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Linda Book Lady’s October 2024 Reading Report & Diary

October 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Sketchbook of Linda Jo, August 2024

The world is getting colder but I’ve just discovered my new bed is the most comfortable place ever for reading. It is one of those beds that, with the touch of a button, morphs into the “zero gravity” position. I’m so glad I got this bed! My plans for October include: read, think deep, and be happy. I’m hoping to live in peace with everyone, and to trust God in every situation.
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Linda Book Lady’s September 2024 Reading Report & Diary

August 31, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

The Blessing by Linda Jo Martin

September! This is a month for new beginnings. For some children it is the start of a new school year. For me, it is the start of feeling more confident as an artist and video maker. And… I just learned that September 1 is “Creation Day” and the beginning of the Season of Creation which lasts until October 4!
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Linda Book Lady’s August 2024 Reading Report & Diary

August 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

August in my part of California is called “fire season.” So far this year there have been no new forest fires near my town, but I wake up each morning and look at the “Watch Duty” app to see if any new fires started in the middle of the night. When I woke up on a September day in 2020, a fire had started on a ridge six miles north of me. By midnight that day over 200 homes were incinerated including mine, my son’s, and my daughter’s. Even though our forest north of town burned, it could happen again in my neighborhood due to grasses and many trees that escaped the first fire. I think about it every day.
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Linda Book Lady’s July 2024 Reading Report & Diary

July 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Midway through the year, July has come again. This is the time to re-evaluate goals and set the course anew.
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David McCullough Readalong 2024-2026

June 25, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

I am hosting a Booktube readalong for all the historical books written by David McCullough from 1968 through 2019. The books will be read in the order in which they were published. This will give us a look at the development of this great historian’s writing career.
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Linda Book Lady’s June 2024 Reading Report & Diary

June 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin 2 Comments

What does June mean to you? To me it means: June on the Range! (A Booktube adventure where we all read westerns.) It probably also means hot weather, but let’s not talk about that.
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Linda Book Lady’s May 2024 Reading Report & Diary

May 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Come what may in May – I expect to do a lot of lawn mowing, book reading, and cooking this month.
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Linda Book Lady’s April 2024 Reading Report & Diary

April 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Hug - Art by Linda Jo

Hello everyone – what a beautiful springtime! The weeds are green enough to look like a lawn, and blackberry vines are putting out new leaves. I see plenty of opportunities for yard work and all I really want to do (for the most part) is read and create art. I believe there’s room enough in my life for everything that really needs to be done.
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Linda Book Lady’s March 2024 Reading Report & Diary

March 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

March is the month of Booktube readathon madness. There are so many group reading activities, nobody can keep up or do them all. I’ve decided to do none of them. I’m doing my best to just keep up with my own list of reading challenges. I will explain in this reading report.
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Linda Book Lady’s February 2024 Reading Report & Diary

February 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Pink Spatula - sketchbook art by Linda Jo Martin

February is the month of love, and books are something I love, so on February 14 I’m going to be reading. How about you?

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Linda Book Lady’s January 2024 Reading Report & Diary

January 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Deliverance

I’m loving living in my new house! Three years and 104 days after the forest fire destroyed my home (and 200+ others) I moved into a new house and I’m so grateful for it!

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Linda Book Lady’s December 2023 Reading Report & Diary

December 1, 2023 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas!

My house might be ready for me to move into before Christmas! Merry Christmas, everyone!
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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.

My childhood memoirs: ljm memoirs.

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My Art

Water Girl - by Linda Jo
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Sanctuary, by Linda Jo Martin
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Ready to Sail, by Linda Jo Martin
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Flowers Forever - art by Linda Jo Martin
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Mother-Daughter Dance, by Linda Jo Martin
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Mary and Jesus - art by Linda Jo Martin
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Summer Afternoon - art by Linda Jo Martin
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ? Cicero - Art by Linda Jo Martin http://lindajomartin.com
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Art: Idaho Hills, by Linda Jo Martin
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March Mystery Madness 2020, art by Linda Jo Martin
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Plan A to Z - lettering by Linda Jo Martin
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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
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Imagination Soars, by Linda Jo Martin - http://lindajomartin.com
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Plant Seeds
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The Prayer by Linda Jo Martin
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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 Sisters Brothers
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  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself
  • Brave Companions: Portraits in History
  • Just Open the Door: How One Invitation Can Change a Generation
  • Agnes Grey
  • The Master Plan of Evangelism
  • Katharine Barnwell: How One Woman Revolutionized Modern Missions
  • Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
  • Tramp for the Lord

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
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