Books are Good, Actually

For August, we read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein! We discussed our history with Frankenstein's media, the Ao3 connection, we analyze if it truly captured critiqued capitalists or was it about stupid men, and finally the incest.

Upcoming Books -
September: Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro
October: Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

A very late July episode of Books are Good Actually! We read Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant. We discuss our history with Luddites (very little), Andrew Yang, parallels to the modern world and who is a modern Ned Ludd.

Upcoming Books -
August: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
September: Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro
October: Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

For June, we read How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H. Johnson. We discussed our relationship with mainstream media, surprising facts of the book, how we can counter biased media and how to inform our friends and family about it.

July: Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

For May, we read Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James. We discussed Toussaint's leadership style and failures, Napoleon is a bastard, Haiti and what we can learn from their revolution.

June: How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H. Johnson

July: Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

For April, we read Up in Arms by John Temple. We discuss the timeline of the Bundy saga, how the FBI went wrong, the Patriot movement and militas and also Ammon Bundy's current status.

May: The Black Jacobins by C. L. R. JamesJune: How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H. JohnsonJuly: Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant