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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Song of Isis
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List Price: $12.95
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Manufacturer: Hard Shell Word Factory
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Hard Shell Word Factory
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780759903418
Format: .exe
ISBN: 0759903417
Label: Hard Shell Word Factory
Manufacturer: Hard Shell Word Factory
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 236
Publication Date: 2001-09
Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory
Studio: Hard Shell Word Factory
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Editorial Reviews:
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Time travel romance: CPR in ancient Egypt? Alexandria Stone is a physician with all the techniques of modern medicine at her disposal, but when an x-ray of a mummy found at her father's archeological dig reveals a procedure that hadn't been developed four thousand years ago, her excitement overcomes her scientist's logic. Determined to prove her theory, she visits her father's dig. In the hidden room of a pharaoh's tomb, her father discovers an ancient scroll lying near a statue of the goddess, Isis. When Alex attempts to sing the song written on it, she is transported back in time -- and right into the arms of the best looking hunk she's ever encountered: Tarik, chief physician to Pharaoh Mentuhotep.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: An Okay read
Comment: The book was okay at best. It was a very interesting premise but Alex as so annoying it took away from the story. I almost started rooting for Tem. I think it would have been much more interesting if Kirk had not rushed the ending. It would have been so much fun to see how Tarik functioned in the future. On the whole, interesting premise--adequate to poor delivery.
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Summary: good... not spectacular... rushed ending
Comment: I'm a sucker for time travel romance. I fell in love with A Knight in Shining Armor a few years back and since then, i was hooked. I wasn't a big fan of the author's style of writing. First 10 pages, i was already getting sleepy. The story picks up after a few pages though. I give it an A+ for the premise. I felt that the ending was kind of rushed though. She could've spent a lot more material on the ending, and the story would've been more interesting with a love triangle with the other Egyptian King. Good character development with the male and female lead. It was an "ok" book in the end. I'd read it again just because i'm a sicko for Egyptian culture, but i don't really recommend it.
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Summary: A vivid, lush reading experience not to be missed...
Comment: Few writers can pull off writing an Egyptian time travel with the aplomb of Diana Kirk. I read Song of Isis years ago and loved the vivid and lush writing style. The characters are unique and the setting so strongly described I felt transported right back in time with the heroine. Diana knows how to create memorable external and internal conflict with consumate skill. My first copy of this book was an ebook, and I liked this novel so much I'm now getting a paperback copy to add to my collection. If that doesn't tell you how much I enjoyed this novel, nothing will.
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Summary: Wow, Ancient Egypt and a great story, too.
Comment: If you're a fan of ancient Egypt, I found this story fascinating. I could almost feel the sand in my toes. It makes me want more. I loved the characters of Tarik and Alex. Although their age difference is over 2000 years, I certainly found them appealing and most compatible. I sure hope Diana writes a sequel.
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Summary: An enjoyable time travel to ancient Egypt
Comment: I'm amazed at how different people view different books. In one review, the person said they caught all kinds of mistakes in the book and gave it a single star rating. This person apparently can't read because Seta was not Alex. Seta was the Nubian slave princess who became Alex's friend and was featured prominently throughout the book until the end when her husband was killed. There's even a sub-romance featuring Seta and her husband. And the part about how Alex magically can understand ancient Egyptian. She's the daughter of an archeologist and was taught the language (at least the visual part) from childhood on up. And she didn't suddenly learn Egyptian.
Well, I for one, liked it a lot. Enough to buy several copies for my friends and I think the author did a wonderful job of bringing to life a world that has been lost or forgotten. There are too few novels taking place in ancient Egypt. And as for Diana G's books, the OUtlander series, I found Clare's reaction to being sucked back in time, totally unrealistic. It was as if she wasn't surprised that she was pulled into Middle Ages Scotland. It was like, "Oh, I'm back in time. Oh well." And on with the story.
I guess that's what makes this a diverse population. One person's gold is another's lead.
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