Jon
Wish list as of 11/18/2023 Editing Perpetually in progress, Forgive weird Formatting things
Experiences
- Reading Day (Whole day dedicated to books, and working through my to-read stack)
- Gaming or Nerdy Conventions (Gencon, Blizzcon, E3, PAX, etc.)
- Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida (Harry Potter World, Animal Kingdom)
- Hiking and Camping - State parks etc.
- Playing with or swimming with various sea Creatures (Dolphins, Turtles)
- Book signing or talk by some of my favorite authors (See below for ideas)
- Community volunteering / poverty alleviation: Homeless shelters, FMSC, Pet Shelters etc.
- Swimming in lake Michigan/walking along the beach (preferably in warmer weather)
- Six Flags Great America/ Theme and amusement parks (Roller Coasters)
- Seeing My turtle, or the Pangolins at Brookfield Zoo (Hamill Family Play zoo, By the name of Too-chey)
- Cubs Baseball games @ Wrigley Field
- Frisbee Golf Outings
- Battlebots Taping Sessions (In Vegas, 2024 Dates TBA)
SECRET SANTA IDEAS
Tali'Zorah Graphic Tee – Official Bioware Gear Store
Pretty much anything from this Turtle Amazon Store Or This one or maybe this one
Mass Effect Team Throw Blanket – Official Bioware Gear Store
Avatar the Way of Water(Movie), Art Book Visual Dictionary
Wow Card Decks, Here, Here, and Here
Music/Concerts
I have a Spotify Premium account so I listen to what I want most of the time, these are more in the realm of physical media I would appreciate
Internet artists
Lindsey Stirling: Shatter Me, Brave Enough
Peter Hollens: https://peterhollens.com/store/c/album/
Taylor Davis: https://www.taylordavisviolin.com/store/
Concerts/Artists
Crowder, For King and Country, Pentatonix, Sara Bereilles, Lindsey Stirling, Ed Sheeran, Tobymac, MercyMe, Skillet, Anberlin, NEEDTOBREATHE, Daughtry, Imagine Dragons, U2, Coldplay, Owl City, Sidewalk Prophets, Francesca Battistelli
Books
Honestly, I will love just about anything you give me. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Interesting History, and comic books are my current favorites
Misc Books
Introverts in the Church (from Intervarsity Press)
*Phillip Reeve*
Mortal Engines, A Darkling Plain, Infernal Devices, Predator's Gold,
Larklight, Starcross, Mothstorm
A Web of Air, Scrivener's Moon
Railhead, The Blacklight Express, Station Zero
Andy Weir Project Hail Mary
Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun
Sarah Gailey The Echo Wife
Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild Built
Terry Miles Rabbits
Arkady Martine A Memory Called Empire, A Desolation called Peace
J.S. Dewes The Last Watch
*L.E. Modesitt Jr.*
The Towers of the Sunset, The Magic Engineer, The Order War, Fall of Angels, The Chaos Balance, The White Order, The Colors of Chaos, Magi'i of Cyador, Wellspring of Chaos, Natural Ordermage, Mage-Guard of Hamor, Arms-Commander, Cyador's Heirs, Heritage of Cyador, The Mongrel Mage, Outcasts of Order, The Mage-Fire War,
*NK Jemisen* The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Broken Kingdoms, The Kingdom of Gods, The Shadowed Sun, The Killing Moon,
*Robert Jordan* Wheel of TIme (There are three book sets for this series that would work out well, I own books 0-10)
Knife of Dreams, The Gathering Storm, Towers of Midnight, A Memory of Light
Pretty much any series by Brandon Sanderson
Bryan Davis
Children of the Bard: Song of the Ovulum, From the Mouth of Elijah, The Seventh Door
Tales of Starlight: Masters & Slayers, Third Starlighter, Exodus Rising
Dragons of Starlight: Starlighter, Warrior. Diviner, Liberator
Echoes from the Edge: Beyond the Reflection's Edge, Eternity's Edge, Nightmare's Edge, Reapers
*Brian Jacques*
(Separate from the titles below, I am looking for hardcover versions of this whole series of these novels, I currently have Mossflower, Triss, and Eulalia I think)
The Sable Queen
The Angel's Command
Voyage of Slaves
The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns
The Redwall Cookbook
The Rogue Crew
Patrick Rothfuss
The Narrow Road Between Desires
How Old Holly Came to Be
Robert Silverberg
Majipoor Chronicles, Valentine Pontifex, The Mountains of Majipoor, Sorcerers of Majipoor, Lord Prestimion, King of Dreams, Tales of Majipoor
D.J. Machale
Pendragon Series: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne Book Nine: Raven Rise Book Ten: The Soldiers of Halla
Pendragon Before the War: Book One of the Travelers Book Two of the Travelers Book Three of the Travelers
Morpheus Road: The Light The Black The Blood
Brent Weeks
The Perfect Shadow
The Light Bringer series: The Black Prism, The Blinding Knife, The Broken Eye
Joel Shepherd 23 Years on Fire, Operation Shield, Originator,
Jeanne Duprau The Diamond of Darkhold
Maxwell King The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Paulo Bacigalupi Drowned Cities, Tools of War, The Water Knife
Mira Grant Feed
Justina Ireland Dread Nation
Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven
