Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults by Lucy Mangan

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults Reviews

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  Coos Burton

  Amé esta antología, me parece una selección tan noble, ideal para agarrar cada noche y leerse un cuentito antes de descansar. Son relatos, canciones, poemas o fragmentos de libros que tienen una cosa nostálgica, mágica. Fui feliz durante la lectura de cada texto. No voy a dudar en volver a este libro en algún momento de mi vida.
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  ميرنا المهدي

  بما إن الشتاء هو موسم الأرق، حابة أرشح لكم هذا الكتاب العظيم 😍💙
  حكايات قبل النوم للراشدين المرهقين.
  هى مجموعة قصصية قصيرة أطول حكاية فيهم ١٠ صفحات.
  حاجة كدة ترجعك لزمن حواديت تيتة. قصص تقرأها قبل ما تنام عشان تفصل من زحمة اليوم وتروح لعالم خيالي هادئ خالي من الصراعات والاحباطات والنكد.
  دي عادة ليلية جديدة حبيتها، بقرأ قصة واحدة منه عشان يفضل معايا لأطول فترة وحقيقي فعلًا بيساعدني أسترخي وأهدأ قبل النوم.
  
  المفاجأة أن أمازون عاملة عليه ديسكاونت خرافي فسعره بقى ٩٥ جنيه مصري بينما سعره في المكتبات ٥٢٠ جنيه فألحقوا أشتروه لو مهتمين بالنوع ده من الكتب.
  
  #ليستة_ميرنا 📖
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  Carla

  I'm very confused as to why this says 'expected release date 2019' when I bought it in a bookshop and have finished it?
  Anyway, I don't really know what to say.
  A) it served its purpose as in I read 1 to 2 stories per night before going to sleep and definitely slept well afterwards.
  B) there is a wide variety of story excerpts, short stories and poems in this. Some I'd read before, some I didn't know.
  C) I loved some stories. Others I didn't particularly care for. Others I'm not sure I even truly understood. Mostly because they were excerpts of bigger stories that made no sense without the context (which was fine for the ones where I actually knew the whole story, but not for the ones that were unknown to me).
  D) I can only give this 3 stars because well I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I enjoyed some of the stories but not all, so I feel like 3 stars is pretty fair.
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  Mayar El Mahdy

  Life is stressful. Read a book. Read all the books. Now.
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  Abbie Naylor

  I absolutely loved the idea behind this book. It had a beautiful cover and beautiful intentions, with such a great sounding title and premise, but just didn’t quite deliver in the way I wanted it to. I really did love the time I spent reading this just before bed, tucked up with a cup of herbal tea, and the fact that it meant I set intentions with my reading to only read it when I knew I’d fully enjoy the time, in the way it was intended.
  
  However, the stories themselves were very hit and miss, with notable favourites coming from only 6 of the 33 entries. I really did enjoy Wynken, Blynken and Nod, The Mouse, and From ‘Amanda’, to name a few, but I lost track of just how many it felt like a huge slog to get through. Normally this wouldn’t bother me too much, but given that this was a book intended for bedtime reading and de-stressing, it felt a little misaligned.
  
  Maybe I’m just not smart enough to understand what half the authors were meaning in their writing, but so many of the stories took crazy amounts of focus from me just to understand what was going on, with unnecessarily complicated and long descriptions. This also wasn’t helped by a number being excerpts from other, longer stories, making them even harder to follow as you’re just thrown in without context, especially for those which I hadn’t read in full previously.
  
  Overall, it’s not an awful collection by any stretch, but it could’ve done with some refining and alterations to really suit its purpose. I’ll probably revisit some of the stories, but many will be forgotten too unfortunately.
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  Eman Hafez

  الكتاب عبارة عن مجموعة مختارة من القصص القصيرة لكبار الكتاب مثل أوسكار وايلد، موباسان، تيشخوف، فيرجينيا وولف، تولستوي، د.ه. لورانس وآخرون..
  
  الكتاب يقع في 260 صفحة تقريبًا.. لغة القصص بسيطة وسهلة لأي حد يحب يبدأ يقرأ بالإنجليزية.. وكلها قصص لطيفة على العموم لكن عجبني منهم..
  
