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Post by tintin on Jun 27, 2018 12:14:54 GMT 1
These are mine, I have joyously ditched "Man Overboard" looked a lot too miserable
BOOK RECOMMENDED BY A FORUM MEMBER - Three Jays Over the Border - Pat Smythe BOOK TRANSLATED FROM A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - Jumper, the life of a Siberian Horse - Nicholas Kalashnikoff BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR WHO HAS DIED SINCE 2000 - The Empty Field - C Pullein-Thompson BOOK FEATURING HORSES IN WAR TIME (FICTION OR NON-FIC)- Leopard the Story of My Horse - Colonel Sir Michael Ansell BOOK FEATURING A TREKKING HOLIDAY OR SIMILAR - Ponies and Caravans - MM Oliver MODERN PONY BOOK WRITTEN 2016 - 2018 - Double Clear - Kate Lattey
Pretty Kitty Herrick, the Horsebreaker - Mrs Edward Kennard Stretching the Boundaries Sideways - Rayna Matthews Reminiscences of Hunting and Horses - Mrs Philip Martineau Reminiscenses of a Sporting Artist - Lionel Edwards
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Post by tintin on Jun 27, 2018 12:16:42 GMT 1
Could I have a big smiley for:-
Leopard, the Story of my Horse
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Post by Claire on Jun 27, 2018 21:09:01 GMT 1
Well done Haffy. I don't know if Woof is that one or not, was given it by a friend and recommended to read it. Had it for ages so this has given me a boot up the bum to get on with it. I also LOVE Black Loch, one of my favourite Pat Leitch's. I have a feeling a few of us read it in the first ever Summer Reading Challenge!
I've also started well, cos I sneakily began one a bit earlier than the start date haha. Massive Smiley for Curtains, the book where we say goodbye to Hercule Poirot. Anyone who says Agatha Christie novels are shallow and have cardboard characters should read this one for a start. Very interesting pyschological study of what can drive someone to kill, and one of the most ingenious murderers ever. It's sad though. It's my comfort blanket read.
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Post by susanb on Jun 28, 2018 0:19:32 GMT 1
First smiley for me, for Racing Manhattan.....loved it, thanks for recommending garaj!
Haven't abandoned Triple Bar, Claire....my "at home" book, I had Racing Manhattan as an ebook, so I've been reading on the train to work.
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Post by darkhorse on Jun 28, 2018 21:26:58 GMT 1
PONY BOOK TRANSLATED FROM A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Jumper - Nicholas Kalshnikoff PONY BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR WHO HAS DIED SINCE 2000 I Rode a Winner - Christine Pullein-Thompson BOOK FEATURING HORSES IN WAR TIME (FICTION OR NON-FIC) War Horse - Michael Morpurgo BOOK FEATURING A TREKKING HOLIDAY OR SIMILAR HORSE RELATED HOLIDAY STORY The Mystery Trek - Primrose Cumming BOOK RECOMMENDED BY A FORUM MEMBER The Secret Horse - Marion Holland (Susan) OTHER: Triple Bar - Peggie Cannam Thanks for waiting for me
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Post by garej on Jun 28, 2018 21:32:06 GMT 1
Glad you liked Racing Manhattan susanb.
I have finished my first book. I would give Silver Eagle Carries On a SMILEY. Lovely pleasant read. Primrose Cumming knows to write a good book. Not sure which book to tackle next but definitely not The Mystery Trek as I would like an different author than Primrose Cumming.
Ps I hope capitals are ok been as I can't do bold in the godawful proboards app. I know that they have been ok in previous years, Claire.
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Post by garej on Jun 28, 2018 22:09:28 GMT 1
I have started on We Rode to the sea by CPT.
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Post by Claire on Jun 28, 2018 23:49:39 GMT 1
Thanks for adding your list Darkhorse.
I should have the web page up and running by tomorrow. You can highlight the books you have read and are awarding smiles/frowns to any way you like, bold, capitals, underlining, different colour - just so long as they stand out from the rest of the post so I can spot them.
Kunuma/Cascade - did you decide which PT book you would do? I've left a space for it. Garej have left a couple of spaces on your section if you want to add books at a later date like you did last year.
I'm now half way through Summer on Wild Horse Island and enjoying it so far.
