Listen "Saddle Up and Read [January 2026 Challenge]"
Episode Synopsis
Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat about our January reading challenge, books featuring a horse. They discuss the Chinese Zodiac which inspired the challenge, share a glimpse behind the scenes into the creative process and bond over the nostalgia of childhood trauma.If you have a favorite literary horse we somehow missed, let us know on social media!Books we discuss include:“The Neverending Story” by Michael Ende“Animal Farm” by George Orwell“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving“The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien“The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck” by Don Rosa“Casper and Nightmare” comicsBarney Google Snuffy Smith“The Princess Bride” by William Goldman“The Horse and His Boy” by C.S. Lewis“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy“Seabiscuit: An American Legend” by Laura Hillenbrand“The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America” by Elizabeth Letts“Misty of Chincoteague” by Marguerite Henry“The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis” by Elizabeth Letts “Ghost Riders: When US and German Soldiers Fought Together to Save the World's Most Beautiful Horses in the Last Days of World War II” by Mark Felton“The Unmothers” by Leslie J. Anderson“Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang” by David Philipps“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell“National Velvet” by Enid Bagnold“The Black Stallion” series by Walter Farley“Joe Pickett” series by C.J. BoxFind out more about Booked Monthly on our website.
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