#melvin burgess

[waterhorseyblues-ao3]

Some other Lokis that i love that arent marvel or disneymarvel Loki in no particular order

Norse Mythology Loki. While there probably isn't a huge divide, this specifically refers to Neil Gaiman's portrayal of myth Loki, and even more specifically in the audiobook where he gets to give Loki's voice more character.

Melvin Burgess' Loki. Hilarious, queer, a hero and kind of pathetic all in one go. What's not to love? Literally anyone who likes Loki can get behind this novel's depiction of the Norse myths.

The Sandman Loki. He's got a great design and he's a bastard. He's so unnecessarily horrible. He causes the worst problems. Excellent bastard villain. Neil Gaiman just Gets It when it comes to Loki.

Supernatual Loki. Who was actually Gabriel. Funniest troublesome little bastard ever. Changing Channels is one of the best episodes. A fan favourite for a reason.

#loki #norse mythology #marvel #nei gaiman #melvin burgess #supernatural #rambling

[sulealone]

#street photography #walking #literature #book quotes #melvin burgess #junk #smack #lit #read #sulealone #winter #life #drugs #addiction #streets #artists on tumblr #outcast #weirdos #bnw #black and white #photography #mental illness #loneliness #fear #depression #abuse #book recommendations #booklover #bookaddict #books and reading

[mistress-of-words]

Hmm so there’s a new book about Loki by Melvin Burgess out and do we even want to know how Sigyn is portrayed? Considering the big twist in this story is Baldr and Loki being love…maybe not.

#loki #sigyn #norse mythology #Melvin burgess #any work of art that’s advertise itself as blank like you’ve never seen them before #is the worst

[craycraybluejay]

#books #reading #books to read #terry pratchett #discworld #jonathan stroud #franz kafka #the metamorphosis #edgar allen poe #melvin burgess #litblr #fiction #fantasy #classic fantasy #surrealism #poll #polls #please vote #book #book haul #hngh i lust for words #book lover

[dreams-of-mutiny]

You listen to them, teachers, parents, politicians. They're always saying, if you steal you're a thief, if you sleep aroung you're a slut, if you take drugs you're a junkie. They want to get inside your head and control you with their fear. ...Don't play their game. Nothing can touch you; you stay beautiful.

— Melvin Burgess

#melvin burgess #quotes

[wtfwayne]

just finished re reading 'junk' for a 3rd time. i will never get tired of this book.

now onto reading 'tweak' and 'beautiful boy' after watching the movie several times

#melvin burgess #nic sheff #david sheff #beautiful boy

[lieutenant-teach]

Read several books about Loki and Sigyn, which were marked with hashtag ‘justice for sigyn’. All of them are written by really talented people (I’m often baffled by situations when fans write better stories than professional writers – why do the latter get their money?). After reading I can’t agree on some specific points in these books that rubbed me wrong.

Contains spoilers!

Cat Rector ‘The Goddess of Nothing at all’ – the story is strong. A well-written book, pleasure to read. But. Even here, on Tumblr, I read lots of meta and criticism ‘Angrboda wasn’t Loki’s mistress! She was his wife before Sigyn!’. And the author goes this standard way ‘Angrboda is Loki’s mistress’. It works for this story, but it’s in lots and lots of books about Norse myths! Why NOT make her a mistress? Why go a typical way? The ending – I loved the ending. A new All-mother Sigyn – chef’s kiss.

Nicki Chapelway ‘The Harbinger of the end’ (1st book) – an interesting take on Volsung saga, the adventures were really engaging. But, frankly, I didn’t understand why Sigyn fell in love with Loki. I mean, they never had any meaningful conversations or actions between two of them to start love. She just decides ‘I’m a wife, I must love him, and also he’s handsome’. That’s it! Next morning she acts as if she’s deeply in love with him. It seemed as if the author wanted to go into slowburn, but didn’t manage to pull it off and just jumped to the moment when they’re already in love.

Lyra Wolf ‘Truth and other lies’ – again, where’s Sigyn as the Goddess of Victory? So much for all these cries in the internet and on Tumblr specifically ‘but she’s not the Goddess of Fidelity! Marvel just made it up!’. Then WHY use this trope? Not saying it’s a bad idea in and on itself, but it’s so established in general public’s mind. Why not change it? Why not at least combine these two elements – fidelity AND victory?

Surprisingly, only Melvin Burgess writes Sigyn as the Goddess of Victory. Burgess! It was the single thing I liked in this book. Of course, he didn’t give justice to her, but at least he named her title right.

