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Post by Claire on Sept 11, 2009 10:46:18 GMT 1
Kunuma re Elizabeth Goudge: elizabethgoudge.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/Some stuff on my website also there you can find a link to another site with more detail. Love the book havent read it for a while though.
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Post by kunuma on Sept 11, 2009 20:34:04 GMT 1
Thanks Claire, missed that link before - I knew she must have lived in the Westcountry and it was fascinating to see that the area she fell in love with was down in South Devon. She has horses and dogs in many of her books, and I was pleased to see the comment that she preferred dogs to people! I knew I would have liked her! ;D
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Post by exmoorfan on Sept 28, 2009 22:36:24 GMT 1
Not read Eliabeth Goudge. Sounds like I should. Have just read Blind Beauty and loved it like others have said. I am a K.M Peyton fan now as have liked all I have read so far. ;D Also read The reading circle Pamtomine Ponies which was a let down after that but readable. On another K.M Peyton now The Wild Boy and Queen Moon and love it so far.
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Post by beswickcollector on Sept 30, 2009 11:42:12 GMT 1
I am reading - Freelance the Pony by Joan Begbie. I must admit by looking at the cover I thought it was going to be a load of rubbish. I have been pleasantly surprised. It is set in the New Forest just before the 2nd World War and goes into some detail about the docking of horse's tails. It was written in 1947 and I think docking became illegal in 1949 and I think Joan Begbie is definately against the practice of docking. A good read so far.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2009 12:41:28 GMT 1
I think I would like to read this book. It sounds very interesting.
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Post by haffyfan on Oct 1, 2009 20:03:05 GMT 1
I ahve just read Mylor The Kidnapp which was excellent, every bit as good as the original imo. I also read Three of a Kind which is really a family story with ponies in places but enjoyable and didn't fill me with horror as Minda did. I also have just read Chosen By A Horse (sorry given it my mum and can't think of Author) and found it to be not all all what i expected from blurb if I'm honest, but not in a good way...new York Times best seller or not.
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Post by Claire on Oct 1, 2009 20:45:37 GMT 1
Ooh I'd like to get my hands on Mylor the Kidnap as I liked the first one a lot. I recently read Swiftly by Michael Maguire too and was a tad disappointed after spending ages tracking it down, so I'm glad that the mylor sequel sounds good.
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Post by kunuma on Oct 4, 2009 20:25:37 GMT 1
Summer with Tommy by Caroline Silver - a fun memory for all of us who ever trained a youngster in the bad old days! Funny how it was possible to break in a pony in the seventies with a headcollar and a piece of string!
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Post by Claire on Oct 4, 2009 20:58:17 GMT 1
Glad I wasnt the only one ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2009 17:47:44 GMT 1
I think I would like to read this book. It sounds very interesting. And it was. I really enjoyed this and it has some lovely illustrations in it. I did giggle at the reference to gingham pants that the girl was wearing. Not sure if I should mention that though I think Joan Begbie was against docking too beswickcollector. Ugh! What a horrible thing to do to a horse
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Post by sarah on Oct 15, 2009 18:37:49 GMT 1
I enjoyed Freelance when I read it.
I've just read The Pony Fund - Jane Horsfield. Enjoyed reading it as I'd read here other one No Place for Ponies years ago and never realised there was a prequel.
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Post by kunuma on Oct 15, 2009 20:48:29 GMT 1
Is it my senility at work again, or are there two "No Place for Ponies" books? I swear I have got one by Primrose Cummings called that?
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Post by beswickcollector on Oct 16, 2009 8:46:44 GMT 1
Glad you liked Freelance, Rosie
I am now struggling to read A Swiss Adventure by Pat Smythe . I think it would be more interesting if I had been to Switzerland and could imagine the scenery. I am determined to finish this book eventualy!
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Post by Claire on Oct 16, 2009 10:33:24 GMT 1
I can't really recommend it as a good read beswickcollector, it makes the 3 jays stories seem positively thrilling ;D still thats just my 'umble opinion. You might enjoy it!
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Post by sarah on Oct 16, 2009 19:45:30 GMT 1
Yes - Primrose Cummings wrote one called No Place for Ponies as well (never read that one)
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Post by Claire on Oct 16, 2009 20:51:57 GMT 1
I like Primrose's No Place For Ponies, one of my favs of hers. I havent read the other one or The Pony Fund in fact I havent even got the author on my website!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2009 11:00:54 GMT 1
I've just won a copy of Primrose Cummings No place for ponies and it's just arrived. I kept quiet as I didn't want to tempt fate and the thing not turn up I got it for £1.49 No dust jacket but it's in good condition with a lovely colour illustration in the front. So I'm well happy and will get stuck into it when I've finished the first Jinny book ;D
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Post by beswickcollector on Oct 17, 2009 12:23:09 GMT 1
I agree with you Claire about Pat Smythe's 'Swiss Adventure', I have finished it now and it really does make Three Jays seem good!
