What am I reading? Various things, as always. One book by a journalist on offbeat states of consciousness (trances, lucid dreams, deep meditation, etc.); another on Canadian history; and a third, a YA fantasy collection. Oh, and also a textbook about the premieres of a few notable works for my class on Western music-history. It's so interesting that I'm actually reading it through.
It's really weird; I have copies of so many of the original scientific papers on the Piraha that I'm not really finding myself nearly as drawn to the book as I would have expected. Has my decision to major in linguistics undermined any potential for casual interest in linguistics? * laughs *
Haven't seen the movie, but I semi-accidentally picked up the first two books back a few years ago. The first one is wonderful: well-plotted and compelling. The second is interesting as well, but with a very different theme and focus (albeit as a necessary result of the changing plot). Haven't really read the other two; the third (set a couple of centuries earlier) has almost nothing to do with Ember at all except at the very end, and the fourth I just haven't given any attention to. But I'd recommend the earlier books, the first one especially.