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Post by darkhorse on Jun 30, 2016 14:38:59 GMT 1
I'm close to finalising my list. I have got all the e-books which were available free and I'm waiting to hear from Garej regarding the book she recommends.
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Post by haffyfan on Jun 30, 2016 16:36:24 GMT 1
Sorry will try and get my list to you later x
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Post by susanb on Jun 30, 2016 19:05:40 GMT 1
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Post by haffyfan on Jun 30, 2016 20:49:50 GMT 1
Okay so far i've got
Fortunes Fool - Mary Pagones (modern pony book i hope) Mount - Jilly Cooper (new book) First fence and Double Clear - Kate lattey Dancing in The Moonlight - Christina Jones
Plus whatever kunuma chooses for me
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Post by ginslinger on Jul 1, 2016 12:05:34 GMT 1
Well I am getting there...Thank you Have had another Abe books surge and have added Gin and Murder and Ghost horse of the moor to the list.. the first because I want to see how JPT writes for adults and I love detective fiction (and gin obviously). I am torn about the new one - I might hang on for Jilly Cooper. I looked on Kindle but the thing that really appealed was non fiction. I have a few long ones on the non pony side (hence the Titchmarsh as froth.. I didn't buy it honestly), so maybe I should have another look for something short and sweet on the New pony book front. Have not heard from Fizz but then I only messaged quite recently and have plenty to get on with.
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Post by brumby on Jul 2, 2016 6:39:49 GMT 1
Finished my first book Dark horse of woodfield - Florence Hightower and it deserves a smiley.
Interesting story, great characters really enjoyed it, thanks to my partner Claire it was one of her suggestions. The only thing that concerned me was the use of the crop or any stick that was handy, if the horse did anything 'wrong' the motto seemed to be give them a 'whack' The story was set in the 1930s was this the current thinking? What to read next?
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Post by garej on Jul 2, 2016 11:19:07 GMT 1
If anyone is stuck for a modern book Spirit and the Magic horsebox and One Good Turn (both forelock books) are free today.
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Post by garej on Jul 2, 2016 15:06:32 GMT 1
I have just finished Katy's Pony Challenge. I would give it a smiley face. Two things were covered in this book which I don't think have been covered before : autism and horse agility.
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Post by kunuma1 on Jul 2, 2016 19:19:35 GMT 1
OK I did All That Glitters last night - I've forgotten is it just smiley or are there grades of smiley - I sort of want to give it a slightly smiley! lol Gets the ambiguous one!
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Post by ginslinger on Jul 2, 2016 20:11:43 GMT 1
The only thing that concerned me was the use of the crop or any stick that was handy, if the horse did anything 'wrong' the motto seemed to be give them a 'whack' The story was set in the 1930s was this the current thinking? I think it may well have been. I don't think that the Pullein-Thompson books, particularly Josephine's are so instructional for the sake of it. Lots of clues in Six Ponies - not just John hitting Jet and being caught by the Major but Evelyn and Margaret thinking they are great riders because they can stick on.
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Post by tintin on Jul 3, 2016 10:20:34 GMT 1
I have now put my list together:-
Recommended books (Many Thanks Susan);-
Pamela and the Blue Mare (Alice O'Connor)
Bridle Wise (Alden Hatch)
Modern Book:-
Spirit and the Magic Horse Box (Laura Quigley)
Non-Fiction:-
The Woman who Wrote Black Beauty
and the six others:-
A Ceremonial Death (Thomas Jenkins)
Hamilton (Catherine Cookson)
Mounting Danger (Karis Walsh)
The Joker and Jerry (Eleanor Helme)
Silver Snaffles (Primrose Cumming)
The Wednesday Pony (Primrose Cumming)
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 3, 2016 11:48:02 GMT 1
Can i add One good Turn (sorry can't recall author - it's the forelock mentioned above) to my general list and my partners choice of The Midnight Horse by Monica Edwards.
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Post by darkhorse on Jul 3, 2016 12:14:27 GMT 1
Sorry I'm late, here is my list:
The Horse on the Balcony by Jane Ayres (Recommendation)
Boys Don't Ride by Katharina Marcus (Modern)
Winter of the Crystal Dancers by Angela Dorsey
The Lost Pony of Riverdale by Amanda Wills
Pony Tales by Susan Jameson (modern)
The Team From Low Moor by Gillian Baxter (Re-read)
Thanks to Garej who recommended the Jane Ayre book. Thanks also to Claire who provided links to the free kindle books. I recommended the Team From Low Moor to Garej and it's made me want to read it again!
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Post by Claire on Jul 3, 2016 18:10:35 GMT 1
Hi all, thanks for posting your lists. The Challenge official web page is now up and running: SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2016 WEB PAGEPlease can folk check it out - to make sure I have everything correct. Kunuma and Garej - could I have the titles of your partner-recommended books? Kunuma - regarding smilies there's a special undecided/conflicted smile in the shape of a question mark which I made just for you last year. Bearing in mind this fact, could you let me know what smilies you are awarding to the 3 you have read. Ginslinger - I'll try and find out from Fizz if she is still doing the challenge and if so will ask her to contact you. If she is opting out don't worry, you are quite welcome to try one of the books I recommended for Brumby. One last thing people - when you are posting the titles you have read please can you highlight them in bold as otherwise it's quite easy to miss them. Hope everyone is enjoying the Challenge so far and don't forget to check out the web-page and let me know if anything is wrong or you need to add/change anything.
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Post by ginslinger on Jul 3, 2016 19:41:57 GMT 1
Thank you Claire.
I have gone for a proper pony book for my modern "Redhall Riders" by Amanda Wills (Riverdale Pony Stories Bk 4)Published in February. It had an attractive cover, wasn't put off by the first pages and modestly priced for Kindle. I'll keep you posted.
