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Wonderfully engaging and thought-provoking

Great review of my book, A Favorite Son:

5 Wonderfully engaging and thought-provokingByAvid readeron July 10, 2015Format: Kindle Edition Oh but did I enjoy this modern take on the old, well-known story of Jacob and Esau!
Having read this author before, I came to expect smooth, well-paced writing that would make the reading experience into wonderfully light and enriching affair. But while, indeed, getting to enjoy all this and more, what made this novella so special for me was a magical blend of old and new. At first I wasn't sure where the story takes place, in what time, what millennia - "...a real meal, I mean, made with a fresh kill over a roaring fire, under the open sky..." and in the same sentence "...not one that is made with stored, half cooked parts of meat and reheated, somehow, in a stuffy restaurant kitchen...". By this time, only a few paragraphs into the story I was deeply engrossed, enjoying myself immensely. I love the old, well-known stories presented with the modern-day twists and attitudes, but this one was the best I read. Added to this, the conversational tone of the storytelling must be the one who won me over for good. "...Don't let them fool you. Anyone can barbecue a steak-but really, cooking a stew is another matter altogether..." - how can one not to root for such chatty, readily sharing character, even if he goes on admitting crimes of an outright deceit.
Yankle is a complex character, an interesting person to follow the trail of his inner thoughts. He might have been a deceptive son to his father, but as a father himself he recognizes the wrong that has been done to him, and maybe even to his brother, and he is determined not to fall into the same pit.

It was highly enjoyable read, thought-provoking, fascinating to the point that I finished reading it in one sitting. Presented with the right amount of dry humor, it brings the past to life while showing us that the people have never changed, their drives, insecurities, passions. I highly recommend this novel.

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A great collection

A short and sweet review for my book, Twisted:

5 A great collection, July 4, 2015By Julie Elizabeth Powell "I am an author of 18 titles in a variety of genres."This review is from: Twisted (Kindle Edition) This is a great collection, bringing an unusual slant to what you think you know then challenging the thought process and beliefs. The writing is superb and the characters strange yet believable.

There is a certain mystique about the collection giving it an exotic feel - definitely each piece a work of art.

Well done and thought provoking.

Let me introduce you to my author friends

My author friends have joined forces with me!We bring you amazing storiesjust in time for Summer vacation. Click the profile image or the name of each one of us to learn about our workThen join us for a Beach Party for a chance to win our stories!
Uvi Poznansky
I paint with my pen, and write with my paintbrush.
@UviPoznanskyBlogArt Site
James DiBenedetto
What would you do if you could see other people's dreams?
@JJDiBenedetto
Writing Dreams
Shane KP O’Neil

@ShaneKPONeill
The Dracula Chronicles

Aaron Paul Lazar
Addictive, award-winning fiction. You'll fall in love with the characters and love to hate the villains.
@aplazar
Murder by 4
Janet Morris
Bestselling author of novels from historical to fantastical.
@uvmchristinePerseidSacred Band
PC Zick I'm a storyteller no matter the genre or mode of delivery. It's really very simple, and it's impossible to shut it off

@PCZick WebsiteBlogs: Living Lightly
Ann Swann
Author of ghost stories with heart
@ann_swann Blog
Dianne Harman
I write the stories the characters dictate to me. Best of all worlds. Get to read a book while I'm writing it
@DianneDHarmanWeb SiteBlog
Gisela Sedimayer
Love and acceptance for each other, without boundaries
@GigiSedlmayer

My strength was sapped, as in the heat of summer

I adore my son, which lures me into seeing myself—my own image, only more invincible—in him. So what if he is rebellious? I must have been the same way at his age. Back then, did I not leave my father, exchanging the safety of his home for something unknown, for adventure? Did I not defy his charge for me to remain there, in Hebron, and support him in his time of need? Never before have I considered how the old man must have felt, left behind in fragile health, in a crumbling house, with not one of us children staying there to keep him company—no one but loneliness. Her face still rosy with a sense of embarrassment, Abishag wipes the little smile from her lips and curtseys before me. She is obedient, perhaps even fearful of me. Plumping herself on my blankets, she goes back to holding the inkwell for me. I dip the tip of my feather in it, glancing at the veins marbling my thinning, nearly transparent skin. Is this my hand? Why is it trembling so? It seems to be my father’s, and so does my voice, when I utter the words as I scribble them, “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away, through my groaning all day long. For day and night, your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped, as in the heat of summer.”
My father is gone. Finding myself now in his place is a humbling surprise. I know I deserve it.So I ask myself, how can I blame my son? His mother keeps telling me that he is restless, which must be my fault, of course, for not giving him a role or any kind of training in governing the land. It is too early for that. I mean, why should I loosen my hold on power? I am still the king, am I not? So I keep telling her that I am training him in patience. Adoniah is still young. His life is ahead of him. He can wait a little while longer.
David in The Edge of Revolt
My trilogy, The David Chronicles, is greatly inspired by art of all ages. Here are two fascinating examples, where the artists depicted the old, frail king as he is lying on his bed, depending on his concubine Abishag, whom he is never going to conquer. 

