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The Tagger HerdThe Tagger Herd by Gini Roberge

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a jewel of a book! This was free when I picked it up. It is still free on Kindle Unlimited. Even at full price it is only $2.99. I think it is well worth that and then some.

This wasn’t an action/adventure kind of book. It is family centric and thereby the love of horses that the family holds dear. Get out the kleenex as there are a couple situations that will cause wetness on the cheeks, but the love of the horses and family make this story move. As it was, I couldn’t stop reading. I needed to know what would happen to these horses and this family.

The story takes place in contemporary times with computers, cell phones, and facebook. That makes it even more relatable. Even for those of us who don’t own ranches.

I finished this book too late at night to start the next book. But as of this morning I have already read nearly halfway through. I love this family. I love the horses and the horse rescues that are brought into the story.

Do you love horses? Do you love people who want to care for or rescue horses? This book/series is for you!

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Deidre The Cat Lady SleuthDeidre The Cat Lady Sleuth by Nancy C. Davis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well. That was fast! I don’t much like short stories. But since this didn’t end on a cliffhanger and I know there are more stories in this series, I’ll not complain.

Things I liked: The main character isn’t a pretty young thing. She’s only a couple years younger than me. She is well developed for such a short tale. Next… there are two cats that seem to help out quite a lot. THEN… it takes place in a library where the main character works. What could I not like. Oh, yeah. It was short.

Oh. I forgot to mention that this one is free on Kindle Unlimited. There is text-to-speech but no loanability. I guess that is because of the inexpensive price ($.99) if not using KU.

So if you need a quick read. This is it!

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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” by Lena Dunham

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

First may I say: I am not the target audience. AND I don’t want to judge another person’s journey.

Second: Sometimes a person with ADD can follow another’s train of thought better than others. Lean Dunham’s train never got near my tracks!

Needless to say, I am glad I borrowed it from the library rather than buy it. But there are those out there who will love it so I don’t want to discourage anyone from trying it out for themselves.

It is nice to see a younger ‘sister’ learning and leaning in toward her feminist life. Sorry for the troubles she has had along the way. I wish Lean the best in her continued careers.

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The Skies of Pern (Pern, #16)The Skies of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I SO wanted to give this book five stars. Five stars because I miss Anne McCaffrey and she showed a different way to depict women in science fiction. Five Stars because I got to go back to Pern and enjoy the dragons and dolphins. But I just couldn’t.

Had I read this a long while ago when my eyes were still good, I might have given a higher rating. I wouldn’t have had to listen to the narrator, Dick Hill’s version of the story. Ugh! He makes all the women sound like weak whiners. Even Lessa, who is supposed to be a strong leader, Mr. Hill diminishes with his vocal characterization. But there was no text-to-speech so I was stuck with his voice. And there is no loanability for these books. What the Heck! Poor people want to read, too!

But maybe Dick was only working with what was there? Did our dear Ms. McCaffrey write the book with the male heaviness I felt? I just wasn’t happy with how it progressed. It took me much longer to read, just because it didn’t pull at me like, say, her Harper Hall books did. Okay. I did read most of this series about twenty-four years ago. Whew! That is a long time ago!

It was only near the end of reading this book that I realized that this was the last solo book of the series. I will now have to look up the continuation written with her son, Todd or those he wrote alone. I have a few sitting here, but I will have to find the Kindle versions and Audibles to get by.

SO as much as I miss our dear Anne McCaffrey and her love and talent, I have to stay truthful. This just wasn’t my favorite Pern.

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