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Susanita
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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To say my reading has fallen off the past several days would be an accurate statement. 😳

Be that as it may, I‘m pivoting to Horse today ahead of tonight‘s book club meeting. It‘s good so far!

I bailed on Starling House. It just wasn‘t working for me. With seven weeks left in the year, I do expect to finish the rest of these plus some others. My Goodreads goal is 80 and I‘ve read 74 to date.

#TenBeforeTheEnd

ChaoticMissAdventures ✅ great job. It is a difficult time of year and a difficult time in general for a lot of people to concentrate on much. 1w
Ruthiella You can do it! 💪 1w
Suet624 Best wishes on your goal. Horse is supposed to be great! 1w
BookmarkTavern Good luck! 1w
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Kboltz
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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Kept seeing this and resisted reading it. Saw someone said how they were learning and made myself pick up the paperback. 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎. Art history, equine science, horse racing in the antebellum South, 3 timelines and a bit of a romance…Loved this Read. Not a horse person but now I am closer to being one. Based on the stud Lexington.

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REPollock
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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Pickpick

Wow, what a ride! I perhaps wouldn‘t have picked up this novel just based on a blurb or plot synopsis, but I know the author writes books I love to read and this one is no exception. My heart was captured by the characters, humans and horses. Highly recommended although not for the faint of heart—brutal treatment of humans and horses.

Deblovestoread Love the quilt! 3mo
REPollock @Deblovestoread thank you! My aunt made it from worn out clothes. It‘s huge! Like longer than a bed. 3mo
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JessClark78
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Pickpick

‘The handicapping of horse races requires no less prowess than bridge, poker, or chess. The skills of the expert handicapper are, in fact, closely comparable to those of the good bridge, poker, or chess player.‘

I read an old edition of this. Information regarding the trainers, jockeys, etc. is outdated, but the rest of the book was interesting and useful.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024

DieAReader 🥳Great 3mo
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Kgaudiuso
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
Mehso-so

If you are looking for a dramatic book with lots of twists and turns…this is not it. While an interesting story, it was one I mustered through rather than being excited to read.

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Octoberwoman
Hot Money | Dick Francis
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Blueberry
Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Laura Hillenbrand
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Eggs Perfect 🖤🐎🤍 4mo
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Kshakal
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐎 🖤📚 4mo
Eggs Great cover 🤎 🐎 💚 4mo
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Karisimo
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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Couldn‘t pass up this one by a must-read author for me! #coverlove #horse

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 💛🐎🧡 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 4mo
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behudd
Horse: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Expertly researched & written, I really enjoyed this! Brooks is a master at weaving a story through so many timelines - this one set in 1850, 1950, & 2019 - and five different narrators. The 5 readers who made up the audiobook were excellent, too.
I knew nothing about the history of horse racing, the horse Lexington, or all the lost stories of the Black trainers, grooms, & jockeys of the USA‘s antebellum time period.
Definitely recommend!

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