Of course, I guess, nothing can beat the Marvel comics – they’re the first to blame for this Fidelity mess and general treatment of Sigyn. Lots of nowadays popular books are based on comics portrayal. I believe fan books should go as far from these typical Logyn tropes as possible.

#norse mythology #norse loki #sigyn #literature analysis #justice for sigyn #logyn #loki x sigyn #sigyn marvel #literary analysis

[ladydorian05]

Top 9 books

Tagged by @jesuisici33 , @thewolvesof1998 @theotherbuckley @wikiangela @your-catfish-friend @ thank you! ❤️

Corazón negro - Elisa Puricelli

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief - Rick Riordan

Red White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Oblivion - Kelly Creagh

Heroes of Olympus The son of Neptune - Rick Riordan

Gears of war Coalition's end - Karen Traviss

Witch & Wizard - James Patterson

Sara's face - Melvin Burgess

Undead - Kirty Mckay

No pressure tags!

@made-ofmemories @wildlife4life @disasterbuckdiaz @diazblunt @eddiebabygirldiaz @loserdiaz @crowleywasagryffindor @forthewolves @missmagooglie @daffi-990 @pirrusstuff

#tag game #books

[windsweptinred]

Thank you for the tag @verminetroglodyte my Byron buddy 😆❤️

Last show/movie: Renfield. Nic Cage at his most gothicly camp and loving every minute! It was just like the hammer horror films of my childhood... With less heaving cleavage.

Currently watching: I shall be wrapping up the Mandalorian tomorrow and I think we've got The Legend Of Vox Machina lined up next. (I'm still sulking we don't have Quantom Leap here in the UK yet 😑)

Currently reading: My bedside reading pile currently consists of Loki by Melvin Burgess, Life Isn't Binary by Meg - John Baker and Alex Iantiffi and The Sandman Book of Dreams edited by Neil Gaimon and Ed Karmer. I chaotically bounce between them.

Current obsession: Still The Sandman! Show and comics. After a six month autumn/winter laser focus on Dreaming I'm now branching out to explore that great big Sandman universe and loving the socks off every new character and ship I find ❤️. I'm currently busy adoring the Endless Twins, those little mayhem munsters. 😆

If you want to have a go I tag @chaos-of-the-endless @honeyteacakes @lucienne-thee-librarian @despairoftheendless @ibrithir-was-here @zorawitch @mxcat777 and @just-cosmere-fan 😁

[todaysdocument]

“We, the undersigned, as American Citizens who believe in constitutional democratic government, are disgusted and outraged by the continuing attempt of the House Committee on Un-American Activities to smear the Motion Picture Industry.” 10/21/1947

File Unit: Organization Files of the Files and Reference Section of the Internal Security Committee During the 79th through 94th Congresses, 1945 - 1976

Series: Committee Papers, 1945 - 1975

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2015

Transcription:

The Committee for the First Amendment

     We, the undersigned, as American Citizens who believe in constitutional democratic government, are disgusted and outraged by the continuing attempt of the House Committee on Un-American Activities to smear the Motion Picture Industry.

     We hold that these hearings are morally wrong because:

      Any investigation into the political beliefs of the individual is contrary to the basic principles of our democracy;

      Any attempt to curb freedom of expression and to set arbitrary standards of Americanism is in itself disloyal to both the spirit and the letter of our Constitution.

Committee for the First Amendment

Richard Brooks     Paulette Goddard     Burgess Meredith

Eddie Cantor        Benny Goodman       Doris Nolan

Richard Conte      Van Heflin                  Gregory Peck

Norman Corwin     Paul Henreid             Vincent Price

Philip Dunne         Katharine Hepburn    Milton Sperling

Julius Epstein       John Houseman         Shepperd Strudwick

Philip Epstein       Marsha Hunt               Barry Sullivan

Henry Fonda        John Huston               Jerry Wald

Melvin Frank        Norma Krasna            Cornel Wilde

Ava Gardner        Anatole Ltivak            Billy Wilder

Sheridan Gibney  Myrna Loy                 William Wyler

                             Dorothy McGuire       Collier Young

The above statement has been given to the American press.  If it expresses your views and you wish to join with us in further action against this affront to our way of life, please wire:

"Bill  of Right:

care of Western Union

Beverly Hills

#archivesgov #October 21 #1947 #1940s #Red Scare #HUAC #Hollywood

[that-bookworm-guy]

UK People Only

Books For Sale (Part 2 out of 2) Part 1 Here

I need space in my tiny bedroom (for more books) and some spare cash (Possibly for more books once the bills are sorted).

