20.3 - Best Review - Trishhartuk"s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose

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20.3 - Best Review -Trishhartuk’s Task: Burdened with Glorious Purpose

Books with the main page genre Sequential Art, Comics, Comic Book, or Manga are allowed.

I go to see most of the Marvel movies when they come out, but far and away my favourite antagonist - possibly even my favourite character in the MCU - is Loki. It didn’t look good for him in Avengers: Infinity War, but at least there are rumours that he might get his own mini-series on Disney’s new streaming platform, so the Trickster should hopefully be on our screens for a bit longer.

Choose one option and read a book which fits that option. REQUIRED: state the option when you post.

Option 1. I am Loki…of Asgard. The Thor movies/comics are (loosely!) based on Norse mythology, with the Marvel versions of Thor and Loki counted as superhero and supervillain. Read a book with a main page genre Mythology or Superheroes, stand alone or embedded.

Option 2. Say my name. Read a book with ALL the letters L O K and I in the TITLE (not the subtitle).

Option 3. The Trickster. In the movies, Loki has been known to impersonate other people - notably Captain America and Odin. Read a book by an author, or team of authors, who publish under more than one name. For example J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith, Vicki Delany/Eva Gates, Mike Carey/M.R. Carey; or husband and wife team Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini, who write as both Cleo Coyle and Alice Kimberly. You may read a book written under any of the names that the author uses.
REQUIRED: If the GR record or author bio does not show that the author writes under more than one name, include a link to a source establishing this.

Option 4. Your ears yearn for untold stories. Your eyes crave unseen sights. Tom Hiddleston is appearing on stage in London this spring in Harold Pinter’s play, Betrayal, which seems like a strangely appropriate choice for the man beneath that really silly helmet to be in. He’s joined in the cast by another Marvel alumnus, Charlie Cox from Daredevil. I was lucky enough to get tickets for my birthday, and I’m really looking forward to it.
For this option, read a play. This should be identified on the main book page.

[Trish]

Loki approves

Option 1:
Good as Gold: A Villainous Love Story, TJ Land - noted for Comics > Superheroes

Option 2:

Option 3:
Lars Kepler/Alexander Ahndoril/Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril
Stephen King/Richard Bachman
Dean Koontz

Option 4:

[Trish]

Thor does not

Option 1:
Scourged, Kevin Hearne - doesn't have mythology or superheroes as an MPG.

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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This help thread is open.

[Susan A]

Please note superhero genre

Good as Gold: A Villainous Love Story

[Trish]

Susan A wrote: "Please note superhero genre
Good as Gold: A Villainous Love Story"

I can see it snuck in there at 4 users, so noted.

[Pia]

For Option 3, would the author Lars Kepler work?

It's a husband and wife writing team and they both also write under their real names: Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril

Thanks!

[Trish]

Pia wrote: "For Option 3, would the author Lars Kepler work? It's a husband and wife writing team and they both also write under their real names: Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril

Looks good. They both write under two names.

[Shawn]

Will Stephen King and Dean Koontz work for this task? Both write under two names.

[Cathy]

Can you please lock in mythology for
Scourged

Thanks!

[Trish]

Shawn wrote: "Will Stephen King and Dean Koontz work for this task? Both write under two names."

Both are fine. Stephen King is Richard Bachmann, right? And it looks like Dean Koontz has a few pseydonyms.

[Trish]

Cathy wrote: "Can you please lock in mythology for
Scourged Thanks!"

I'm not seeing Mythology as a main page genre for Scourged on any of the computers I can easily check. They only go down to Fantasy > Magic 46 users. As its the MPGs that the mods adjudicate from, and not the "top shelves" behind them, I'm afraid its going to have to be a no.