Thanks Jilanne! I want to read that book by Chaon, it sounds right up my alley. That makes a lot of sense, the brain trying to understand what it has read. Maybe for me the more complex the story world, the more my brain is trying to make sense of it.
Thanks for reading and for your thoughts on dreaming!

Dreaming, eh? I just finished a book of short stories by Dan Chaon called “Stay Awake.” They’re eerie, out of body types of experiences like the one you’ve just described. I’m going back now to re-read them. I want to see how he gets the reader to question: Am I awake, or am I dreaming? Am I alive, or am I dead?

Faulkner’s books, Absalom!Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury, have always taken over my dreams. I’ve talked about it in one of my posts (can’t recall which), because I think part of it has to do with the brain trying to make sense of what’s being read. The brain is always seeking to make sense of the world, so when something happens that shouldn’t or “couldn’t” the unconscious takes over and tries to figure things out.

Nice post!