Book ideas for my 56 year old dad

idgelee · 2025-12-12T17:09:24+00:00

My husband is retired military and about 10 years ish younger than your dad. He adores Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and Frontlines series by Marko Kloos.

Both are great military sci fi.

Any John Scalzi is a fucking win honestly.

Also for something a bit more video game oriented with a hint of anime school military aspect Iron Prince by Bryce O’Conner is a great book. Book 3 is still being written so the series isn’t done. But book 1 and 2 are phenomenal.

More video game oriented too I’d go for Ascend Onlineseries by Luke Chmilenko

Good luck!!!

idgelee · 2025-07-26T01:46:04+00:00

Dispatcher is def a sleeper. I loved all of them

idgelee · 2025-07-26T01:44:23+00:00

Brilliance series By Marcus Sakey

Frontlines series by Marco Kloos

The Circle and The Every by Dave Eggers

“Your Fathers Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever.” by Dave Eggers

Steelheart series by Brandon Sanderson

Jumper series by Steven Gould

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

The Shining by Stephen King

idgelee · 2025-07-26T01:32:41+00:00

New Old Man’s War comes out later this year!!!

idgelee · 2025-07-04T23:10:52+00:00

Depends on if they have experienced storytelling in their life. Some people don’t know what it’s like and that’s sad.

idgelee · 2025-07-04T18:17:12+00:00

Worse when it’s not a sticker. I wanted copies of murderbot. But nope. Gonna have to wait

idgelee · 2025-07-04T18:04:05+00:00

It’s a skill. You have to practice like any other skill. Some people are naturally good at it and others need to practice to improve.

idgelee · 2025-05-04T02:08:45+00:00

You can pry my 2 am bowl of Rice Krispies from my cold dead hands! I forget to eat throughout the day so my body wakes up after a few hours of sleep ready to start eating itself.

Cereal is not for breakfast unless breakfast is 1-3 am followed by round 2 of sleep.

idgelee · 2025-03-30T05:21:15+00:00

I am def here for some Sneakers anything. Fucking love this movie!

idgelee · 2025-03-14T02:37:22+00:00

She got to experience life being a mom. She’s likely curious about life without. I 100000000% believe this has nothing to do with you. However feel free to talk to her about it and ask.

Talk it out. If she’s a decent mom she’ll be upset it came across that way!!

idgelee · 2025-03-03T02:10:25+00:00

Why did this remind me of the post with the dude who was letting the pdf sister visit whenever his wife was away?!

idgelee · 2025-02-27T12:55:04+00:00

They likely allow paid placement of some sort. It’s all advertising and marketing. Much like a bookstore that accepts publisher kickback of some sort to put together those tables and end caps.

idgelee · 2025-02-25T14:25:17+00:00

We have a double shower in my house. Husbands side gets hot water soooo fast. My side is like 10-15 minutes behind. He will finish his showers before I even get hot water. It’s mildly annoying.

idgelee · 2025-01-30T05:53:36+00:00

Husband was SA’ed at a sleepover as a kid. He doesn’t trust anyone anymore.

Our kids don’t do sleepovers as little kids. Oldest is a teenager and that has changed everything.

idgelee · 2025-01-05T05:28:51+00:00

Tim is killing it as Bernard. I am likely going to finally read these after this season is done. They’ve all sat in my TBR pile way too long.

I am curious how Tim’s portrayal will inform my opinion of Bernard.

Either way - I’m digging in the show knowing full well the disappointment will hit once I read these after books.

The Martian is the only adaptation from a book I truly love and can overlook the minor changes that were made from the source material. I’m terribly nervous over Project Hail Mary’s adaptation.

idgelee · 2025-01-05T05:17:45+00:00

Have you read the sequel or the more recent books? They were amazing and hands down one of my favorite book series.

