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Post by ginslinger on Jul 26, 2016 21:19:13 GMT 1
Well I decided not to add it as I am struggling a bit with my non pony ones (the ones that I chose because they have been lurking on the unread pile so long. Of course I read it anyway..... I wish she had written more detective books - bad timing for the market I suppose. I am quite a fan of detective fiction and they are extremely competent to say the least..
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Post by garej on Jul 27, 2016 0:49:14 GMT 1
I have read all of JPT's adult mysteries except for They Died in the spring. I haven't read enough detective books to know if they are good examples of the genre. But I do like Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders on the telly (only the ones with John Nettles in though). I do have a Joanna Cannan murder mystery book so I suspect that there will be some similarities in writing style.
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Post by garej on Aug 9, 2016 22:37:50 GMT 1
I got the Fidra books edition of Jill has two ponies in the post today. It's been out of print for a while now. It came from Australia and even with the exchange rate being pants atm it was cheaper than buying it from a UK seller on amazon.
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Post by foxglove on Aug 18, 2016 16:05:54 GMT 1
Bought two pony books in a charity shop in Stratford-upn-Avon the other weekend (there to see a play I did in 6th Form, also went to a Tudor farm where I herded geese....). Rosina Copper and Nibbs In Clover, hardbacks with dust jackets in pristine condition. Wasn't familiar with either author (I've now read Claire's helpful info) and there were quite pricey for old charity shop books (£7 and £3 respectively), but they were in such good nick I thought I might as well.
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Post by Claire on Aug 21, 2016 15:36:38 GMT 1
Nice finds Foxglove. You're lucky to find anything decent in charity shops nowadays and they do tend to overprice old stuff, I've seen much higher prices than those.
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Post by Claire on Sept 4, 2016 22:56:44 GMT 1
Found this one a little while back, just got round to scanning it: I've read a couple of the Tessa ones by the same author and quite liked them so hoping I will enjoy this one. It has nice illustrations. It's quite a hard to find one so I'm pleased to have got my mitts on it.
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Post by Claire on Oct 8, 2016 19:12:06 GMT 1
Well a couple of interesting finds lately - and actually from charity shops, which is a rarity nowadays. Marooned is a Joyce Stranger book I haven't come across before. It's a younger reader's story, looks to have a little horse content rather than being an out and out pony story, but I'll be able to tell more when I've read it. Also excited to have found a hitherto-unknown Judith Berrisford pony story in the Coronet Story Annual. It's a racing story called Riding to Win. I will try and get it scanned before too long so that anyone who wants to can read it. There's also another JMB story in the annual, but it's actually a yachting story!
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Post by kunuma1 on Oct 13, 2016 15:47:26 GMT 1
What did you think of the JS book Claire? I liked her dog books as it was obvious she had lived with dogs, but her horse books did tend to be a little off the planet.
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Post by Claire on Oct 16, 2016 23:13:10 GMT 1
What did you think of the JS book Claire? I liked her dog books as it was obvious she had lived with dogs, but her horse books did tend to be a little off the planet. I really liked it. I would say it's a combined horse and dog story. Although it's actually for younger readers I was kept interested. Not the most original plot in the world but it's mainly about the bond between a boy, dog and Shetland pony. I like the boy who pretends to be smaller than he is so he doesn't have to sell the Sheltie! I actually really like her horse ones so I'm not sure if me liking this one is a good recommendation to you tho Kunuma!
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Post by Claire on Dec 7, 2016 12:22:06 GMT 1
Well I got quite a haul the other day and all from a charity bookstand in a local shop. Some I have already read/got but also quite a few I haven't including these. AJAX AND THE DROVERS BY MARY PATCHETT THE GOLDEN STALLION'S VICTORY BY RUTHERFORD MONGOMERY Also JANE'S LONELY DONKEY BY JILL STEVENS (AKA STEPHEN MOGRIDGE) but no pic of that as it hasn't any illustrations or a jacket. Sadly no illustrations in the Ajax book either except for the rather hideous frontispiece!
