Sorry, I hated that book. Though I would say it’s well-written. Still didn’t like it though. shrug
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I am definitely going to have to read these. Fox Hunters in Space sounds great.
The Show Gypsies by Leigh Brown (best book ever!)
Kiss and Tell by Fiona Walker (eventing)
Cold Burn, At Risk, and Deadman’s Touch by Kit Ehrman
In and Out by Barbara Moss (showjumping, and one of the most ridiculous books ever, but still a fun read)
It is definately a bit of a darker ending…I wouldn’t call it a happy ending. I don’t know as I would say I liked it, either from the aspect of how it left me feeling, but I am not sure I disliked it, either, in retrospect.
Jane Smiley just came out with a new book, told from the horse’s point of view, and taking place in Paris. It’s called “Perestroika In Paris” and I’m just reading it now, it’s delightful 
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RMB is a MFH and her Sister Jane novels revolve around a hunt that is plagued with murders. I love them, but I DO wonder how they keep their membership up with at least one member dying every book. 
Bonus with her books is that the animals (horses, hounds, cats, foxes, other wildlife) are characters who often have dialogue between one another. In one of them, it’s the foxes that solve the murder, if I recall correctly.
Since she is an MFH, all of the hunting information presented in the books is correct–so you can also learn about fox hunting while you read!
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Oooh. I’m going to have to get that one. Her “Horse Heaven” is one of my favorite books of all time.
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Impractical_Horsewoman - Courage to the Sticking Place is the last novel of the series?? I keep going back to look for a new one. I did like your P&P & Personal Statements very much, but I’ll miss Simon.
I haven’t read the Oscar Wilde one yet, not as big of fan of OW as I am Jane Austen.
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I couldn’t stand Riders and gave it away to someone on here. I despised the main character, what a wimp, I wanted to slap her. Also, I did like the young rider until she said the “F” on her necklace meant “F___able”
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I have a new Simon coming out in January, Teach Me How to Rage Correctly! 
It’s completed, and I’m just doing the final round of tweaks before having another pair of eyes look over it. So I have at least one more in me! Thank you so much for asking! I’m very excited all my readers are so excited!
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while not a fiction book I really enjoyed “LazyB” by Sandra Day O’Connor and Alan Day. About her childhood on a remote cattle ranch. It is not high quality writing but it is a fun look at the extra-rural ranch life back in the 30s and early 40s. Stories about the cowboys, the ranch horses and day to day life.
Not a Jane Smiley fan but heard interview on NPR this last weekend about Perestroika and was intrigued
Flambards was produced as a BBC series and might be findable, perhaps via Netflix home service. The on line Netflix and Amazon Prime do not list it
Not fiction, but there’s a kindle deal right now on “Rough Magic:Riding the World’s Lonliest Horse Race”, the true story of the Mongolian endurance race (featured in Impractical_Horsewoman’s book “Crawling Between Heaven and Earth”). $1.99 on Kindle right now.
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I will probably give Perestroika a try. Not a great fan of the author, but it is certainly a charming idea. There really are few adult books with equestrian themes. “For Kicks” by Dick Francis remains my favorite of his books and really captures a gritty sub-par world of some race grooms, Some of his descriptions
of barns and conditions reminds me a bit of the old hack stable I started in during the 60s
