Decaffeinated Books

.. to Tumblr (again) WordPress, I love you, I do. I love having creative control over all the site BUT I can’t afford your prices anymore. So I’m moving to tumblr. https://www.tumblr.com/blog/lissaahsblog   ta-da.

Right, let’s start by saying that I am in no way good at this. It’s an already established fact. I just find things I like and chat about them until the cows come home. This month (well, last month) I turned 25, and with that birthday came a host of fears and expectations. One of which was that I needed to start looking after my skin/body. So, I obviously went out in search of the best skincare…

Read With Me // 5th November

3pm 5th November Initial thoughts on this book are what the fuck was I thinking?! It’s huge. How am I supposed to carry this mammoth book around with me? For anyone reading this that doesn’t know, Illumine is a book that’s essentially a story told in documents. So when you’re reading it, you’re reading hacked files that feature top secret documents, interviews and emails. & there isn’t actually…

Finding a Passion & Feeling Defeated

Okay, so I know I can’t really talk much about this topic because I haven’t really found my passion to be able to turn it into a sustainable career choice. Today I sat down and started to research how to be a librarian and the courses I’d need to do & let me tell you. I don’t want to be a librarian. It’s just not for me, I love to read, it’s my favourite past time BUT that doesn’t mean I want to…

How To Fail At​ Posting Regularly

Are you ready? I’m about to impart some tried and tested ways to positively fail at posting regularly on a blog. Forget you even have a blog. Seriously, I have forgotten about Lissaah many, many times before. But hey, I’m here now, so that’s what matters, right? Get sick. & utilise all the free time off you have by coughing up phlegm & blowing your nose while binging YouTube and Netflix. Move…

Review and discussion of Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

If anything, Genuine Fraud is unique. It moves backwards in time so at the start, we’re reading what would be the end? And work towards what would be the start but is actually the end. Confused yet? Don’t worry, I’ll explain why I loved and hated this. We follow Jule, a social butterfly (kinda) and Imogen a rich girl running away from her problems & parents. We get two perspectives into their…

I don’t know what got into me this month, but I was like lets buy some books. & it started off with me just downloading one book onto my Kindle. Which was Warcross by Marie Lu and I loved it! So once I had finished that, I was on a YA kick. More specifically a Marie Lu kick! I downloaded Legend, read it in like 2 days then downloaded Prodigy which I’m currently reading. Prodigy is a bit slower…

If there’s one thing I can say that is positively soul destroying, it’s looking for a job. And as someone that directs potential employers to this blog, that’s a risky thing to say! But hear me out! So, number one. I don’t currently have “The Fear”. The fear is when you quit your current job and that gives you more incentive to look for a new job because ya know, rent and bills. I don’t have…

25 Confessions from my 25 Years

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY. I’m a very youthful 25 because the years I spent smoking didn’t affect me at all. (that’s confession number 1.) & I say that with a heavy sarcasm because it did affect me! Massively! So let’s talk about the other 24 confessions! I was so eager to lose my virginity & prove a point to myself that I lost it on a couch with some dude I didn’t even really like/know. I spent 6…

It’s no secret that I’m a strong advocate of treat yo’self. Friends know that if they want to buy something and need confirmation that they should buy it then I’m the girl to talk to! I can rationalise spending money quicker than I can spend the money.  But even in instances that aren’t about a purchase.. Tomorrow is my birthday, the big 25 & around my birthday I get very, liberal with what I can…

Warcross, Marie Lu // Review & Spoilers

I’m not one for doing plot recaps and book introductions, so if you don’t know what Warcross is about, here’s the brief rundown. Set in the future, a virtual reality ‘game’ has taken over the world and is so popular it’s essentially a way of life. The creator Hideo is a billionaire and enlists the help of Emika, a young hacker/ bounty hunter to help him find a hacker that’s glitching out the VR…

Let’s Try This Reading Thing Again

It’s not that I ever fell out of love with reading, it’s just that I always found an excuse. I had no time, I was too tired.. Blah, blah blah. I always managed to put it off which looking back on it makes me quite sad because I love reading. It’s always brought me such joy! It’s been a while since I bought a book that got me excited to dive into it! The last book I really got into was A Court of…

Yes, it’s October. & yes it’s a tad late to be doing this list. But, let me explain myself! Next weekend I turn 25! Thats a quarter of a century and am I freaking out? Maybe. (thats a definite yes for those who don’t know me) Usually around this time of year, I get really motivated for life, I kinda treat my birthday more like New Years than New Years. Last year, I joined a gym. Legit marched…