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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
Goodreads Author
Born
in Oakland, California, The United States
July 13
Website
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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 April 2026 Reading Report
April is a great month for starting gardens here where I live in far-northern California. I have outdoor plans. Word of the Month Resurrection Bible Verses of the Month For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He […]
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Preacher's kid meets beautiful impoverished tough girl. This novel won a Christy award for general fiction in 2017. It is written by a man and the main character is a boy. It is a dual timeline novel (1972 and 1984). Usually I'm not avid to read Chris ...more |
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A three-generation novel of confessions and transformation. I've never read a Lynn Austin novel I didn't like. I don't even have "qualms" about them like I sometimes do with books by Francine Rivers. (Another great author of Christian novels.) Somehow ...more |
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While We're Far Apart: (A World War I Homefront Novel Set in New York)
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An inspiring story about lost love during World War II. There are a lot of World War II novels -- more than I'll ever be able to read. This is one that was worth writing. The story focuses on Penny, who has a crush on her neighbor's son, Eddie. Eddie ...more |
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I learned so much about Paris! Great book! Of all the David McCullough books I've read, I have enjoyed this one the most thus far. It is about Americans who went to Paris for educational purposes, mainly, during the years 1820-1900. Many of them were ...more |
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This is a novel about the sad lives of Esmeralda and Quasimodo, complete with architectural adoration and a host of other flawed characters. How could I make it through life without reading a few of the great novels of Victor Hugo? Here I am in my 70' ...more |
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I learned so much about Paris! Great book! Of all the David McCullough books I've read, I have enjoyed this one the most thus far. It is about Americans who went to Paris for educational purposes, mainly, during the years 1820-1900. Many of them were ...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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