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Post by Claire on Jun 6, 2013 23:00:16 GMT 1
I think I have that one on my kindle app. Unfortunately my e-book TBR list is even vaster than my print one!!!
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Post by tintin on Jun 6, 2013 23:45:29 GMT 1
I cannot believe how many new books I have TBR, just finished "Chasing Dreams" by Maggie Dana (will do review tomorrow) and have "Magazine Page Pony" to start. Received "Led by the Grey" today - arrived incredibly quickly. Stewed into it this evening - very good. Also at 477 pages for £8:99 good value.
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Post by allyk on Jul 12, 2013 8:52:51 GMT 1
Darcy is the tenth and final book in the multi-author Horse Diaries series. This one was written by Whitney Sanderson, daughter of the (rather famous) illustrator Ruth Sanderson It is available as an ebook through overdrive at many libraries. You can see which libraries it is available at by clicking here
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Post by Claire on Jul 12, 2013 10:43:05 GMT 1
Thanks for adding that allyk. I must say I haven't read any of the Horse Diaries series yet - are they any good? I'll have a look and see if they have the e-book in my area's digital library.
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Post by allyk on Jul 12, 2013 13:20:25 GMT 1
Thanks for adding that allyk. I must say I haven't read any of the Horse Diaries series yet - are they any good? I'll have a look and see if they have the e-book in my area's digital library. Welcome, glad to help. Alas I must admit I have no idea as to their literary merit, I just noticed them on Amazon while poking around.
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Post by madwippitt on Aug 2, 2014 23:32:47 GMT 1
Am I allowed to announce the appearance of The Five Pound Pony and other stories here? The Five Pound Pony
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Post by Claire on Aug 3, 2014 2:09:13 GMT 1
No probs you can feature your books on here, altho our facebook page has taken over from this thread somewhat. Please feel free to add a link there about your book: www.facebook.com/ponymadbooklovers
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Post by madwippitt on Aug 8, 2014 13:58:23 GMT 1
Two free copies of The Five Pound Pony and other stories in return for a review on Amazon and here - more details are on the ponymadbooklovers FB page!
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Post by cloud on Aug 9, 2014 12:41:00 GMT 1
Two free copies of The Five Pound Pony and other stories in return for a review on Amazon and here - more details are on the ponymadbooklovers FB page! Can't find the info? Mind you I loathe FB so much I'm probably not looking properly!
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Post by Claire on Aug 10, 2014 0:58:20 GMT 1
Two free copies of The Five Pound Pony and other stories in return for a review on Amazon and here - more details are on the ponymadbooklovers FB page! Can't find the info? Mind you I loathe FB so much I'm probably not looking properly! Hi Cloud and anyone else interested in the free book. Its on the PMBL facebook page: www.facebook.com/ponymadbookloversLook on left side under the photos section and the link is there. The new layout has banished other people's posts to that dim little corner and its easy to miss them.
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Post by madwippitt on Aug 10, 2014 7:24:52 GMT 1
Thanks Claire! Cloud - I assume you'd like a copy? I'll pm you the details via the messages here - remember to check your inbox!
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Post by trixiepony on Aug 21, 2014 12:09:52 GMT 1
I'm Meant too be getting the new Karen Wood book Rain Dance early from the Karen, so excited.
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Post by cally on Aug 26, 2014 1:19:39 GMT 1
RIVERDALE!!!!!! Hi guys, I'm reading the second Riverdale book by Amanda Wills and it is un-put-down-able!
I started it at a buddhist retreat and was having 5am starts and still at night, completely shattered, I'd pick up the kindle and couldn't stop reading: "just one more chapter.....just one more..." etc etc- you know how it is! I can't recommend it strongly enough and I haven't even finished it yet- exhausted after the weekend and dealing with the kid's attention and a possibly sick cat is all that's stopped me ploughing through it with abandon- last night I fell asleep sitting cross legged while my youngest brushed my hair!
I'll write a proper review when I've completed it but in the meantime get onto Amazon and ENJOY!
p.s Also, she's already onto writing the 3rd in the series- so excited! look at all those exclamation marks-can tell I'm not an author.......
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Post by susanb on Nov 7, 2014 20:37:34 GMT 1
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Post by haffyfan on Nov 7, 2014 21:02:35 GMT 1
On that subject, Eventers Dream is now available on kindle too
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Post by susanb on Nov 7, 2014 21:17:48 GMT 1
Good catch, haffy....I'd already bought it, but forgot to post! Hope they keep going with Akrill's work...it would be fun to have a reading group on the mega-rare showing books!
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Post by nzponywriter on Nov 30, 2014 22:40:45 GMT 1
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Post by susanb on Feb 6, 2015 3:44:55 GMT 1
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Post by Claire on Feb 6, 2015 16:23:04 GMT 1
Well its got a pony in it but even if not a pony story it sounds very good. Thanks for the links susan
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Post by susanb on Feb 6, 2015 17:15:49 GMT 1
LOL...I know, it's hard to say how much actual pony content there is without having my hands on it....will post a quickie update once I know.
One other book to note, the second in Caroline Akrill's eventing trilogy is out as an ebook, still waiting on the 3rd.
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Post by rallycairn on Feb 22, 2015 18:31:33 GMT 1
The War that Saved My Life is fantastic. Got it on Nook and read it in one sitting. Not enough horse content to classify as a pony book, but what content is there is very nice. Highly recommend it.
