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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.
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Linda Jo Martin
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Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
July 13
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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 January 2026 Reading Report & Diary
January is here and still we haven’t had any snow on my Northern California river valley homesite. This is very unusual, but to be honest, I’m not a big fan of snow so I consider it a blessing. Word of the Month Organization (This is my 2026 “word of the year” because I think more […]
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This is a WWII Christian novel. Lynn Austin is the best author of Christian fiction I've found. Some might say it is Francine Rivers, and she is also near the top of the list for me. However, Lynn Austin's fiction feels so realistic and inspiring; I'v ...more |
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| I learned SO MUCH about the Revolutionary War from this book! But that's the point of reading books by David McCullough - he did the research and found the facts and knit them all together in a readable narrative, and all I have to do is read his boo ...more | |
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Excellent devotional. When I first got this book I decided that to show to myself that I'd read a page I'd pencil in a little "x" at the bottom of each page after I read it and looked up the Bible verses suggested, and read them. That helped me a lot ...more |
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This is a wonderful Christian novel for children. This novel pits Annette against Lucien. They live in a Swiss village. She is a motherless child devoted to raising her younger brother with the help of her father and grandmother. Lucien is a fatherles ...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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