What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I saw this book in my jr. high library several years back, so the latest it was published was 2008. Sadly all I remember is the cover even though I know I did read the desciption for the book. It had a woman probably older teen/ young 20s, she was in a forest and had on a green cloak. She had brown hair and I'm pretty sure she was riding a horse(white) because the picture in my head doesn't look right if she isn't. I think she had a bow and arrow but I am not for certain, if she did she was not useing them. The thing I remember most though is the greenness of the cover; a nice forest green. Most likely YA or Adult Fantasy. The book was slightly on the thick side. Note: more than 3 hundred pages is what I consider as thick. I am more than certain this is not a robin hood retelling. I know this
is bit of a long shot but thanks for any possible help. :)

Edit: a more detailed description of cover. Verdant forest with trees and vegetation. Girl with brown hair and wearing a green cloak sits on a white horse(the color of the horse is a wee bit hazier than other details) It appears as though she has just stopped her horse(which is turned mostly to the front) to look over her right shoulder to see the source of some noise or other disturbence behind her.

Edit: Books that have been suggested so far that are not it.
Nothing by tamora pierce and I doubt anything by mercedes lackey
Not Goblin Wood
Green Rider
The Forestwife
Mists of Avlon
Classic Folktales from Around the World
The Burning Stone
Shadow of the Oak King
Jackaroo
Path of Fate, Path of Honor, Path of Blood

The cover is an illustration not a photo but it is done in a way that it almost looks like a photo. I hope that makes sense.

You could try these two lists, to start. Sorry if that's not terribly helpful.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10...

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/29...

Maybe something by Tamora Pierce?

I didn't see it on either of those lists but there are more than likely other lists with the same themes so I will check those later. I will have to put the book on those lists when I find it.

I know it isn't on of hers. I am familiar with all her books and at the time I saw the book I would have remembered if it was a Tamora Pierce book. I think it would go under the same genere as her books though.

Thanks for the help. :)

I looked on other lists but it wasn't on those either. The lists were a good place to start though. :)

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There is no horse but it's all I can think of.

Is it Green Rider by Kristen Britain?

No that's not it but I remember wanting to read it a while back so I think now I will. Thanks for the help! :)

That could be it but I remember the forest not as menceing or threatening. Other than that it fits the criteria. I will keep looking to make sure but I am adding it to my to-read list because it looks interesting. Thanks for the help!

I think the author's last name may have been in the first half of the alphabet. The girl on the horse was turned more toward the front thanto the side. I have been digging in my head for any even possiblely mundane details that may lead to the book's discovery. Thanks for the help so far. :)

Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series have riders on white horses. You may be thinking of one of them.

Good point, Deborah! Especially the Arrows trilogy:

I don't think it is any of her books. The cover I have in my head didn't have any of those background borders. Thanks though. :)

Keep in mind that many books are reissued with different covers.

Could it have been a flying horse? Do you remember if it was a fantasy story or more likely historical fiction?

Thanks. I've been checking for other editions of books that have been mentioned. No it's a normal horse and I'm almost certain it is not historical fiction.

This reminds me either of Alanna by Tamora Pierce:



or The Forestwife:


or The Mists of Avalon:

Thanks but none of those are it.

The cover of this book was the first that came to my mind: Classic Folk Tales from Around the World, but it's a nineties publication, it isn't a novel, and it's very, very thick at 600 pages.

ETA: And there's a female archer on a pale horse on the cover of The Burning Stone, but the background of her isn't very green.

Did you look at Kristen Britain's Green Rider?

Those aren't it. I know it wasn't a book of short stories and there wasn't a border around the picture.

The author's name is sort of nudgeing something in the back of my head that makes me think this is the book but all the covers I have seen for it don't match up to the image in my head. I will google the book to see what other images come up for it.

