Nov. 24th, 2014

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Eventful uneventful weekend.

- When in the right mood, ARR can identify many letters. All the letters in the word "FARM" for example. (Only uppercase so far.) He can also sing the entire alphabet song, with the exception of the "LMNOP" part that gets kind of a "ba ba ba ba P". He's completely obsessed with letters, although he's not reliably getting the mapping part yet--while he can identify individual letters, he still will sing the song and point at each letter in a block of text in turn, assigning each letter in order without actually paying attention to the letter in question. He gets that you sing the song and point out letters, but I don't think he realizes the song identifies the letters. (So if you're wearing a shirt that says, say, "PRINCETON", he will delightedly point to the letters saying "ABCD!" and then sing the song. "A" (points to P) "B" (points to R) "C" (points to I) "D" (points to N)...) But if you point to an M in isolation and ask him what letter it is, he'll shout "M!" with great glee.

- I did something nasty to my back on Friday and have been kind of hobbling along all weekend. I actually took today off to spend more time lying down. (Toddlers are not kind to back injuries.)

- ARR managed to get away from Chuckro yesterday and fell down the stairs. He's completely fine as far as we can tell (doesn't even have any visible bruises), but was utterly terrified and spent about 15 minutes wailing inconsolably. It's ok. We were also utterly terrified and spent about 15 minutes wanting to wail inconsolably. Almost everyone I know fell down the stairs as a kid, but it still doesn't make us feel any better.
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Title: A Reckless Soul
Author: Elizabeth Cole
Genre: Historical spy romance (Napoleonic England)
Thingummies: 2.5

Synopsis: Two spies in the Napoleonic wars are forced to pretend to be married in order to infiltrate a decadent house party.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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Title: A Shameless Angel
Author: Elizabeth Cole
Genre: Historical spy romance (Napoleonic Wars)
Thingummies: 3

Synopsis: A bluestocking gets sucked into a world of espionage when she discovers that her dead fiance was a spy and that his friend is all too attractive.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Genre: Spec fic that thinks it's literary
Thingummies: 3.5

Synopsis: After the death of his tall tale-telling grandfather, Jacob discovers that the stories about a home for strangely gifted children were true. Illustrated by a bizarre-yet-intriguing collection of actual vintage photographs.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )

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