Ivan Schwebel, an American-born Israeli artist who blended modern and ancient Jewish imagery and American cultural icons in his art, approaches this moment from a unique perspective, which is purposely vague: does he dream of Abishag, or is she reflecting on him? Either way, she is presented in a passionate red gown, where everything around her--including the old David--is sapped of color. And despite her oriental gown, the scene is immediately accessible to the modern viewer, because David is a modern man.

By contrast, Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo, who was one of the most important academic painters in Brazil, approaches this moment by emphasizing the rich splendor of the decor, and the attempt by Abishag to fulfill her duty to keep the king warm by embracing him in the nude.


David and Abishag by Ivan Schwebel
David and Abishag by Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo
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A very different look at King David, a powerful read

Born in Potsdam, Germany, Gisela Sedimayer has a love for the written word. Having moved to New Zealand and then to Austria, and having fought her cancer with the best weapon--creativity--she is the author of the Talon series, bringing the story and the characters to life over the course of several years. I am thrilled to find her review of my trilogy, The David Chronicles:

A very different look at King David, a powerful read, June 21, 2015
By Gisela H. Sedlmayer, author of the Talon book series "Author of the Talon book series"This review is from: The David Chronicles: Boxed Set (Kindle Edition) Uvi Potznansky really did a marvellous work with the David Chronicle. She describes King David's affairs as if the was standing beside him, felt his fears, his feelings, his anxiousness, his mistakes, his love affairs with his beloved Bathsheba, his failures and his sorrows. Also his strife to become King. All in all a very different look at King David.

Book 1 "Rise to power"
David was facing lots of dangers, like killing the Philistine Goliath, or even running away from Kind Soul, as he wants him dead. David could have killed him any time, but he, David refused to do so. Soul was anointed by God. And when Soul died in battle with the Philistines, David was devastated.

I thought that was very good, as David said to his servant: “The purpose of all this was for me to realize my future and the future of my House. The House of David in the years and generation to come."

Whether you are religious or not, you will enjoy this story about David, told in such a way, as if it just happen now, just another story. But is it?

David, from a shepherds boy to a musician to sooth king Soul’s soul, until he himself becomes king.

Book 2, "A peek at Bathsheba"
I really wonder how Uvi can put herself, discernment, into the shoes of King David and write such amazing books about him. All the things he is thinking and not doing or doing as King or should do. Like should he take his beloved Bathsheba or not. He really was thinking hard about taking her. He knew it was wrong, but he couldn’t help himself.

Something that really spoke to me: David Said in the eyes of Uvi: "That which has been is what will be.”

And: “This has been an adventurous journey, and a long one. In my exhaustion I can barely move my lips, heal, a time to tear down and a time to build. How fortunate it is for me to find myself back here. I am a father. I am the keeper of my people. What a moment this is, the perfect moment to usher in a new era.”

Book 3, "The edge of the revolt"
The story of Amnon, as he assaulted Absalom's sister, Tamar. Then Absalom kills his brother Amnon for revenge, because King David, his father wouldn't do anything about it, wouldn't punish him. How could King David kill his own son? King David just couldn't bring himself to do it, to kill his own son.

Then Absalom rises to power, despising David, his father, punishing him with. Until the last battle when Absalom...

Well, I won't spoil anymore about the amazing story, Uvi Poznansky unfolds here. You have to read that incredible story about King David and Absalom.

Reading The Chronicle of King David let me think again, when I am reading it in my bible, remembering all what Uvi wrote here. She is an excellent writer and narrator.
Perfectly narrated and a very good read for everyone.
Loved all three books.

An outstanding description of the biblical event about King David's rain. Well done Uvi Poznansky

Even thought I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

A book you cannot stop reading

Short and sweet review for my book, Twisted:

5 A book you cannot stop readingByJeremy Accarton June 27, 2015Format: Audible Audio EditionVerified Purchase Different tales of different times and places, each one unique, intriguing and interesting full of biblical and literary references, with a wonderful poem of love-hate passion and pictures of artworks to complete this inspired book. But above all the writing ability of a talented artist.

