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Fallen Skies

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SCW
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Fallen Skies

Post by SCW » Sun May 8th, 2011, 3:25 am

I've just ordered Fallen Skies for a mother day present (for myself). Has anyone here read it and if so is it any good?

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Post by EC2 » Sun May 8th, 2011, 8:30 am

[quote=""SCW""]I've just ordered Fallen Skies for a mother day present (for myself). Has anyone here read it and if so is it any good?[/quote]

I read it several years ago and don't remember anything about it, but I do remember that I enjoyed it. It's not that it's especially forgettable or anything, it's more that I have to read something twice to make it stick!
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Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by Vanessa » Sun May 8th, 2011, 9:46 am

I haven't read it but it is on my TBR pile.
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

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Post by SCW » Sun May 8th, 2011, 11:33 am

Years ago I contemplated buying it but ended up choosing The Wise Woman by PG instead.
I happened to read a couple of chapters on Google books but was interested to know what other readers thought of it. (I wish that I joined this website before I bought the Virgins lover) It was the only PG book I couldn't finish

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Post by Misfit » Sun May 8th, 2011, 11:59 am

Having just finished The Constant Princess I doubt I'll hunt down another PG book. Except for those new ones, and that's for the Melusine drinking game :D
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Post by Telynor » Mon May 9th, 2011, 3:36 am

For a moment there I thought folks were talking about an astronomy book called The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars by Christopher Cokinos. Then I realized that it was PG...

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Post by SCW » Mon May 9th, 2011, 4:31 am

The Constant Princess. Yes I've read that. And I know the pain

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Post by Veronica » Mon May 9th, 2011, 8:46 am

I loved Fallen Skies! I've read several of PGs books but this one as well as TOBG are the only ones that are really good. :)
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Post by SCW » Sat June 4th, 2011, 1:51 am

I've just finished Reading Fallen Skies- Ending was abrupt

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