New Prompt: Having Dinner with Fictional Characters from novels.

Which five characters from novels would you have dinner with?  Interesting concept, huh? Well since currently Craig Johnson is one of my favorite authors, and he writes the Longmire "modern-day western" series, I think it would be great to have dinner and hang out with Sheriff Walt Longmire, Henry Standing Bear, and Cady Longmire. Of course, we would have to have Walt's secretary Ruby there for comic relief and maybe include Deputy Ferguson if he wasn't too shy to attend.  We could have antelope steaks and all the trimmings. Sounds like a fun time. Oh, and Rainier Beer. That's all Walt will drink.

If you haven't read any of Johnson's Longmire books, you really should. They are wonderfully written and give a lot of insight to the relationship of modern law enforcement on and off the "reservation.' Walt Longmire is a man's man with a soft heart. His best friend since childhood, Henry Standing Bear, whom Walt refers to as "Cheyenne Nation" is a classic modern day Native American, well educated, and speaks his mind clearly and concisely never using contractions.

The Longmire series has been made into a TV series, now produced by Netflix. It was on for four seasons on "regular" TV, but that network cancelled it. The outcry from the public was so great that Netflix has taken over the production of the series the last two seasons. I binge watched the latest season of 10 episodes recently and now have to wait a whole year for the next season. Meanwhile, I will continue to read on in the Longmire series. My only regret is that our own library doesn't have them all. When I tried to order them on inter-library loan, I found that they are on a waiting list at almost every library in our group. And on e-book, they are also always checked out. Must be a popular series to other people besides me.

I hope Craig Johnson keeps writing these novels which take place, incidentally, in Wyoming.

Until next time,
Peace,
JE