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Post by susanb on May 28, 2009 17:21:56 GMT 1
Haffy,
Yes, it was me who recommended The Perfect Distance....so glad you liked it! I think it was the first time in my life I found a new hardcover horse book on the shelves at a new bookstore (as opposed to reprints of Black Beauty, King of the Wind, National Velvet, etc.) and bought it without ever having read the author before...I just thought "must encourage bookstores/publishers to print and stock new authors!". Then, of course, I was thrilled to find that the book actually was super :-)
RE your new find....is that the trio that you just posted on the "recent purchases" thread? If so, congrats....I've yet to read anything by Glenda Spooner (very elusive author!) or Mona Sadler, but I got Crab the Roan this past Christmas and I thought it was lovely.
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Post by haffyfan on May 29, 2009 10:56:49 GMT 1
Yes Susan, it is...really it was Crab, as I have wanted a copy for so long and thanks to Jane I finally have it! It has so many fans it seems i'm sure it will be worth the wait...don't suppose anyones got a jacket they culd scan?
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Post by Claire on May 29, 2009 19:03:41 GMT 1
Haffy I have a scan of the jacket I'll email you it and you can print it out and photocopy it on an A3 size. It hasnt got the flap blurb bits tho so you will just have to have them blank. Hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
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Post by beswickcollector on Jun 3, 2009 11:12:47 GMT 1
I am reading The Young Horse Breakers by Golden Gorse, I did not know until halfway through that Moorland Mousie makes an appearance. Can anyone tell me if dustcovers are the same for 'Janet and Felicity' and 'The Young Horse Breakers'?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 8:59:44 GMT 1
I've just read Jackies Pony patrol and Jackie won a pony. They were O.K but so far the only book I've really enjoyed by Judith M. berrisford is Timber. She has a quite a few characters having "carroty coloured hair" I've noticed.
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Post by Claire on Jun 4, 2009 10:38:36 GMT 1
Rosie, that is strange as most people I have talked to dont like Timber all that much (altho I thought it was OK) and prefer her other books.
Beswickcollector the dust jackets for the 2 young horsebreakers books are very similar, they have the same pic of 2 riders and ponies by Anne Bullen, but the title bit is obviously different.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 10:52:23 GMT 1
Trust me to be different Maybe I will like the other Jackie books in the series when I get hold of them. Although I did struggled to finish Ponies all summer. I don't know what it is I like about Timber, except maybe it's because it's more about the horse rather than adventure stories.
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Post by Claire on Jun 4, 2009 18:32:28 GMT 1
I'm surprised you find any of JMB's books hard going Rosie. They have their faults but I have always thought them very easy to read. Timber does seem slightly different in character to her other books which is perhaps why some of her fans don't really like it. Has your copy got the gorgeous Caney illustrations in?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 18:57:18 GMT 1
yes it does, and I agree they are gorgeous It doesn't have a dustwrapper though The other ones of hers I've got are 1970s paperbacks illustrated by Geoffrey whittam. Maybe hard going isn't the right word...um..they aren't boring, and there is plenty going on but they just don't do it for me ;D Interesting that some JMB Jackie fans aren't so keen on Timber and I'm the other way round.
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Post by Claire on Jun 4, 2009 19:46:26 GMT 1
Oh well it would be boring if we were all the same
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Post by exmoorfan on Jun 4, 2009 22:32:19 GMT 1
Hi everyone. long time no speak. I have not read this thread so apologize if rude. Just to say I have just read A wind is Blowing ( monica edwards) and coildn't put it down. Now if you don't follow her books it won't mean much. But it a rare book and those that haven't read it may like to know it is worth reading. lol exy
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Post by kunuma on Jun 5, 2009 8:47:17 GMT 1
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Post by exmoorfan on Jun 5, 2009 9:37:55 GMT 1
Hello Kunuma... I have pm'd you.. If I tell you too much it will spoil it for you..It is really a follow on from No going Back and it will be best I think if you've read that first. I've had the book a while and only just got around to reading it and just couldn't put it down. Now whether thats because I haven't read any of hers for a while and forgot how good they are or the book itself I'm not sure . lol I feel sad now that there are no more to read of the fictional books.
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Post by sarah on Jun 5, 2009 22:21:45 GMT 1
Just read 2 Vian Smith books - The Green Heart and Pride of the Moor. Both quite similar in that they deal alot with the hardship of life in Dartmoor (think they are set in the 50s/60s) and have perhaps a stronger focus on the human characters than the horses.
PS. Used to live near the Devil's Punchbowl and have ridden around there a few times. If I remember rightly it is quite hard to see much of the farm from the public footpaths - but maybe the current owners are friendly and would let you nearer!
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Post by beswickcollector on Jun 7, 2009 17:31:14 GMT 1
I am now reading 'Something to Jump For' by Elisabeth Moore. It is very much like a Silver Eagle RS story, all of which I enjoyed. I need a good comfort read as I had to take one of my cats on her very, very last visit to the vets on Friday.
