Maria's Bookshelf

Maria's Bookshelf edited the themes of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

• Added a theme: Living up to expectations: This book explores the difficulties of trying to be who you want to be when your family and society expects you to be somebody entirely different. Calpurnia has a passion for studying evolution and science. She is encouraged and taught by her grandfather, whose own curious experiments in his "laboratory" are a lot more fascinating than learning to tat and knit and cook. But a new century is coming and things are changing. Is there hope for Calpurnia (and everyone else)?
• marked the description of Living up to expectations as not a spoiler

Maria's Bookshelf edited the characters of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

• Edited the description of Alberto: Alberto is someone who works for the Tate'sTates

Maria's Bookshelf edited the characters of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

• Edited the description of Calpurnia Virginia Tate: A really fun girl. She loves science and does not want to become a housewife. Also known as Callie Vee.Vee. Age 11-almost-12. Loves learning about nature and hanging out with her grandfather, who loves to study and experiment.

Maria's Bookshelf edited the characters of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

• Edited the description of Harry Tate: A handsome young man,the oldest of the family is growing into a man and is starting to date. 17Age 17.

Maria's Bookshelf edited the characters of Ireland Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Edited the description of Ronan: First meets the storyteller at the age of nine and feels a connection to him.
• Edited the description of Kate: Ronan's aunt, Allison's sister. It turns out that she is really his birth mother since Allison's pregnancies all ended in miscarriages.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Kate: Ronan's aunt, whom he feels close to. Allison's sister.
• marked the description of Kate as a spoiler
• Edited the description of John O’mara: Ronan's father, a famous and wealthy lawyer in the surrounding area.
• Edited the description of Alison: Ronan's mother.

Maria's Bookshelf edited the errata of Remarkable Creatures Wednesday, April 6, 2011.

• On page 51, 1st paragraph, 2nd line, "fool's good""fool's good" should be "fool's gold.""fool's gold."

Maria's Bookshelf edited the themes of Remarkable Creatures Wednesday, April 6, 2011.

• Added a theme: Remarkable Creatures: Someone in our book group noted that the "remarkable creatures" title not only applies to the fossils that Ezabeth and Mary found, but also to the two women themselves. Their journey at a time when women were not allowed to be academics is quite remarkable.
• marked the description of Remarkable Creatures as not a spoiler

Maria's Bookshelf edited the summary of Twisted Wednesday, January 12, 2011.

• Collection of short stories written by the master of the twisted ending. Every story has a plot twist.

Maria's Bookshelf edited the ridiculously simplified synopses of The Great Train Robbery Wednesday, August 12, 2009.

• Added: Brilliant criminal organizes and pulls off the most brilliant heist of the century.