Usually, I get absorbed in my reading. I step inside, go with the flow, and let it come to life. I don't try to pick it apart or analyze technique, and it's rare that I'll put the brakes on to step back and try to outguess the mysteries of the plot. Some authors and stories pull me in more than others, but the writing has to be outright terrible for me not to step into their world.

That this happened meant that not only was I too tired to bring their world properly to life - leaving just a bare stage and flat delivery - but that, for at least a moment, I was too tired to realize that the shortcoming was mine rather than the author's.

What do you do when you read?