These are also available on my instagram (that_bookworm_guy) I just need to clear as many as I can ASAP. I'm open to sensible offers as well as bundles. P&P is £3 for up to 2kg of books. Prices aren't including postage.

Books in Order:

Wild Embers - Nikita Gill (£4)

the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur (£4)

milk and honey - rupi kaur (£4)

Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell (£4)

It Never Rains - Roger McGough (£3)

Helium - Rudy Francisco (£5)

It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini (£4)

Young Sherlock Holmes Fire Storm - Andrew Lane (Hardback ) (£3)

Sherlock Holmes Riddles (HB) (£2)

How to Think like Sherlock - Daniel Smith (HB) (£2)

The Case of the Disappearing Detective - Anthony Read (£1)

Neither One Nor The Other - Dolores Faust (£2)

The Turn of The Screw - Henry James (£1.50)

Alex Approximately - Jenn Bennett (£2)

Hunted - E.W. Browne (£1)

Detective Pikachu (£3)

Reflections from Waterford's Woods - Jess Scutella & Roland Rosewood (£1)

Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (£5)

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey (HB) (£5)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne (£1)

When the Wind Blows - James Patterson (£1)

Symptoms of Being Human - Jeff Garvin (£3)

The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (HB) (£3)

This Book is Gay - (Juno) Dawson (£2)

Odd One Out - Nic Stone ( £3)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (£4)

FreakBoy - Kristin Elizabeth Clark (£3)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (£3)

Michel-Michelle - Margo Gorman (£1)

A.N.T.I. D.O.T.E. - Malorie Blackman (£3)

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (£3)

Another Place - Matthew Crow (£3)

Antigoddess - Kendare Blake (£3)

The Island - C.L. Taylor (£3)

The Light Between Worlds - Laura Weymouth (£3)

The Stuff of Nightmares - Malorie Blackman (£1.50)

Nightfall - Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski (£3)

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness (£3)

The Box of Demons - Daniel Whelan (£3)

The Hit - Melvin Burgess (£3)

White Crow - Marcus Sedgwick (£3)

The Twisted Tree - Rachel Burge (£3)

Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff (£3)

Montacule House - Lucy Jago (£3)

Hannibal - Thomas Harris (HB) (£3)

Silent Witness - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£3)

Oblivion - Anthony Horowitz (HB) (£5)

Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (HB) (£6)

Exile - Richard North Patterson (HB) (£4)

Slide 7 Pay whatever you want for any book

50. Adulthood is a Myth - Sarah Andersen (£4) 51. The City of Ember Graphic Novel - Jeanne DuPrau (£4) 52. Zombie! The Adventure is Yours (HB) (£6) 53. Vampire Knight book 1-4 - Matsuri Hino (£5) 54. The City of Ember Series, books 1-4 (Complete) - Jeanne DuPrau (£5)

Money to be sent via paypal, I can't ship to anywhere except the UK as I'll have to do Royal Mail pick up due to not being able to get to a post office. DMs me to buy anything, or contact me on instagram where I am most of the time.

#books #booklr #book blog #bookblr #book #book blogger #bookworm #nerd #geek #book lover #books for sale #books for sale UK

[la-galaxie-langblr]

Last Book I...

Thanks for tagging me @gatheryepens, don't mind how late this is, you know how A-Levels are 😅

Bought: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Borrowed: The House of Gucci by Sarah Gay Forden

Was gifted: The Raven King and The King's Men by Nora Sakavic (Dad got me them both a few weeks ago as a reward for a good school report which was kind of him)

Gave to someone else: Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman (gave this to my bestie last summer and she hated me for it 😆 fair though she hates angst)

Started: Translations by Brian Friel (it's a play but shhhhhh)

Finished: Billy Elliot by Melvin Burgess

Gave 5 stars: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gave 2 stars: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Didn't finish: Struggle For Shared Schools in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Bardon (interesting topic but I just wasn't in the mood for dense historical nonfiction at the time, I intend to finish it at some point though)

I tag: @sammiestudiesstuff @peachblossomstudy @bulletnotestudies (+ rest of knife gang) and whoever else wants to do it :D

#bookblr #tag game #galaxiegoals #friends

[seiden-spinner]

@merrymorningofmay, thanks for the tag!

