Hello, friends!
"The end of May and early June" blend together, and I'm not the only one who thinks so, as Evan Hansen sings the same thing. Today I'm participating in a May event even though it's June because May is such a delightful month!
This is May's Inklings hosted by Heidi who blogs at Along the Brandywine!
How it works:
1. At any time during the month, on your own blog post a scene from a book or film that matches the prompt, including a link back to the original post in your post.
2. Leave a link to your post in the link form in the monthly post so everyone can visit your post.
Click HERE to see all of my past entries, and click HERE to see all of the entries for this month! May had the following prompt:
A stagecoach scene in book or film
While at first I was thinking of all of the Western movies I've seen, it suddenly hit me that it's been a while since I talked about a book for Inklings. All the way back in last May! The title of my blog shows my penchant for movies, but I still love books and should not default to movies all the time.
Therefore my choice is the book Cloaked - by Rachel Kovaciny.
The entire first chapter takes place on a stagecoach, so here are the first couple of paragraphs that open the book!:
"You see? I'll be perfectly fine," Mary Rose O'Brien assured her dutiful chaperone, Mrs. Shaw. She climbed into the stagecoach, took her place on the only empty seat, then smoothed out the skirt of her brown travelling dress to keep it at least somewhat presentable.
In truth, the stagecoach was more cramped than Mary Rose expected. Two people would barely fit on each wooden bench. If you didn't know your neighbor well already, you would by the end of the ride. And yet, a man had contrived to fall asleep on the opposite seat, curled up on his back with his dusty boots tipped up against the side. The stage was so small that she might have leaned forward and touched his shoulder without leaving her own seat.
Mrs. Shaw frowned up at Mary Rose from where she stood in the street, though that didn't mean she was displeased with Mary Rose, the stagecoach, or anything else in particular. Mrs. Shaw rarely found anything pleasant enough to bother changing her expression..."
This was fun for me to visit because I read Cloaked all the way back in 2017! It is the first in Rachel Kovaciny's Once Upon a Western series. I've reviewed book 2 (Dancing and Doughnuts) and book 3 (One Bad Apple), but this post is reminding me that I never got the chance to read her latest in the series, My Rock and My Refuge or her collection of short stories, Prairie Tales Vol. 1. I need to get on that!
You can find Rachel on her author blog, but she also blogs at The Edge of the Precipice and Hamlette's Soliloquy, so you can go check out her thoughts on other stories as well as updates on her own!
A huge thanks to Heidi for hosting this even though I've been behind on joining in! Now that school's done I don't have plans on missing another...
As for you readers, have you ever been on a stagecoach? I was on one once for a tour around my hometown when I was really little and that was long enough! It was fun, but I can't imagine going across the country in that. What are some of your favorite scenes with stagecoaches? Any Western book recommendations for me?
Have a great day!
Chloe the MovieCritic
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