Shirley Brosius

Just finished reading Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer by Jeff Vandemeer. The book offers great insights, especially relating to the social network sites. An opportunity to guest blog came my way right after I read Vandermeer’s material, so I jumped at the chance. But some of his (more…)

Just finished Make Lemonade. I had never read anything by Virginia Wolfe, and this was a very different kind of writing with lines broken into phrases in a quite conversational manner. It's the story of a 14-year-old who babysits 2-year-old Jeremy and baby Jilly for a 17-year-old single mother named Jolly. But (more…)

Today I finished reading Scandalon, a memoir by Susan Elaine Jenkins. This is a thought-provoking book that's hard to review without giving away the plot. The author suffered much but in the suffering found God's scandalous love, hence the title. Read my review on amazon.com. If you've ever suffered physical, mental (more…)

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of the White House, here’s your chance to find out. Laura Bush truly speaks from her heart about the eight years she lived there as First Lady. You feel the weight of a pressing schedule as she represents her country around (more…)

I’m enjoying Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush because of the insight it gives me into world events. I better understand the history of the nation of Afghanistan and why Laura has chosen to support the women there. She refers to “the damage wrought by the vicious gender apartheid of (more…)

I'm about halfway through Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush. For the most part I'm enjoying catching a glimpse of what life was like for a First Lady. Sometimes I would prefer a little less detail. I don't really need to know who sang at the Inaugural Prayer Service, who went along to (more…)

The months have sped by, and I’ve fallen behind in posting to my blog. I hope to change and post at least weekly if not more frequently. Today I’ll bring you up to date on my reading.

Last week I finished Simply Speaking by Peggy Noonan, which I believe has (more…)