PebbleInALake

My responses to thefridayfive for 6/13/25.

1. What item would you be embarrassed for people to know you own?
None that I can think of.

2. What is something you splurged on just for you?
I'm on a tight budget, so I try not to splurge often. But I did cave in and buy a bunch of new funko pops last month.

3. What is something that you own with no real world value that is priceless to you?
Probably my scrapbooks and my box of keepsake items.

4. Do you collect anything?
So much stuff! My main collections are Star Wars, Comic Books, Funko Pops, Furby, My Little Pony, and dragon figurines.

5. What item belonging to a friend/family member do you covet?
My younger brother has an autographed photo of Roy Rogers that my mom gifted to him ages ago. (We had a few DVDs of old westerns while growing up and Roy Rogers was one of our favorites.) I'd love to add it to my western movie collection if he ever wants to sell it.

My responses to the thefridayfive questions for 5/2/2025.

1. What is your all time favorite book?
I don't think I have a #1 favorite, but I do tend to reread these three the most often: "The Hundred And One Dalmatians" by Dodie Smith, "Q-Squared" by Peter David, and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

2. What is your all time favorite movie?
"The Prisoner of Zenda" (1952 version)

3. What are you reading right now?
"Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma", a Doctor Who book about Turlough's adventures on his home planet after he stops being the Doctor's companion. It's pretty good so far, but I'm only about halfway through.

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Probably "Farscape". I consider it one of my primary comfort shows, along with "Stargate Atlantis" and "Psych".

5. What is the last movie you saw in the theater?
This past weekend, my roommate and I went to see the 20th anniversary re-release of "Revenge of the Sith". We've seen it a bunch of times already, but it was awesome getting to see it on the big screen. It was also my roommate's first time seeing a Star Wars movie in theater, so that was a fun experience for her.

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.