  The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde
  A Portrait - Guy de Maupassant
  The Golden Windows - Laura E. Richards
  The Beauties - Anton Chekhov
  Three Questions - Leo Tolstoy
  Xingu - Edith Wharton
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  Analu

  Mis preferidos: “Xingú” de Edith Wharton, entretenido , pícaro y se lee con una sonrisa y facilidad... “El Gigante Egoísta” de Oscar Wilde, todo un clásico que no me canso de releer; un extracto de “Ana de las Tejas Verdes” en espera de la próxima temporada en Netflix, pues está muy bien. Creo que en general los cuentos cumplen con su cometido de calmar la mente y mi nota real es 3 1/2.
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  Fatima

  Un lindo libro para aquellos que ocasiones por circunstancias de la vidatenemos insomnio o no podemos desconectar. Son una variedad de cuentos cortos, poemas y relatos
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  Layla

  Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds, where all is well. :'(
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  Zoe

  A wonderful collection of well-known and not so known stories, makes for a peaceful bedtime read.
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  Ioana

  „Unde, în lumea oamenilor, poate fi găsit extazul suprem, care face și din zi, și din noapte, o încântare, extazul ca scop, extazul mulțimilor și extazul unic, al unui singur trup și suflet, extazul sub lumina lunii? Unde, în inimile noastre, este acea cunoaștere transcendentă, care unește soarele și întunericul, ziua și noaptea, spiritul și simțurile? De ce nu știm că cele două ființe în extaz sunt una singură; că fiecare este doar o parte, pentru totdeauna incompletă și singură, dar că împreună, în extaz, cele două sunt perfecte, dincolo de spațiul însingurării sau al solitudinii?„ din „Torcătoarea și călugării” de D.H. Lawrence
  
  
  
  „Peste coline
  E acum pace,
  În toți copacii
  Nu se aude
  Nicio suflare;
  Păsările dorm în copac:
  Așteaptă, ca ele
  Curând vei adormi.„ - Goethe
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  Anita Radeva

  Най-нежната книга, която съм чела досега! Тъмната корица леко ме подлъга, че ще има загадъчни разкази с неочакван край, но не...те просто са идеалния край за деня, за да заспите с хубави мисли. Почти всички разкази и стихотворения ми харесаха, което попринцип не ми се случва с подобни формати. Естествено не всички ми станаха любими, но има такива дето те оставят замечтан и заличават впечатлението от предишните. Веднага се привързах към разказа Хайди от Йохана Спири, все едно се пренесох на село и си помечтах да гледам небето легнала върху легло от сено.. Да не говорим за изключително умиляващия разказ "Вятър във върбите", извисяващия стил на "Ливадни размисли", поучителния край на "Трите въпроса, магическият реализъм на "Лелята и Амабел". Заслужава си на 100% да я имате.
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  Lucía García

  El título engaña mucho y aunque acabé disfrutando de una buena porción de las historias, no puedo darle más de 3⭐
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  Abigail E.

  I have trouble sleeping and loved the idea of a book of pleasant short stories to help me get to sleep. Unfortunately, the lack of editing in this book just stressed me out. The book desperately needs a copyeditor. It has an incredible number of punctuation and spacing errors, especially missing commas and periods. There are some glaring misspellings and spacing issues as well. By page 17, I had found 2 missing periods, 5 missing commas, 1 misspelling, and 2 spacing errors. There were also some sentences that were just so awkwardly worded (e.g., "You will almost probably ...") that I wondered if English was not the author's first language. Anyway, the concept of this book was good, but definitely save your money and find a different book of short stories!
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  Raddy

  Това са приказки за лека нощ, които пренасят читателя в съновен свят на тайни градини, топли питки, на дъждовни капки и копринени чорапи. Английското заглавие ми се струва по-подходящо, защото “stressed out adults” не са деликатните души, а изнурените, които се нуждаят от почивка. Книгата напомня за моментите, в които като малък четеш съсредоточено и си позволяваш да повярваш в магията. Придрямва ти се в люлката на разказа, която се поклаща с твоя собствен ритъм.
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  Kerryn Lawson

