Pasture Bedtime
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Phantom Stallion 6 & 7: The Challenger/Desert Dancer
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 6th and 7th book of the Phantom Stallion series, Sam gets a stepmother, is attacked by a cougar, rides the Phantom, and gets into a fight with ...
Phantom Stallion 4 & 5: The Renegade/Free Again
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We read books 4 and 5 of the Phantom Stallion series, The Renegade and Free again. Stephanie enlists Evan Smith for a dramatic reading of some of Jake...
Phantom Stallion 2 & 3: Mustang Moon/Dark Sunshine
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We read the next two books in the Phantom Stallion series, which features one horse who is an escaped endurance champion and an abused mustang pony. J...
Phantom Stallion 1: The Wild One
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We begin the first book in the 24 book Phantom Stallion series with The Wild One, and Stephanie rates it higher on the Pony Scales than any other book...
Willow King: Race the Wind
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Chris Platt's novel Race the Wind and our own plans for a horse story. Melanie tells a story about her friend Emily's horse who recently di...
The Secret of Moonacre Movie Review
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie and Melanie are disappointed by the movie adaptation of The Little White Horse. Stephanie talks about her bunny Lola and Melanie tells a sto...
The Little White Horse
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We read and discuss The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. Melanie describes some of the more disgusting elements of horse ownership, and Kera fa...
Whirlwind
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special episode, both Stephanie and Melanie read Whirlwind by Alison Hart, then research the author in an attempt to understand her misog...
Shadow Horse
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Alison Hart's Shadow Horse mystery. Melanie talks about how she was affected by beauty standards at age 8. Stephanie critiques the portraya...
The First Horse I See
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the domestic violence and alcoholism present in The First Horse I See by Sally Keehn. Melanie talks about Jazzy, a horse who didn't like to...
Black Lives Matter Protests (and their horses)
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kera joins Melanie and Stephanie to talk about Black Lives Matter protests both locally and nationally. We discuss urban riding clubs and the talented...
Shadows Over Balinor
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 8th and last Unicorns of Balinor book nothing is resolved. We take to the internet to find out what happened to Mary Stanton's writing career. ...
Secrets of the Scepter/Night of the Shifter's Moon
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We recap the 6th and 7th books in the Unicorns of Balinor series and learn more about the afterlife. Ari reclaims her place in her castle, and Entia i...
Search for the Star
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ari must recover The Indigo Star from Entia and return the powerful magical item to its dragon guardian in the 5th book of the Unicorns of Balinor ser...
By Fire By Moonlight
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 4th book of Mary Stanton's Unicorns of Balinor series Ari and her unicorn Chase participate in a steeple chase, make friends with a possible lo...
Valley of Fear
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Stanton writes Lord of the Rings but with unicorns and compares an unpleasant journey to a genocide in the 3rd book in the Unicorns of Balinor se...
Sunchaser's Quest
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sunchaser must reassemble his horn in the 2nd book in the Unicorns of Balinor series. Stephanie becomes a Lori/Ari shipper. Melanie tells us about Fr...
The Road to Balinor
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie and Melanie discuss Mary Stanton's Unicorns of Balinor series and establish the Pony scale. Guest appearances by Kera and George Michael. Me...