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According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk; a splatter of âŚ
Really nice microhistory text spanning from prehistory to today. Kurlansky has a knack for making you interested in just about anything, though I wish he had gone more into milkâs ties to modern white supremacy.
Whole-health practices from nose to tail ensure sound horse management and teach lifelong, quality lessons âŚ
Itâs hard to rate a reference book like this when I myself am about the furthest thing from a horse person as you can get. That, and these kinds of things arenât really meant to be read cover to cover. The title intrigued me, and I tend to approach concepts like holistic medicine with a fair bit of skepticism.
That being said, I appreciate the authorâs continual insistence that none of her methods should be used to replace traditional vet medicine. I think people who have horses will probably find the exercise tutorials unnecessary since it involves starting stuff like lunging, so maybe that whole section could have been used for something else.
Still, this was interesting!
Whole-health practices from nose to tail ensure sound horse management and teach lifelong, quality lessons in care. Whole Health for âŚ
Think you know the good guys from the bad? Think you understand the strange energy âŚ
One of those rare novels that manages to pull off a creative concept with a large cast while keeping its story airtight and controlled. Nothing is left for you to wonder the âwhat-itâsâ on - your questions are answered, and then some. Quite a feat for a book short enough to be read in an afternoon.
When is attending a funeral or memorial service âa must,â and when is it optional? âŚ
While there are some interesting tidbits of advice here, a lot of it is what you would expect. You would be better serviced in getting a more comprehensive modern etiquette guidebook, as they often have a section dedicated to bereavement dos and donâts.
Unlike many other etiquette books written within the last five years, this one is very hetero and cisnormative. Trans people arenât going to find much in the way of specialized advice when it comes to pre-death prep in the wake of ostracized immediate family.
"Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren, he felt âŚ
Iâve read this banger of a novel once a year for many years now - it always holds up.
Uncover the captivating backstory of Marguerite Henry, author of Misty of Chincoteague and dozens of âŚ
What a perfect send-off after Iâve finished the Misty books. Friedlandâs earnest passion for the subject matter is infectious and delightful - enough to make even a curmudgeon like myself slowly grow to fall more in love with the ponies of Chincoteague.
Now Lee is free from the malevolent ghost of Morris Hawke, his clairvoyant gifts are âŚ
Itâs not that I didnât enjoy myself on this, because I did, itâs more just that this is more drama than mystery. There is a mystery, donât get me wrong, but itâs not much of one (and I feel like thatâs by design?) Iâm not sure.
Maybe I just went in with the wrong expectations, because a title like âMistyâs Twilightâ and knowing this is the fourth and last book of the series led me to believe that this would be all about Mistyâs golden years, rather than a completely different horse. Oh well.
This book was written decades after the third installment, and itâs about a dermatologist dragging her kids to Chincoteague to fulfill her childhood dream of owning an island pony for herself. The entire first third of the book plays out as a bizarre âremember when?â of the characters pointing at things and saying something along the lines âwow, remember when this happened in the book?â
Gone is Henryâs descriptive style - âMistyâs Twilightâ reads as cold and clinical by comparison. I had to double check to make sure this was the same author. Itâs just so passionless.
The worst part is that âŚ
Maybe I just went in with the wrong expectations, because a title like âMistyâs Twilightâ and knowing this is the fourth and last book of the series led me to believe that this would be all about Mistyâs golden years, rather than a completely different horse. Oh well.
This book was written decades after the third installment, and itâs about a dermatologist dragging her kids to Chincoteague to fulfill her childhood dream of owning an island pony for herself. The entire first third of the book plays out as a bizarre âremember when?â of the characters pointing at things and saying something along the lines âwow, remember when this happened in the book?â
Gone is Henryâs descriptive style - âMistyâs Twilightâ reads as cold and clinical by comparison. I had to double check to make sure this was the same author. Itâs just so passionless.
The worst part is that the protagonist, Sandy, represents the worst kind of horse owner (aka stinking rich). She sends Twilight to a trainer for three weeks without doing any kind of background check, nor does she bother to make visits or check in on how things are going. Big surprise, Twilight ends up traumatized and emaciated by abusive training methods. A completely avoidable situation that Sandy only blames the trainer for.
Itâs weird to read about a couple kids visiting taxidermy Misty in the fourth book of the Misty series, right? Iâm not the only one who thinks thatâs weird?
Jules is a trans man trapped in his life as a nun. The devil that âŚ
A rhapsody for gay trans men, gorgeously illustrated, forged into something that feels so wonderfully intimate that you canât stop from reading it cover to cover.
I mean it when I say that this is by leagues and bounds the most beautiful book I own now. From its striking gold foil cover to the surrealist panels waiting underneath, itâs a firework compressed into paper.
Jules and Casper are wonderful characters, and their nonsensical world of medieval tapestries, IPhones, and pillow talk about the Michelin Man make them feel like friends youâve known or lovers youâve had.
Stormy, Misty's Foal is a children's novel written by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis, âŚ
Book #3 of the Misty series once again performs a hard reset on the Beebe timeline, as Sea Star is AWOL (he isnât even referenced - which creeps out Adult Me but Child Me probably wouldnât have minded much, I guess) and Misty herself is back home from NYC.
This one is about a storm that decimates the islandâs town and nearly wipes out the feral pony herd. It doesnât shy away from the bleaker parts of disaster recovery, and I think Henry did a great job in balancing the grim nature of the whole thing for a young audience.
Itâs a little frustrating to see Maureen get shot down over and over again. Literally anytime she says anything in this book, Paul or the Grandparents immediately push back. She constantly laments being both âborn a girlâ and unable to help with the recovery efforts, and nothing ever comes of âŚ
Book #3 of the Misty series once again performs a hard reset on the Beebe timeline, as Sea Star is AWOL (he isnât even referenced - which creeps out Adult Me but Child Me probably wouldnât have minded much, I guess) and Misty herself is back home from NYC.
This one is about a storm that decimates the islandâs town and nearly wipes out the feral pony herd. It doesnât shy away from the bleaker parts of disaster recovery, and I think Henry did a great job in balancing the grim nature of the whole thing for a young audience.
Itâs a little frustrating to see Maureen get shot down over and over again. Literally anytime she says anything in this book, Paul or the Grandparents immediately push back. She constantly laments being both âborn a girlâ and unable to help with the recovery efforts, and nothing ever comes of it. She never gets any kind of comeuppance or moment for herself. Realistic, but still irritating to read knowing the target audience for this book.
What's haunting Lee Tyack? He's moved in with Gideon Frayne, and they're both loving their âŚ
No matter how much I may gripe that this series is paced like a meandering long-term fanfic without an outline, at the end of the day itâs still got my attention and offers up a couple of fellas who Iâve really grown to like.
Gideon and Lee are a sad rarity in mlm fiction. Theyâre in a solid established relationship now, and their dynamic has a strong foundation built on trust and communication. I love their banter and physical familiarity - it makes it almost hard to believe that they havenât even been together for a full year.
Is it a bit soap opera-y at times? Oh, sure, but thatâs the fun of it. Itâs a serialized mystery series with all the fun paranormal trappings.
Ian is happy with his life in a remote Canadian fishing town, where he has only the sea and his âŚ
âOnly the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. Iâm just a Jade. Iâm not a real hero.â
As each âŚ
For six years Richard and Tobias have written to each other sharing every detail of their lives and the occasional âŚ