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So, what have you been reading recently? | π Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, March 1st, 2026
(lemmygrad.ml)
Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
Fiction: I've read Muda de ChΓ‘ (released as Tea Seedling in English), a comic book by Larkness. It's a nice little story with an anti-capitalist message. Also odd characters full of personality and life. I'm probably reading The Hobbit next.
Non-Fiction: I'm doing well with the old Cowbee reading list. I'll have to skip Blackshirts and Reds for now, since I bought the physical book but shipping is late.
I recommend replacing Blackshirts and Reds with just the 1986 speech then. I love Blackshirts and Reds but its utility is in convincing liberals that the USSR wasn't an evil hellscape. For those of us here, it's less usable and is more of a pleasure/anger read, it's really cathartic and bitter-sweet.
I've watched the Yellow Lecture already =P
Next are the Ho Chi Minh and Krupskaya short essays about studying. Couldn't get the time to read them yet, despite being so short. Then I'll properly start Section 1.
Good luck!