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Post by haffyfan on Jun 29, 2018 10:00:26 GMT 1
Can i have a smiley for Look Before You Leap please. She did eventually get to go eventing and overall it's a decent read but the ending was slightly abrupt i thought, but just as well as she required throttling - it's easier to try and photograph the passage than type it out so will add in a min but i know it was very different back then but she was suppose to be 19 with the world at her feet, 'strewth, or is it just me! It was interesting, especially as it had diagrams of courses and copies of dressage tests, in how different eventing, or combined training as it was often referred to as, was in the early days as to now in that there was no real progression through the stages via points as today. Seemed like anyone could enter any event if they felt capable.
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Post by ginslinger on Jun 29, 2018 15:26:51 GMT 1
Ok thanks to a payday buying frenzy on Abe books and a trip to the library, I am finally ready:
We rode to the sea -Christine Pullein-Thompson (Dear departed and horse holiday) We couldn’t leave Dinah - Mary Treadgold (Wartime and recommended) Crin Blanc -Rene Guillot (Foreign language) Pony Club Trek-Josephine Pullein Thompson (Dear departed and recommended) Downhill All the Way -KM Peyton (Non pony book by pony author) The girl who rode the wind - Stacey Gregg (Modern and wartime) Flying Horsemen -Primrose Cumming The Silver Eagle Riding School -Primrose Cumming The Coronation -Boris Akunin (non Pony) The Orchardist -Amanda Coplin
We couldn’t leave Dinah is the only one I know I have read before. I may have read the Primrose Cummings. But I have never read any Stacey Gregg and it is about time and I will be interested to see how the more modern JPT pony club books (I have bought a 3 book omnibus edition) compare to my beloved West Barset ones. Am I right in thinking Downhill all the way is a sort of sequel to Who sir? Me sir??
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Post by Claire on Jun 29, 2018 19:41:24 GMT 1
Eeew haffy! That's as bad as Jill giving up a horsey career to become a secretary! Have finished the web page now. Link below. Don't forget to bookmark it, I'll also put a link to it in the opening post. As ususal can everyone check over their lists to make sure I haven't made any bloopers. Sorry Ginslinger, I'd finished the web page before you added your list. I'll stick you on it when I do the next update in a couple of days time. SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2018 WEB PAGE
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Post by susanb on Jun 29, 2018 19:56:23 GMT 1
Hi Claire! My first smiley for Racing Manhattan is actually behind the word "rating" While you're in there, could you make Racing Manhattan my modern book too (I'm guessing that Grounded isn't acceptable as such.....it did just come out in the US last year though!) Last, and yeah, least, the title of the Perrin book is HOOFS, not HOOVES. I know, I keep making the same correction. Is hoofs American and hooves British? I have no idea.....my fingers automatically type hooves too, but that could be the effect of all those British pony books
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Post by ginslinger on Jun 29, 2018 21:08:33 GMT 1
That’s fine Claire. I have only got the non ponies and the Stacey Gregg so far so just beginning. I always thought hooves was correct but the PTs say hoofs and in one of the Joanna Cannan detective ones a child is corrected for using hooves not hoofs.
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Post by garej on Jun 29, 2018 23:56:18 GMT 1
I have The Silver Eagle Riding School in my list which I am not doing this year (did it last year) otherwise it's correct Claire.
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Post by Claire on Jun 30, 2018 11:38:44 GMT 1
Thanks for checking folks, hopefully all errors rectified. I think hoofs/hooves may be a regional thing rather than a UK/USA thing. I've seen it spelt both ways over here. I've always said hooves. I checked up and on my web page for Blanche Chenery Perrin I also have the book spelt as hooves so I'll have to change that sometime too!
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Post by garej on Jun 30, 2018 20:31:02 GMT 1
I have finished We Rode to the sea by CPT and would give it a SMILEY.
To add further to the debate CPT spells it hoofs in We Rode to the sea.
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Post by Claire on Jun 30, 2018 22:11:55 GMT 1
And then we have this book of short stories edited by CPT:
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Post by garej on Jun 30, 2018 22:28:54 GMT 1
Perhaps hoofs is an archaic spelling? Be interesting to know publication dates. For example I use the term alarum which I got from Showjumping Secret but the modern spelling is alarm.
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Post by Claire on Jun 30, 2018 23:54:50 GMT 1
I remember reading alarum clock in pony books as a child and thinking they'd made a spelling mistake til I realised it was the old word.
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 1, 2018 12:14:45 GMT 1
Black Beauty's Clan by the PT sisters doesn't appear to be on my list Claire, or was it deemed not really a war book, which is fair enough.
If it is okay can it have a smiley please?
