tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post5683337195848366599..comments2024-02-27T10:50:27.922+00:00Comments on Books, Mud and Compost. And Horses.: PBOTD 12th October: Patricia Leitch - Dream of Fair HorsesJane Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-26439163823043618502014-10-27T14:16:27.320+00:002014-10-27T14:16:27.320+00:00It is a fine, fine book, and yes, wouldn't it ...It is a fine, fine book, and yes, wouldn't it have been fine to have been busted out by Blake-quoting parents? Mine would have been far more likely to have marched me back in, demanding Blake be memorised.Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-9222426364634168542014-10-25T21:31:28.533+01:002014-10-25T21:31:28.533+01:00I hoped you'd feature this one! It's abso...I hoped you'd feature this one! It's absolutely wonderful, even better than the best of the Jinny novels. Hard to think of a better pony book really.<br /><br />I love how well-realised all of the other characters are, from Mela (I think...) Troughton to the Ramsays to Gill's brothers and sisters. <br /><br />I longed for one of my parents to burst into school, quote Blake at the teachers, and bust me right out, Caridia style. <br /><br />I found the book in Woolworths in the late 80s/early 90s. That dates me somewhat. :)Jewellnoreply@blogger.com