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Adorable, adorable adorable !!!!! I’ve been meaning to read this for so long. Absolutely precious - love the art style. Just a solid and compact story.

A great beginning text for aspiring equestrians. I don’t know how much use it would be to someone more advanced. The information is easy-to-understand and written in such a way that it isn’t patronizing.

I do wish there was at least some form of conclusion - ending everything off with a single bleak page covering euthanasia is a bit blunt.

Really nice microhistory text spanning from prehistory to today. Kurlansky has a knack for making you interested in just about anything, though I wish he had gone more into milk’s ties to modern white supremacy.

It’s hard to rate a reference book like this when I myself am about the furthest thing from a horse person as you can get. That, and these kinds of things aren’t really meant to be read cover to cover. The title intrigued me, and I tend to approach concepts like holistic medicine with a fair bit of skepticism.

That being said, I appreciate the author’s continual insistence that none of her methods should be used to replace traditional vet medicine. I think people who have horses will probably find the exercise tutorials unnecessary since it involves starting stuff like lunging, so maybe that whole section could have been used for something else.

Still, this was interesting!

One of those rare novels that manages to pull off a creative concept with a large cast while keeping its story airtight and controlled. Nothing is left for you to wonder the ‘what-it’s’ on - your questions are answered, and then some. Quite a feat for a book short enough to be read in an afternoon.

While there are some interesting tidbits of advice here, a lot of it is what you would expect. You would be better serviced in getting a more comprehensive modern etiquette guidebook, as they often have a section dedicated to bereavement dos and don’ts.

Unlike many other etiquette books written within the last five years, this one is very hetero and cisnormative. Trans people aren’t going to find much in the way of specialized advice when it comes to pre-death prep in the wake of ostracized immediate family.

I’ve read this banger of a novel once a year for many years now - it always holds up.

What a perfect send-off after I’ve finished the Misty books. Friedland’s earnest passion for the subject matter is infectious and delightful - enough to make even a curmudgeon like myself slowly grow to fall more in love with the ponies of Chincoteague.

It’s not that I didn’t enjoy myself on this, because I did, it’s more just that this is more drama than mystery. There is a mystery, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not much of one (and I feel like that’s by design?) I’m not sure.

A rhapsody for gay trans men, gorgeously illustrated, forged into something that feels so wonderfully intimate that you can’t stop from reading it cover to cover.

I mean it when I say that this is by leagues and bounds the most beautiful book I own now. From its striking gold foil cover to the surrealist panels waiting underneath, it’s a firework compressed into paper.

Jules and Casper are wonderful characters, and their nonsensical world of medieval tapestries, IPhones, and pillow talk about the Michelin Man make them feel like friends you’ve known or lovers you’ve had.

No matter how much I may gripe that this series is paced like a meandering long-term fanfic without an outline, at the end of the day it’s still got my attention and offers up a couple of fellas who I’ve really grown to like.

Gideon and Lee are a sad rarity in mlm fiction. They’re in a solid established relationship now, and their dynamic has a strong foundation built on trust and communication. I love their banter and physical familiarity - it makes it almost hard to believe that they haven’t even been together for a full year.

Is it a bit soap opera-y at times? Oh, sure, but that’s the fun of it. It’s a serialized mystery series with all the fun paranormal trappings.