Believing in Horses
Last year, I met author Valerie Ormond at the Maryland State Fair. She was sitting at the Maryland Horse Council’s booth with a handful of her books displayed. She was very friendly and we swapped some horse stories and writing stories, and she was very kind while I picked her brain as I am a [...]
Chosen by Author Susan Richards
“I am someone who is meant to love horses.” I feel like I have lived with author Susan Richards for a few years now. When I picked up her first memoir in 2006, Chosen by a Horse, I was an instant fan. In the subsequent years, she has dazzled me with two more memoirs, Chosen [...]
Life is full of surprises for author/eventer, Julia Wendell
I came across Julia Wendell’s memoir, Finding My Distance – a Year in the Life of a Three-Day Event Rider, about a year ago. As soon as I picked it up, I became so engrossed with Julia’s life that I could not put this book down. As a Marylander myself, it was comforting to read [...]
The Complete Story of Secretariat
I never make it to the movie theater…I mean never. And I don’t hate the theater – it’s usually just a time/not knowing what’s out there issue. But when “Secretariat” was out, I made it on the second day!!! So that following Christmas, my sister thoughtfully gave me Secretariat, by William Nack. This is a [...]
The Big Question in The Head and not the Heart
Though I hate to admit this, every so often I wonder what my life would be like without horses. I usually ask myself this question when I’m at the farm on the coldest day of the year, waiting for the vet to arrive while walking my old pony who’s mildly colicking. Or I ask myself [...]
Susan Richards does it again with Saddled
Susan Richards does it again. Saddled, How a Spirited Horse Reined Me in and Set Me Free, is a hit. Though this tale mostly revolves around her first love, her horseGeorgia, even non-horse people will have a hard time putting this one down. Susan is the author of the two best-sellers, 2006’s Chosen by a [...]
Pretty Prose in All the Pretty Horses
I was so excited when a co-worker lent me Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses and couldn’t wait to get started. I had a few books ahead of it, so after I had devoured those, I picked up this National Book Award Winner and got to work. Immediately I realized that this Western was not [...]
Find Your Rhythm in Finding My Distance
Julia Wendell’s Finding My Distance – a Year in the Life of a Three-Day Event Rider, is a memoir that hits you straight in the heart. Readers will relate to Julia whether or not they’re event riders, whether or not they’re even horse people. Everyone can relate to hardship, depression, and the joy in victory [...]
F. Scott Fitzgerald
There’s not a time in my life when I can remember not reading, not loving books. When I think about the two things I’m most passionate about in my life, I can say without skipping a beat, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if it weren’t for horses and books, I’d be lost. Trips [...]
Beyond the Homestretch
So Hurricane Irene is here, ruining my weekend with lots of rain and heavy wind! Since I’m inside reading (and blogging), I figured I’d give my readers a review of a book I read and enjoyed earlier this year. (And yes, it’s a horse book). After reading Lynn Reardon’s Beyond the Homestretch, don’t be surprised [...]