tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post3284925121038784238..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Zenith Bookstore Mystery BoxBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-62810086647361133472021-07-03T23:11:50.691-06:002021-07-03T23:11:50.691-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. Hard to understa...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. Hard to understand how the post offices of our respective countries determine charges.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-40231622550175037102021-07-03T19:36:38.579-06:002021-07-03T19:36:38.579-06:00Yikes. The shipping costs are high. I ordered a fe...Yikes. The shipping costs are high. I ordered a few things from Zenith, but I am in the U.S., and the postage was reasonable.<br />I love the Allen Eskens book, "Nothing So Dangerous," and another in that series is "The Life We Bury."<br />Perri O'Shaughnessy (two sisters) write about a woman lawyer. I like the series.<br />Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-84928092735019474852021-06-22T17:51:09.739-06:002021-06-22T17:51:09.739-06:00Debbie: Thanks for the comment. I cannot recall th...Debbie: Thanks for the comment. I cannot recall the last time I mailed anything to the U.S. but I expect it would be expensive. I find Canada Post more reliable with parcels than letters. This parcel was an exception. I appreciate that we have a huge country but the cost of Canada Post for parcels feels excessive.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-62388346557532279852021-06-22T17:45:39.718-06:002021-06-22T17:45:39.718-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the omment. I am optimistic abo...TracyK: Thanks for the omment. I am optimistic about the books and appreciate your thoughts on Iron Lake and The Emperor of Ocean Park.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-3925656216858514342021-06-22T17:44:14.830-06:002021-06-22T17:44:14.830-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I equally would li...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I equally would like to visit Zenith. I am sure we would we well welcomed.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-38206779061997869982021-06-22T12:53:44.611-06:002021-06-22T12:53:44.611-06:00Oh - too bad this turned out to be so expensive - ...Oh - too bad this turned out to be so expensive - it appeals to me on many levels. <br /><br />The mailing of packages to and from the USA has puzzled and angered me for years. American bloggers almost always restrict their giveaways to the US because of the perceived - or perhaps real- cost of mailing to Canada. Comparing the prices of Canadian and American stamps for letters for both inter-country and intra-country, I suspect that to mail a parcel from the US to Canada, even though pricey by comparison to mailing within the USA, is still cheaper than mailing a parcel from Canada to the US. (Books, I believe, are eligible for Media Mail rates.)<br /><br />And yet. Canadians generally do that willingly. Why? Well, one reason might be that it's usually cheaper to mail to the States than to mail somewhere else in Canada. Outrageous, yes? Canada Post. GRRR. Don't get me started. <br /><br />ANYWAY - if I lived in the States, or if this bookstore was in Canada, I'd definitely be getting these mystery boxes!!Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-76128607677424822492021-06-20T15:37:53.257-06:002021-06-20T15:37:53.257-06:00That is a lovely store and I am intrigued by the m...That is a lovely store and I am intrigued by the mystery box. It looks like you got some good books. I have read Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (in the last two or three years) and it is very good. Definitely a thriller. I have also read The Emperor of Ocean Park but that was years ago (2005ish) and I just remember that it was good, but not much else. <br /><br />That is a lot to pay for a mystery box but you did get a good choice of books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-5428951515931556192021-06-20T14:38:28.549-06:002021-06-20T14:38:28.549-06:00Thanks, Bill, for sharing your experience. I hope ...Thanks, Bill, for sharing your experience. I hope you'll enjoy the books. But I must say I agree with you about the cost of shipping. That's prohibitive, and honestly not something I would want to incur. Still, if I ever get to that part of the US, I'll visit Zenith books. Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com