Title:  Why We Broke Up Author:  Daniel Handler Series: Standalone Pages:  354 Publisher:  Electric Monkey Date of Publication:  6th August 2012 Source:  Publisher Synopsis from Goodreads: I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing it in this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship. Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped. My Thoughts: There's a whole lot of hype surrounding this book. Whoever I talk to, it seems that Why We Broke Up is one of the best books that's been read recently. Everybody...

Title:  Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick Author:  Joe Schreiber Series: Pages:  282 Publisher:  Electric Monkey Date of Publication:  5th March 2012 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: Perry Stormaire is a normal high school senior– he is busy applying to college and rehearsing with his band –until he agrees to go to the prom with the Lithuanian exchange student who is staying with his family. It turns out that Gobi Zaksauskas is not the mousy teenager that she seems but rather an attractive, confident trained assassin. Instead of going to the prom, Perry finds himself on a wild ride through the streets of New York City as Gobi commandeers the Jaguar his father lent him for the prom in order to take out her targets. Perry learns a lot about himself – and ends up with some amazing material for his college application essays. My Thoughts: I LOVED this book. It was SO GOOD! It was silly and hilarious and totally unbelievable, and so, s...