.A book you cannot stop reading!

Really recommended.

I held her in my arms that hot summer evening

A long time ago I used to think that my youth was to blame for failing to understand my wives. No longer can I use that excuse, because I know all too well, there is no youth in me anymore. Which leaves me as baffled as ever, especially when it comes to the one woman I adore: Bathsheba. When I catch her scent, or even when I imagine it, something in me turns to liquid. Then, trying to harden my heart and remove her from my mind I find myself confused, and the rage in me intensifies, perhaps because I cannot remember the last time I have seen her. Alas, the distance between us seems to expand in so many ways with each passing year. So imagine my surprise this morning, when I wake up to the soft sound of her footfalls, which makes me turn my eyes to the wall to try, to catch sight of her reflection. There it is, moving fluidly across the blade, the wide, polished blade of Goliath’s sword which is hung in my chamber, right here over my head. First Bathsheba throws open the window, letting in a cold morning breeze. As if to tell me that this is already autumn, a smell of dry leaves wafts in. The silk curtains start swishing as they sway, they billow wildly around her, blotting and redrawing the curves of her silhouette, which in a blink, brings back to me the fullness of her figure back then, when she was expecting our first child. I remember the way I held her in my arms that hot summer evening, right there by that window. Together, we looked out at the last glimmer of the sun, sinking. I remember the way she guided my hand, ever so gently, so I could feel her skin, her warmness, and the faint kick of the baby inside her. Then the glow dimmed, it smoldered into darkness. After a while we could no longer guess the exact place where it had happened. 
Now, looking at her back from across the chamber, I wonder: does she remember that moment? And if so, does she remember it fondly? Is there a glint of laughter playing in her eyes?
David in A Peek at Bathsheba (narrated by the wonderful Justin Harmer)


In this passage David expresses his longing for Bathsheba. He is already in his old age, and the longing he feels is not only for the woman he loves but for that perfect moment, back in his youth, when they were clinging together in perfect harmony. The painting below, by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, shows them yearning for each other's touch: her cheek brushes against his, her hand over his shoulder, bringing him even closer, her left hand held by his. And behind them, in the background, the half-full goblet of wine, standing erect as a symbol of their sensuality, and of the fleeting moment.
David and Bathsheba by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
★ Love reading? Get the trilogy ★ The David Chronicles (Boxed Set) Ebook: Kindle ★ Apple ★ Nook ★ Kobo ★ Smashwords
Volume I: Rise to PowerEbook: Kindle ★ Nook ★ Apple ★ Kobo ★ SmashwordsPaperback: Amazon ★ Barnes&NobleAudiobook: iTunes ★ Amazon ★ Audible

Volume II: A Peek at BathshebaEbook: Kindle ★ Nook ★ Apple ★ Kobo ★ SmashwordsPaperback: Amazon ★ Barnes&NobleAudiobook: iTunes ★ Amazon ★ Audible
Volume III: The Edge of RevoltEbook: Kindle ★ Nook ★ Apple ★ Kobo ★ SmashwordsPaperback Amazon ★ Barnes&Noble

Short and sweet review: "Great listen"

A short and sweet review for the audiobook edition of Rise to Power:
FollowSnugglesWallasey, United Kingdom07-01-15OverallPerformanceStory

"Great listen"

This is not the type of book I would normally listen too but if found it very good good.

Uvi has brought David to life in the story.

David George's rendition of the book is great.

A must listen to book

An amazing read

Born in Potsdam, Germany, Gisela Sedimayer has a love for the written word. Having moved to New Zealand and then to Austria, and having fought her cancer with the best weapon--creativity--she is the author of the Talon series, bringing the story and the characters to life over the course of several years. I am thrilled to find her review of my book, A Favorite Son:

5 An amazing readByGisela H. Sedlmayer, author of the Talon book series "Author of the Talon book series"on June 22, 2015Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase A remarkable read that could happen in today’s families. A biblical, twisting story about Jacob getting his birth right before his brother Esau with the help of his mother Rebecca.

Yankle, deceiving his brother of his birth right with a lentil soup and the help of his mother. Was that the right way to do? As he found out, it was not. He is now asking himself again and again, Where did I go wrong? It was all mothers’ fault. Her calculation missed the mark. She might think that once Isaac blessed me, Esav would realize who was really the one in power. But it was not to happen. Instead his brother longs to kill him.

A great lesson to be learned about deceiving

This book is the fourth book by Uvi Poznansky I have read now. And it is as marvellous as the first. A great writer and understanding of the word. Yes, Uvi, you did it again, you never cease to amaze me.