Book Club #3- Twilight

This is "Twilight" by Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries. It's the last book in the Mediator Series. Will Paul outdo Suze once and for all? Will Suze and Jesse be together forever? Read to find out! Or just listen to me talk about it. :)

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[TitoIsTheGreatest]

I know that it is this latest trend with you Americans, that the more shallow you are, the better you are perceived, G.W.Bush proved it two times in last 10 years. But, really, wtf happened here Mrs. Disney XD?

[imadisney]

Gee, thanks for judging me before you even know me. You may think "We Americans" are shallow, which is only the way are perceived by other countries and not necessarily the truth for ALL Americans. Certainly don't think I'm shallow just because I'm American. Personally, I'm ashamed by the way our celebrities and our government represent our country to other nations. But then again, I'm sure we have a few perceptions of your people too.

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

@imadisney No, No..It is not how the celebrities and politicians represent you, but how regular people like you pride themselves with their ignorance about the outside world and history...Most of your celebrities, especially the older generation 50s,60s,70s are very wise and cultured individuals that understand how stuff works...The problem is in your generation, the desensitized, ignorant and uneducated bunch..

[imadisney]

@TitoIsTheGreatest Thanks for the eyes compliment :) I have to agree with you on the ignorant, desensitized bunch. I think it's something that has to grow on us now a days, or not at all, and I'm one of the last to be semi-classically educated in my generation. I guess you're right about it being a beach read, but I've grown up a lot since then. I'll post a new vid on a non-fic book I just read that you might like. I'm sorry i over-reacted to your comment *sheepish look*

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

Ok, so you are 19..Let's see. When I was your age I have already read numerous books by Ernest Hemingway, Remarque, Paulo Coelho, G.G. Marquez, Kafka, Tolstoy, etc, etc..I was looking for something totally unrelated when i stumbled on your video here..The books you are spending time reading and reviewing, I wouldn't buy for my 11 year old cousin in fear of reducing his gray brain matter mass... What are you doing to yourself kid? :D

[imadisney]

I was 17 when I made this video. I haven't done another book review in almost 2 years and I haven't read books like this for a long time, not since I started college. Since then I've been reading things with more meaning. While not necessarily the classics, I have enjoyed Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and Catharine Sedgwick in my latest studies. And personally, I wouldn't touch Tolstoy because I think he's too long-winded and stuffed up.

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

@mamacat28 The question is...Do I give a sht about what you can "stand" or not stand?!?!

Maybe you better discuss that with the people that did you injustice in the first place, causing you to project it onto me...

Start there honey!

[mamacat28]

@TitoIsTheGreatest and you wreak of arrogance...shameful. I can't stand when people feel the need to 'one up' someone....it usually says a whole lot about their character, or lack of.

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

But we do have the classical hischools like the one I went to and like, so called profession schools aka middle-schools that were much easier..For the #left behind folks :P

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

@imadisney The Stranger is an interesting book as a study into human behavior, I thought...Funny thing about that school system you mentioned and how it lowered standards gradually to encompass the level of knowledge for all kids...When I was in school, the program was never "flexible", there were only strict or easy teachers, but all in all, tests were standard for decades and still are..No reducing of criterion..So you fail or pass, it's up to you..We left a lot of kids "behind" XD

[imadisney]

@TitoIsTheGreatest semi-classical means over here they teach some of the classics and fine arts that they taught kids 50 years ago and a lot of "modern" work, like Camus and Goldman and even Yann Martel. But most of my schooling was during the No Child Left Behind era, so my state was confined to teaching what was on the state tests and nothing else, and the standards have been dropping year after year to try to accommodate more kids so as not to get shut down. Ah, the US school system! lol.

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

@TitoIsTheGreatest me !

[TitoIsTheGreatest]

@imadisney From that bunch I have read only Uncle Tom's Cabin, but it was so long ago, probably some 15 years that I don't remember even the basic plot, only that it was a decent read...:D Anyways, degustinus non discutabant I believe someone wise once said..Wish you all the luck and if you read some of the titles I mentioned there, and actually like them, want you to give me a "you were right", OK?! :D See ya