Book Review // On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne.

[yunuenrodriguez2]

So, what about Solitude? All i heard was about other books and what people criticize.

[marionhoney]

gurrrrrrrrl u b so sexayyyyyy

[RyanMurphyTube]

Double also, are you single..? Because I've just been looking through some of your other videos and it feels like you've basically made each video for me... haha! Just joking, you are great though, keep it up! :)

[RyanMurphyTube]

Also, for solitude and self reliance you should check out both Thoreau and Emerson.

[RyanMurphyTube]

Underlining sentences, paragraphs, even pages in books is the best thing ever! Are you one of those people that smells books too..? Are you a book smeller, because only book smellers know what other book smellers know about books and smelling them... :D

[kookerama]

utopia is enjoyable and interesting. hope you enjoy it!

also, i read montaigne for school and have been wanting to reread it... for me this time. i can't wait!

[JoyPhilpp44]

that quote on traveling to escape yourself might be exactly what i needed to hear right now... :/ i still want to do it tho. even if for the wrong reasons!

[alexisrivard]

I love the Great Ideas books. My favourite has to be Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women. It's an essay that was published in the 18th century so it's pretty dry but Wollstonecraft writes about problems that society still faces today and suggest ways we can fix them. If you enjoy reading essays (and have time to really think about it) I suggest reading it. I'm a feminist so I was naturally drawn to it but I think everyone should read it.

[unofficialdear]

Hahaha the farts thing sounds very interesting. :P Also, where did your start system go?

[booksandquills]

@unofficialdear I decided to stop the star rating because it was very difficult and didn't really match with the rest of the review. BUT if you really want to see the star rating you can click on the GoodReads link.

[themissingn]

It sounds like a good place to start if you're new to essays, or just like essays. We were also taught in school that Montaigne was the father of the essay. I think it's interesting how a lot of languages have two words with the same meaning - loneliness and solitude - but where one is positive, and the other negative.

Do you speak French, or not at all?

[booksandquills]

@themissingn I speak a little bit of French (I'm slightly better at reading it).

[chocolaterockz]

I think that that sounds really interesting, and I completely agree on the fact that critics are too harsh and often wrong in their slanderous words. In fact I might go so far as to say, that because of the amount of unmitigated slander that is passed around the world our society is incredibly harsh to it's inhabitants and this is because we are taught, through critics, that it is okay to rip each other apart and point out people's insecurities. Sorry, about that. Thanks for the video! : ) x

[ellabooray]

Ooohhh. I just bought Utopia myself. I am excited to read it. What do the colours mean?

[luizajimenez17]

this is a talent, you know? To stand in front of a camera and just know what to say... I've tried to make videos in my first language (portuguese) and in english and HOW DID I STRUGGLED! She makes it looks so easy!! hahaha... anyway, I'd love to be in this youtubeworld, but I guess it is just not for me! At least I have her and some other awesome youtubers to wacth :)) I love your videos!

[Viroquet]

I need to get into reading essays.

[thisvideoisover]

the part about the farts that she read can anyone type it in and tell me what she said?'even better can you?

[Lidespam]

oh. anyways.

So happy you're finally making book videos again :D

Also, your face <3.

[Lidespam]

first!

[arivas713]

Seems interesting to read, but a hard read at that. I mean Iv'e tried to read Dante's Inferno once before, but I gave up an the third level of hell because it was so damn difficult.

[blindcubefreak]

you're so pretty.

[jacquelineawallace]

Where in Edinburgh did you find this? 

[booksandquills]

@jacquelineawallace Blackwells (I actually went to streetview on Google Maps to check it out :D)

[jacquelineawallace]

@booksandquills Oh of course! Thanks. I love that place, despite it being expensive. The one across from Old College (University of Edinburgh)?

[booksandquills]

@jacquelineawallace Yup. :) I think they had a 3 for 2 discount thing going on :)

[GgirlMe]

"And then Michel continues by saying" Wow, on first name basis with the author are we? ;) Good review, very interesting!

[booksandquills]

@GgirlMe After reading the chapter on 'The Power of the Imagination' I must say that I've gotten to know him on a whole new level. :P

[stofvod]

I love Michel de Montaigne and the ideas behind his philosophy, his quote: "Friends are the ones that get the being we think to be" is my most favourite quote of all time :)

[LikeCupcake]

@booksandquills Ravenclawsome. ^-^

[LikeCupcake]

I assume that you've read the Harry Potter series, so what is your house?

I myself am a proud Ravenclaw. c:

[booksandquills]

@LikeCupcake Yes! I am a Ravenclaw :)

[TheVeryFluffyButter]

@booksandquills I'm a ravenclaw too! Ravenclaw party!

[NoobBrood1]

I'd be interested into knowing what you think of Chuck Palanuik's Pygmy. You should give it a shot. It is a very difficult read, but not because of any usual reason a book would be hard to read. It is difficult because the entire book is written in broken English. But it is an entertaining read to say the least.

[Jordanificationily]

What is your first language, just wondering because your English is brilliant but i just noticed because of your accent.

[booksandquills]

@Jordanificationily My first language is Dutch.

[Jordanificationily]

@booksandquills Wow. Your English is amazing, I hope whenever I am your age that I can speak another language as well, I'm only 13 at the moment though, and to be honest your English is probably better than mine...

[hpobsessed21]

I'm part of an Honors program in a liberal arts college that focuses on works like these. We started with the Greeks, went through the Romans and early Christendom, then through the Renaissance, and now into the Revolutions. So, I'm very interested in reading this, just because I have more of a background in the classical readings. Plus, that section on farts sounds WAY more amusing that anything we've ever read for class.

[marionhoney]

You go, Glen Coco.

[MsMissSunday]

hate that those books are in dutch in the library -.-

[iliveonplanetspace]

Holy hell that is a beautiful cover.

[FireLordAzulon5]

It sounds like it's an interesting book :D

[LeiaTheSquid]

You should read some mythology...You'd probably like it! :)

[tetsubo57]

I put the myth of Solitude into the same category as Utopia. Unobtainable and far from practical. Having to live completely on one's own is a monumental task that few are capable of achieving. But it does have a certain romantic draw.

Someone once gave a metaphor for the 'relocation cure'. If you put an ass in a crate and ship it to a new place, it is the same ass upon arrival.

[lewisallen336]

@tetsubo57 That's a bit of a foolih metaphor. The whole idea of a relocation cure is that the new place changes you, which requires being in the new place to let it change you. Of course the ass is the same upon arrival, the trip in the crate is hardly going to shake them to the core - well I suppose that would depend on the turbulence of the trip :P Agree with everything else, though.

[barnettbeans]

I would marry you in a heartbeat.

[annaclare88]

@barnettbeans Aww I love reading things that make me smile at midnight when I have a headache...and this was one of them! I think you should marry her- proposal in a video response?! GO ONNN.

[weepingangelsoutside]

Nevermind

[Lidespam]

@weepingangelsoutside I feel your pain.

[weepingangelsoutside]

first.

[irisxcarina]

you're awesome & I'm so happy I subscribed last week :D

[ohsnapitskate1]

I LOVE watching your book reviews! c:

[curiouscookie]

first? no way...

[curiouscookie]

@curiouscookie Furthermore, those essays sound very intriguing! Not so much the one about farts and erections, though.