Tumblr (3.0; @bethbabbles)http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post looks at the influence of books/reading on a young Deni Bechard.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/09/07/hungry-for-books-and-adventure/">Hungry for Books and Adventure</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/31072213508http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/31072213508Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:19:26 -0400Deni BechardCures for Hungerreadingbooksadventureappetite<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post ranks the <a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/09/03/top-five-books-i-read-this-summer/">top five books</a> that I read this summer.</p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30845348273http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30845348273Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:22:46 -0400Sense of an EndingJulian BarnesThe Long-Shining WatersDanielle SosinReady Player OneErnest ClineSilhouette of a SparrowMolly Beth GriffinThe Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at the role of female characters within the OASIS and real world of Ready Player One.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/31/the-shes-of-ready-player-one/">The &#8220;She&#8217;s&#8221; of Ready Player One</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30594456179http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30594456179Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:26:00 -0400Beth HansonReady Player OneBooks and BarsErnest ClinevideogamesgamersgirlsguntersArt3mis<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at some aspects of nerddom generated within Ready Player One.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/27/ready-player-ones-internal-nerddom/">Ready Player One&#8217;s Internal Nerddom</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30344651013http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30344651013Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:57:45 -0400Ready Player OneErnest ClineBeth Hansonnerddomnerdgasmrealityvirtual reality<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>Check out my detailing of the nerdy references in Ernest Cline&#8217;s Ready Player One.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/24/get-the-nerdy-references-on/">Get the Nerdy References (On/?)</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30110966773http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30110966773Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:31:44 -0400Lord of the RingsHarry PotterErnest ClineReady Player Onenerdgasm<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post analyzes the plot of Ernest Cline&#8217;s Ready Player One.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/20/ready-for-a-reality-check-player-one/">Ready for a Reality Check, Player One?</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30110731177http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/30110731177Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:25:27 -0400realitynerdyErnest ClineReady Player OneBeth Hansonreal worldpost-grad life<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at some weirdly wonderful lines of Susan Firer&#8217;s poetry.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/17/life-is-like-a-pear/">Life is Like a Pear</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29629289923http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29629289923Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:16:26 -0400Susan FirerMilwaukee Does Strange Things to PeopleBeth Hansonpoetrylife is like a pearlifedeathrelationships<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at some Wisconsin-themed poetry.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/13/wisconsin-weird-gets-poetic/">Wisconsin Weird (Gets Poetic)</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29366210799http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29366210799Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:06:14 -0400Susan FirerBeth HansonMilwaukee Does Strange Things to PeopleWisconsinpoetry<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post examines the issues of unreliable narrator and college-themed thoughts in Julian Barnes&#8217; The Sense of an Ending.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/10/making-sense-of-an-ending/">Making Sense of an Ending</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29137042403http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29137042403Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:40:36 -0400Beth HansonJulian BarnesThe Sense of an Endingunreliable narratorcollegeliteratureperspectives<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post makes a list off ten of the most interesting passages in Julian Barnes&#8217; The Sense of an Ending.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/06/life-perspectives-a-la-julian-barnes/">Life Perspectives A La Julian Barnes</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136847991http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136847991Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:37:12 -0400Beth HansonJulian BarnesThe Sense of an Endinglife perspectivescynicismmarriage<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post looks at the shifting roles of women in Danielle Sosin&#8217;s three main characters of The Long-Shining Waters: one in 1602, one in 1901, and the last in 2000.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/08/03/changing-waters-women-and-times/">Changing Waters, Women, and Times</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136318026http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136318026Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:27:53 -0400Beth HansonDanielle SosinThe Long-Shining WatersLake Superiorwomen160219012000Milkweed Editions<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post examines the role of lone woman Pella in a world filled with baseball-playing men in The Art of Fielding.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/30/walking-contradiction-an-independent-woman/">Walking Contradiction: A(n) (In)Dependent Woman</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136198820http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136198820Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:25:45 -0400Beth HansonThe Art of FieldingChad HarbachPellalone womanworld of menbaseball<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at Chad Harbach&#8217;s The Art of Fielding through a liberal arts (specifically, Beloit) perspective).</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/27/beloiting-baseball-books-and-bars/">Beloiting Baseball Books (&amp; Bars)</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136064827http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/29136064827Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:23:28 -0400Books and BarsThe Art of FieldingChad HarbachBeloit CollegeBuc YeahBaseballBeth Hanson<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post offers up my thesis conclusion, looking toward a better 21st century.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/23/conclusion-opening-space-assuming-agency/">Conclusion: Opening Space, Assuming Agency</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27864411279http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27864411279Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:43:38 -0400Toni MorrisonParadiseGloria NaylorMama DayJames M. CainMildred Piercewomen<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post unleashes my inner Harry Potter nerd in honor of the five-year anniversary of Deathly Hallows&#8217; publication. </p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/20/top-ten-potter-passages-and-top-ten-magical-things-i-wish-were-real/">Top Ten Potter Passages and Top Ten Magical Things I Wish Were Real</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27643074919http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27643074919Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:24:30 -0400Harry PotterBeth HansonDeathly Hallows Five Year AnniversaryJ.K. RowlingPotter passagesHarry Potter tattoossassy Hermione<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post finishes up my discussion of Toni Morrison&#8217;s <em>Paradise</em>, focusing on how women create a community for themselves.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/16/women-writing-women-in-the-twentieth-century-toward-a-fuller-tomorrow-chapter-three-part-four/">Women Writing Women in the Twentieth Century: Towards a Fuller Tomorrow - Chapter Three, Part Four</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27362743982http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27362743982Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:51:33 -0400Toni MorrisonBeth HansonParadiseConvent womentwentieth century literaturewomen helping themselves<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This week, I look at how women in Deni Bechard&#8217;s <em>Vandal Love</em> break the cage, drawing a comparison to <em>Jane Eyre</em> and <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/13/breaking-the-cage/">Breaking the Cage</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27131730037http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/27131730037Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:07:38 -0400The Lord of the RingsJane EyreVandal LoveDeni BechardCharlotte BronteIsawomenMilkweedtwenty-first century literature<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>In this post, I explore the safe community contrived by and for women in Toni Morrison&#8217;s <em>Paradise</em>.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/09/women-writing-women-in-the-twentieth-century-toward-a-fuller-tomorrow-chapter-three-part-three/">Women Writing Women in the Twentieth Century: Towards a Fuller Tomorrow - Chapter Three, Part Three</a><br/></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26861399662http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26861399662Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:47:29 -0400Toni MorrisonParadiseBeth HansonConventtwentieth centurymarriagespinsterswomen helping women<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This post takes a look at two wonderfully Gothic Joyce Carol Oates short stories&#8212;and how she sculpts her women!</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/06/marital-bliss-try-marital-mistake/">Marital Bliss? Try Marital Mistake</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26638214348http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26638214348Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:32:36 -0400Joyce Carol OatesThe Female of the SpeciesHungermarriageSo Help Me Godmurderagentactivemistake<p>Beth Babbles About Books</p> <p>This week&#8217;s thesis entry focuses on the influential spinster of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.</p> <p><a href="http://bethbabblesaboutbooks.com/2012/07/02/women-writing-women-in-the-twentieth-century-toward-a-fuller-tomorrow-chapter-three-part-two/">Women Writing Women in the Twentieth Century: Towards a Fuller Tomorrow</a></p>http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26374872165http://bethbabbles.tumblr.com/post/26374872165Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:19:33 -0400Muriel SparkJean Brodiespinsterteachertwentieth centuryprime of miss jean brodie