Linda Jo Martin

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Recent Posts:

  • Book Lady Linda’s November 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s October 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s September 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s August 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s July 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s June 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s May 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s April 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Cutting the Cord – A Flash Fiction Short Story
  • Book Lady Linda’s March 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • March Mystery Madness 2025 – Mystery Novels of the 1950’s
  • Book Lady Linda’s February 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • Book Lady Linda’s January 2025 Reading Report & Diary
  • 2025 Reading Goals (& Booktube Plans)
  • David McCullough Readalong 2024-2026
  • Saying More About My Life :: Heart :: Journaling June :: Boxes
  • Goal: Read a Book From or About Every Country in the World
  • Clean Reads Reading Plan
  • An Anthology of California Short Stories
  • A New Art Table! Also, Video Journal Flip-Through and My OCD
  • 101 Great Books Recommended by the College Board – Classic Novels and Plays
  • My Amazing, Bookish Valentine’s Day Gift
  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels – How Many Have You Read?
  • Life Changes, Vanlife, Travel, the Klamath River, and Me
  • Seven Steps for Developing an Effective Creative Process
  • Seven Romance Novels I’ve Read and Can Recommend
  • 50 Books to Read Before You Die – My progress on this challenge
  • 2018 Goodbye. 2019 Hello.
  • My Progress on the PopSugar Reading Challenge for 2018
  • Zentangles, Folk Art, Rembrandt, and Me
  • Lina – A Flash Fiction Short Story
  • The Booktube Habit
  • Book Lady’s Reading List, 2017
  • My Progress on the PopSugar Reading Challenge for 2017
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – Book Lady’s Review
  • Forgive and Love Again: Healing Wounded Relationships – Book Lady’s Review
  • This Boy’s Life, a Memoir by Tobias Wolff – Book Lady’s Review
  • Twelve Tips For Writing Better Articles
  • Find Your True Writer’s Voice
  • Let the Words Flow
  • Abusive Men: Why Does He Do That? – Book Lady’s Review
  • Self-Published Authors Develop Realistic Expectations
  • Writing a Novel
  • Hillbilly Elegy – Book Lady’s Review
  • The Unfinished Manuscript, How to Get to “The End”
  • Ten Tips for New Writers
  • Songwriting Basics
  • Plotting a Novel Through Character Development
  • Online Writing Critique Groups – How to Start One
  • Shadow Over Avalon: A Sci-Fi Book Review
  • Book Lady’s Reading List, 2016
  • Gelli Printing – A Book Review and the Art Experience
  • Pulling Down Strongholds by Derek Prince – A Book Review
  • The Newbery Project
  • Fictions and Truths – Writing Assignment
  • Art & Fear – Review of the Book by David Bayles & Ted Orland
  • When Things Don’t Go Right
  • Book Lady’s Reading List, 2015
  • Art in Idaho – My Art Supplies
  • A Visit to God’s Presence
  • From the Fishbowl to the Retreat
  • Treaty Rock by Bike – Post Falls, Idaho
  • A Bicycle Ride to the Store
  • Nominated For the Rising Star Accolade at HubPages
  • Gearing Up For Lens-Hub Editing at HubPages
  • Open Letter of Thanks to Seth Godin
  • I’ve Been Interviewed for the Official Squidoo Headquarters Blog
  • Green Leaf in Drought Time: Isobel Kuhn Backstory and Book Review
  • My New Book Lady YouTube Channel, and What I’m Reading Now
  • Trying Desperately to Create Fiction
  • Focus is Over-Rated: Just Love Your Work
  • What Really Happened When I Left Happy Camp and Moved to Idaho
  • Living Where the Wind Blows
  • She’s a Bulldog
  • The Beauty of Simplicity – A Task List of One
  • New Writing Goals for 2013
  • It Is Novel Writing Season Again!
  • Blistered and Determined to Hike
  • Deep Wilderness Wanderlust
  • Stay or Leave? Will This Be the Year?
  • House Creativity in the Middle of a Forest
  • Compassionate Living in a World of Self-Absorption
  • I Don’t Want to Talk About Political Issues
  • A Daily Mind-Map Journal
  • The Tow-Truck Driver Didn’t Go the Extra Mile (And it Would Have Helped)
  • The Popularity Contest of Life
  • A Preview of River Girl is LIVE at CreateSpace Now
  • Drum Circle Inspiration For Writers
  • Dear Mad’m Day: An Annual Literary Celebration
  • Blog Retrofitting: Revisions, Updates, and Maintenance
  • A To-Do List on a Spreadsheet
  • A Return to the Writers Club
  • Publishing Opportunities for Writers: Adjust Your Expectations
  • A Cake Delivery Girl’s Bear Story
  • Blog Issues!
  • Green Aliens – A Very Short Story
  • The Alyssa Project – A Challenging Re-Vision
  • Writing Practice Exercises with “Take Ten For Writers”
  • Winter Solstice Speech, a Poem & Imperfect Art
  • Missing Kittens – They pull on my heartstrings

