There are just those days when you don't feel like getting out of bed. Those days when you simply want to curl up under a blanket, sipping hot chocolate, and immerse yourself in a good book. Or TV series, movies, and music. During those days, it's hard to find the things that you definitely need to feel relaxed, cozy, and, basically, at home. With the incessant stream of information that we get from social media, we don't often get time to step away from all the stress and simply take time for ourselves and relax. In this post, we'll be showing you some things that you will definitely need during a lazy day.

NUMBER ONE:
A Good Book
Nobody wants to think during a lazy day! I'm serious. We don't even like to move when we're feeling lazy. So, basically, nobody likes to think. A perfect series will be Miranda Kenneally's Hundred Oaks Series.

Title: Breathe, Annie, Breathe
Author: Miranda Kenneally
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Publishing Date: July 15th, 2014
Rating: 4/5 stars


This book has just the right amounts of sweetness and excitement that makes it the perfect read for a lazy rainy day. Breathe Annie Breathe isn't the best out of all the Hundred Oaks series (of course, Catching Jordan is still my favorite!) but it is one of the best out of all the five books so far.

The heroine of Breathe Annie Breathe is Annie - a girl who is preparing to run a marathon in order to honor the death of her boyfriend. The training for the marathon is not child's play, and Annie has to deal with that. She is an admirable, headstrong and driven protagonist, but at the same time she is lost, emotional and conflicted. I found her to be a very relatable character, and I loved her for being so focused on what she wants, that she has her eye on the prize. Annie has a goal, and she will do whatever it takes to get that, and that is something I truly admire about her.

The love interest, Jeremiah, if you've read the previous books, is Will's little brother. The moment he appears in the book as the guy who runs backwards, I already knew that I was going to like this guy. He is adventurous and is a daredevil, but he also knows when to take things seriously. The relationship between Annie and Jeremiah develops very slowly in the book, and it takes Annie a while to let down her walls again. I loved how they start off as just friends, even with the undeniable attraction between the two of them.

The strongest point about Breathe Annie Breathe is definitely the subtlety of its story. It is clearly the most mature, strongest and most emotional out of all the books so far. It deals with heavy issues like death, guilt and grief. Annie is truly a complex character, and the way she deals with her grief, breath by breath, resonated with me. The story made into a great parallel of Annie working hard with her training and at the same time working hard with moving on and dealing with Kyle's death. The way the story unfolds without being too dramatic but still capturing the appropriate emotion is what makes this book very special.

This is the kind of book that tackles very serious issues in a light manner, yet without diminishing any emotional value. It's a book that's going to make you feel good about life, and find hope in the simple things.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week, there is a different topic. This week's topic is the top ten most unique books that we have read. It could be because of the main character or the plot or just anything that made it unique.

We are very excited for this since there are many books that are so unique and deserve to be read by everyone. Enjoy!

1. Every Day by David Levithan
Recently, we made a review of this book. We stated there that its plot was very unique. It really was. The plot was very unique and so were the characters so we decided that it would be perfect on this list.

2. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Here, it's the main characters that are unique. Instead of the main characters who say they are ugly but are actually pretty or handsome Eleanor and Park were both just average. Their personalities were also very unique and their voices were very distinct.

3. The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
The main characters here are also unique. Kate has diabetes and Aidan lost his arm. This makes them very memorable since they are not perfect either. They are also different from the usual YA books with  disabled people as their main characters.

4.  Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
This book is the only book we've heard of that has a female football captain. That's what makes it unique.

5. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
All four of the main characters are unique. They are all very different from each other and yet they're still friends.

6. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
The way this was written was very unique. Instead of in the usual way, it was written using words and their definitions. We all were amazed by how the author was able to write the story like that. We know we can't write like that. We'd probably go out of our minds trying.

7. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
This dude has been mentioned, like, thrice already! Seriously!  Levithan just manages to make books that are so unique! It's so unique that this whole thing is being written with exclamation points! YAY!

8. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Instead of a homosexual who wants to be out of the closet but can't find it in him to come out, this is a book about a homosexual who already came out, decided he hated people knowing, moved to another place and pretended to be straight. That sounds kinda weird but if you look at it from his point of view it makes sense.

9. Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Umm... This is pretty obvious so we won't explain anymore.

10. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
It's told using pictures and words. It has a very unique plot with a very unique main character and very creepy children.

What's your Top Ten Tuesday? What did you think about ours? Leave a comment!