Musing Mondays - March 7

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme now hosted at Jenn's new blog Books And A Beat that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:

• I’m currently reading…
• Up next I think I’ll read…
• I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
• I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
• I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
• I can’t wait to get a copy of…
• I wish I could read ___, but…
• I blogged about ____ this past week…

THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: Which characters (from which book) do you think deserve their own spin-off story? Why?

Happy Monday! I am late with this today. The real estate market is hot and we are out looking for properties to buy. It was a crazy weekend where I was on the road morning until night. But I love it!

This week's question is so tough. Which book should I choose? I couldn't choose just one, so here it goes.

We learned a good deal about Professor Snape throughout the Harry Potter series, but I think a prequel spin-off is in order. What was his childhood like outside of his relationship with Lily and James? What attracted him about the Dark Lord? Better yet, maybe there was a Lily and Severus romance we never knew about that James destroyed. 

Another blogger mentioned they thought it would be interesting if The Hunger Games was told from Peta's point of view. How different would the Little House series have been if it had been told from Mary Ingalls' view point? Instead of the feisty, tomboy Laura and the relationship with her beloved Pa, would we have enjoyed climbing into the head of good girl Mary Ingalls? Would it be Mary and Ma instead of Laura and Pa we remember most?

Gordon Butler has been one of my favorite characters in the Rocky Bluff PD series. I would love to see a Gordon spin-off; maybe he transfers to a new police department somewhere else in California or out of state. Maybe he has a chance to be seen as more of a hero than the cop with all the bad luck.

What characters would you like to see have their own spin-off stories?