A recent video on my Booktube channel, at YouTube

About Me

Hi, I'm Linda, the Book Lady, and I'm excited about reading. A book is a gift you give yourself. It is so much fun to open that cover and discover what was hidden within. Books share the wisdom of the ages with us. Who wouldn't want that? So I read frequently and encourage reading. If you're a reader, let me know by becoming my friend on GoodReads.


My novel, River Girl, is about a girl living in the Klamath River Valley.

All about Linda's Life.

Here's a link to my prayer website:
Prayer Power.

Professional Reader
I am trying to remove all Amazon affiliate links from this website as I no longer want to earn money that way. It was never much anyway. I'm still providing direct Amazon links on my newer pages, but they don't have any affiliate benefit for me.

My Art

Water Girl - by Linda Jo
Acrylic Ink / Sketchbook
Sanctuary, by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic Ink / Sketchbook
Ready to Sail, by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic Ink / Sketchbook

Flowers Forever - art by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic Ink / Sketchbook
Mother-Daughter Dance, by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic Ink / Sketchbook
Mary and Jesus - art by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic / Junk Journal

Watercolor
Bird Art by Linda Jo Martin - http://lindajomartin.com
Acrylic
Wild and Precious - art by Linda Jo Martin
Watercolor / pen

Summer Afternoon - art by Linda Jo Martin
Pen / Watercolor
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ? Cicero - Art by Linda Jo Martin http://lindajomartin.com
Acrylic
Angel art by Linda Jo Martin
Sketchbook

Psalm 91:9-11 - Angel art by Linda Jo Martin http://lindajomartin.com
Sketchbook
Art: Idaho Hills, by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic / Junk Journal
March Mystery Madness 2020, art by Linda Jo Martin
Gouache journal

Plan A to Z - lettering by Linda Jo Martin
Lettering class project
A daring adventure - art by Linda Jo Martin
Fountain pen ink journal
Small Joys
Watercolor sketchbook

Watercolor sketchbook
Valley of decision.
Bible journaling
Mount Glittery by Linda Jo Martin - mountain climbing quote by John Muir
Acrylic painting

Watercolor sketchbook
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ? Ralph Waldo Emerson ... watercolor painting by Linda Jo Martin
Watercolor sketchbook
Imagination Soars, by Linda Jo Martin - http://lindajomartin.com
Watercolor sketchbook

Plant Seeds
Watercolor sketchbook
The Prayer by Linda Jo Martin
Acrylic painting
A basket of flowers, by Linda Jo Martin - http://lindajomartin.com/writing/art
Fountain pen ink journal

California Reading

California Reading

California Reading
5 members

This group is for anyone wanting to read California based fiction or nonfiction.

Our recommended shelf

The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
by J.S. Holliday


Hillinger's California: Stories from All 58 Counties
Hillinger’s California: Stories from All 58 Counties
by Charles Hillinger





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RSS My Most Recent Book Reviews

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • The Grace Year
  • The Correspondent
  • North Woods
  • Out of the Dust: Story of an Unlikely Missionary
  • Marrow
  • I Who Have Never Known Men
  • Les Misérables
  • A Short Stay in Hell
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

RSS Goodreads Status Updates

  • Linda Martin is on page 158 of 314 of Scary Stories for Young F
  • Linda Martin is on page 195 of 288 of Ann Judson
  • Linda Martin is 26% done with The Wide Wide Sea
Writing stories for children - http://literature4kids.com

My art is at Zazzle.com

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Linda Jo Martin Art and Photography

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