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The Western Star
The Western Star | Craig Johnson
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The thirteenth novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix series Longmire Sheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts him with a photograph of twenty-five armed men standing in front of a Challenger steam locomotive. It takes him back to when, fresh from the battlefields of Vietnam, then-deputy Walt accompanied his mentor Lucian to the annual Wyoming Sheriff's Association junket held on the excursion train known as the Western Star, which ran the length of Wyoming from Cheyenne to Evanston and back. Armed with his trusty Colt .45 and a paperback of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, the young Walt was ill-prepared for the machinations of twenty-four veteran sheriffs, let alone the cavalcade of curious characters that accompanied them. The photographalong with an upcoming parole hearing for one of the most dangerous men Walt has encountered in a lifetime of law enforcementhurtles the sheriff into a head-on collision of past and present, placing him and everyone he cares about squarely on the tracks of runaway revenge.
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sherrisilvera
The Western Star | Craig Johnson
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#wondrouswednesday @eggs

1) Walk my dog mid afternoon and open all the windows in the house for beautiful breezes

2) Fried

3) The tagged and The Chaos of Standing Still

Thanks for the tag @eeclayton

Eggs Yes to breezes through open windows 😉😌 7mo
mrp27 It‘s almost Friday, you‘ve got this! 7mo
eeclayton Beautiful breezes 💕 7mo
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Valiseb
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sherrisilvera
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September #bookspin is one from my favorite series❣️

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 7mo
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sherrisilvera
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#wondrouswednesday

1. Germany...so much that I would want to see from so many books
2. Yes. It was different and interesting - The Easy Life in Kamusari
3. Right now I'm thinking The Western Star by Johnson. The Longmire series is my happy place.

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Eggs Well done- thanks for playing 🙏🏻 10mo
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Traci1
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This was probably my least favorite of the series so far, but I still enjoyed it for the characters. The flipping time periods were sometimes hard to follow, probably made more so by listening to it on audio.

This was my #bookspin title for August. 😊

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Blueberry
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1. 2ish, English and sign language
2. The Western Star from the Longmire series
3. One, Lol
4. 😀👍🏻👋
5. @NataliePatalie @Trashcanman @Leftcoastzen @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julesG

#Friyayintro
@4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads

julesG Thanks for the tag. Just one colour food? Porridge? 4y
Blueberry @julesg hashbrown casserole (which I guess had a little orange from cheese, and Filipino fruit salad which was mostly white with a little bit of color covered in white whipping cream and cream cheese. 4y
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Blueberry
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1. Streets of Laredo (4th in the Lonesome series)
2. The Western Star (13th in Longmire series)
3. A Simple Favor

I enjoy your #weekendreads questions. 😀 @rachelsbrittain

rachelsbrittain I'm glad you enjoy them! Thanks for joining in 😊 4y
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Blueberry
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Oh man, I have to keep reading through the next in the series and push back my other reads. There was a devastating cliffhangar.

hwestfall I love these books! 4y
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Blueberry
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Currently reading and first read of 2020. #13 in this great series.

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Tamra
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So, these factoids sent me down the interwebs rabbit hole and what I found wasn‘t flattering. The two possibilities I read were: the suffrage bill was a racist reaction to 14th & 15th Amendments (I won‘t repeat the epithets) and/or it was proposed in jest without belief it would be passed. The interim governor was a widow filling out her husband‘s term in the 20s. Caveat: I didn‘t do a lot of research. Heart‘s favorite place, Big Horns. 💜

Lcsmcat When I lived in Utah the story was that in order to gain statehood Wyoming needed a certain number of citizens. Giving women the vote added enough for them to get it. 5y
Tamra @Lcsmcat a colleague mentioned that yesterday. All very interesting! 5y
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Tamra
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Book candy, plain truth. I have to ignore the cheesy sentimentality that so many westerns include. 🧀😉

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Titania
The Western Star | Craig Johnson
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I have a soft spot for the Longmire series, maybe because I live in Wyoming. Sometimes I like the Longtime books just because they continue the story, even if the individual book is formulaic. I felt Johnson was on top of his game with Western Star.

Tamra First, my husband & I adore the mountains and always go camping in the Big Horns during the summer (favorite is the Buffalo side). So lucky you being in the state! Second, love the TV series (except for the last season) and the books. Sounds like I need to read this installment! 6y
Titania @Tamra I live in Jackson Hole, so our camping is mainly in the Tetons, Gros Ventres, and Wind River ranges. We have yet to make it over to the Buffalo area! Gotta change that someday. :-) I like the Longmire TV series, too, but they're like 2 different universes in my head. 6y
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Pandalibrarian
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I love Craig Johnson and Walt Longmire. Finished this tonight and loved it. Getting some of Walt‘s backstory while enjoying a really good mystery is my idea of a good time. How long before the next one comes out? Photo is from a conference where I met Craig Johnson a few years ago. Such a nice man!

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actualdisneyprincess
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An expertly-handled takeoff on Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express," this is as enjoyable an entry in the Walt Longmire series as any other. Full of the signature dry humor and carefully-crafted mystery, I don't think I'll ever get tired of spending time with the sheriff with a heart as big as the Wyoming plains. (I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.) #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire

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actualdisneyprincess
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I'M SORRY, BUT BASICALLY EVERY PAGE HAS SOMETHING I FEEL THE NEED TO SHARE. #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire #lucianconnelly

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actualdisneyprincess
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Just opened the first book of the day, already got a giggle out of it. Seriously, Lucian is the best. (Also, I could go for a pumpkin donut right about now...) #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire #lucianconnelly

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LucySparrow
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Currently reading “The Western Star” - Craig Johnson is a favorite of mine. ☺️

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actualdisneyprincess
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Lucian and Walt are SO GREAT. 😂 #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire #lucianconnelly

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actualdisneyprincess
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Sooo, I accidentally took a nap earlier - I still get tuckered out so easily, and I vacuumed my house this afternoon - so it's time to get back to Walt & Co.! I'm loving the back-and-forth between past and present, and can't wait to see how they tie together! #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire

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actualdisneyprincess
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actualdisneyprincess
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Three pages in, and my girl Vic is already in fine form. 😂 #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire #victoriamoretti

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actualdisneyprincess
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I AM JUST REALLY EXCITED, OKAY? (I love Walt Longmire so much.) #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire

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actualdisneyprincess
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And now right into the next book of the day; this library pile's not gonna' read itself! #thewesternstar #craigjohnson #waltlongmire

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Jen2
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Saw Craig Johnson live this week. He was so funny! Read his newest book in one sitting!!

Jaimelire Books that can do that are precious 7y
SomedayAlmost I need that a lot this fall. 😉 7y
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luvamystery65
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Local indie bookstore didn't have this in last week due to delay in shipping. Thanks Hurricane Harvey! Fortunately, my local library did have their copies in and I was number 9 on the list. Thanks Fort Bend County Library System. Craig Johnson will be here in Houston at Murder by the Books tomorrow evening. Yay!

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Bookquilter
The Western Star | Craig Johnson
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"Well, if I were going to throw somebody off a train, I'd throw them off the back."

Plotting and logical--- yep.

Liatrek Lol! I love this one 😊 7y
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