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KateReadsYA
Nefertiti: A Novel | Michelle Moran
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"It's what she has chosen. One daughter reached for the sun, and the other is content to feel its rays on her garden. They are different, that is all."
This is a solid book about Nefertitis life and those around here told from the pov of her half-sister Mutnodjmet. I loved how interesting all the characters were, and I was super intrigued with the history of Egypt.

vonnie862 Ooh this books has been on my shelf for too long! It's time to read it soon. 3mo
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KCofKaysville
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I am starting a fiction book about ancient Egypt I picked up at a Little Free Library. I have read one before by the author who writes in Arabic.

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RavenclawOwlCat
Sphinx's Princess | Esther M. Friesner
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3/5 ⭐️
A fun read set in ancient Egypt with a strong female lead and frustrating characters with bad intentions.

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Tahlia_Reads_And_Knits
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Mehso-so

I have mixed feelings about “Egypt‘s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten & Nefertiti Were Gods On Earth”. Each chapter begins with an annoying & unnecessary fictional short that feels like padding. The focus on art is cool, but the authors tend to make sweeping statements without consistently proving them or disproving conflicting theories. I didn‘t like it as much as the 1998 book; I look forward to seeing how the 2023 one compares. #historathon2023

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stevesbookstuf1
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Mehso-so

Pretty dry and a bit of a slog through the first half of the book, but it picks up. I liked the second half a lot more than the first. If you are interested in the Egyptians and ancient history, your patience will be rewarded if you stick with it. I gave it two stars for the first half and almost a four for the last two sections, for a three overall. But I realize it won't be for everyone.

Full review: https://bit.ly/rvw-GoldCpl

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TorieStorieS
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Mehso-so

With an unconventional structure, this book can be both fascinating… and a little dry. The chapters open with a fictionalized scene the husband-wife team imagines in the lives of the pharaoh, relatives & employees. Then, they backtrack into evidence supporting these scenes. The translation of hieroglyphs & inclusion of drawings & photographs really shines. This juxtaposition of fact & fiction isn‘t for me but I appreciated the thorough research!

Monica5 I bailed on this because it read like a textbook. I will have to give it another try sometime ☺️ 1y
TorieStorieS @Monica5 My eyes may have glazed over a few times- and the sound of it hitting the floor definitely woke me up at least once… But I‘m glad I stuck with it because I did really find some sections fascinating. But the style had me initially considering bailing on it too! 😳 1y
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Monica5
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Reading like a textbook and not what I expected at all.

stevesbookstuf1 I'm reading this right now. (Or I was - I paused to read another book.) Hoping to persevere to the end! 1y
RamsFan1963 Oh no! I almost used my audible credit on this. I'm glad I resisted, I hate history books that read like school text. 1y
Monica5 @stevesbookstuf1 I may go back and try to read it at another time. But, to me, it was reading like a textbook and I was having a hard time with it. 1y
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Monica5 @RamsFan1963 I like history and love reading about it. This book, to me, was reading like a textbook. @stevesbookstuf1 is reading it, well he paused to read another book. He may have a totally different view on it. 1y
stevesbookstuf1 @RamsFan1963 - Picked it up again tonight. It has an odd structure - one chapter about the author's Egyptologist work, the next a vignette about an event in the life of Akenaten or Nefertiti, and the next background info on their reign. You'd expect the vignettes to be lively, but the author seems at pains not to drift into historical fiction, & the result is pretty dry stuff. On Ch 22 of 31 now and there's enough good here that I will finish it! 1y
stevesbookstuf1 I mean to say that all the vignettes need to be considered fictional, as we can't say for certain what happened 3500 years ago. But the author doesn't stray outside his comfort zone - the vignettes here are basically a bunch of known stuff (based on digs, still extant structures, hieroglyphs) with just enough words wrapped around them to make a simple story. 1y
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thereadingpal
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Mehso-so

This was overall an interesting book about the successors of Akhenaten. Accompanied by pictures of various important monuments of the Amarna period and after, the author does a good job of explaining. Unfortunately, he takes for granted that the reader knows about Akhenaten and Aten, and I'm glad I read other books before this one.
A short read, it will interest people researching the succession of the "rebel" Pharoah ⬇️

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thereadingpal
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New book to study! Hooray (sarcastic). The Storygraph says it's challenging and slow-paced, so we'll see

#bigjunereadathon

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CaitZ
Nefertiti: A Novel | Michelle Moran
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The author did an excellent job of taking what little is known about Nefertiti and turning it into an intriguing story. She follows Nefertiti's life through the eyes of her sister. I'll definitely read more of this author's books. #ReadingAfrica2022 #Egypt #AlmostAChunksterChallenge (464 pages). It was also my March #DoubleSpin for #BookSpinBingo @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks

Librarybelle Awesome! I have this stacked already, so it‘s good to hear another great review of this book! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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