James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes, Butcher of Anderson Station, Caliban's War, Gods of Risk, Drive, Abbadon's gate, The Churn, Cibola Burn, Nemesis Games, The Vital Abyss, Babylon's Ashes, Persepolis Rising, Tiamat's Wrath, Leviathan Falls
Kameron Hurley The Light Brigade
Ruthanna Emrys Winter Tide
Rachel Hartman Seraphina
Katherine Addison The Goblin Emperor, Unspoken Name
Andy Duncan Agent of Utopia
Cixin Liu The Three Body Problem, Supernova Era
David Mitchell The Bone Clocks
Chen Quifan Waste Tide
Lila Bard A Darker Shade of Magic
Rivers Solomon An Unkindness of Ghosts
Brooke Bolander The only Harmless Great Thing
Rena Barron Kingdom of Souls
S.B. Divya Contigency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations
Saad Z. Hossain The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
Naomi Kritzer Catfishing on Catnet
Silvia Moreno-Garcia Gods of Jade and Shadow
Chris Kluwe Otaku
*Christopher Paolini* The Fork The Witch and The Worm, Fractal Noise, Murtagh
Elizabeth Moon The Deed of Paksenarrion novels
- Sheepfarmer's Daughter
- Divided Allegiance
- Oath of Gold
Paladin's Legacy or Legend of Paksenarrion novels
- Oath of Fealty
- Kings of the North
- Echoes of Betrayal
- Limits of Power
- Crown of Renewal
Heris Serrano trilogy
- Hunting Party (July 1993)
- Sporting Chance (September 1994)
- Winning Colors (August 1995)
Jason Schreier Blood Sweat, And Pixels, Press Reset
Will Mcintosh Defenders, Love minus Eighty, Burning Midnight, Soft Apocalypse, Bridesicle
Susanna Clarke Piranesi, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Board Games/Nerd & Fandom Items
Tabletop Board/Card Games
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Catan Starfarers
7 Wonders Duel
Kingdomino
Smash Up Expansions (There are maybe a dozen of these, any one will do)
Wow Card Decks, Here, Here, and Here
Misc
Alita Battle Angel Deluxe Boxed Set
HexBug Battlebots Sets I Like Shatter, Witch Doctor, Sawblaze, Whiplash, and Hypershock
Mass Effect Team Throw Blanket – Official Bioware Gear Store
Exploring Azeroth Book & Kalimdor Sequel
Brood Lord Replica ( Expensive)
Movies
( I want to own these or need them to complete collections)
The Princess Bride,
*Dead Poet's Society, *Big Hero 6,
Tomb Raider(2018), Ready Player One, Ralph Breaks the Internet, A Beautiful day in The Neighborhood, Abominable,
John Wick I, II, III, IV
Studio Ghibli Films
(I currently own My Neighbor Totoro):
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Grave of the Fireflies
Kiki's Delivery Service
Only Yesterday
Porco Rosso
Whisper of the Heart
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Ponyo
Arrietty
From Up on Poppy Hill
The Wind Rises
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Castle in the Sky
TV Series (DVD sets)
*Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor (Tennant, Seasons 2-4 of the new series) Eleventh Doctor(Smith, Seasons 5, 6, 7 )Twelfth Doctor (Capaldi,Season 8, 9, 10)
Thirteenth Doctor (Season 11)
Person of InterestSeasons 1-5
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Complete Collection of the original Series (3 seasons I believe named Water, Earth, Fire)
The Legend of Korra complete series
Clothing
Sweatpants or Pajama pants (Anything repping one of my fandoms would be great)
Winter hat, prefer one that can cover my head and my ears comfortably without being too tight, Perhaps this?
Hats- Two lines of thinking, either more curved brim baseball hats like the ones I wear now Like this,, or this OR I am looking for a formal wear hat to wear for nice occasions with a suit/dress clothes like a fedora
Battlebots Team Merch Here's a sample link I like the Teams behind Shatter!, Whiplash, Witch Doctor, and Hypershock
Tali'Zorah Graphic Tee – Official Bioware Gear Store
Warcraft Hoodie Paladin T-shirt Paladin Hoodie
AOT Levi T-shirt AOT Mikasa Shirt
Miscellaneous
Stuffed Animal/ blankets or pillows: Turtle themes Preferred like this: Appa Pillow Pet
Would like a few more keys/bag tags, these are good ones to start. Here here here. There are more in the lego store, so mix and match as you desire
Frisbee golf discs: Good brand is Innova Discs (Looking for the following discs -- Driver: Valkyrie, Wraith, Shryke | Midrange: TeeBird, Archangel, Eagle) Play it again sports is a good place to start.
Lanyard Materials, including String/cord, hooks, and perhaps a book on various braids/stitches (Rexlace is a good Brand, or something like this)
AMC Gift cards (For treats etc.)
You can't go wrong with Legos, I have a bit of a Star wars collection going, but any fun little set would be good.
If all of the above fails here's a current list of favorite games/shows/things to work with:
World Of Warcraft, StarCraft, Doctor Who, Avatar: Last Airbender, Sword Art Online, Legend of Korra, Turtles, Armadillos, Angels, Dragons, Kittens, Paladins, Harry Potter, Alita Battle Angel, Mr. Rogers, Pangolins, Star Wars, Chicago Cubs, The Mandalorian, Tomb Raider, Frisbee Golf, Mass Effect, Attack on Titan, Avatar (James Cameron)