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Post by Claire on Jun 7, 2009 19:55:50 GMT 1
Oh poor you beswickcollector I know just how you must be feeling. BIG HUGS x Books are a comfort and an escape arent they? Can't imagine getting thru all the problems of life without them.
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Post by beswickcollector on Jun 8, 2009 9:13:43 GMT 1
Thanks Claire, I'm OK now but it is nice to escape into an old book to forget the present
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Post by sarah on Jun 14, 2009 17:42:13 GMT 1
Poor beswickcollector - must be a miserable time.
I've just read The Mandrake (Kathleen Herald) and didn't really enjoy it at all (apart from Lionel Edwards' contributions)!!! The main character seemed very selfish and just concerned with appearances and winning all the time.
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Post by Claire on Aug 13, 2009 11:28:24 GMT 1
Just been reading Monica Edwards Joan Goes Farming. Not a pony book but about a girl who goes to work on a farm. Worth reading for those who like the punchbowl series as the rather eccentric family is very like that in the punchbowl farm series and its a pleasant well-written book with well drawn characters. But its not one of her greats.
Also just read Small Gains by K M Peyton which is brilliant. It's historical and goes back to the Flambards type style of romantic story. Very interesting stuff about the Norfolk trotter breed and the trotting races which took place between various farmers and breeders, some over 100 miles long! Just about to read the sequel Greater Gains.
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Post by exmoorfan on Aug 25, 2009 22:36:24 GMT 1
I have been reading a rather Scottish theme lately.. First was Horses in the Glen,, Then Ride by Night, followed by Highland Pony Trek.. Do you know of any similar.?
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Post by kunuma on Aug 25, 2009 23:43:52 GMT 1
Jinny!! Phantom Horse goes to Scotland. Ponies for Hire And what is the one where a filly runs loose and is captured by a gypsy girl?
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Post by susanb on Aug 26, 2009 0:26:29 GMT 1
I read Ponies for Hire by Margaret MacPherson recently and really liked it, so I second that recommendation!
Another excellent read set in Scotland was Joanna Cannan's We Met Our Cousins, a bit more adventure with ponies than just ponies, but a lot of fun. The same is true of The Horse on Ben Awe by Mel Wayne, about two brothers who start a pony breeding ranch in the Scottish Highlands.
I haven't read Ride by Night yet, though it lurks in my tbr pile...must push it closer to the top....
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Post by trixiepony on Aug 26, 2009 4:50:58 GMT 1
Hi just got a cute book The Pony Patch Collection, its the 4 Norton books in one so cute I fell for the illustrations, The cover is very pink.
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Post by exmoorfan on Aug 26, 2009 9:05:11 GMT 1
Thanks everyone.. Not sure if I've got Ponies for hire ,will have to look.. Must start on Jinny's as haven't yet. Kunuma The filly getting captured by the Gypsy girl is Horses in the Glen. I loved that book..
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Post by susanb on Aug 26, 2009 19:13:54 GMT 1
exmoorfan....Ponies for Hire was published by Collins as an individual title, and as part of a trilogy/omnibus with Joanna Cannan's They Bought Her a Pony and Monica Edward's The Midnight Horse.
It was published in the US by Harcourt, Brace and World....the odds of your purchasing this edition are slim, but just in case, I have to say the cover art isn't all that great.
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Post by Claire on Aug 26, 2009 20:46:13 GMT 1
I Wrote a Pony Book is also set in Scotland so it may be worth you getting the 3 in 1 omnibus edition exmoorfan then you will have 2 scottish books to read (and the Joanna Cannan is brilliant if you havent already read it) Also the single volume of Ponies for Hire seems rare.
Pat Leitch's Black Loch and Frances Murray's Ponies in the Heather are also set in bonny Scotland.
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Post by susanb on Aug 26, 2009 21:05:08 GMT 1
Claire...it's They Bought Her a Pony, not I Wrote a Pony Book that's in the omnibus.....it's the one with the spoiled girl....Cannan's one unlikeable heroine...I can't remember where that one is set :-(
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Post by Claire on Aug 26, 2009 21:38:38 GMT 1
oops thanks susan got mixed up silly me! Very silly considering I actually have the bloomin book! Sorry exmoorfan I am having a senior moment. Still its a good read too if not in Scotland!!!
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Post by exmoorfan on Aug 27, 2009 8:59:33 GMT 1
Ooohh Thanks susanb and claire.. Had a good scout round thinking I hadn't got it and when you said about the Omnibus I realised i had got that one...
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Post by kunuma on Sept 10, 2009 23:12:33 GMT 1
Now somewhere there was a thread on The Little White Horse, but I am now addicted to Elizabeth Goudge having just found a couple of her adult ones. One is so much the forerunner to LWH, being about a castle estate in the West country, and Wrolf, her lion character, WAS based on a German Shepherd dog, I always knew he was! Does anyone have any bio details on her?
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