  An eclectic mix of excerpts from some of our well loved classics, short stories and a bit of poetry to round it out. I enjoyed revisiting some of the classics and enjoyed some of the short stories and poetry but if it wasn’t for my complete obstinance about not finishing this book I’m afraid I would’ve given it up a third of the way in.
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  Joshie

  This was a cute book, mainly a combination of excerpts from existing literary works. It was a pleasure to read and stirred up some real nostalgia, as I'd read a lot of these stories as a child. It felt kind of like catching a glimpse of an old friend's life through your Facebook feed.
• 
  Arathi Baniya

  Extra stars for the exclusive audio.
• 
  Daniel

  Две звезди с 300 зора. Имаше някои много интересни разкази и откъси, но 80% от останалите бяха почти пълна загуба на време, пък и с пълна липса на каквото и да било действие.
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  Sophie Crane

  My Brother Gave this to our Mum for Her Birthday, Needless to Say This Was Essential Lockdown Reading Material. It had us Laughing our Socks Off!!
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  Ghada

  الحق عليا إني مبصيتش علي reviews قبل ما اجيب الكتاب،
  بعد اول صفحتين ونص ووانا بقرأ فأول قصة، قفلت الكتاب ومكملتوش ورحت اقرأ عن الكاتبة لقيتها كانت مسيحية وألحدت .. which explained much
  يعني مش بس إن اختياراتها سخيفة_ يعني انا متخيلة هي قعدت قالت لنفسها قصص للكبار المتوترين يقروها قبل النوم عشان ميتوتروش يبقي عن ايه ياربي عن ايه أو سوري اكيد مقالتش ياربي لو كانت قالتها كان ربنا كرمها وعرفت تختار حاجة عدلة المهم خيالها الضحل جابلها ان اكيد حد كبير ومتوتر يبقي رقم واحد ممكن مفيش فلوس فانا هحطله قصة عن حد معهوش فلوس وكان متوتر وفالاخر بقى مبسوط وراضي بالقليل الي معاه! يا شيخة ده قصص توم وجيري فيها creativity اكتر ومسلية وتنسي الواحد همومه اكتر👊 ، مش بس انها ألحدت ف تروح تشوف حتة تتدارى فيها بخيبتها دي؟ لأ هي قررت تحط قصص بتهبد براحتها بما انها مش مؤمنة بأي حاجة، ومختار قصة لواحد قدراته في التخيل والكتابة أضعف من قدرات بيبي ف KG بذل مجهود جامد وممل عشان يوصف شعر واحدة ست وساعة يد!
  كان ممكن يقول شعر فظيع وساعة غالية وخلصنا، لكن لأ ازاااي
  راح هابد هبدة عن واحدة كانت ملكة زمان غنية جدا( فأنت لازم تبقي دكتور فالتاريخ قبل ما تقرأ قصص قبل النوم دي والا التوتر مش هيروح لإنك مش هتفهم، قصص قبل النوم للمثقفين بس مش للجهلة يا جاهل يالي مش ملحد انت، وبالنسبة للنوم هيطير وانت مفقوع مالوصف المسترسل ده، كان ناقص يقول نوع الشامبو الي كانت بتحطه واشمعنا النوع ده بالذات وهل كانت تصفف شعرها ام كانت تأكل الجرجير وتشرب العسل ورزقها علي الله😑) إنها لو كانت ساكنة قدام البطلة ام شعر سايح كانت البطلة طلعت تنشف شعرها فالشباك عشان تغيظ الملكة وتقلل من قيمة كل مجوهراتها وهداياها. *صوت صرصور الحقل وانا بقرأ مع ايموجي مفقوع 😑😑*
  ماشي خلاص يسكت بقي؟ لأ ازااااي
  راح جايب سيرة سيدنا سليمان عليه السلام!
  وشوف التشبيه !
  لو كان الملك سليمان بواب العمارة (مع كامل احترامي للبوابين) الي هما ساكنين فيها كان البطل هيعدي قدامه يوريله الساعة الي فايده عشان يغيظه والملك بكل الكنوز الي عنده ف بدروم العمارة كان هيتغاظ !!
  طبعا هنا انا كنت اتفقعت وسيبت الكتاب وقومت ودورت يمكن يكون في سليمان تاني غير سيدنا سليمان بس مفيش هو واحد بس !
  ما تخليكوا ف إلحادكوا اكتبوا عنه وملكوش دعوة بأي حد او حاجة ليها علاقة بمعتقد ناس تانية عشان عيب.
  ومش كاتبة انجليزي اعتزازا باللغة العربية مش اكتر 🥰
  
