From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting   
   trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit  tiring.   
      
   However, there are times when the  flesh is weak but the credit card is   
   willing.   
      
   Long ago I got a chapters rewards card, and for those with such the   
   company offers a 20% discount on purchases made in your birth month.  I   
   tried to order from them online years ago, but gave up when their   
   software and my then-computer proved incompatible.   
      
   I am happy to say that their website is fine now, and the selection   
   broader than before.  Prices are usually higher than amazon, but with   
   cheaper shipping and the 20% cut they were in effect lower.   
      
   Speaking of shipping, they beat their time estimates in every respect.   
   The order went in late Friday night, and the first books arrived Monday.   
     Following recommendations in this group I ordered a Leinster which was   
   not supposed to arrive until January, but it has already been delivered.   
      
   As a result I can over the next few weeks do some catching up on the   
   Clarke awards, even unto 2020.   
      
   I suppose this is only of interest to Canadians on the group,   
   given the fraught nature of cross-border shipping these days.   
      
   And of course, all the books were well printed and well bound.   
      
   ("Of the report produced by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police I can only   
   say that it was fastidiously bound" - Augustus Mandrell).   
      
   William Hyde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)