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Post by rallycairn on Oct 3, 2013 4:59:57 GMT 1
Pretty much any horse story with supernatural content or the possibility of supernatural workings was included. Cast your votes to separate the good ones from the merely published!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 6:24:05 GMT 1
Thanks for doing a poll Rally. I've only voted for one as I haven't read any others from the list...
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Post by Claire on Oct 3, 2013 13:02:18 GMT 1
Thanks for setting up the poll Rally Quite a few I haven't read there. I would have liked to have seen Angela Dorsey's Horse Angel series in the poll, as we seemed to have included non-ghost type supernatural stories. Also Spirit of Punchbowl Farm and Black Hunting Whip do have ghosts in them so should really be in there with Monica Edwards other two. Not sure if you can add more options to polls when you've posted them, I know you can edit them now which you couldn't in the old proboards (one of the few advantages the upgrade provides!) but if you can I think it would be worth putting them in. (I'd vote for them!)
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Post by rallycairn on Oct 3, 2013 14:14:35 GMT 1
I can't figure out a way of editing the poll, Claire, but if you are able to, please add whatever titles are suggested. Thanks.
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Post by kunuma on Oct 3, 2013 15:06:55 GMT 1
Thanks for setting up the poll Rally Quite a few I haven't read there. I would have liked to have seen Angela Dorsey's Horse Angel series in the poll, as we seemed to have included non-ghost type supernatural stories. Also Spirit of Punchbowl Farm and Black Hunting Whip do have ghosts in them so should really be in there with Monica Edwards other two. Not sure if you can add more options to polls when you've posted them, I know you can edit them now which you couldn't in the old proboards (one of the few advantages the upgrade provides!) but if you can I think it would be worth putting them in. (I'd vote for them!) Oh yes, I'd vote for them too! Plus can we fit in Little White Horse?
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Post by rallycairn on Oct 3, 2013 18:06:16 GMT 1
Hmm, re: Little White Horse -- Maybe a separate poll for fantasy? Which might be more the Horse Angel series, too, though it's a little hard to categorize. I was really going more with spooky/scary supernatural.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 18:19:20 GMT 1
I'd vote for them too!
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Post by Claire on Oct 3, 2013 19:02:12 GMT 1
Little White Horse is out and out fantasy. The Horse Angel series does have some spookiness/scariness in it apart from the supernatural fact of the 'angel' herself. I'll have a look and see if I can alter the poll.
EDIT - it looks like all I can do is remove the poll, seems like its only the person who sets it who can edit it, or maybe its only the admin who can edit their own polls. Pity. But dont worry about it Rally, I was always missing books off when I did the top 10s!
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Post by rallycairn on Oct 3, 2013 21:08:35 GMT 1
All I could do was remove a poll, also, Claire. Sorry, I thought I caught all the ones that had been suggested. I could remove the poll and re-add the whole thing, though folks would have to vote again. I could add the two additional Monica Edwards mentioned. Out of the Horse Angel (now called Horse Guardian) series, I remember Condor Mountain and Sobeklare's Revenge as having ghosts/supernatural elements beyond Angelica's own powers. Any others out of that series, Claire? (Excellent series BTW; Gold Fever is among my favorite pony books; very tense chase cat-and-mouse type book with the girl protagonist being quite resourceful.) If we don't manage to add them in the poll, it sure sounds like BLACK HUNTING WHIP and SPIRIT OF PUNCHBOWL FARM are TOP 10 SPOOKY BOOK MATERIAL! So feel free to "vote" for them and any others in the comments! It all serves the purpose of spreading the word about good pony books! Also special mention of ANGELA DORSEY's work. Her Horse Angel/Horse Guardian series is great, as is her Whinnies on the Wind series, about a girl with a psychic connection to horses.
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Post by Claire on Oct 4, 2013 2:09:28 GMT 1
Well up to you Rally if you want to do it all again but its a lot of work for you. Anyhow not even sure if those were mentioned on the original thread or not.
Re. the Horse Angel (Guardian) books hmmm can't remember all of them (not that the books aren't memorable just that my memory is dreadful!), I recall there was a zombie theme in Frantic Flight (Slave Child) and an evil spirit in Desert Song.
My favs in the series are Dark Fire, Desert Song and Silver Dream, they really have a lot of depth and explore some quite weighty issues (guilt, adoption, alzheimers to name but a few) as well as being good page turning adventures. I really think we should have Angela as our author of the month some time. I'd like to spread the word about how good she is.
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Post by darkhorse on Oct 8, 2013 21:48:32 GMT 1
I haven't read many of these either. I'd vote for Black Hunting Whip!
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