Thanks for the help. :)

Perhaps you saw In the Shadow of the Oak King by Courtway Jones? The woman isn't wearing green, but the man in front of her on the horse is. Anyway, this is a great book, an interesting/non-traditional retelling of the Arthurian legend. The characters are memorable. I love it and have re-read it several times.

No that's not it. I don't remember there being a man on the cover. Thanks for the help though. :)

Jackaroo by Cynthia Voight? my copy is at my moms, (the covers I find on-line aren't the same as mine) and I cannot recall what color her horse is on my copy's cover.

From the ones I saw that isn't it. I saw one cover that could have been the one you were talking about, but the info was in german so I doubt that was yours. Thanks for helping. :)

I was thinking one of Mercedes Lackey's Oathblood books, myself:

Oathbreakers

No that one isn't it. I don't think it it was anything by mercedes lackey.

Have you looked at Path of Fate, Path of Honor, or Path of Blood by Diana Pharoah Francis. I don't think any one particular has all the details you are looking for, but these three were the first books I thought of because of the green and the horse. She wears a green cloak and rides a horse on one of the covers. They are great books, even if they aren't the one you are looking for.

No those aren't it but I might read it some time. Thanks :)

Bump. I'm begining to wish I could go back to my old jr high library and look for the book on the shelves.

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No green sorry but it's worth a shot.

No that's not it, the book was definately green, but thanks anyway. :)

This is a long shot, but my version of Forest Mage by Magic Hobb has a guy on a horse wearing a green cloak looking at a forest. The character is male, not female, but his back is to the viewer and he has longish hair. Did you pick up the book and read any thing about the plot?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...

No that's not it. I am definately sure it was a girl. Thanks anyways. I did read the back but I only remember the cover.

Any of these?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

No none of those. Thanks though.

Bump :)

Could it be "The Foretelling" by Alice Hoffman. The cover I found on google isn't like the one you are describing but I remember the cover on my copy having a horse on it. My brain may have made the up though.

No sadly that's not it either. Thanks for the help. :)
You could have been thinking of one of these two covers.

only thing i can thing of though its not classically a fiction book as much as a reference book with myths in it. Celtic Myth & Magick: Harness the Power of the Gods and Goddesses (Llewellyn's World Religion and Magic Series)

No not it. Definately fiction, judgeing from where I found it in the library. Thanks for trying though. :)

Could it be anything by Gerald Morris? His covers are done in such a way that they usually look like a kind of photo collage, but they're illustrations. I checked but the ones with women on them don't feature a horse, but the ones with a horse and forest don't feature women. Perhaps you're juxtaposing multiple books? I'd check him out though, just in case. =)

Sairah wrote: "Could it be anything by Gerald Morris? His covers are done in such a way that they usually look like a kind of photo collage, but they're illustrations. I checked but the ones with women on them ..."

I don't think I was being very clear in the second comment. It's just has the usual kind of cover most fantasies have minus any kinds of borders that are sometimes added.
Edit: Oh I see what you mean now! But it isn't one of his. Thanks for the help :)

Could it be Tam Lin by Pamela Dean? The horse is not white but the cover is very very green and it's quite a thick book.

It only needs a forest and a white horse, but sadly that's not it. Thanks for trying. :)

Could it be The Horse Goddess?

Paperback
Hardcover

Unfortunately, that is also not it. :( I fear there could be pages of recomendations and those wouldn't be it. I wish I could project the image I have in my head onto paper. Yeah, it's times like these I wish I could draw.
Thank you everyone that has helped me so far it is very much so apperciated! :)

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge?

Not it. Thanks. :)

I've been following this thread for so long and was waiting for it to be solved!

I feel like I should know this book....since I love horses.

Is it ? There are other editions of this with different covers.

Edit: Or is it this?

Not it. I am almost 90% certain it was a regular horse on the cover not a unicorn.
Thanks for having hope for me! :) Mine hasn't been up half as long as some unsolved books and hopefully it doesn't take more than a year to find but you never know.