Sounds like a great big oxymoron, right? Wrong. This week, HN book critic Erin McCabe checks out Charles Bukowski’s poetry collection The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses. (more…)
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Wednesday Book Review: ‘My Sadie’
Horse Nation book critic happens upon My Sadie by Tasha Tudor, an illustrated middle-grade read with the relationship between a girl and a Percheron farmhouse at its core. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘The Blessings of the Animals’
Horse Nation book editor Erin McCabe finds this novel by Katrina Kittle a fast-moving, and just plain moving, read. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘The Dirty Life’
HN book critic Erin McCabe is inspired by Kristin Kimball’s “memoir of farming, food and love.” And, yes, there are horses in it. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Horses Never Lie’
A relaxed, happy horse that enjoys being ridden… why is it so difficult to keep sight of this simple (or simple-sounding, at least) goal? Erin McCabe reviews Mark Rashid’s “Horses Never Lie.” (more…)
Rafalcagate: The media weighs in
Whether they know what they’re talking about or not, everyone has something to say about the recent unlikely intersection of politics and dressage. Here are a few stories that caught our eye. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Something Most Deadly’
It was a dark and stormy night in a dressage barn in Massachusetts… HN bookworm Erin McCabe takes this equestrian murder-mystery for a spin and finds it annoyingly cliché. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review
Bless her little bookworm heart, Erin McCabe has been reviewing one book a week for us since HN first emerged from its virtual womb. And yet, she’s hardly made a dent in her to-read list. Can anyone help her whittle the thing down? (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Beyond the Homestretch’
Horse Nation bookworm Erin McCabe mends her dashed Triple Crown dreams with this tribute to life lessons learned from ex-racehorses by Lynn Reardon. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Right from the Start: Create a Sane, Soft, Well-Balanced Horse’
This week Horse Nation book critic Erin McCabe reviews an insightful training manual by Michael Shaffer. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Raja: Story of a Racehorse’
Horse Nation book critic Erin McCabe reviews this middle grade novel by Anne Hambleton that gives insight into the life of an ex-racehorse. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Pidgy’s Surprise’
Seeking relief from serious, wordy, grown-up books, Erin McCabe finds exactly what she’s looking for in this fun, fast, middle-grade read. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Derby Day’
Book critic Erin McCabe picked up D.J. Taylor’s Derby Day expecting a fast-paced, thrilling read. What she found instead was a wordy snooze. (more…)
For the horse show mom who has everything, except a clue
Written by Susan S. Daniels and illustrated by Harry Weber, The Horse Show Mom’s Survival Guide offers an informative introduction to the wild, wacky world of equestrian competition. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Beyond the Track’
When HN Book Critic Erin McCabe started retraining her 4-year-old OTTB, she picked up Beyond the Track: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse. (more…)
Wednesday Book Review: ‘Blaze of Glory’
Horse Nation book critic Erin McCabe reviews Blaze of Glory, a Young Adult novel by M. Garzon that she describes as “vampire hot.” (more…)