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Thanks!
I guess they must have heard us about the cover, since it’s not there. Sample pages gone now too![/QUOTE]
They’re both still there for me…
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I didn’t read through all the posts. the book looks incredibly tacky.
but
does anyone know who makes the bridle that is shown on the cover? I want one.[/QUOTE]
A Bit of Britain probably carries it as I think it’s an eventing bridle since it has round brass buckles and it doesn’t use hook & eye bit attachments on the cheek pieces.
I just read the sample pages. Can I have those 5 minutes of my life back? :eek:
^I felt the same way! If teens want better horse books, try the Heartland Series. They are great as long as you can get past/don’t take too seriously the NH thing. At least they actually have sympathetic characters who develop throughout the series, and a plot. I wasn’t as impressed with her other series though, the ones about the boarding school.
For better quality, I’d go with “Perfect Distance” or the K.M. Peyton books, “Fly-by-night” and “The Team”…
…that said, I’ll probably still read this damn book. Even after reading the sample. Sigh.
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For better quality, I’d go with “Perfect Distance” or the K.M. Peyton books, “Fly-by-night” and “The Team”…
…that said, I’ll probably still read this damn book. Even after reading the sample. Sigh.[/QUOTE]
It’s ok, at least you have an “excuse.” PS… horsey middle schoolers would LOVE the “Jill” series by Ruby Ferguson for better quality reading. According to wikipedia, even the Queen Mother agreed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ferguson. They are British and I believe are out of print, but you can probably find them on amazon/ebay. I have an entire set somewhere that my aunt gave me when I was about 11/12. They are actually well written and Jill gets up to some real adventures, such as backing wild new forest ponies and going on a week long pony trek! They are great and really “old school” british, a lot like Enid Blyton except with horses, what could be better?!
Wellllll, everyone complains that horses/horse sports don’t get enough coverage in the media, in our culture. But, this is how it goes: if you want horses out there as part of our every-day life, then this is how it’s done.
I think it’s great. The purists (I’m one of them) cringe (and I do), but if you want horses more wide-spread and more a part of everyday life in this country, this is how it’s done.
I loved Fly-by-Night…:yes:
Well managed to make it through the sample pages…
I might be reading it If it becomes a freebie on kindle.Pay 10$ I dont know.
Gee poor girl a hispanic goom to take horse when done,a GPA, etc…
While the idea behind the book is probably a good one BUT really through the ‘eyes’ of 2 ‘‘rich’’ girls How about a book from the eyes of a hard working mom of 2 or 3 who works to support her horse habit who tries to figure out how to be 2 or 3 places at the same time on weekends and then tries to get off work in middle of the week to show in the ammie classes. That would be a book worth reading…
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Well managed to make it through the sample pages…
I might be reading it If it becomes a freebie on kindle.Pay 10$ I dont know.
Gee poor girl a hispanic goom to take horse when done,a GPA, etc…
While the idea behind the book is probably a good one BUT really through the ‘eyes’ of 2 ‘‘rich’’ girls How about a book from the eyes of a hard working mom of 2 or 3 who works to support her horse habit who tries to figure out how to be 2 or 3 places at the same time on weekends and then tries to get off work in middle of the week to show in the ammie classes. That would be a book worth reading…[/QUOTE]
You know the first rule of mediocre novelists, write what you know. I doubt Georgina knows anything about hard working moms of 2 or 3 trying to make ends meet and getting their Adult Ammy horse to an occasional show, etc.
We are a hard crowd. Most of the time we lambast these types of books for being SO INCREDIBLY INACCURATE, which they are. This one is to all appearances pretty darn accurate, even if it does portray some unpleasant facets of the horse world, and we then say how cliche it is. Which is also true, but I did chuckle – Georgina’s next book will probably be about how you can’t please anyone in the horse industry no matter what you do, and involve a girl finding an injured pegasus in the woods, co-written by Pam Halpert.
Well, it is a “teen” book, I’m not sure that would be a big seller to that crowd. But it would be nice to give them some real problems to ponder during the read…
I think there’s a difference in accuracy, and using jargon that is over most of the public’s head. There’s a lot of stuff in there your basic lesson-taking kid is not going to get, ‘blind drunken monkeys finding 8 spots’ is some heavy industry slang, but not exactly an accurate representation of the sport.
I guess I can’t tell if this was written to promote interest in the sport, or literally just to make money on the few thousand (hundreds?) of kids that understand the circuit on this (selfish, catty & superficial) level.
