Waking Up Slow

So, the book I am reading on my Nook is Karen Thompson Walker's The Age of Miracles. It is a debut novel that I think is appropriate for adults and YA alike. Apocalyptic books and movies abound...people getting diseases, people turning into zombies, etc. etc. Of all of the "end of time" scenarios, I have never thought of what would happen if the Earth began to slow. Slow being the key word. In this book, (Spoiler! my shout out to Kevin Smith's new Hulu + show Spoilers) the Earth slows it's rotation at a small rate that continues to build until birds crash to the ground, gravity no longer works as we know it causing accidents, and sickness from the extended hours of the day and night develop. People don't know whether to panic or remain calm causing a state of constant confusion. The story is simple and straight forward, from the eyes of teenage Julia who is dealing with the slowing as well as the happenings in her every day life. I've been reading this at night before I drift off to sleep. There are only a few novels that have ever left me dwelling on them after I have finished. I am only half-way through this novel and I seem to wake up in the morning and have to remind myself that the Earth is not slowing. Yes, I could read it during the daytime, but if reading is about experiencing through words, isn't waking up thinking the Earth has slowed a pretty good indicator of a book's character?