The Friday Five: Books

[smallhobbit]

This week's thefridayfive questions

1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?
No.  I might say I didn't enjoy something, and even share why not, but my preferences are not your preferences, so unless you ask my opinion and I know specifically what you like then I wouldn't tell you as a general point to avoid something.

2. If you take a book on vacation, are you more likely to take something you haven't read yet or an old favorite?
New - I very very rarely reread.  And when there is limited space for books, since I must take some clothing, they'll be new.

3. Do you read any genres by the season? Like horror around Halloween? Cozy Mysteries in the Winter? Romance in the Summer?
Not genres as such, but December is the time for Christmas stories - I have a number lined up ready for this December.

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?
Yes!  I like both.  Many mysteries do have the same detective, whether professional or amateur.  Glancing through the books I've read this year, I'd say it's about 50/50.

5. Is there a book that you wish you could read again, but experience it like it was the first time?
Not that I can think of.

Comments

[aome]

You're not the first person I've known who rarely re-reads books. I'm the opposite - despite always having a giant TBR pile, I still like to re-read old favourites now and then. And I used to take the third HP book (Azkaban) with me on every trip as my backup/comfort read, if other reading choices didn't work out.

[smallhobbit]

My equivalent of old favourites is the latest book in a series, a new plot but well known characters.

[apachefirecat]

You definitely answered the first with considerable honor. :) I've attempted to read such horrors before -- I can't tell you the number of times I've chunked a book across a room in pure disgust! LOL

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. We all have very different likes and tolerances.