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Post by trixiepony on Feb 23, 2015 11:01:06 GMT 1
On a new note my cousin had this lovely pony wallpaper all ways made me think off illustrations in a pony book. The cousin was younger than me so it may off been the 1980's may be late 1990's was some off the drawings I wish I could do, I probably could now but only have these as remembers off that lovely wallpaper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 14:31:28 GMT 1
They are lovely
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Post by Claire on Feb 23, 2015 14:56:38 GMT 1
Oh that wallpaper is lovely. Wish I'd had it in my bedroom! Its far better than a lot of pony book illustrations! If you ever do some drawings of them I'd love to see them Trixie
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 15:49:25 GMT 1
Too true
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Post by nzponywriter on Apr 19, 2015 14:36:36 GMT 1
Hi everyone I have a new book released today, which is the long-awaited (probably most of all by me - man this one was a challenge to write!) sequel to my first novel, "Flying Changes". Titled AGAINST THE CLOCK, it continues the story of Jay and her temperamental chestnut mare Finn as they attempt to make into the Pony Club show jumping team. You can find it on Amazon here: www.amazon.com/Against-Clock-Clearwater-Bay-2-ebook/dp/B00V9C9E00It’s a new season and a new start for Jay and her wilful pony Finn, but their best laid plans are quickly plagued by injuries, arguments and rails that just won’t stay in their cups. And when her father introduces her to his new girlfriend, Jay can’t help wondering if her life will ever run according to plan. As her friends battle with their own families and Jay struggles to define hers, it is only her determination to bring out the best in her pony that keeps her going. But after overhearing a top rider say that Finn’s potential is being hampered by her incompetent rider, Jay is besieged by doubts in her own ability...and begins to wonder whether Finn would be better off without her. Can Jay bear to give up on her dreams, even if it’s for her pony’s sake?
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Post by grace on Oct 21, 2015 6:11:01 GMT 1
Hello! I would just like to introduce my new book, Eventing Bay! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016V6PLSW?keywords=eventing%20bay&qid=1445404144&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1Fourteen year old Willa Harper dreams of becoming an event rider. Up to now she's had to be satisfied with making up stories about riding success. But a chance encounter with the thoroughbred of her dreams may change her life as she knows it... With the help of her former Olympian grandfather who has never been the same since the passing of his wife, Willa is set on turning Pocket Rocket into an event horse. As challenge after challenge presents itself, it seems dreams of eventing success are destined to remain just that. But Willa refuses to give up, and as she and Rocket continue to work hard they develop a partnership which is quite magical. Maybe, just maybe, they are going to succeed after all...
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Post by rallycairn on Oct 22, 2015 13:06:46 GMT 1
I just discovered the Ponies of Chincoteague series by Catherine Hapka and am enjoying it immensely. Aimed at "middle readers," the books are fairly short and light, but with enough going on to hold interest. I am now reading my second book, although it is the first one published, Maddie's Dream. -- I jumped to Chasing Gold (maybe the third one published?) and read it first since it has an eventing focus, which I liked. The big event the heroine was striving for in Chasing Gold is to attend a clinic with a big-name event rider. As she works toward this, she has to trailer to lessons or have her regular trainer come to her farm -- just like in actual, real life for me! Roads are hazards and it was a big deal to ride to a neighboring farm, not a commonplace event.
So many pony books have the characters getting together on their ponies/horses with ease, they ride to shows, they ride to rallies, they ride to each other's houses and farms, etc. -- that just isn't the way horsey life is in much/most of America. These books just have me saying to myself -- "yes, it is just like that!" And the fairly humble goal of riding in a clinic also seemed so darned realistic, practical, and approachable. Loved it.
Now I'm reading the first one published, Maddie's Dream. Maddie is worried her favorite lesson pony will be sold. Somewhat common in pony books for the horse to be in jeopardy, but here again, no one's riding in an Olympic qualifier or anything like that. Maddie is also very talented in soccer/football and that is a competing interest to riding. The big horse activity Maddie dreams about is a "Snack & Swim" trail ride (hack) with picnic that the riders at her lesson barn can sign up to do together.
The conceit of the books is that the protagonists all belong to a closed message board group called the Pony Post. Four Chincoteague pony enthusiasts who support each other online. Each book focuses on a different girl in the group. Of course they all have friends in real life, too -- and in Chasing Gold, Haley's friends are non-horsey and starting to discover boys, which poses problems when she is super focused on schooling her pony and earning money to pay for the clinic. Maddie has her soccer friends and friends at her riding stable.
If you enjoy the kind of books that depict lots of everyday detail and day-to-day conflicts and worries, but no one is some child wonder readying for Wembley or an early Olympic debut, you might enjoy this set of companion books.
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Post by trixiepony on Oct 22, 2015 23:49:31 GMT 1
Yes I've read and enjoyed those books as well think as a non pony owner I connected with the first one best, but thay where all grate reads.
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Post by susanb on Jan 11, 2016 16:00:35 GMT 1
Had to post an update on The War that Saved My Live by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley....it just won a Newbery Honor....woo hoo! (Newberys are like US Carnegies....well, really the other way around, as the Newbery is older ) Also picked up two other award: the Schneider Family Award, given to "books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience" and the Odyssey Award for best audiobook.
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