Watcha readin'?

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Permalink Reply by Barbara Sky Horse on June 29, 2009 at 9:08pm

Wiola ...
there just aren't enough hours in the day to get Everything that needs doing, done, Is there.
....*frustrated sighs* .....
~ Barby
by the way ... how's the coaching exam coming along???

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Cochran on February 4, 2010 at 10:14am

Right now I am re-reading a "space opera" series that has a serious horsewoman as one of the main characters. Every book in the series has something about horses, with a concentration of hunting/3-day eventing/racing, but also going into other horsey subjects.
The first book of this series by Elizabeth Moon is "Hunting Party" which has several pages of both riding on a stimulator, some riding lessons, and "fox" hunting. I would love to have a space age stimulator like this, it even replicates the movements of a jump, and of different types of jumps. This book's ISBN is 0-671-72176-3.
I'm reading the second book now, "Sporting Chance". This book goes into hippotherapy for a stroke victim. I really identify with this one. ISBN 0-671-87619-8.
Most of the books are space opera, with good plots and characters. This is the first science fiction series that I've run into which has horse sports as an integral part of the plot. Very enjoyable reads.

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy McDonall on February 4, 2010 at 10:54am

Wow, that sounds very interesting. I'm not a science fiction buff myself, but I might find this interesting given its horsey content. ;-)

I've just joined a new book club and we're reading "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." Not a horsey book by any stretch of the imagination but certainly a compelling read. I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in post-WW2 recovery themes and exploring human relationships. I'm thinking someone will make a movie out of this one some day ...

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Pannell on February 16, 2010 at 4:27am

who publishs that one Dorothy? sounds like fun

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy McDonall on February 16, 2010 at 9:37am

Hey Geoffrey ... this book is written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows and published by Dial Press. It's a New York Times bestseller. While the way it's written is kind of fun (letters back and forth between people gives it an interesting pace and makes it compelling in a whole other way ... kind of like being a voyeur as you read someone else's personal correspondence) it does nevertheless deal with some heart wrenching material, such as the separation of children from their parents for the duration of the war, the Occupation, prisoners of war, the extent to which people had to go just to survive, personal conflict in the face of war,etc. It's very human. I had my eyes opened on a few things. I'd lend you my copy if you didn't live so far away ... ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Pannell on February 16, 2010 at 3:29pm

Thanks Dorothy, I'm sure I can find one here somewere. Always looking for a good read! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Sonia on February 5, 2010 at 12:30pm

I just finished quite an eye-opening read in Steve Harvey's 'Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man'. One conclusion...men are silly!

Right now, I'm reading David Foster's Autobiography 'Hitman'. It's very interesting - I'm beginning to look at some of the familiar songs that we know and love in a different light now that I know the stories behind them and the artists who wrote/sang them. He is a brilliant producer but also a bit of an ass...Oh well.

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Cochran on February 15, 2010 at 5:49pm

I just finished the third book of Elizabeth Moon's space opera/sport horses etc. sci-f- series, called "Winning Colors."
This book has several pages of doing a 3-Day Event, and some discussions about suitable conformation for performance horses with an emphasis on hocks. Good read. Even the space opera part. The horsey discussions are A-1.

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy McDonall on February 16, 2010 at 11:41am

What is space opera?!!

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Cochran on February 16, 2010 at 3:28pm

I consider space opera as science fiction usually mixed with either power politics and/or military (space service.) This series has both, and is very well done. In space opera the writer usually does not explain the science or engineering behind the space ships or the physics behind faster than light travel or communications, or get into deep philosophical ideas.
The term is descended from "horse opera" which described the old Western movies from the 30's, 40's, and with the advent of TV Westerns, the 1950's. I am sure that very few cowboys lived lives as shown on the silver screen, or on TV!

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy McDonall on February 16, 2010 at 5:42pm

Thanks for the explanation. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Siobhan . on February 16, 2010 at 4:16pm

I just finished reading the book 'Dear John', by Nicholas Sparks. It's a very well written love story and I highly reccomend it to readers who like romance novels. The movie is also currently out in theatres and looks pretty good.
=)

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