Not keen on stories told from the horses perspective but the PT's are good at what they do. I think Black Ebony was my favourite, although the loss and suffering of the pit ponies almost had me in tears. Black Princess had the most war content in it as she served in WW1, whilst WW2 is briefly mentioned in Black Velvet, when Velvet has to alert the authorities some Germans have come down by the family farm in his retirement home. Lots of similarities in the style of them, and i guess to the original, good starts to life, experience bad times, then a happy ending.
I did pick up The Earth sings but only read first page, so it might be an 'oh dear', i'll try again at some point!
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Post by Claire on Jul 1, 2018 14:33:49 GMT 1
Sorry Haffy, I'll add Black Beauty's Clan when I next update the page. Did you add it after your original list, if so probably explains how it got over-looked. A big smiley for Summer on Wild Horse Island by Mary E. Patchett. I'd recommend it if you're looking for something a little different. As well as a nice story and good characters in the 2 kids, there's also lots of information about the wild life of Australia, especially around the coral reefs. Another thing I like about it is that it is as far removed from today's cotton wool-wrapped child culture as it is possible to be. These kids not only go off exploring in a boat by themselves, they also encounter man eating crocodiles, poisonous fish and swim in shark invested waters! Taming a wild killer horse is something they do on their days off! Pity the author didn't write a sequel to this as I'd have liked to have read more about the pair and their horses when they got back home. Shame about the awful cover though!
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 1, 2018 20:00:49 GMT 1
Yes, sorry, think i mentioned doing one of them but needed to check which had the most war in it, then realised i had the omnibus editions now anyhow. Shame about the awful cover though! Not that i have ever read it but i have a hb reprint of that and the cover is equally hideous. Might have to give it a try, i'm averaging a book a day at present, bored is not the word! Just started one of my all time favourites, Eventers Dream, will no doubt finish the trilogy - can't wait for the follow up to finally be published!
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Post by garej on Jul 2, 2018 1:42:08 GMT 1
I am going on holiday soon so will be taking a book or two. Let's hope that I don't finish them both otherwise I shall be bored. I am staying in a holiday cottage with a "well stocked bookcase" (according to their website) but I doubt that pony books will be included in said bookcase.
I am debating whether to read Ponies Next Door by JMB. I always enjoy JMB's work as they are always enjoyable pleasant reads. I have never read Ponies Next Door before. For the summer reading challenge I always try where possible to include new to me books rather than rereads.
I have written a fuller review of We Rode to the sea by CPT on my PT blog. I enjoyed writing a blog entry so I should get the rest of the PT books done (well the pony ones anyway).
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Post by trixiepony on Jul 2, 2018 1:51:15 GMT 1
Smilie for Dragon Rider the Griffins feather, Claire , it was a interesting read.
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Post by trixiepony on Jul 2, 2018 1:58:00 GMT 1
Can I add some more books Claire?, Flame and the rebelriders by Stacy Gregg. Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson. Clean Break by Jacqueline Wilson. The pony one I got of a copy of pony magazine and the JW books I got from a new second hand book shop that has just opened in my hometown.
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Post by susanb on Jul 2, 2018 4:28:42 GMT 1
I've got the US edition of Wild Horse Island, cover also hideous! I think the scary horse on the cover is what has been putting me off reading it Glad to hear it's a good read....might use it for next year's challenge! (After removing the cover....I actually had to do that to make myself tackle the book club edition of Horses in the Glen). But on to this year's challenge.....can I get a frowny, please, for Time to Dance by Regina Woody? The last book in a trilogy that started well (Ballet in the Barn) proceeded downhill (Student Dancer) and hit rock bottom (Time to Dance).
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Post by garej on Jul 2, 2018 15:05:56 GMT 1
I have finished Siani Shetland and would give it a SMILEY face. Modern read as there's talk of passports (horsey ones not human) and a playstation 3. However the English version was published in 2008 and the original welsh version was published in 2004. The only negative I found is that non welsh speakers may have trouble with the names used. They are very welsh. For example there is a Mrs Hwmffra which is a very hard name!
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Post by garej on Jul 2, 2018 16:46:32 GMT 1
I have now started on A Red Rosette by Geoffrey Lapage.
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Post by tintin on Jul 2, 2018 19:18:10 GMT 1
Could I have a smiley for:-
The Empty Field
Please, unusual slow burn book, reminded me a lot of "Plenty of Ponies" as a lot was about interpersonal relationships
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Post by louise on Jul 2, 2018 20:11:57 GMT 1
I have just finished WAR HORSE and it is a big SMILEY. What a moving story.
Moving onto Six Ponies next.
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