Archives for July 2016

10pc Mind Reader Loose Leaf Tea Organizer for $25

It is no secret to regular readers of this blog that I have a tea problem. This is a solution for my tea problem, a 10-piece set of various tea accessories! It’s a Mind Reader tea organizer that includes:

  • six square tins/canisters for loose leaf tea (or anything else you want to put inside them)
  • one steel loose leaf infuser with a separate lid (this counts as two items)
  • one tea spoon (for picking tea leaves, not for stirring/drinking tea)
  • Two-story Tray, open up top with drawer at the bottom

You can use them all together as a set, or split them up for different uses in your kitchen or office. The last picture in the gallery over there shows general dimensions of the products.

It is currently on sale for $25 at Amazon by Amazon actual where it averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 31 customer reviews.

NOTE: some of the earlier reviews said that the products they received were slightly different from the pictures shown at the Amazon page, so check the customer reviews (they include pictures) to make sure you are okay with either option!

TIP: whenever you see empty canisters or containers that say “hold 4oz of tea”, keep in mind this is stupid. Tea varies in size and weight, you cannot measure an empty container’s volume by weight. An accurate way to give a measurement would be of something known, eg the container can hold 4 fluid ounces (a measurement of volume).

July 1, 2016 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With:

Kindle First Choices available for July 2016 (pick 1 from 6)

It’s July 1st, and the start of a new month means a new six pack. What??? A new six pack of e-books for Amazon Prime members to pick from. One of the Prime Benefits is one FREE pre-release e-book from a choice of six every month. These are books that eventually appear in Kindle Unlimited (KU) as well, so if you are not a Prime member but you are a KU subscriber, you can read them for free next month after they are officially released.

So here are the six choices for July 2016:

  • “The Daughter of Union County” by Francine Thomas Howard in Historical Fiction
  • “Emotional Rescue” by Ben Greenman in Nonfiction Essays
  • “Midair” by Kodi Scheer in Literary Fiction
  • “Everything We Keep” by Kerry Lonsdale in Contemporary Fiction
  • “Rage” by Zygmunt Miloszewski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones in Crime Fiction
  • “Doubt (Caroline Auden)” by C. E. Tobisman in Legal Thrillers

Since these are brand new releases, they have very little in reviews, so if none of them jumps out at you, simply wait for a week or two, and by them there should be enough reviews to potentially help you make a decision. Remember, you have until the end of the month (July 31st) to pick one, so unless you need something to read right now, just add an entry in your calendar to recheck again in a couple of weeks.

Interestingly, this is the first month in a while where there are no fantasy or science fiction books. They are typically one of the six.

July 1, 2016 Filed Under: media Tagged With: , ,