book was quite good,mildly funny . The story does skip around in chapters alternating between two plot lines which end abruptly so it can get quite confusing as to what is happening.
It also had some weird things like the horse called Socks being afraid of being too fat and very self-conscious and depressed.
Although the misunderstandings at the beginning were cute and amusing because they lived in different times, it got tedious , them not understanding each other over and over, wasn't funny anymore.
The ending which was hard to guess didn't feel like it fit the style of the book because it had some sci-fi type of things in it. It did end quite abruptly but on purpose for book 2 which looks a lot funnier from the one-hour sample available on Google Books.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War
revenge,battle,
Hidden Treasures by Fern Britton
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Soothe: The book your nervous system has been longing for by Nahid de belgeonne
The introduction isn't so helpful and could be triggering. Narration mostly calm and relaxing .She goes off on these tangents with her statistics getting nowhere near the chapter heading and most of it is basic information.
Part 2 Daily Practice
1) 6-6 breathing 5 and building up to 20 mins over a month,preferring in nature in dailylight and with movement.
It requires a carpeted floor or a yoga mat.
Joint mobilisation exercise - gently shaking the whole body for a minute ,some bouncing and ankle rotation exercises that require standing,rolling the shoulders.Every 20mins look outside the window to take eye breaks from the computer.Rolling eye movements. ♾️ eye movements.
Rolling pelvis while sitting
I fail to see the evidence for all these exercises, I did a couple and didn't feel any better, just awkward.There's more evidence for tapping, havening and isometric yoga.
Chpt 11
Walk in nature
Your posture while staring at a laptop.
Noticing tension
Audiobook without an accompaniment PDF for the exercises adds a layer of difficulty for following.
There are no adjustments or alternatives to the exercises if you're disabled.
Part 2 Daily Practice
1) 6-6 breathing 5 and building up to 20 mins over a month,preferring in nature in dailylight and with movement.
It requires a carpeted floor or a yoga mat.
Joint mobilisation exercise - gently shaking the whole body for a minute ,some bouncing and ankle rotation exercises that require standing,rolling the shoulders.Every 20mins look outside the window to take eye breaks from the computer.Rolling eye movements. ♾️ eye movements.
Rolling pelvis while sitting
I fail to see the evidence for all these exercises, I did a couple and didn't feel any better, just awkward.There's more evidence for tapping, havening and isometric yoga.
Chpt 11
Walk in nature
Your posture while staring at a laptop.
Noticing tension
Audiobook without an accompaniment PDF for the exercises adds a layer of difficulty for following.
There are no adjustments or alternatives to the exercises if you're disabled.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Grief and War