  
  المهم ده يعلمنا اننا قبل ما نجيب اي كتاب او رواية، نقرأ عن الكاتب الأول ونشوفه عاقل كده وابن ناس ومحترم فبالتالي اختياراته هتبقي زيه ولا زي ال Señora دي.
  والأهم لا يخدعك اللون الأزرق والسما والنجوم والقمر عن الي ربنا ما يوريك فالكتاب من جوا !
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  Minette Visser

  When I came across this book in the bookshop - the first visit I was able to make in months (if not years) - I just thought "Yes! This is the perfect book for me"
  The premise is perfect, the cover beautiful.
  But the stories themselves are spotty. I didn't enjoy all of them. And the poems, frankly, I don't get (I'm not into poetry much. Mary Oliver and that's about it.)
  What I did learn from this book is that the books I love are the epic fantasy types, that really pull me into a large story. And also that I don't have time or energy for those books, and anything else is not as satisfying. It's opening up a larger issue - how to make time for reading the books that make me happy? Because, let me tell you, it's not as much fun when there's a little child nagging in your ear whenever I pick up a book, and by the time they're in bed I'm too exhausted.
  *sigh*
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  Lizeth Corredor IG: los libros de Liz

  En lo personal no me gustó, a mi parecer es un libro muy flojo y los cuentos escogidos no eran nada acordes en muchas formas con la temática que se busca.
  
  Siento que puede ser en parte por que como dice la sinopsis hemos perdido esa magia de cuando eramos niños de levantar muros a nuestro alrededor e imaginarnos mundos imaginarios, tal vez ya no es tan fácil ver en nuestra mente un dragón o enanos o cosas por el estilo.
  
  Siento que fue una buena lectura, ágil, y en lo personal algunos cuentos me gustaron, pero de hay a que le de de nuevo la oportunidad o de que sea un libro con el que quiera irme todas las noches a la cama como que no, a mi parecer le falta mucho.
  
  Siento que la idea pudo ser buena pero no se logró, para mi falta algo, por otro lado, algunos cuentos me parecieron cortados con guillotina sentí que me faltaba o me sobraba pero que no fue el corte correcto.
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  Maria

  4.5/5 🌟
  
  bedtime stories for stressed out adults is basically a collection a short stories and poems written by classic authors, collected together in one book, and introduced by lucy mangan. you will also find some experts, written so well by mangan, all stories with one goal and that is to provide consoling stories.
  
  I wish I could say I devoured this book, but no, it devoured ME. I first started this book back in September, and I made it a mission to only pick it before sleep and at first I stuck to that deal with myself. Reading stories like “the gift of the magi” by o. henry and “the golden windows” by laura e. richards before going to bed felt so satisfying. I honestly found myself smiling widely by the end of each story, thinking “wow” because honestly that's the only word to describe them. the stories just gave me a sense of peace if that makea sense and mainly that's my favorite thing about this. sure, I would get confused before I arrive to the end of each story but that made it all the whole better!! I would be like “ohhhhhh” with realization. and sometimes I even laughed because “wow, I didn't see that coming ” or “woah, that's clever.” !!
  
  now, yes, this took me a while to finish. I finished it about a month ago, and that's why I'm saying it devoured me. even tho it took me such a long time to finish, I honestly never felt pressured that I'm not finishing it as quickly as I normally finish a book, and I liked that I just read on with a smile on my face and not wanting it to end! But as I said, I only stuck to that read it before bed deal at first. When I finished it a month ago, I was constantly reading it night and day, still taking my time with it but not before bed. I feel like it would have been nicer if I still went along with that deal but it still felt good. The stories weren't labeled as bedtime stories when they were first written, so it definitely doesn't hurt if you read it whenever!! They just give you a sense of peace so I recommend reading it before bed but not necessarily tbh.
  
