tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post1921127942065000135..comments2024-03-26T05:15:39.663-07:00Comments on Equestrian Ink: Horse Books for Horse PeopleJami Davenporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-74729835430225638492013-05-03T12:15:29.105-07:002013-05-03T12:15:29.105-07:00agreed 100%! Carolyn Banks had a wonderful series...agreed 100%! Carolyn Banks had a wonderful series of mystery books in the '90s that had dressage as the background theme - very enjoyable and unabashedly horsey. I don't think they've made it to e-reader yet but worth picking up whenever you can find them. Other "horse" books have been somewhat disappointing - where the "horse-theme" on the cover is never really supported by the story... I very much enjoy the ones that these authors on this blog have offered :-)KYCowgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-81424366117939805972013-04-17T07:45:32.145-07:002013-04-17T07:45:32.145-07:00Yep, have a whole shelf full of those. Since I am ...Yep, have a whole shelf full of those. Since I am still very much learning about horses, and I haven't reread this in a couple of years, I hope I'm not out of line suggesting "Horseplay" by by Judy Reene Singer. If I had read it during my divorce, I'd probably be sitting in a very different place by now ;) The ending, especially, will touch any horsewoman's heart.Jennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-83072916734803991132013-04-16T15:34:09.265-07:002013-04-16T15:34:09.265-07:00Do tell me at least one of you have set your Faceb...Do tell me at least one of you have set your Facebook to "English-UK" (it says "via mobile" instead of "via cell phone" for starters) and you spell things with an "s" and then have to go back and delete the "s" and add a "z" shaking your head all the while!!<br /><br />I mean the "s" is even easier to reach on the keyboard. Surely editors should understand that "realise" is more of a pleasure to write for arthritic equestrian author fingers than "realize."<br /><br />Children training stallions. Heh. Those old books were essentially child endangerment! Natalie Keller Reinerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171624494588937877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-41318985729544030632013-04-16T13:40:40.213-07:002013-04-16T13:40:40.213-07:00OOOOh, bad supposedly-horsey writing just makes me...OOOOh, bad supposedly-horsey writing just makes me crazy. I have a definite appreciation for e-readers and strictly-niche publishing when it comes to OUR genre, for sure! Well-written horsey books were scarcer than hens teeth when I was growing up. I still have all the good ones I did find. My favorite is a rare gem called "The Show Gypsies," by Leigh Brown. Every detail is accurate and I absolutely reveled in it and still enjoy re-reading it for the illionth time.<br /><br />P.S. I once got a 98 instead of my usual 100% on a spelling test, because in a fit of Anglophilia I spelled color "colour." My teacher would not listen to my reasoning. Boy, was I mad!RiderWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679157278313699794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-36308472020553380672013-04-16T12:29:47.570-07:002013-04-16T12:29:47.570-07:00That was a funny post! So true, but I love how you...That was a funny post! So true, but I love how you picked up on the girls in pigtails and red coats (maybe I added the pigtails...)tying their ponies to trees (did you mention trees?!) by their reins. Argh! <br /><br />Incidentally, I still loved all those old-fashioned English pony books when I was a little girl, because I loved the idea of little girls riding stallions and training horses and winning shows within six months of starting riding! It was a dream! I wanted to be one of those little girls! I guess that's why that stuff got published, at least back then. I don't know what's being published in the same genre these days.<br /><br />Anyway, your post made me giggle and smile, which is a good thing on a day where the news is so sad and gloomy and depressing. Thank you.Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312915602595615476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-6384434914497302042013-04-16T09:36:26.765-07:002013-04-16T09:36:26.765-07:00OMG YES!
When I was a kid, my dad brought me Brit...OMG YES!<br /><br />When I was a kid, my dad brought me British pony books from his trips to Canada. I still have them and having read the good stuff, I could barely stomach the series (initials SC, and others) with little girls riding stallions and "training" horses unsupervised after riding for six months and tacking up a horse out of the field in 10 minutes. Yeah, right. How does that "stuff" get published, anyway?<br />I like this blog because it introduced me to GOOD writers so I can look for and find horsey books that are worth buying. And I would buy them in hardcover if I could. (and have, Laura!)BetCnoreply@blogger.com