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Linda’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Linda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Linda Robinson’s Followers (155)
20,954 books
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Linda Robinson
Goodreads Author
Born
in Detroit, MI, The United States
Website
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
August 2009
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Chantepleure
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2008
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4 editions
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Caregiver: Finding Your Self
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2013
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You May Already Be A Winner!
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2012
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Lazar, the Good Deed Dog: Giving Love and Respect to Our Elderly
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2010
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
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| Victorian England! The cover scared me with the boofed skirt, but this is the fun Victorian England with the table tappers and screers and the aristocracy dabbling in seances and hallucinating for fun and profit behind parlor doors. The characters ar ...more | |
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| Ugh. There are a few nuggets here, but digging for them is arduous. Because of the mild distaste I experienced reading the book, I took the time (wasted no doubt, in this lexicon) to count quotes. There are plenty. 92 from men, 7 from women, 2 from f ...more | |
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| Our violin player prodigy is based on a real woman, which makes this novel historical fiction. Not a favorite genre, but music! and composers! and terrible, horrible, no good orphanages! And Vivaldi! Most of the book features Anna Maria della Pietà a ...more | |
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction, Readers' Favorite Debut Novel, Readers' Favorite Audiobook |
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| If you were not already anxious about the planet and its people, hold on to your butts. Another gobblelicious collection of only the best word choices. Nobody knows how to ratchet up the roller coaster gears better than Penny. She cares for her main ...more | |
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| Required reading for everyone who hasn't thought enough about end of life. A loving glimpse. The author studies male behavioral patterns in northern Sweden rural communities. Familial relationships, carer responsibilities, and an autopsy of a life (a ...more | |
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| Convoluted plot and deux ex machina drivers. Time is complicated enough without trying to organize time behind a locked door. | |
“We email, teleconference, webinar, but we are not in the room with the people. It is a false connectedness - artificial team-building. It's like eating the menu instead of the food.”
― Chantepleure
― Chantepleure
“Good stories seem to just work, but they are actually made to work by the artfully concealed application of a shitload of time.”
― Maxwell's Demon: A Novel
― Maxwell's Demon: A Novel
“Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Know what I say? I say time is a crook.”
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“No fleeting moment can bear the scrutiny that a lone voyager is able to give it.”
― Riverman: An American Odyssey
― Riverman: An American Odyssey
Memoir Authors
— 1283 members
— last activity Dec 04, 2025 05:36AM
A group for those who have written or are busy writing a memoir - let's share experiences. ...more
Exceptional Books
— 2576 members
— last activity Sep 20, 2025 02:26PM
This book club is ONLY for books that are WRITTEN VERY WELL and have a GREAT STORY LINE. We ask that each member shelve at least 2 exceptional books ...more
THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
— 6692 members
— last activity 3 minutes ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more
Balconeers
— 44 members
— last activity May 30, 2010 03:44PM
Hey, there's a Balcony in the Goodreads library where we can all talk – movie books, books into movies, movies into books, books about going to the mo ...more
2015: The Year of Reading Women
— 677 members
— last activity Apr 01, 2020 04:01AM
Join us for a year of member-run group reads to make 2015 the year of reading women! Rules Members are free to create author threads by surname if th ...more
Support for Indie Authors
— 16607 members
— last activity Nov 26, 2025 04:13PM
Officially 15k Members Strong & Climbing!! Building and supporting a community of self-published authors dedicated to both sharing experiences and le ...more
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Linda wrote: "I hope you enjoy the experience. I just read Garden of Evening Mists, too. Such pain and beauty is profound."Yes. Out of allthe Booker Prize candidates that one seemed to me the most interesting, but I wanted to start with an earlier book. Will let you know about Rain.
I hope you enjoy the experience. I just read Garden of Evening Mists, too. Such pain and beauty is profound.
Thank you for your Friends request Linda. It seems we share many friends already.I plan to read The Gift of Rain next. I liked your review.
Kris wrote: "Thank you so much for the friend request, Linda! I see we have many interests and books in common. I'm looking forward to great discussions with you. :)"As am I! Thanks for connecting, Kris.
Thank you so much for the friend request, Linda! I see we have many interests and books in common. I'm looking forward to great discussions with you. :)
