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Jon’s 2024 Year in Books
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Fundamentally, by Nussaibah Younis.
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Manvers Road Star: When all seems lost, stay in the race.
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Shouting The Odds
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A tribute to Alderbrook, 1995 Winner of The Cheltenham Champion Hurdle
Every racing fan has a favourite horse that wins its way into their affections and in my case this horse was Alderbrook, a grand bay, who died in 2008 at the grand old age of nineteen. While there were better horses running on the flat in his time and some better hurdlers around too, there weren’t many. Alderbrook possessed all the attributes that I looked for in a thoroughbred; courage, bravery a
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Manvers Road Star: When all seems lost, stay in the race.:
"Manvers Road Star is the kind of novel that sneaks up on you—unassuming at first glance, then suddenly gripping you with its lived-in authenticity, sharply drawn characters, and a narrative voice that feels both world-weary and warmly human. As a sta"
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ukbook reviewer's review
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Manvers Road Star: When all seems lost, stay in the race.:
"This is the second in the series. The first one, Shouting The Odds, was a 5 star read for me and this is another 5 star! Both books are written so well and, once I started this one, I remembered the characters and events from the first book easily. T"
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A tribute to Alderbrook, 1995 Winner of The Cheltenham Champion Hurdle
"Every racing fan has a favourite horse that wins its way into their affections and in my case this horse was Alderbrook, a grand bay, who died in 2008 at the grand old age of nineteen. While there were better horses running on the flat in his time..."
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Jon Franklin
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Races - Tales Of The Turf, the Chester May Meeting, 2004
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MR wrote: "A great story, Jon, and a familiar tale of so-near-yet-so-far frustration. Love the way you set the scene, convey the atmosphere and tantal
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Jon Franklin
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Shouting The Odds: Betting to flee the past.
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Thank you for the review, it’s really appreciated. Not so sure a working knowledge of the betting industry is required to enjoy it, though that is onl
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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