"Sir, you have debauched my sloth!"

Grandpa Will will be happy to note that Captain Aubrey has made an appearance on our trip with my Christmas surprise, the H.M.S. Surprise. Scott just finished up with the cheery and uplifting Americans at D-Day, and I finally found the way to the end of the equally not-depressing new book about ALS (it's what Steven Hawkings has, yech) by Jonathan Weiner. Erin is simultaneously attacking Black Beauty, Nancy Drew, Blood Red Horse, and the Carl Hiaasen kids' books. They're not quite as raunchy as the ones for grownups, I promise.