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Post by ginslinger on Dec 21, 2016 20:58:17 GMT 1
I have read all of JPT's adult mysteries except for They Died in the spring. I haven't read enough detective books to know if they are good examples of the genre. But I do like Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders on the telly (only the ones with John Nettles in though). I do have a Joanna Cannan murder mystery book so I suspect that there will be some similarities in writing style. I think they are good but I think JPT arrived too late at the party. I think her failure to write more is more that the market had moved on than because she was lacking in competence. Had she been a generation or two older she might well have been very successful but by the time she wrote hers I think the spy thriller was on the rise and the "village/country house murder" probably seemed old hat. Ironically the two I read could easily fit into the Midsomer Murder mould though the death tolls probably aren't high enough!
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Post by garej on Dec 25, 2016 19:08:21 GMT 1
I didn't get any pony books under the tree but I did get Caroline Akrill ' s new book. Hopefully some of you got a pony book under the tree.
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Post by Claire on Dec 26, 2016 0:59:35 GMT 1
I also got the new Caroline Akrill one, plus Led by the Grey by Peter de Cosemo which has been recommended by a few people here. I also got Taff the Sheepdog by JMB, more of a dog story really but it does have ponies in. I got a signed copy of the new book by Robin Jarvis, forgot what its called (not a pony book tho) and a copy of Exmoor Lass which came free with one of the other books! So I did really well from Santa this year As Garej says, hope all of you got a pony book or two in your stocking!
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Post by darkhorse on Dec 26, 2016 23:30:09 GMT 1
I got the Caroline Akrill book too.
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Post by kunuma1 on Dec 28, 2016 16:30:23 GMT 1
Got three pony books I hadn't read, quite liked all of them, despite the seeming missing by the authors of plot holes that you could drive a four in hand through!! The Christmas Pony our current read The Palomino Pony Steals the Show Olivia Tuffin The Lost pony of Riverdale Amanda Wills Probably my favourite would be the Lost Pony - as it was supposedly based on Dartmoor. Two bad points for me were the sugar coating of what happens to the Dartmoor hill ponies - and the idea that an animal loving girl's first reaction on seeing one of the poor escaped wild cats that used to appear occasionally down here, would be to call the local paper!! (mine was to shut up about it and hope no one else saw the poor thing!) Strange that two of them starred palominos though!
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Post by Claire on Dec 28, 2016 18:01:59 GMT 1
I also enjoyed Lost Pony of Riverdale. Possibly set at too young a readership to remove sugar coating? Can't recall the age of the main character now. Are there any pony books which do highlight the shocking plight of many of the Dartmoors? If not, there should be. Maybe we should write one Kunuma!
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Post by garej on Apr 19, 2017 16:59:09 GMT 1
I recently bought a model horse and with every purchase of that particular model they are giving away a copy of Katy's Wild Foal by Victoria Eveleigh. So although I didn't buy it for that reason I ended up with a book! The model horse is called Trifle after the equine character in the Katy series.
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Post by Claire on Apr 19, 2017 23:07:20 GMT 1
That's a good offer. You're still collecting your model ponies then, Garej! I started collecting them again but now I'm possibly downsizing house so might have to nip it in the bud. Pity, as I was enjoying it.
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Post by garej on Apr 20, 2017 16:13:55 GMT 1
Yes I am still collecting. I bought a new display cabinet for the horses. Then it was decided that 1 wasn't enough so I ended up with 2. I attended my first model horse show last month and 3 of my Julips got placed in their respective classes.
My collection is mainly Julips (got one yesterday) but the pony that came with a book was a Copperfox.
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Post by Claire on Apr 20, 2017 22:33:03 GMT 1
Well done on the placings. Have always had a fascination for model horse shows. We should have one on here some time if enough of us have them. Mine are mainly Schleich.