Last song/piece I listened to: castle by halsey

Last book I read: the world and all that it holds by aleksandar hemon (can't recall the last time i cried my eyes out like that)

Last film I watched: the gentlemen

Last TV series: an attempt at castlevania nocturne was made

Last videogame: bg3

Last thing I googled: where to buy strip shoes without selling a kidney first

Last thing I ate: protein pancakes with stewed spinach and ricotta (kinda proud of the stew, it turned out delicious)

Sweet, savory or spicy: savory

Amount of sleep: currently running on healthy 9 hours, 3-5 hours for the entire week (or more?) before that

Currently reading: loki by melvin burgess

Currently watching: mary & george

#seide talks

[x-mundane]

Does anyone know where I can find Loki by Melvin Burgess to download? I guess since it is a bit new, it won't be on any sites. );

#loki #books

[alexadreads]

“Smack” by Melvin Burgess

“Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space...All that negative stuff. All the pain...It just floated away from me, I just floated away from it...up and away...” -Melvin Burgess, “Smack” … What were you doing at 14? What was your life like? What were you into? In Melvin Burgess’ novel “Smack,” the main characters, Tar and Gemma, run away from home at 14 and find themselves in a squatter's life. After some time living away from home, the punk scene engulfs the main characters and leads them into a life filled with heroin. A dependence on both drugs and one another create a toxic codependency for most of their teenage years. “Smack” shows the hard life that some teens lead, but has a slight happy ending. The novel is told from multiple perspectives, which allows readers to see the narrative from each character. However, this aspect can leave the reader confused, as there are almost 10 narrators. The story from various perspectives is hard to understand what is happening in the novel, as different points of view have varying ways of thinking, especially about the main topics of the novel: heroin, abuse, squatting, anarchy, teen runaways, pregnancy, and much more. “Smack” is a rough story and it was my least favorite of the year so far. If I didn’t have to read this novel for a class, I would have put it back on the shelf. Not only is the subject matter hard to digest, but Burgess’s writing style isn’t amazing either. From the oddly paced narrative with too many characters to keep track of, the story is lost through the lack of characters to root for. It is hard to find a protagonist in the novel, and most of the characters are unlikeable as their decisions become fueled by addiction. “Smack” has been the hardest novel to get through this year, and it leaves readers with a sour taste in their mouths. … I give Melvin Burgess’s 1998 novel: ⭐️ Completed: May 9, 2022

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#book review #young adult literature

[sellmyhouseforcashmemphistn]

'It's a huge problem' | Memphis area buyers, realtors warn that outside investors continue to be an issue

Turn your home into an expensive rental? Realtors urge homeowner associations to put a stop to this- limiting available homes for local families. In the past two years, outside investment groups that don't have any ownership in Shelby County bought more than 7,000 single-family homes. Sell My House For Cash Memphis TN Brittany Benefield from Memphis stated that the lack of available homes is causing rental prices to increase and homeownership to become less attainable for many people. "Having that chance taken each time—it's frustrating but it's also disheartening too," Benefield said. Since December, she's been looking for a home after being rejected from six different offers in Memphis - all for the same reasons. "Every single time it's been an investor cash offer that's taken it away," Benefield said. According to those in the Memphis-area real estate market, an increasing number of prospective homebuyers are finding themselves in Benefield's position. This is because local buyers often get outbid by out-of-state investors who pay all cash and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars above the asking price. "They have unlimited pockets and they are boxing out our families and that's tough to deal with," Kevin Stafford at Integrity Mortgage Group said. "These investors now are literally sitting on properties to drive up the market, to drive up the rent and it's going to cripple America," Ashley Stafford at Integrity Mortgage Group said. Investors are purchasing so many local houses that many would-be purchasers are giving up, according to the pair. "We have customers that have put in for 20, 30 properties and they are in no better spot today than they were three months ago," Kevin Stafford said. Homeowner associations, according to Ashley Stafford, must fight the trend on their own terms. "As a homeowner, you can go to your local Homeowner Associations and you can get it changed to where LLCs can't come in and rent in your neighborhood," she said. "I think that's where everyone should start." The realtor advised homeowners to consider the long-term ramifications versus the short-term benefits when deciding whether or not to sell their house. "It's just important for them to consider a family over an investor," Ashley Stafford said. "It's going to ruin the economy—there's a bigger picture here." Despite her local housing market difficulties, Benefield is not giving up. "I'm not trying to get too discouraged," Benefield said. "I'm not stopping my look because it is a goal of mine to own a home—to do it all by myself." Shelby County Assessor Melvin Burgess asked the Shelby County attorney what zoning options could possibly limit home purchases by outside investors for homeowner associations.

#sell my house for cash memphis tn #sell my home fast memphis tn #sell my house fast memphis tn