I’ve recently gotten into audiobooks, and I actually love having something playing in the background while I sleep. Total silence isn’t really my thing, lol. Since I’m into darker, more erotic books, I usually just put on a playlist and let it play through the night.
But a few nights ago, something unexpected happened. This book Trouble Off the Tee came on, and at first I thought it was just another normal, everyday listen. I figured it would fade into the background like the rest. Yeah… I was very wrong.
It switched up fast..way faster than I expected. It was intense, detailed, and honestly pretty hardcore. I remember just lying there on my back, wide awake, staring at the ceiling and listening. Weirdly enough, it actually calmed me down in some way, even though I was fully awake.
So I guess what I’m asking is has this happened to anyone else? You put something on thinking you’ll fall asleep, and instead you’re just stuck there listening because it pulled you in or made you curious, or it was just that good?
Sorry if im just a geek lol, but experiences are funny to me
by FeverFanny
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No im the same lol. I listen to history books when sleeping and sometimes i just find myself awake listening
Yes—this happened to me with the audiobook of The Ritual. I put it on expecting atmospheric background noise and instead the slow dread + the narrator’s pacing kept me fully awake. There’s something about listening in the dark where the voice does all the work—no visuals to soften it—so even quieter moments feel intense. Weirdly, I remember feeling calm and alert at the same time, not anxious. Definitely not just you.
I get that lol but when i sleep i usually read or put on a book ive already read. just to not have that happen
Isles of the Emberdark (ebook) did this like the day after it came out for me. I was reading like normal, but right before I needed to go to bed figured I’d do one more chapter, and I crossed the tipping point into “I can’t stop now” and stayed up well past my normal bedtime to finish. Enough that the next morning was not fun.
Spicy books for me are when im alone and awake haha
Its a good book. but it was too dirty for me lol
There are so many erotic books that have made me not sleep
Yes. happens all the time im a book nerd. i cant stop until i know what happens