This is the personal blog of Walt White. I am a Drafter/Designer living in Berks County, PA. I've got a fondness for Cigars, Photography, and Firearms. Take a look around and you may find something interesting regardless of how different your hobbies may be from my own.
Book Review Seven Days of Terror Earlier this week I wrote up a quick post talking about my birthday and having received a Nook from my wife. After playing with the device for a few minutes, I hopped onto the web in search of an eBook to try it out. Earlier that day I spent [...]
On Saturday, my wife and I made plans that had us rising from bed at an early hour. I had a few errands to run and my wife had some shopping to do. Before any of that was to start, we headed out to have breakfast at Michael’s Diner in Douglassville. Once we were fed, [...]
Title: Random Author: Craig Robertson Published By: Simon & Schuster UK Published Date: 2010 ISBN: 978-1-84737-729-6 Length: 329 Pages Purchased From: Book Depository @ $15.15 The Story: In current day Glasgow, a series of murders take place. The killings have police baffled as there seems to be no motive. It seems as though randomly selected [...]
Title: Mad Ship Series: Liveship Traders Trilogy Author: Robin Hobb Published By: Bantam Published Date: 2000 ISBN: 0-553-57564-3 Length: 850 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: In the second book of the Liveship Traders Trilogy, Mad Ship, the storyline picks up immediately where it was left off in Ship of Magic. The Vestrit [...]
Title: Ship of Magic Series: Liveship Traders Trilogy Author: Robin Hobb Published By: Bantam Published Date: 1999 ISBN: 0-553-57563-5 Length: 809 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: Ship of Magic is the first book in the Liveship Traders Trilogy. This series of books takes place shortly after the Farseer Trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal [...]
A couple of months ago I was having a conversation on Twitter with Dennis Camacho when he sent me a link to a website to track the things I was reading. He had mentioned that he tried the site and thought I could benefit from using it as an avid reader. The name of the [...]
Title: Royal Assassin Series: Farseer Trilogy Author: Robin Hobb Published By: Bantam Published Date: 1997 ISBN: 978-0-553-57341-1 Length: 675 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: At the end of Assassin’s Apprentice, Fitz is deathly ill as a result of poison and must rest. After an extended stay in the mountain region, the remainder [...]
Title: Assassin’s Apprentice Series: Farseer Trilogy Author: Robin Hobb Published By: Bantam Published Date: 1996 ISBN: 0-553-57339-X Length: 435 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: Assassin’s Apprentice is the memoirs of one FitzChivalry Farseer. The story begins as Fitz explains that each time he attempts to write the history of the Six Dutchies, [...]
Title: Mistborn – Hero of Ages Author: Brandon Sanderson Published By: TOR Fantasy Published Date: May 2009 (Mass Market Edition) ISBN-10: 0-7653-5614-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-5614-7 Length: 724 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: The Hero of Ages starts off much like The Well of Ascension and takes place after a years time has passed [...]
Title: The Law of Nines Author: Terry Goodkind Published By: The Penguin Group Published Date: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-399-15604-5 Length: 502 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $18.45 The Story: At the end of Confessor by Terry Goodkind, Richard Rahl conjures a powerful spell to create an alternate world. The reason for this alternate world was to [...]
