Horseplay

A masters degree and a job teaching high school English isn't doing much for Judy Van Brunt. But what puts her over the top is her husband's wandering eyes... and hands... and pretty much the rest of him. Fed up, she throws in the towel on teaching and heads for greener pastures. The pastures in question belong to a North Carolina horse farm run by German dressage trainer Kat and her two Jack Russell terrors - sorry, terriers - and inhabited by an odd and interesting assortment of horses, grooms and stable help, Swedish and otherwise.

Judy's introduction to the eccentric realm of world class riding and the ubiquitous "What level do you ride?" question, as well as her misadventures on the farm - both romantic and otherwise - are a riot. show more This is Janet Evanovich, with less hairspray and exploding cars, and more horses. Lots of fluffy fun for any rainy day afternoon. I don't know that there's a sequel planned, but I wouldn't mind reading one. show less

I read An Inconvenient Elephant by Judy Reene Singer in 2010 and loved her little quips. I picked up Horseplay because she wrote it and I like reading stories where people ride horses so I can relive my childhood through literature.

In this story Judy Van Brunt leaves her cheating husband and moves to a horse farm in North Carolina where she has secured a job as a groom. **SPOILER ALERT** She rides horses, makes new friends, and solves a mystery. By the end of the story she even has a new man. Isn't life easy?

The author made me laugh out loud every once in awhile, and it's quotes like these that make the plot predictability worthwhile:

Men are like horses. If they're even-tempered and sweet, you stay on for the ride. If they buck around, show more you get off before you get hurt.

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Normally, I would trust a new horse on trails about as much as I would trust myself in a Godiva chocolate shop.

Chick lit takes up less and less of my reading time as the years progress, but it's nice to revisit every once in awhile. show less

A "hen lit" book. The main character has just divorced and is out to find a new life. She ends up working on the "farm" of a former Olympian along with other horse loving middle aged women. There is of course a man or two, an adventure or two, and more laughs than I could count!

Judy is just trying to get a new life with horses away from her husband. She has everything to lose, but she gains a ton in this horsey tale. I thought this was a really fun book to read.

This one is just a fun, chick lit book. There are lots of horses in the book, but it's not great literature.

Just what you expect