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Book Lady Linda’s July 2025 Reading Report & Diary

July 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

The heat of summer is upon us. The world is responding.
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Book Lady Linda’s June 2025 Reading Report & Diary

June 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

June! I’ve got a vegetable garden this year, and flowers too. This makes such a bright and pretty yard to look at. I think I should be out there painting things.
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Book Lady Linda’s May 2025 Reading Report & Diary

May 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

My plan for May is to finish reading books I’ve started then set aside for various reasons. I have a shelf full of them. Since I’ve decided to “read what I own” in 2025 I think this will help me make progress. I pledged to read 100 books I already own before I buy anymore. So far this year I’ve read only 10. (Audiobooks are not counted in this challenge, so I can continue to buy and read as many of them as I want/need/desire.)
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Book Lady Linda’s April 2025 Reading Report & Diary

April 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

April. The scent of springtime, the bright sunshine, free natural vitamin D, daffodils emerging from their winter hiding places, gardening hopes renewed, and books. Of course, there have to be books. Either that, or take a hike. Your choice.
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Cutting the Cord – A Flash Fiction Short Story

March 8, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

I found this story in my archives on Google Drive. I wrote it on December 16, 2007.
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Book Lady Linda’s March 2025 Reading Report & Diary

March 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

March is a great month for reading challenges! I’ll be participating in both Middle Grade March and March Mystery Madness. These are both Booktube events.
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Linda Book Lady’s February 2025 Reading Report & Diary

February 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

February is a month celebrating love. This would be a good time to create a page in one of my journals just for listing all the people and things I love.
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Linda Book Lady’s January 2025 Reading Report & Diary

January 1, 2025 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Blue Winds, by Linda Jo Martin

Happy New Year! 2025 is here! And January is a great month to stay inside, stay warm, and read books.
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2025 Reading Goals (& Booktube Plans)

December 24, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin 1 Comment

It has been a few years since I created an annual reading plan, and now that I’m settled in my new home (I’ve been here a year already) I’m ready to re-evaluate reading intentions. [Read more…]

Linda Book Lady’s December 2024 Reading Report & Diary

December 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Mary and Jesus

Is it cold outside? Here in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains, there’s a noticeable chill in the air, enough that I’d feel silly going outside in sandals, though I still want to. Book reading involves putting on warm shoes and covering my legs with blankets, but I’m still sifting through numerous books, and I’m thinking of taking notes, more than I have in the past.
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Linda Book Lady’s November 2024 Reading Report & Diary

November 1, 2024 By Linda Jo Martin Leave a Comment

Resiliance, art by Linda Jo Martin

There are many new beginnings in my life right now. There are also a few sad endings. We can only go forward in life, trusting the Lord to guide us to where he wants us to go. He is the way, the truth and the life.
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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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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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Wild and Precious - 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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Angel art by Linda Jo Martin
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Psalm 91:9-11 - Angel 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
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 Sisters Brothers
  • The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
  • Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
  • 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
Writing stories for children - http://literature4kids.com

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