mama kat’s writers workshop

Writer’s Workshop: The Book Reviews

This week I was thinking of writing about a book which I am currently reading called Test Sucesss- How to Be Calm, Confident  Focused by Ben Bernstein but I just didn’t have the time to finish reading it.  I’ll be sharing the books which I have reviewed so far

Kids book

From Janurary  to March I read the following books

1. The worldwide Dessert Contest by Dan Elish about how food comes alive and takes off instead of behaving themselves.  John Applefeller has been taking part in this contest for the past 10 years and never won it as his dessert  “bails” on him by turning into some different at the last minute. This book is cater to elementary age readers between the age 8-12 years old. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)

2.Cougar Cub Tales:The Sneezy Wheezy Day
This kids book talks about sibiling love  and how a brother and sister pair of cougar cubs went around looking for a cure for the sick brother.  In the end it was the sister’s love and concern for her brother that was the best medicine for his sickness. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)

 

3. Taming your Alpha Bitch
This book focuses on the female alpha and how she is oh so present in our society.You and I may  know someone like her or maybe her at some times. There are many handy tips on how to be less overbearing and a more likable person to your family, friends and colleagues. This personality is born out of personal limitations and inferiority which can be transformed into sufficiency and abundance. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)

 

4. Terrible Awful Manners by Beth Bracken
This book is aimed at teaching the importance of good manners to kids aged 4-6 yrs old. It uses reverse psychology on an ill behaved monkey to get him to stop displaying his bad manners. It’s quite a controversial picture book for kids. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)

5. EcoAmazons-20 Women who are Changing the World.
This is a book filled with 20 inspirational stories about women who went about making their environment a better place for all to stay in. Some of them environmental activist have founded non-profitable organizations which have benefited their community tremendously by creating new jobs and making their home a better place to live in. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)

6.Raising Amazing Kids
This book  explains to you why it is not necessary to make a dramatic change in your lifestyle. You can incorporate your kids into your new lifestyle and make changes to accommodate them. The greatest takeaway I got from the book is this
 “Kids must learn early in life that you mean what you say and that your words are consistent.
Rules must be accompanied with consequences and the consequences must be consistent.”

What books have you been reading lately?

Do you have any books to recommend me?

Jenny MatlockMama’s Losin’ It

 

Writer’s Workshop: Some Tea for Me

Tea in A pot

Apple and Chrysanthemum tea which is drunk with honey

I’ve always enjoyed drinking tea. I can’t remember when I started drinking tea but one of my all time favourites were chrysanthemum and earl grey. I could never drink coffee and fizzy drinks also do not appeal to me.

In the recent years I have been more adventurous and tried out many different teas. I’ve got to taste more high end tea and am indulging in TWG green teas which I simply love. Their Silvermoon tea is my favourite and everyone in the family loves this light green tea. I didn’t know that there is such an assortment of black/white and green teas available. There is more then 100 over selections

Other types of teas which I frequently drink are Ice Honey Green Tea which I normally have alongside my meals when we eat out at a Chinese restaurant. If that is not available or we are out for breakfast I would order Honey Lemon Tea instead.

I lived through the bubble tea craze where everyone went for pearls “starch balls” in their ice teas. I still don’t get the hype for bubble tea even though it is still quite popular here. I do see people queuing up for  KOI bubble tea at all their outlets and have yet to try it to see why is it so “spectacular” at $4-$6 a cup.

There are many benefits of drinking tea, especially green tea since it is suppose to help in dieting. I’m going to grab myself another cup of tea now.

What is your favourite drink?

How often do you indulge in it?

Jenny MatlockMama’s Losin’ It