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 3, 2016 20:04:33 GMT 1
Thanks Claire. Kunuma's recommended book is Flow River, Blow Wind or Black Cockatoos mean snow. I'll send both and she can decide x
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Post by garej on Jul 3, 2016 20:58:17 GMT 1
darkhorse has recommended The Team From Low Moor by Gillian Baxter.
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Post by kunuma1 on Jul 3, 2016 21:10:18 GMT 1
"Kunuma - regarding smilies there's a special undecided/conflicted smile in the shape of a question mark which I made just for you last year. Bearing in mind this fact, could you let me know what smilies you are awarding to the 3 you have read." LOL I am at least consistently ambiguous!! Re my partner's book as she is sending both (bless her) I'll do both and report on the one I like best! Willl edit previous post re smilies etc - should finish Crystal Dances tonight depending on how noisy the neighbours are! Add One Good Turn Ruth Benton to list please I just managed to download it!
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Post by Claire on Jul 3, 2016 23:54:51 GMT 1
Crikey Kunuma your list is getting longer and longer!! It will need a web page all of its own soon!
Well I finished The Red Carnelian and I think I may have to use Kunuma's 'conflicted' smilie. I'm hovering between neutral and smile. The book presented itself as a gothic romance/murder mystery. Oddly - for the genre - set in a large department store in the USA. I was a bit disappointed after really enjoying The Crimson Ghost. After a good start the pace was excrutiatingly slow, the romance was a bit of a damp squib, and the plot became fairly convoluted. On the other hand I still felt I had to keep reading until I found out 'whodunnit' so I did finish it. But is that liking or just stubborness and nosiness...? Lol.
I've just found another book by the same author called Snowfire. Another gothic romance/mystery if the blurb is to be believed. It sounds like it might be more to my taste so may give the author another chance.
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Post by ginslinger on Jul 4, 2016 15:56:37 GMT 1
Well I have finished Redhall Riders by Amanda Wills and it gets a smiley from me. A couple of quibbles - why didn't they use quad bike and trailer to transport water when the supply was off, and how did Cloud get back into the yard?, Benedict Cumberbatch a teen idol, really? - but an enjoyable and well written book which touches on dark matters lightly as perhaps appropriate for target audience. As an adult knowing the "Chekhov's gun" theory, it was quite easy to guess where things were going but I doubt I would have twigged as a child. It follows some of the classic conventions to get adults out of the way so that the youngsters are left running things (shades of One Day Event), but beyond the care of the horses the similarity ends since the focus is solving the mystery rather than improving riding skills. I really liked that thecauthor doesn't dumb down her vocabulary for children and there are some good descriptions which don't slow down the plot too much. I don't know I will definitely read more myself but I would definitely get them for a present or recommend for a children's library since it is good writing in an appealing format and is contemporary (mobiles and internet) without getting too gritty or adult for the target age range. Also not particularly hindered by not having read rest of series.
Gin and murder haa arrived so have nose into that and am about a hundred pages into Wait for me but I find it hard to read straight through non fiction so not sure which I will finiah first.
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Post by ginslinger on Jul 4, 2016 20:26:35 GMT 1
Well the answer was Gin and Murder. I loved it. Really well crafted piece of detective fiction with the knack for dialogue and observant social eye famliar from the pony books. Big smiley.
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Post by kunuma1 on Jul 5, 2016 18:44:27 GMT 1
My list gets longer ............. mostly because I sort of cheated and my list is not so much one of choice but one of everything that was free! So this is a real book I actually just bought and chose! Ludo and the Star Pony Mary Stewart I'm looking forward to this as I didn't know she wrote any children's books but I did know she liked horses.
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Post by tintin on Jul 5, 2016 18:50:03 GMT 1
"Silver Snaffles" just arrived and I can quite see why it cost as much as the rest combined. A beautifully presented book which I am looking forward to reading
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Post by garej on Jul 6, 2016 20:04:24 GMT 1
I have started Easter the show jumper. I thought the start was a little bit slow and I thought that I wouldn't like it but what I have read so far is quite good.
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Post by susanb on Jul 6, 2016 23:00:49 GMT 1
I finished Led by the Grey, big smiley please!
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Post by Claire on Jul 7, 2016 0:48:13 GMT 1
I finished Led by the Grey, big smiley please! Oh dear I'm tempted by that one now!
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Post by garej on Jul 7, 2016 10:58:15 GMT 1
I finished EASTER THE SHOW JUMPER last night and would give it a SMILEY.
Sorry Claire can't do bold as I am using the app and it doesn't give you the option hence the caps.
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Post by garej on Jul 7, 2016 20:17:08 GMT 1
I have started Blind Beauty. This sport on telly has it's advantages since the only sport I watch has horses in it! The consequences are there is nothing to watch on telly until about 8 pm so I have taken to reading. At this rate I will have completed the challenge (something that I have never done before) lol.
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Post by kunuma1 on Jul 7, 2016 21:05:37 GMT 1
Having read all the new pony ones, I realise that having grown up on the PT's, who for all their faults did at least know one end of a horse from the other, that I am totally intolerant of incorrect information in these books! Talk about "don't do this at home" but having just finished One Good Turn, I'd advise that it isn't the best idea to take a wild unhandled four year old out of the stable and calmly tie it up, you might prefer to halter break it and teach it to tie up first! lol I also miss the descriptions of the horses and ponies, I guess if you are not that horsy then the only thing you do notice is the colour! I'll have to give it a smiley though as I'm starting to feel mean about it! I'm ambivalent again about All That Glitters!
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Post by tintin on Jul 7, 2016 23:13:22 GMT 1
I would give big recommend to "Led by the Grey" too Claire, I am so glad Susan liked it
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