  now moving to why I this wasn't a complete five stars read for me, I gave it 4.5/5 stars because well, some stories confused me until I got to the ending and I was yes that makes sense and wow. But some stories just confused me, period, and I didn't understand what the point was aside from peaceful setting that conjured nice images in my head. It was cute but I didn't get it?? I have to understand the concept of the story, and the moral if there's any.
  And I would just like to point out that this issue is just me, and completely me. English isn't my native language and I get the sense that if a native English speaker read it would understand perfectly fine; as I went through some reviews after finishing the book and I get the sense that some people gave it one and two stars because they didn't understand a thing?? I mean it's confusing a little but if you understand English then there's no problem with that, it's just classic, and classic authors and books are somewhat confusing to someone who's not very good at the language and I say this from experience because I don't read that much classic because I don't often get the hang of it so there's that! This is pure classic, from the short stories to the poems, and even the experts were written in a similar way.
  
  so other than that, I loved this so, so much. It was cute, it was consoling and it's a new fav and I honestly can't wait for a quick reread in the future. It was just so good and I definitely recommend! Just, if you're into short cute with morals type of stories, with consoling bedtime kinda poems, all classic, written by classic authors like Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Saki and William Wordsworth then this is definitely for you!! xx
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  Marga Delgado Maiz

  No recuerdo un libro de relatos que me haya aburrido tanto, la verdad.
  Cierto que un fin de semana sin dormir porque tu hijo tiene 39 de fiebre y no para de quejarse no es el momento más propicio para leer, o quizá sí, porque eso me prometía el título.
  Sinceramente, sólo me ha gustado “el gigante egoísta”, y es que era uno de mis favoritos de pequeña, aún debe estar por ahí, con sus hojas troqueladas. El resto son o cuentos que no les he encontrado la gracia o fragmentos de libro que ya he leído.
  Me siento estafada, ¡quiero algo que me quite este estrés! Y encima me lo ha pegado, vale dejo de gritar que me duele muuuucho la garganta. (No lo leáis) ese paréntesis es un susurro con voz de sapo en vuestra oreja.
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  Claire

  Popsugar 2020 Reading Challenge: an anthology
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  This ended up being kind of a mixed bag. The narrators were lovely, as were some of selections: classic poetry, short stories, and excerpts from cozy nostalgic reads like The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, etc. I wasn't listening to these to fall asleep, but rather to relax, and these particular stories were very relaxing indeed.
  
  Unfortunately, others were boring as tar and I found myself passing out from pure boredom. Still, these are marketed as bedtime stories, so I suppose these tales were doing what they were supposed to.
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  Julian Walker

  Lucy Mangan has collated a fabulous and varied selection of short stories, poems, and story excerpts, all of which vividly conjure up pleasant times - and for me, many childhood memories from when I first read the pieces included in this anthology.
  
  This collection also introduced me to some new writers and poets, which will form part of my reading wish list going forwards.
  
  And, although I don't consider myself to be specifically stressed out about anything, I can thoroughly recommend this book, based on the calming influence I experienced on my journey through so many imaginative worlds, having dived into this tremendously warm pot-pourri of creativity.
  
  A must read.
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  ElRusito

  Cuentos de buenas noches para adultos estresados cumple su cometido. Muchas de las historias hacen retrotraernos a ese momento de disfrute antes de dormir con una historia. La selección de textos y los autores, me pareció muy bien realizada, al igual que las traducciones de los mismos.
  
  Reseña completa en el blog.
  Enlace aquí
  
  
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  Patricia

  Voy a inaugurar la sección sin terminar. (Hasta la página 86 de 244) La vida es demasiado corta para perder los únicos momentos que tengo para leer en este libro. Lo compré hace un año y apenas pude leer unos cuentos de toda la selección. Creo que es una de las peores compras que hice en mi vida. Cuando lo vi pensé que era similar a Cuentos...para niñas rebeldes pero no tiene nada que ver. Lado positivo: cumple su propósito ya que uno se queda dormido luego de leer tres páginas.