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Linda Jo Martin

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I like to read memoirs, history, clean fiction, and Christian literature (fiction and nonfiction).

I started a group here on Goodreads in June 2021 - called California Reading - for those of us who like to read about California history and/or who like California fiction.


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Linda Jo Martin What we call writer's block is a simple resistance to writing. The solution is to just get started. Getting started is sometimes the hardest part, but…moreWhat we call writer's block is a simple resistance to writing. The solution is to just get started. Getting started is sometimes the hardest part, but it leads to progress and that's all we can expect for one day.(less)
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River Girl

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Book Lady Linda’s October 2026 Reading Report

October is the official end to summer, in my neck of the woods. During this month the world turns colder. That doesn’t mean you have to turn colder! This is a great month for evaluating charities to donate to, for example. It is a good month for thinking of ways to bless and please other […]
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Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin
Though Waters Roar
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Christian historical fiction featuring Women's Suffrage and Prohibition!

I like how this book features issues I rarely read about. The novel is multi-generational. Harriet is the main character and I believe her story is set in the early 1920's, not l
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Who Is the Holy Spirit? by Stonecroft Ministries
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If you're a Christian devoted to Jesus, Holy Spirit is in your heart.

I like these Stonecroft Bible study books - there are a lot to choose from. This is the second one I've completed. The other one was about Philippians and I did it with a women's Bi
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California Gold by John Jakes
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A novel set in California 1886-1910

All sorts of famous Californians made guest appearances in this novel set in San Francisco and various other California locations. Despite the title of the book it does not include the California gold rush years.

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The Creative Cure by Jacob Nordby
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This author wants to fix things for you.

If you'd like to read a lot of new age gobbledygook and platitudes with your creativity advice, then this is the book for you. Unfortunately I lost tolerance for this type of verbiage a few chapters before the
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Sketchbook Joy by Katie Moody
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Good for a beginning sketchbook artist.

I've read a number of books about sketchbook art. This one was certainly thorough! It includes sections on motivation, tools, mediums, color theory and techniques. There's also a good offering of potential proje
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Miracle Country by Kendra Atleework
Miracle Country
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A beautiful memoir featuring the lack of water in the Owens Valley

Kendra Atleework was raised in Swall Meadows, a very small town about twenty miles northwest of Bishop, California in the Owens Valley. She starts her memoir by telling us about a wild
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On Airs, Waters, and Places by Hippocrates
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Wisdom from the Father of Medicine!

While reading this treatise I felt disappointment as it appears Hippocrates got a lot of things wrong. In this volume he observed factors that he believed led to residents of one area or another having a tendency to
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“I believe the greatest pleasure in writing is in the progressive artistry of it. Each project is an attempt to do better than before - to produce a worthy work of art - something having meaning not only for the writer but also for those who may share the experience of it later. I treasure the hope of producing something that will make a difference in the world - some kind of positive change.”
― Linda Jo Martin

“A job half done is a job undone.”
― Linda Jo Martin
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“Anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must, as a Christian, turn away from it.”
― J. Wilbur Chapman

“Although it’s good to try new things and to keep an open mind, it’s also extremely important to stay true to who you really are.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”
― Sophia Loren

“It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.”
― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes

“When you write, you are telling a story...to yourself. When you revise, you are telling a story to yourself...over and over again.”
― Kai Strand

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This group is for people who read California based fiction or nonfiction.
177930 VT Christian Reading Challenge — 749 members — last activity Oct 05, 2026 09:31PM
For all those who are taking up the #vtReadingChallenge [Visual Theology Reading Challenge] from www.challies.com - totally unofficial group!
52937 Around the World in 80 Books — 32004 members — last activity 8 hours, 25 min ago
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5989 Clean Reads — 7202 members — last activity Oct 09, 2026 04:54AM
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189287 Sisters in Christ Book Club — 70 members — last activity Oct 01, 2026 05:53PM
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1139880 Annual Nonfiction Reading Challenge — 160 members — last activity Sep 21, 2026 08:07AM
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277227 Reading the 20th Century — 1725 members — last activity 1 hour, 55 min ago
Welcome to 'Reading the 20th Century', a friendly and inclusive group that explores and discusses the literature, history, culture and music of the ye ...more
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Cheryl Landmark Thanks for the friend request, Linda.


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