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My Favorite Mistake (2012)

by Georgina Bloomberg(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1599906422 (ISBN13: 9781599906423)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books

series

The A Circuit

review 1: I loved this book. It's about horseback riding, so I can connect to the characters. I don't recommend you read this book if you don't do horseback riding though, because it won't be interesting since you won't know what they're talking about. The story is about a girl named Kate, who's a very talented horseback rider, but doesn't have a lot of money like the others. Kate is dating the "bad boy" at their barn, who will do anything to be with her. Another rider Tommi has a ton of money, but is sweet, and Kate's best friend. Tommi wants to make riding her career, so she has to prove to her dad she has what it takes to go professional, while still saving time for er new boyfriend. Zara is the new girl at the barn and the daughter of a famous actress and a rock star. At first, ... morenone of the girls like her, but then she becomes nicer and starts to fit in.
review 2: My Favorite Mistake co-authored by Georgina Bloomberg and Catherine Hapka, is the sequel to last year's The A Circuit.Kate, Tommi and Zara are still very much involved in the horse world as riders on the A Circuit. Tommi has bought Legs, the horse she hopes to train and sell for a profit to prove to her billionaire father that she can make horses a true career, not just a hobby. Kate is working harder than ever at the barn to be able to ride without a rich father (or mother) to pay her way. Zara, the wild daughter of a music celebrity, seems to finally be taking her riding seriously.What will happen when Tommi meets a new guy who convinces her to skip a horse show to come to his house party in the Hamptons instead? Is Kate working a little too hard? Can she keep up a relationship with Fritz, her riding and all that she thinks she needs to do around the barn? And what of Zara? Can she continue to be dedicated to riding when her dad goes out of town and she gets a "nanny" who may be even more of a party girl than Zara?You'll have to read My Favorite Mistake to find out!I really enjoyed My Favorite Mistake. The few things about The A Circuit that kept me from really loving it - the fact that so many characters were touched on but readers never really got to know them and there seemed (at least in memory) to be a lot of drinking - were different in this second book. This one really focused on Kate, Tommi and Zara with Kate and Tommi seeming to be the main focus.We were able to really get to know the characters much better than in the first book and it helped both the story and my enjoyment of it. The horses and the shows are definitely still there and a very big aspect of the novel (though I felt as if some of the terminology may have been cut back just a bit) so readers looking for that need not worry. We do get to see the more personal side of the shows, though. How Kate works to get things together for the different riders, what clothes are needed, how it affects their personal lives (being committed to the shows for x number of days that week) those sorts of things.While this book was a bit more tame (in terms of some of their extracurricular activities and their legality), it does still have a bit of a Gossip Girl meets the horse world feel to it - which I suppose is only natural given the characters ages, locale and wealth.This time, however, the book is much stronger than The A Circuit and I urge you to give it a try even if you were unsure after reading the first in this series.(Randomosity: Anyone else imagine Zara and her father as Miley & Billy Ray Cyrus? For some reason I kept doing that while reading this - and the first book!) less

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