If that’s the only way they know the “A” Circuit then that’s just pretty sad. There is more to the circuit than Wellington and Indoors; that would be my preferred spin … this one leaves little hope for the non-billionaires.
Not to mention the book appears to be pitched at the Twilight/Gossip Girls market (tweens who want to be the teens in the books) which means making an adult ammy working mother the heroine would probably sell about as well as Pat Parelli Videos at a COTH forums convention.
I bet they’re not chirpin’ anymore! :lol:
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I guess I can’t tell if this was written to promote interest in the sport, or literally just to make money on the few thousand (hundreds?) of kids that understand the circuit on this (selfish, catty & superficial) level.
If that’s the only way they know the “A” Circuit then that’s just pretty sad. There is more to the circuit than Wellington and Indoors; that would be my preferred spin … this one leaves little hope for the non-billionaires.[/QUOTE]
I know if I had a teenage daughter I wouldn’t be drawing her attention to this book – I am sure they all think about their boobs a lot already, but I don’t want to encourage it. Hopefully boob-obsessed rock star’s daughter ends up working at a food bank and realizing that her assets aren’t important as being nice by the end of the book, but something makes me not care, still wouldn’t want my kid thinking the first is an available frame of reference.
This book is way trashier than Twilight, not a fan of that but I did read it and it wasn’t this crass.
This makes Twilight look like Walden.
I’m not a teen - but it’s about time!!! It will be a movie soon you know…
I watch that ridiculous Saddle Club just because I like to see the horses… :lol:
And admit I liked Twighlight… 
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I think in the modern teen publishing climate, it’s almost impossible to market more literarySNIP books for older readers. [/QUOTE]
FTFY. 
Honestly, between Gossip Girls, its clones and the borderline-illteracy that is Twilight, it’s amazing anything halfway intelligent gets printed for the YA market. It’s out there, but you have to know where to look…
[QUOTE=danceronice;5592025]
FTFY.
Honestly, between Gossip Girls, its clones and the borderline-illteracy that is Twilight, it’s amazing anything halfway intelligent gets printed for the YA market. It’s out there, but you have to know where to look…[/QUOTE]
Agreed. I’m 16 and going to the bookstore is sometimes shockingly atrocious! I generally steal my parents books I just finished “Shadow Divers,” about deep-sea divers who discover a German U-Boat, and it was fantastic. Way better than the 8 million book series about rich brats at boarding school/living in New York City/LA/who are daughters of famous people. I don’t mind one of those every once in a while, as they’re frothy and distracting, but ughh they get SO predictable.
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It’s ok, at least you have an “excuse.” PS… horsey middle schoolers would LOVE the “Jill” series by Ruby Ferguson for better quality reading. According to wikipedia, even the Queen Mother agreed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ferguson. They are British and I believe are out of print, but you can probably find them on amazon/ebay. I have an entire set somewhere that my aunt gave me when I was about 11/12. They are actually well written and Jill gets up to some real adventures, such as backing wild new forest ponies and going on a week long pony trek! They are great and really “old school” british, a lot like Enid Blyton except with horses, what could be better?![/QUOTE]
Oooh, I don’t have any horse-y students… but I want to read those myself! Thanks!
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Oooh, I don’t have any horse-y students… but I want to read those myself! Thanks![/QUOTE]
They are awesome. :yes: I seem to remember reading that they were getting re-printed, so they might be easier to find.
http://www.fidrabooks.com/publishing/ferguson.shtml
Love Fly-by-night and The Team, too.
Also loved most of Caroline Akrill’s books too.
[QUOTE=Jumpthemoon16;5592108]
Agreed. I’m 16 and going to the bookstore is sometimes shockingly atrocious! I generally steal my parents books I just finished “Shadow Divers,” about deep-sea divers who discover a German U-Boat, and it was fantastic. Way better than the 8 million book series about rich brats at boarding school/living in New York City/LA/who are daughters of famous people. I don’t mind one of those every once in a while, as they’re frothy and distracting, but ughh they get SO predictable.[/QUOTE]
Nice post… and I think you hit the nail on the head how I feel… (first I wish I made more time for reading a good book) these days what I do read is “self help” related so I can fix some issue I am having… but the reality is I too don’t mind one of those every once in a while (frothy and distracting) books… for mindless entertainment… lol…
