My toddler talks all the time. She learns and says new words every week. Her newest words are egg, up, norm norm(my mom has a dog named norman), milk, and sit.
She loves to watch super why, and at 18 months she actually interacts with the show.
My daughter also loves books, but if you try to read to her she just tries to take the book away from you, and read it herself. LOL. so cute, and a little annoying because she is still at the ripping of pages stage. But thank god for scotch tape. At least it makes interesting tales to tell her when she gets older.
She loves to close the door to her playroom and she plays quietly or she opens the door and says boo. Sometimes she loves to play independently and other times she needs me in her room, more often than not just to observe, she doesn't really want me to play :(. All a part of growing up, but she is still a major mommy's girl.