RJ

Don’t buy this if you think it’s about horses

Revisado: 11-01-22

I got this because it was on a list of horse books. This is not a horse book. It is a good characterization of the denizens of a low end race track and their sordid lives.

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A different WWII story

Revisado: 11-11-19

This book was recommended to me by a friend who is a WWII 'junkie.' It tells a different part of the war story, focusing on the merchant mariners who came from a tiny community in rural Virginia. The story revolves around the significant toll on merchant ships by German U-boats, many of them sitting right off the mouths of rivers and bays on the East Coast. Many of the men who were torpedoed and spent days or weeks in lifeboats, went back to sea and were torpedoed again. Mathews County is no better off today than it was during WWII. The families in the book still live in Mathews where a large percentage of its residents are now elderly. Thankfully, the significant contribution they made to supplying the war effort, has been preserved by Mr. Giroux.

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Beautiful, Funny & Ever So Entertaining

Revisado: 05-27-19

I've heard lots of interviews of participants in the Mongol Derby, watched a documentary, and read other accounts of this grueling race. Generally, the theme of everything I've heard/read before focused on the difficulty and misery of this extreme adventure. Lara Prior-Palmer, who, at 19, entered the race on a whim, has a very different description of her experience. She seems an incredibly happy soul, delighted to be 'in the situation' enjoying the challenge of the Mongolian ponies, the food, finding her way and the steppes. She is not put off when others remark on her lack of preparedness, she just enjoys the ponies, who are a challenge for the best of riders, and the scenery. Her dry sense of humor and anthropomorphizing of various inanimate objects (a GPS that shows a rare bit of enthusiasm when she is lost; a bungy cord who finally attains the fame she's been longing for when she uses it to tie herself to her pony one night) had me laughing out loud. She's a wonderful writer! I recommend this book, even if you aren't a horse person, or into extreme adventures. To really get the most of her accomplishment and her description of the race, watch All The Wild Horses before you read the book.

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The Perfect Narrator!

Revisado: 08-01-17

This was a good beach listen, but the best part is the narrator. She's Hildy!!

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Don't waste your money

Revisado: 12-31-14

What disappointed you about Reaching Alpha Horses?

There are no techniques included in this book. If you think you'll find some ideas for dealing with your Alpha Horse here, you'll be completely disappointed.

Has Reaching Alpha Horses turned you off from other books in this genre?

Although this is fairly typical - some horse-help books are good and some are like this - touting the author's accomplishments without helping the reader at all, I hope more people will write reviews so the rest of us can spend our money on books that will actually provide some help.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kathleen Godwin?

The narrator was fine.

What character would you cut from Reaching Alpha Horses?

See answer to first question.

Any additional comments?

This book wasn't helpful - unless you have enough money to send your horse to Halcyon Farms

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A Voice Still Missed

Revisado: 11-30-10

The first book I ever listened to was Frank's reading of The Great Gatsby. That was the beginning of more than a quarter of a century of listening to books. Soon after that first book, I began to choose books that were read by Frank and was introduced to many brilliant authors I would not have otherwise picked up. Long commutes, days of yard work and vacations spent doing major projects became times I looked forward to because while doing them, I got to listen to Frank's story telling. I was delighted to find this, but was crying by the end.

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