Mein Apfelbäumchen [my little apple tree]: [firework]

Books Recently Read

[Same kind of different as me] by Ron Hall
[Olive Kittridge] by Elizabeth Strout - depressing
[Water for Elephants] by Sara Gruen
[Sarah's Key] by Tatiana de Rosnay
[A Vintage Affair] by Isabel Wolff
[Into Thin Air] by Jon Krakauer
Die Päpstin [Pope Joan] by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Die Henkerstochter [The Hangman's Daughter] by Oliver Pötzsch
[The Secret Garden] by Frances H. Burnett
[The House at Riverton] by Kate Morton
[The Art of Racing in the Rain] by Garth Stein
[Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog] by Ted Kerasote
Der Schwarm [the swarm] by Frank Schätzing
[The Help] by Kathryn Stockett

Momentaufnahme [snapshot]

Julius: "Vivian, das war ein Echo. Echos sind so ganz kleine Tiere, noch kleiner als Bakterien!" [That was an echo. Echoes are very small animals, even smaller than bacteria!]
Julius: "Ich möchte niemals krank werden, damit ich keinen Tag in der Schule verpasse." [I never want to be sick again, so I won't miss a day at school.]
Vivian: "Ich kann das. Ich bin groß." [I can do it. I'm big.]
Julius: "Vivian, du musst lernen, Sachen selbst zu machen. Wenn Du groß bist, kannst du auch nicht immer deinen Papa (=Mann) fragen." [Vivian, you must learn to do things yourself. When you're big, you can't always ask your husband.]