I’m a sucker for books with beautiful covers and illustrations, that’s why I bought Daniel Handler’s Why We Broke Up. I usually check the reviews before buying a book (what did you do to me, internet???) and it had quite a few bad reviews. But then I saw it on the shelf, so glossy, so pretty, ka-ching!

Why We Broke Up is a young adult book, written by Daniel Handler, also known as, Lemony Snicket of A Series of Unfortunate Events‘ series.

Here are some of my highlights:

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

It’s cute and funny actually. A very light read.

I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a lunatic wandering around for scraps, I’m like every single miserable moron I’ve scorned and pretended I didn’t recognize. I’m all of them, every last ugly thing in a bad last-minute costume. I’m not different, not at all, not different from any other speck of a thing. I’m a blemished blemish, a ruined ruin, a stained wreck so failed I can’t see what I used to be.

It’s as if I was Min in highschool, when my heart was ran over by the school heartthrob. I used to get really pissed when I remember it, but now it’s all so silly I just laugh at my self and wonder, when did I become so stupid.

How wrong to think I was anyone else, like thinking grass stains make you a beautiful view, like getting kissed makes you kissable, like feeling warm makes you coffee, like liking movies makes you a director. How utterly incorrect to think it any other way, a box of crap is treasures, a boy smiling means it, a gentle moment is a life improved.

On to the next book, and remember, “either you have the feeling or you don’t“.