My responses to the
Friday Five for 9/27/24. The topic today was books! Which is fun timing, because this year I've been trying to get back into reading more.
1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?Honestly, I'd never tell anyone
not to read a book. Maybe if it's a book that has elements I know will be triggering/upsetting for that specific person, but otherwise no. Just because I personally don't like or agree with a book doesn't mean it won't resonate with someone else. If the Vulcans got one thing right, it was their whole "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations" philosophy.
2. If you take a book on vacation, are you more likely to take something you haven't read yet or an old favorite?Definitely an old favorite. I get stressed whenever I travel away from home, so having some "comfort items" with me always helps. My brain is already overloaded with new input from the vacation itself, adding new books/movies on top of that would be too much. (Yes, I'm ND.)
3. Do you read any genres by the season? Like horror around Halloween? Cozy Mysteries in the Winter? Romance in the Summer?Not really. I tend to just read whatever genre I'm in the mood for at any given moment. Although, I do tend to read more books overall during the winter than any other season.
4. If you read a lot of Fiction do you prefer an author that has a series with the same character(s), or do you prefer stand-alone stories?I definitely prefer series! I hate the feeling of finishing a really good book and then realizing there's nothing more to consume of it -- no more adventures with those characters, no more exploring that world, etc.
5. Is there a book that you wish you could read again, but experience it like it was the first time?Ooh, that's a good question. If I had to choose just one, it would probably be
Q-Squared by Peter David. I still vividly remember how excited and captivated I was the first time I read it, and I would love the chance to experience that feeling again. Not only did the author expertly juggle three parallel timelines in a way that kept you engrossed and never left you feeling lost as to what was happening, but the book also featured just about everything I would want from a Star Trek adventure: time travel, interweaving TOS canon with newer TNG elements, more lore on the Q Continuum, Picard and Q team-up, Riker/Troi, a sword fight... I mean, it's pretty much the perfect book.
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