Fresh Brewed Life Book Review.

Title: Fresh Brewed Life.

Author: Nicole Johnson.

Genre: Christian, Nonfiction, Revision, Women.

Plot: This book, the revised and updated edition, sends an invitation to women to wake up and live again. With ten simple chapters {not counting the introduction and epilogue, of course}, and a continuing theme of coffee weaving through the written words, this is - if nothing else - a very creative and often entertaining look at life. Drawing upon her own life experiences, the author opens the bag of coffee beans and gives the reader the tools to wake up and experience life for themselves.

The ten chapters cover surrendering to God - always the first and most important step in matters relating to life yet it's often overlooked; journaling, the act of writing down one's thoughts and sorting them out on paper is very therapeutic and helps one to see the bigger picture sometimes; listening to one's longings {especially if one has a history of not doing so} is a good way to learn what it is one really wants; embracing one's beauty is important if one is in the habit of, well, doing the opposite; interviewing one's anger can teach one quite a few very surprising and informative things; savoring one's sexuality probably falls in alongside embracing one's beauty; celebrating one's friendships - a good idea and this chapter has plenty of good ideas on how to do just that; changing one's world is a daunting task to some but a grand challenge to others; enriching one's relationships, and enjoying one's freedom round out the list. Of all the chapters, I found the second one {on journals} to be the funnest, interviewing one's anger to be the most eye-opening, and the friendship chapter the most inspiring.

Likes/Dislikes: This book was obviously written for an older generation of already married women {ya know, the old good gals in the ten-to-twenty-year marriages and needing to re-awake to the life around them} but I still found some of the information helpful and interesting. The whole embracing one's beauty was a thought-provoking chapter though I personally never had to struggle much with that issue. All in all, a very good interesting book with light touches of humor that makes it all flow together very well. I enjoyed it.

Rating: PG-16 and up, mostly for content. Bear in mind that it is written for older women so if half the stuff doesn't apply to you or make much sense then don't worry about it.

Date Report Written: March 8, 2012.

I received this book free from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed in the above review are my own.