And to accompany that, here is a list of books for your spring reading.

The Secret Life Of Syrian Lingerie (Rana Salam and Malu Halasa)

According to other websites, “the most outrageous and exuberant lingerie in the world can only be found in a place you won’t expect: Syria”. Syrian lingerie are decorated with faux fur artificial flowers, plastic toy cellphones, even lights and music that vibrates. Malu Halasa, a London-based journalist, and Rana Salam, a graphic designer, illustrates this through The Secret life Of Syrian Lingerie with photography and writing.

Her Fearful Symmetry (Audrey Niffenegger)

Her Fearful Symmetry is Audrey Niffenegger’s second book (after The Time Traveler’s Wife). This is the story of Julia and Valentina Poole, 20-year-old American twins, who are left the flat and belongings of Elspeth Noblin, their mother’s estranged twin and their aunt. They take this opportunity to move to London and live in the same building occupied by Martin (their aunt’s former lover), Robert (an agoraphobic crossword-creator), and the spirit of Elspeth herself, within the borders of Highgate Cemetery. They soon realize there’s much to learn about the residents of Highgate Cemetery.

Hannah’s List (Debbie Macomber)

To be released in May 2010, Hannah’s List is the story of Dr. Michael Everett, who received a letter from his late wife, Hannah, on her death anniversary. Hannah reminds him that she loves him and that she has one final request: he remarry. She’s chosen three women who’ll make his remaining years very happy. He grants Hannah’s request and spends time with the three women, leading him to the woman who can help him find love.

What are you waiting for? Grab your books and read them out in the open, under the sun.

Rainy Days
On rainy days, I really don’t want to be thinking too much. The weather’s down, and all I want to do is just relax. On these days, I mostly choose to read love stories. They can range from chick lit to young adult novels to unconventional love stories. One of my favorite books about love is Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It’s about a man who, because of some gene in his body is able to time travel to different periods of time, but only between the years he was alive on Earth. On one of his time travels, he meets his future wife. He was 27 that time, she was 6. This is a love story between two people perfect for each other that literally withstood time. It’s not the conventional love story we are all familiar with, but it will still tug at your heart.

Philosophical Moments
Franz Kafka’s The Castle is the perfect book when you want to work your brain and bring it to overtime. Because with The Castle, just when you think you’ve figured everything out, Kafka twists it again and forces you to think some more. You may get a headache when reading this book because of too much thinking, but you will learn a lot from The Castle. You will learn to observe and to question. You will learn to analyze and criticize. It’s not a very complicated story, it’s about a man searching for The Castle. But the things he learns while on his journey complicates the story. If you’re ready to read this journey, then I suggest you start this at the start of the day.

Scandalous
Do you want to expect the unexpected when reading a book? Try The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It’s a story about a young woman who is searching for her father and finding the connection between him and Dracula. It’s scary and chilling. My only advice: Don’t read this alone at night.

What about you? What are the books you like to read on certain days? What kind of days are those?