Ranch Girl Reads: Western Book Reviews
Ranch Girl Reads is for the cow-gals and country living enthusiasts alike. Each monthly episode reviews a western book ranch women can relate to and be excited about––either historical or contemporary, adult or juvenile, fiction or non-fiction. Hosted by Sequoyah Branham, award-winning author of contemporary western fiction.
Episodes
Nora Kelly wants nothing more than to tend heifers in her corner of the Texas desert, but a drought isn’t leaving that option on the table. When she enlists the help of her real-estate agent uncle, she doesn’t realize she’s getting more than just help with finding a lease.
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Join me as we chat about Dear Cowgirl by Adrian Brannan.
Letter of encouragement from one cowgirl to another.Get your first chapter of In the Company of Cows free here: https://sequoyahbranham.com/newsletterGet your own copy of Dear Cowgirl here: https://a.co/d/0aRHJaGY
Join me as we chat about Never Burn Your Moving Boxes by Jolyn Young.
A raw memoir from a ranch wife. Full of the beauty and also the struggle that comes with this way of life.
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Join me as we chat about The Wild One by Terri Farley
Samantha returns home to the ranch after a horseback accident; a stallion with his own backstory may derail her return to the saddle.
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Get your first chapter of In the Company of Cows free here https://sequoyahbranham.com/newsletter
Join me as we chat about The Pumpkin Rollers by Elmer Kelton.
East Texas farm boy heads west to become a cattleman. Through outlaw friends, stampedes, rivers, and many a roping lesson, he just might make it.
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Join me as we chat about Brim and the Big Cat Blunder by Savanna Simmons.
Brothers using every ounce of their time to be on horseback get taught a big lesson by none other than a mountain lion big cat.
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Join me as we chat about Jingle in the Horses by Jeff Gore.
A tale of two generations of cowboys made by someone giving them a hand into the industry.
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Join me as we chat about Dallas Doc by Dr. David Carlton.
Tear jerking vet stories! (Happy tears and sad tears)
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Join me as we discuss Etchings, a collection of cowboygirl poetry that brings a laugh, a nod, and a whole lot of truth.
You can get your own copy of Etchings by reaching out to Betty Lynne at sunlightsilverbit@gmail.com
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Check out Trinity Seely's song "Cowboygirl" as mentioned.
Jump into to Wild Thing! A Winnie the Horse Gentler book by Dandi Daley MacKall.
Twelve years old and carrying the weight of her mother’s death, Winnie will do anything to have her dream horse.
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Join me as we chatting about Letting Go of Perfect.
From trophy girl for the family ranch to stepping down into the community, Michelle Harper must face the fact that she can’t hold herself to a perfect standard.
Get your own copy here.
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I also chat about some encouragement from my mentor, Brett Harris. You can watch that video here...
A writer who doesn’t have a book to show for her work must set aside her dream fellowship to take care of her aging mother after a car accident.
Join me as we chat about The Paragraph Ranch by Kay Ellington and Barbara Brannon.
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Join me as we chat about this collection of true stories of a veterinarian and rodeo family that will induce belly laughs. Never Dull by Heather Sharp.
A wonderful non-fiction western book!
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Join me as I review Rusty and His Saddle by Mary Fichtner.
Palomino Rusty and his cowdog friend encourage young readers that what’s inside someone is much more important than what it looks like.
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You can get your own copy of Rusty and His Saddle here.
Join me as we discover A Thousand Texas Longhorns by Johnny Boggs.
A business man determined to keep his wife from working to the bone gambles on a herd of Texas longhorns making it to Virginia City Montana to make their fortune.
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Join me as I chat about One Good Mama Bone by Bren McClain. This story highlights a mother's heart and a livestock producer's heart. There's much that I enjoyed and one scene that put me off. No spoilers included.
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This western fiction novel is full of Texas grit and fight for what is right.
Today we review Hot Iron by Elmer Kelton; one of my personal favorites of his work.
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Welcome to the Ranch Girl Reads podcast!
Do you want to find books that are relatable and exciting to you as a ranch gal––But find that so many books are either full of unrealistic romances with scenes that would never happen on the ranch, or they’re action packed adventures that just happen to be set in the west but don’t actually capture what real life is like?
Me too.
We shouldn’t have to ...
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