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Post by Claire on Oct 17, 2009 19:35:00 GMT 1
;D beswickcollector certainly one for the stinkers pile Hope you enjoy No Place for Ponies rosie - tell us what you think when you've read it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 12:33:08 GMT 1
I meant to read No Place For Ponies next but grabbed Wish for a pony by Monica Edwards instead Anyway I'm enjoying it so far....I remember being like the girls in the story who hang around stables or anyone who had a horse and trying to get a ride! This is the first Monica Edwards book I've read
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Post by Claire on Oct 21, 2009 14:15:59 GMT 1
Rosie you have some treats in store for you if you start reading the rest of the Monica Edwards books. They get a lo more complex as they follow the characters through the years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 18:35:58 GMT 1
I'm definately going to read more of her books now
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2009 14:09:04 GMT 1
It reminded me of The Empty Field by CPT just a little bit as the children are trying to save a pony from being sold for dogs meat by a nasty man. And one pony and child fell in a bog....agh no..not the bog again lol! But having said that, I really did enjoy it
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Post by Buster on Oct 26, 2009 17:28:57 GMT 1
I'm reading 'The AA's Guide to Driving Theory Tests' :/ In all honesty I really need to read a new book soon, think im gonna start on the Noel and Henry series again
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Post by haffyfan on Oct 26, 2009 21:57:11 GMT 1
LOL mysteryarab, bet you can't put it down!
I just read the horsefield No place for ponies (sorry if I already posted this) and although it's a sequel (I ahven't read the other) it reads very well as a stand alone and I really enjoyed it which i didn';t expect to if i'm honest. Bit predictable at the end and one heck of a big coincidence in the storyline (It wouldn't have worked without i guess) but non the less I would read it again and recommend it to others.
Also just finised Holiday Summer (Decie Merwin), bit of a family story with ponies (lots of) but with a real vintage charm feel about it....although i couldn't help but think the old bloke (forget his name already) would make off with the valuable necklace rather than take it to be valued... Lol imagine that scenario today
I am reading now Pamela Phillips the Chestnut pony...the illustrations are divine...the storyline rather less so...
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Post by exmoorfan on Oct 27, 2009 11:18:03 GMT 1
Well I am hooked on K.M Peyton and have just loved Darkling.. Now on Who sir .? Me sir.. Rosie, Glad you are enjoying Monica.. ;D She is my fave Author I think now closely followed by K.M Peyton
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Post by susanb on Oct 27, 2009 15:15:03 GMT 1
haffy.....if you enjoyed Holiday Summer by Decie Merwin, I'd also recommend Robin and Mr. Jones by her...in spite of the name, it is a pony book (Mr. Jones is a pony, Robin is a girl). Again an old fashioned book about a girl learning to ride....not a demanding read, but very charming.
I just read one of your favorites for the first time....Janet Must Ride by Diana Pullein-Thompson, which I got for my birthday (hardcover w/dj...yea!)....and you (and all here who recommended it) were right...it's wonderful! Thanks to everyone for touting it, as that's why I put it on my "wish list"!
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Post by susanb on Oct 27, 2009 15:19:33 GMT 1
exmoor fan...I love Peyton, and Who Sir, Me Sir, I found hysterical....not much really in the way of ponies, but an awful lot of fun. I understand there is a sequel, but I haven't yet tracked it down to read.
If you don't mind sailing/adventure books, I'd also suggest the first books she wrote as K.M. Peyton, (with her husband, Michael, the "M" in K.M.) the Sea Scout books....the best of the quartet was (in my opinion) Stormcock Meets Trouble, but I also enjoyed Brownsea Silver and The Hard Way Home...they can all be read as stand alones, so don't worry too much about order, or having them all.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2009 15:43:58 GMT 1
ohhh how spooky! exmoorfan and susanb, the book I picked up to read next is Swallow the Star, a paperback I got from a charity shop for peanuts. I've not read any of K.M.peytons books either ( I really do have a lot of catching up to do ;D ) Anyway, I think I'm going to like her too, as only a few chapters in I'm enjoying it
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Post by susanb on Oct 27, 2009 19:19:56 GMT 1
definitley an odd coinsidence, rosie, I have the three Swallow paperbacks in my tbr pile (along with her Right Hand Man)! I try not think of it as needing to "catch up", but instead as "oooh....I have so many great books left to read!", though when the tbr piles begin to sway due to their great height, it becomes difficult to maintain that mindset
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