Saturday, October 24, 2015

Hopeless romantics

NOT ENOUGH Filipinos are reading, but I hope that's changing. At National Bookstore today, I saw the following titles—catchy, thought-provoking, contemporary, perhaps funny. I haven't heard of the names of the authors before, but these books must have a place in our nation's literary diet, if there's one that exists.

Do they make good literature? I don't know; I haven't read any of them. But if these books get more people into the habit of reading, then I don't mind at all.

Love is an inexhaustible subject of songs, poetry, even novels; so here's a book about hopeless romantics by Marcelo Santos II—something, judging by the book cover, that will be adapted into film.

Spotted at National: the present Philippine contemporary,  popular literature

Another novel by Mr. Santos III, dedicated for the broken-hearted.

Spotted at National: the present Philippine contemporary,  popular literature

My favourite title is "Buti Pa ang Roma, May Papa," by Noringai, published by Anvil. The novel was originally posted in Wattpad. Does the book talk about Roman Catholicism? Is it a love story set in the Vatican? The reader ayilmagic reviews the book, "super astig nung book,, hahaha,, tawa ko ng tawa,, di nakakasawang basahin ng paulet ulet,, ahaha." I can't explain the use of double commas.

Spotted at National: the present Philippine contemporary,  popular literature

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