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Linda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Linda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Linda Jo Martin’s Followers (97)
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Linda Jo Martin
Goodreads Author
Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
July 13
Website
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Member Since
October 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/lindajm
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River Girl
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2012
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5 editions
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Book Lady Linda’s November 2025 Reading Report & Diary
Hard to believe the end of the year is nearly here! However it is happening. Autumn leaves are falling bringing my awareness to my need for a new leaf rake. Word of the Month Serenity Bible Verses of the Month A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.” – (Ecclesiastes 10:4b NLT) This month’s reading […]
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Linda Martin
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The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to Be The Artist You Truly Are
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Celebrate creativity! This book is sketchy. It seems like all of Danny Gregory's art is sketchy. But wow, what a creative guy he is!! Danny Gregory is a great, wonderful, talented sketchbook artist who encourages us not to let a lack of artistic talent ...more |
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Life beyond death, for Christians. This book provides a gentle and simple way to learn what to expect as we enter our lives in the eternal realm beyond this one. Max Lucado's voice is kind and soothing on the audiobook version. His explanations are cl ...more |
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One can be too curious about murders. Here we have yet another Simone St. James novel featuring dual timelines and ghosts. I might have to start taking away stars if this continues to be so predictable, but the fact is that I enjoy this author's myste ...more |
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An instruction book about story telling. John Walsh is a storyteller. He wrote this book to help others achieve this proficiency. In olden times storytellers were often the most respected and appreciated people of a tribe or society. These days they a ...more |
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Linda Martin
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Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland (Pirate Chronicles Book 1)
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An intro to Irish history c. 1575 - 1603. This book is a short history about Grace O'Malley and her region. Unfortunately there was a lot of war happening around her due to the English occupation of Ireland. Many details in this small book concerned t ...more |
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Early Christian wisdom, written in response to a common heresy. Athanasius of Alexandria was born in 297 and trained by Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria. He was about 21 years old when he was inspired to respond to a heretical belief that Jesus was sub ...more |
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I did not like this book. This is an unusual book. It includes a talking house and a lot of recipes. I like books that are unique but I don't appreciate sex scenes. The book featured a group of women meeting in a weekly club in a boarding house. Each ...more |
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Simple drawing instruction, easy to follow. After reading this I'm ready to read some of the other art books Peggy Dean wrote. This one was interesting enough that I read the entire thing from cover to cover. I did not do the drawings, but I probably ...more |
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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.”
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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.”
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“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.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― 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.”
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“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.”
― Lolly Willowes
― 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.”
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