Reading, boredom and reverie

When I take time out from my busy TV schedule and actually read a book, I'm either bored or in a reverie. Often I'm bored because so much "modern" fiction is a 19th-century throwback to pre-cinematic realism. Plot and more plot! "And then the puppy died of heartbroken worms. And then the cat emigrated to Bosnia, leaving behind her suitcase and a substantial VISA debt." But if it's good 21st century writing (or sometimes even better late 20th century), I fall into reveries as I read. Read a few paragraphs, then catch on some detail, then compare the detail to my own memory, then realize I was reading. I think it's this ability to connect to memory that makes reading far different from TV, film, youtube and other hot media. I rarely compare my experiences in memory or otherwise to Ginger or Mrs. Howell.