The Popular Literature

obviously when you say popular it means something that is common and usual..something that a huge variety of people can understand and relate to...something that we, the audience, have gotten used to over the years...

i honestly enjoyed reading "getting better" despite of its sexual contents..i was quite surprised that we had to read such a book but realized that i am after all in college..and i'm supposed to be used to such things...not pretend to be innocent still...i guess we all are exposed to such things whether we like it or not.we can't help it...this crazy world has changed. gone are the days of conservatism although not really but we can't deny the fact that those kind of stuff happen and are real..i mean sex, alcohol, promiscuity and all...whatever. i don't want to be a hypocrite but the lifestyle of the characters in the novel disturbs me...i can't imagine myself living like that...it's crazy and for me, in my own opinion, sinful. but i guess everyone has their own preference in the way they should live their lives...who are we to judge ryt?

anyhow, what i liked about this particular chicklit is the fact that it's undeniably funny and direct - straight to the point....it gives what readers want and expect in a novel - it's not madamotly-written...what i mean by that is (in relation sa story) as if someone who is so prangka is talking straight at your face and does not change or manipulate how the real world is like and humor is given generously..not baduy but witty and funny talaga...and i think that's what's so important in this genre of literature...it has to relate to reality and what most people are going through..it has to bring readers to a state of realization while reading it..and has to show certain issues in life like pressures in the workplace, troubles with the big LOVE, enjoying your friends' company and most of all learning from your mistakes...learning to stand up on your own after a heavy and heart-breaking downfall and living your life like never before and ofcourse laughing while reading etc humor helps talaga....like jacqueline wilson's "girls in love series" - funny and relatable...those stuff matters in a chicklit...characters have to go through a graceful transformation like the losyang nanay to a hot momma kind of thing...i thought reading the chicklit was very timely and appropriate..i know it's baduy and kahiya to admit it but i actually highlighted some lines that i liked...haha...i was in a moving on stage at that time din kaya i can relate a lot to almost everything...it was as if the book was heaven sent (yikes)...the breakup do's given were pretty much expected but realizing that such do's don't really work unless you have decided for yourself that it's finally time to move on and let go of the doosh! haha..sorry...

as for the other book, smaller and smaller circles...this one i consider, in a way, madamotly-written. i was so into it sa middle part..i thought pa nga Gus Saenz was the killer and siguro almost every character pinaghinalaan ko..even Joanna...but i was very DISAPPOINTED to find out na the killer came out of nowhere parang wala lang pinakilala na lang siya bigla...grabeh..it annoyed me..biglang nawala ung excitement ko...sobrang madamot...i was expecting a huge twist sa huli but it wasn't given...parang okay..so now, what? you expect me to finish reading the part where the killer got killed...? it was unexpectedly expected. the good side naman of the novel is that unique ung characters..u don't expect priests to be involved in crimes...i only think of them as prayer warriors or church leaders but not gorgeous-looking men who enjoy solving crimes...another thing i liked which i also thought funny was how the justice system or should i say police system is like here in our country...sobrang kawawa..sad to say but very TRUE! i couldn't agree more sa author...sana lang crimes could be solved that well...na investigators are sure of the suspects they try to catch...not ung kung sino lang na mukhang adik or psycho basta may mapakita lang na improvements sa investigation...that's so sad..pity naman the innocents. it would also help if the police or NBI are really interested in helping solve the crime and atleast lessen the misery of the family..i noticed kasi na policemen could be very selfish and mukhang pera...ginagawa lang for their job's sake or for money's sake and not becasue they really want to help...i liked that the writer was bold enough to expose such truths about our country.

over all, i liked the texts we've read in this course. it really and honestly made me appreciate Filipino writers...di rin pala tayo nagpapatalo when it comes to writing...we can be as good as the others...i guess we should just keep supporting them...dapat maging international bestseller din ung mga Filipino written books...infinite possibilities but not impossible....long live Literature of the Philippines!