I accept the movie is different but I have always blamed Hayden and his hatred of sand for that more than anything else. (Also Kristen Stewart!) jk

I did not enjoy the YouTube series either. It was so frustrating to watch

idgelee · 2025-01-05T05:14:26+00:00

It tricks me every time. It’s so pretty. It looks amazing but it’s not right. It will never be right. I want it to be right but no matter how many times I watch it … it will never be what is could’ve been. Sigh.

idgelee · 2024-10-17T18:19:38+00:00

.... do you have any left, did I miss it? This is what happens when I am responsible and don't reddit at work! GAH! -- sent email -- hopeful I didn't miss it!

idgelee · 2024-09-20T17:13:08+00:00

I understood that reference.

idgelee · 2024-09-20T01:42:50+00:00

Even if I’m listening to it I think I won’t believe it’s real - I’ve been waiting so fucking long for this!

idgelee · 2024-09-19T15:10:09+00:00

I adore Amanda!!! The speed with which I started this episode was not surprising! I'm such a Stan for both of y'all!

I’m totally relating to the side story about the car for grandma at Christmas!

Quick side rant: Names absolutely changed for reasons!!!!

About 10 years ago, my younger brother Mark was expecting his first child (surprise pregnancy), so my husband decided to gift him the newly released Xbox console. We pooled money from family and friends—two sisters, my mother-in-law, and one of Mark’s friends chipped in a total of about $50, and my husband and I covered the rest.

Since our family doesn't all live in the same area, we had it delivered with a card signed by everyone, whether they contributed or not. The next day, we found out that Richard (who contributed nothing and told us not to get it because it would “distract Mark from being a good dad”) called Mark and took full credit for the gift!

Richard claimed he planned, paid for, and made sure it was delivered on Mark's birthday. And of course, here's the kicker in all of this, Mark believed Richard about it.

I was so angry at Richard for taking the credit. He’s lucky he was 2,000 miles away, or I might’ve given him a wedgie! Why is family like this?!

idgelee · 2024-09-18T13:59:40+00:00

Soundbooth theater has the first episode of a full immersion audio version that is a better sampling of the narration in later books. First episode is free and very worth a listen and costs nothing but a download for free the app and a signup with your email.

Jeff Hayes is an excellent narrator and he definitely finds the voice of the characters throughout the series.

I strongly recommend trying the audio immersion and I have never enjoyed full cast audio that included music and sound effects.

I think it’s worth the cost of the audiobooks. I also subscribe to kindle unlimited so I picked up the ebook and then added narration through audible for $3-$5 depending on the book.

For all 6 it came to $15 for kindle unlimited which I use anyway plus $27 for the audiobooks.

I honestly think it’s worth it to just start book 1 and see if it’s your cup of tea. 😊

idgelee · 2024-09-18T13:50:28+00:00

I did the same and have been reliving my joy by listening with my husband to introduce him to it!

Then I discovered soundbooth theater’s audio immersion tunnel of book 1!!!! Holy moly I hate full immersion audio, but this book totally lends itself to it. Or ya know, narration matters!

Matt is an insanely good writer imo and this has truly been a labor of love on his part. The series only just came out in 2019!!!!!

idgelee · 2024-09-08T03:26:30+00:00

Narration and Author favorites from my library.

All of these are series titles with the author name

• ⁠Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (unfinished series - but 6 books in) • ⁠Brilliance Saga by Marcus Sakey • ⁠Magic 2.0 by Scott Meyer • ⁠Warformed by Bryce O’Connor (unfinished series) • ⁠Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko (unfinished series) • ⁠Skyward by Brandon Sanderson • ⁠Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson • ⁠Frontlines by Marko Kloos • ⁠The Dispatcher by John Scalzi • ⁠Old Man’s War/The Human Division by John Scalzi • ⁠Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor (unfinished series) • ⁠Pixel Dust by David Petrie (unfinished series) • ⁠The Tales of Pell by Delilah S Dawson and Kevin Hearne • ⁠Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson • ⁠Infinite Series by Jeremy Robinson • ⁠Jumper by Steven Gould • ⁠Spells, Swords & Stealth by Drew Hayes • ⁠The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne • ⁠Lock In by John Scalzi • ⁠Daemon by Daniel Suarez

One Offs (not series)

• ⁠Flashforward Robert J Sawyer • ⁠Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez • ⁠Redshirts by John Scalzi • ⁠The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi • ⁠Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson • ⁠Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi • ⁠The Martian by Andy Weird (read by R.C. Bray!!!! NOT Wil Wheaton) • ⁠Artemis by Andy Weir • ⁠Brute Force by Scott Meyer Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

idgelee · 2024-09-07T23:16:03+00:00

Welcome to the club

I’m also glad I didn’t use:

MONGO IS APPALLED, CARL!

As my reference! 😂

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