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I am a lawyer in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada who enjoys reading, especially mysteries. Since 2000 I have been writing personal book reviews. This blog includes my reviews, information on and interviews with authors and descriptions of mystery bookstores I have visited. I strive to review all Saskatchewan mysteries. Other Canadian mysteries are listed under the Rest of Canada. As a lawyer I am always interested in legal mysteries. I have a separate page for legal mysteries. Occasionally my reviews of legal mysteries comment on the legal reality of the mystery. You can follow the progression of my favourite authors with up to 15 reviews. Each year I select my favourites in "Bill's Best of ----". As well as current reviews I am posting reviews from 2000 to 2011. Below my most recent couple of posts are the posts of Saskatchewan mysteries I have reviewed alphabetically by author. If you only want a sentence or two description of the book and my recommendation when deciding whether to read the book look at the bold portion of the review. If you would like to email me the link to my email is on the profile page.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Flight Delay ..... Grrrrrr!

This is not the post I intended to put tonight. Sharon and I have started a holiday trip today. I was going to write about what I intend to read on the trip but got distracted and frustrated when we reached the airport in Saskatoon. For a change we were well ahead of time. Then at check-in the young WestJet agent said because of weather issues our plane is 3 hours late!

We had already dispatched our van with friends so we have been sitting in the departure area since 7:30 this evening and hope to leave around 12:15.

I am not optimistic about departure time. They just announced our plane was hit by lightning and they have to do a tail switch.

I have spent the evening reading The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver. It is suitably fiendish and rather chilling about all the poisons around that an evil person can use.

I will pass on more about the trip and book plans later in the weekend.

For now I will try to be patient ........


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8 comments:

  1. Prashant C. TrikannadSeptember 6, 2014 at 12:26 AM

    Bill, by the time I posted this I hope you and Sharon will have had a safe flight out of Saskatoon. I hope you both have a lovely holiday.

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    1. Bill SelnesSeptember 6, 2014 at 4:03 PM

      Prashant: We got to our younger son's condo about 2:00 in the morning. We leave Calgary in the morning. Thanks for the good wishes.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2014 at 5:29 AM

    Bill - Oh, how very frustrating! I hope you caught your flight safely, and that you have a wonderful trip, even though it didn't start well.

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    1. Bill SelnesSeptember 6, 2014 at 4:04 PM

      Margot: Thanks for the kind words. We are looking forward to getting away. I am sure you have also spent hours waiting in airports.

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  3. TracyKSeptember 6, 2014 at 11:47 PM

    Hope all goes well from here on out. Look forward to hearing about the trip and your reading on the trip.

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    1. Bill SelnesSeptember 8, 2014 at 2:12 PM

      TracyK: Thanks for the good wishes. We are on he ship! I shall post soon about my ship reading.

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  4. J F NorrisSeptember 7, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    Count your blessings, Bill. I just hope your plane isn't diverted because some selfish passenger gets into a volatile disagreement over the reclining privileges of the person in front of him....or her. What a bizarre social phenomenon that has become! Temporary insanity and selfishness no know boundaries.

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    1. Bill SelnesSeptember 8, 2014 at 2:15 PM

      John: Thanks for the comment. I fear you have become a curmudgeon railing at society and technology. Once we got to Calgary the last two flights were uneventful though I do not enjoy JFK in New York.

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