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Post by kunuma1 on Apr 21, 2017 18:48:59 GMT 1
Mine are Britains mainly but the bigger ones I kept after I had to sell most of mine were my faves and they were Breyer and Schleich. The latest craze with the little Breyer ones (Stablemates) is apparently colouring them mad colours with nail polish - sounds silly but some of them are very striking!
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Post by ginslinger on Apr 21, 2017 19:29:36 GMT 1
Hat a look in a charity shop today more in hope than expectation and got "Not quite a horsewoman" by Caroline Akrill. Articles not pony stories as such but so far quite fun,
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Post by Claire on Apr 27, 2017 21:25:53 GMT 1
Although I like Caroline Akrill's horse stories, have for some reason never warmed to that particular book Ginslinger. Mind you I am not a big fan of non-fic anyhow. Changing the subject, if anyone has enjoyed the New Forest series by Stephen Mogridge, you may be interested to know I found a non-pony mystery of his for a paltry sum in a local book fair the other day. I might give it a go as I quite like the New Forest mysteries.
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Post by ginslinger on Apr 28, 2017 0:04:17 GMT 1
I quite liked it - I can remember some of the funny bits of Eventers Dream &Co even now thirty years on, but it wasn't a demanding read and as a Charity Shop buy I didn't need a lot of entertaining for the money. It was a quick tick which got me ahead on my "read 52 books in a year challenge!!". I did do a bit of poking around and found out she is writing another Fane book so I was going to rebuy the Eventer's dream books next but then I found an affordable copy of J P-T's They died in Spring so they will have to wait. And when I say affordable I mean it is more expensive than most of the books I get but I don't have to sell a kidney or pay extortionate overseas shipping and it is the same hard back edition as the others. And I got a decent early First Rosette for barely more than postage so it balances.
Oh I did read a few of the New Forest ones when I was young but I never owned any. I grew up on the edge of the New Forest and my small town got regular mentions and it was clear he really knew the area. One of the group was a bit of a boffin as I recall. I don't know how much of the pleasure was in the recognition but I must try them again sometime but I think they seemed quite pricey last time I looked.
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Post by Claire on Apr 29, 2017 0:23:56 GMT 1
Some of the New Forest titles are quite pricey and rare but others are cheap and easy to find. Exploits and Discoveries are the easiest/cheapest. More info about rarity of the books can be found on my Stephen Mogridge webpage: stephenmogridge.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk
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Post by ginslinger on May 1, 2017 20:29:33 GMT 1
I think I might have been a bit unlucky last time or else I am getting better at bargain hunting but there are some which are reasonable looking again. I think I may have read NF Pirates from the description and I think there was another involving Dutch people for some reason. Anyway I think I must get at least one because of the local connection.
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Post by ginslinger on May 5, 2017 14:44:59 GMT 1
I have now all of JPT's detective books. This one rather less horsey and oddly doesn't have the same format as the othe two even though it is the middle ome and doesn't seem to be a reprint. It does have a marvellously lurid surviving jacket unlike them (ex county library book). I had to add it to goodreads.
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Post by susanb on May 5, 2017 17:31:30 GMT 1
Great find, gunslinger! I've got Gin and Murder, and a really tatty copy of Murder Strikes Pink (not yet read), but I'm missing that one....someday!
Claire, re the Stephen Mogridge mystery, I'd love to know what you think of it when you're done....I've got all of the New Forest books, but haven't branched out, and I do love mysteries!
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Post by ginslinger on May 5, 2017 18:34:43 GMT 1
It is one of the dearer books I have got £18 but the last copy I saw was that much for a paperback and the same again for postage from Canada or NZ. I have seen it at really silly money. I suppose the secret is to keep looking. But if you would like to read it I would lend.
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Post by Claire on May 5, 2017 21:17:35 GMT 1
I haven't got round to reading the JPT murder mysteries yet but I am aim to in time. I did read one of Joanna Cannan's but wasn't that impressed with it.
Susan - yes I will let you know what the Mogridge book is like when I read it. At least I've found my specs again which went AWOL for a few weeks and so was struggling with anything which wasn't an e-book where I could make the text huge lol.
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