Season Two of Justified on DVD and the new Raylan Givens novel by Elmore Leonard

For fans of the television series, Justified starring Timothy Olyphant, and based on Elmore Leonard's fictional character of Raylan Givens, there's great news in the pipeline.

Season Two will be out on DVD January 3rd. Except for the first two episodes, I missed the entire series due to moving into a new place without a way of recording the shows when they came on at night. Because of health problems, I have to be in bed by eight on a work night, which is kind of a drag. Of course, I also get up at four in the morning to write for two hours before heading to my job. Anyway, I missed nearly the entire season this year, so I'm looking forward to getting Season Two on DVD in another six weeks.

Now, if that wasn't the cat's meow, Elmore Leonard, who's been writing for over fifty years and has written many a bestseller that's automatically been turned into a major motion picture or a television min-series (think Get Shorty, Out of Sight, 3:10 to Yuma, Cat Chaser, 52 Pickup, and Jackie Brown to name a few),has a new novel coming out on January 12th. The title is--Raylan:A Raylan Given novel. Not very original, but who cares. The title says it all. This continues the Justified series in novel format, and I suspect this book will be Mr. Leonard's biggest seller to date because of how good the TV series is doing. I know I'm going to get a copy of the novel as soon as it comes out. Hell, January is going to be the month of Raylan Givens. I'm going to drink a beer to Timothy Olyphant and Walton Groggins and the other cast members of this terrific TV show. Maybe I'll even have two!