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Riders
Riders | Jilly Cooper
7 posts | 14 read | 3 to read
From the queen of the British bestseller lists comes the classic hit every Englishwoman remembers with a sigh -- Riders, the steamy, scandalous tale of sexual and equestrian competition within the heroic world of international show jumping. Welcome to a world of cutthroat competition populated by fearless athletes, wealthy sponsors, and beautiful starlets and set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world. Within this arena we meet the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands the most difficult horse or woman becomes biddable, who is driven by his hatred of Rupert Campbell-Black, the handsome and supremely confident star of the show ring. They steal each other's horses and love each other's women as they push themselves and their mounts to impossible extremes, until their feud erupts, with devastating consequences, at the Los Angeles Olympics.
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TheEllieMo
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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Until February this year, I had never read a Jilly Cooper book. Is this one of the best books written? No. Is it “politically correct” in today‘s world? No. Is it nevertheless still tremendous fun? Absolutely!

#12BooksOf2022
@Andrew65

Andrew65 A very popular author in her day. 2y
dabbe The cover: what cheekiness! 🤣 2y
CarolynM Rupert Campbell Black 😎 I loved this but the next one in the series is my favourite 2y
TheEllieMo @CarolynM Rupert is a man I love to hate! I enjoyed Rivals too, but I think Riders had the edge for me. 2y
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TheEllieMo
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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Mehso-so

Not my usual sort of book, but a book club friend said Cooper‘s books were her “guilty pleasure”, so I thought I‘d give it a go.

Written in the 80s and set in the 70s, it‘s very much of its time, but I did end up caring about some and absolutely hating others, which shows I connected with them in some way. So while being far from the best book I‘ve ever read, it‘s far from the worst, too.

CarolynM This brings back memories! I enjoyed at the time. My favourite of hers is 3y
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TheEllieMo
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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We had a surprise special guest at the #CheltenhamLiteratureFestival 70th Anniversary Lunch! Jilly Cooper CBE

CarolynM I bet that was fun! Hilly is so funny🙂 5y
TheEllieMo @CarolynM she‘s great! So entertaining 😁 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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Ooh la la! I found two authors who share the same initials with me. 😚 Have not read their books, though. 🙈

#magicalmarch #authorwithyourinitials

vkois88 I've never heard of Riders, but great picks nonetheless 7y
rachelk I used to read a lot of Jackie Collins when I was in high school - think X rated soap opera! 😳 7y
CarolynM I love Jilly Cooper, she's a lot of fun. 7y
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Christinak
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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This was suggested to me by a colleague who lived in the #UK I finally broke down last year and bought the ebook. So I now have to ask... Why oh why is it so hard to get Jilly Cooper‘s books in the US with out spending a fortune? I have only found Appassionata in print so far. #bookishproblems
#emojinov
#nov📚📷

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KarenUK
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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#day21 #maybookflowers I feel like these books fall squarely in the #sobaditsgood category! And the TV show was campy, dreadful fun too... described with fabulous alliteration as the 'Racy Rutshire' chronicles! 😂😂😂

MayJasper The covers themselves are so cheesy 7y
LauraBrook I think Eloisa James just read one of hers recently and didn't like it. I have a copy of Riders here, will have to pick it up! 7y
RealLifeReading Those covers!! 7y
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JennaRoot
Riders | Jilly Cooper
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So I was in the mood for a quick naughty read and this has been on my TBR forever. Turns out my library finally got it on Overdrive! I run home to put it on my Kindle and find out its 900 pages!!! Can anyone confirm if this type of commitment is worth it? 😜😁😀

EchoMyEscape Judging by just the cover it look totally naughty 😻 #DoIt #GiveUsTheJuicyDeets 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'm with @EchoMyEscape, read it and give us the juicy deets! Goodreads gives it a 4⭐️ rating... And it looks like there is a second book... And a character called Rupert... 8y
Amandajoy I haven't read it but it's on my wish list & I've heard good things. I'll be interested to see what you think. 8y
JennaRoot @EchoMyEscape @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Amandajoy sorry to disappoint ladies but I think I'm going to bail for now. Maybe I'll try again this winter. 8y
TitleSpines I adore her books 7y
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