tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post3335297836497398067..comments2024-03-27T14:12:11.809-07:00Comments on Margy Meanders: “I Married the Klondike” by Laura Beatrice BertonPowell River Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-47368946743392588672017-04-07T00:34:49.229-07:002017-04-07T00:34:49.229-07:00You are welcome, Margy! It's great getting to ...You are welcome, Margy! It's great getting to know you!Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-81783581033760107452017-04-06T08:33:21.446-07:002017-04-06T08:33:21.446-07:00We were so lucky to go when we did. Now we can'...We were so lucky to go when we did. Now we can't fly our airplane in Canada and driving to the Yukon takes a very long time. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-41410577060562991192017-04-06T07:36:25.433-07:002017-04-06T07:36:25.433-07:00Excellent review and a topic I find most interesti...Excellent review and a topic I find most interesting. We spent an entire summer camping in Alaska and the Yukon including a week in Dawson. Wonderful memories...:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-84154794039722074812017-04-05T17:44:18.500-07:002017-04-05T17:44:18.500-07:00Thanks Linda. It was an interesting book about a v...Thanks Linda. It was an interesting book about a very different time. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-52159307057468512882017-04-05T17:43:44.460-07:002017-04-05T17:43:44.460-07:00When I plan to travel I always look up books to re...When I plan to travel I always look up books to read before I go, and later when I read books about a region I've visited I have a stronger connection. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-42417588254323784762017-04-05T17:42:54.159-07:002017-04-05T17:42:54.159-07:00My parents were big into going to bridge parties w...My parents were big into going to bridge parties when I was growing up. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-81882331571306276442017-04-05T17:41:25.427-07:002017-04-05T17:41:25.427-07:00Thanks for hosting our book reviews on your blog. ...Thanks for hosting our book reviews on your blog. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-4463727748994617712017-04-05T13:31:25.859-07:002017-04-05T13:31:25.859-07:00This sounds really interesting. Great review, Marg...This sounds really interesting. Great review, Margy.Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-56182684490289160842017-04-05T11:02:28.845-07:002017-04-05T11:02:28.845-07:00I enjoyed seeing your photos with the review. Pair...I enjoyed seeing your photos with the review. Pairing a visit up north with reading this book would be a fun vacation.Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-62787509866866944562017-04-05T04:17:02.305-07:002017-04-05T04:17:02.305-07:00This is a familiar story, isn't it?
I never ev...This is a familiar story, isn't it?<br />I never even connected the last name until you told us. <br />My first in-laws were posted to the Yukon in the early 50s. They told stories of making the prisoners do chores around their house, playing cards all the time, too! This was the RCMP detachment in Mayo.Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-12268748600342601532017-03-29T14:57:49.827-07:002017-03-29T14:57:49.827-07:00So this is Pierre Berton's mother's memoir...So this is Pierre Berton's mother's memoir?!! Wow. It sounds great! And I do love stories about strong women. Thank you for reviewing!Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-14697748348862085412017-03-25T22:11:51.589-07:002017-03-25T22:11:51.589-07:00Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. - Margy...Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-48384478423113324442017-03-25T17:51:14.387-07:002017-03-25T17:51:14.387-07:00I'm going to look for this title in our librar...I'm going to look for this title in our library. Thanks, Margy. I just read a fun novel called "Cakewalk" by Rita Mae Brown. It's set right after WWI, at the start of Prohibition, in Runnymeade, through which the Mason-Dixon line runs. The main characters are delightful and oh so wise. I didn't want the story to end. Su-sieee! Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515318972570669414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-66902962884829503652017-03-23T15:48:04.567-07:002017-03-23T15:48:04.567-07:00Me too, but living where we do is a bit like that....Me too, but living where we do is a bit like that. Floating cabins are a piece of history here on the BC coast. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-72149544222894437362017-03-23T15:47:32.759-07:002017-03-23T15:47:32.759-07:00I've read several books by women who went to r...I've read several books by women who went to remote areas to become teachers in the early 1900s. Maybe I enjoy them so much because of my teaching background. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-28143033200577007902017-03-23T15:46:38.726-07:002017-03-23T15:46:38.726-07:00I looked both authors up at Amazon and they both h...I looked both authors up at Amazon and they both have quite a few books to choose from. Thanks for the recommendations. - MargyPowell River Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580698518291129041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-5919781344981519722017-03-23T06:49:12.978-07:002017-03-23T06:49:12.978-07:00What an interesting story... Sometimes I would lik...What an interesting story... Sometimes I would like to take a step back and walk in that time <br /><br />Have a nice ABC-day / -week<br />♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)<br />http://melodymusic.nl/20-kMelodyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091386973060511473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-88464756037307635492017-03-22T16:05:26.153-07:002017-03-22T16:05:26.153-07:00sounds like an interesting story
ROG, ABCWsounds like an interesting story<br /><br />ROG, ABCWRoger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40985591113240940.post-48943021080750930992017-03-22T10:58:41.452-07:002017-03-22T10:58:41.452-07:00An excellent book review and sounds like one I'...An excellent book review and sounds like one I'd definitely enjoy.<br />It sounds similar in some ways to a few by Bonnie Leon that I've read and you might like also. <br />Kristen Heitzman writes a wonderful story called the Rose Legacy about mining life in the late 1800's in the Rockies.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369909588334413326noreply@blogger.com