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Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

Really interesting read from a Wired.com Senior Editor. Features an FBI agent from the 'burgh.
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keith Richards-Life
good fun summer read, plus I dig bio's
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Re-Reading Allen Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind"...

What an excellent read.
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the last 'arry potta book.
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kenny the kangaroo just finished reading the big short. as always, lewis writes a good book, and as always, he picks good characters.
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Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia after the Fall by Andrew Meier. Quite good thus far.
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just finished the hunger games series by suzanne collins. yes, it's a YA book series. but as soon as i finished the final book i was filled in an inexplicable rage. i haven't been this mad at a book in a LONG time.
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KennyTheKangaroo wrote:
kenny the kangaroo just finished reading the big short. as always, lewis writes a good book, and as always, he picks good characters.
About to start this. Finishing Live From New York now.
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The Sum of All Fears, reading through it now.
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I'm currently plodding through Stephen King's The Stand. I forgot how frickin' long it is. :face:
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IrishEyes wrote:
I'm currently plodding through Stephen King's The Stand. I forgot how frickin' long it is. :face:
Apparently you also forgot how lame it is.
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im rocking the game of thrones on audiobook in the car...it is unreal how close they got the show to mirror the book.
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Are audiobooks even allowed in this thread?! I vote no.
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Gaucho wrote:
IrishEyes wrote:
I'm currently plodding through Stephen King's The Stand. I forgot how frickin' long it is. :face:
Apparently you also forgot how lame it is.
I was reminded very quickly. :D But I'm over halfway through. So I have to finish it now.
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Admin wrote:
Are audiobooks even allowed in this thread?! I vote no.
On behalf of the blind, I object. :slug:
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Admin wrote:
Are audiobooks even allowed in this thread?! I vote no.
thread title needs to be clarified (like butter, amirite?) while "read" implies no audio, just finished lends to open-endedness in this regard.

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canaan wrote:
im rocking the game of thrones on audiobook in the car...it is unreal how close they got the show to mirror the book.
Do they have one guy reading and does he do voices for all the characters or are there multiple readers for all the characters? I've always wondered this about audiobooks?
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MWB wrote:
KennyTheKangaroo wrote:
kenny the kangaroo just finished reading the big short. as always, lewis writes a good book, and as always, he picks good characters.
About to start this. Finishing Live From New York now.
let kenny the kangaroo know what MWB thought about the big short. if it tought kenny the kangaroo anythings, its that trusting money with other people is probably bad idea. kenny the kangaroo does not know if kenny the kangaroo will ever make a lot of money in the stock market, but kenny the kangaroo would rather rely on kenny the kangaroo instead of some dope collecting a paycheck recommending some run of the mill mutual fund with some high sales load and so forth.
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Hey what's wrong with The Stand?
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shafnutz05 wrote:
Hey what's wrong with The Stand?
Not really anything. :D A lot of narrative, though. A LOT of narrative.
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eddysnake wrote:
canaan wrote:
im rocking the game of thrones on audiobook in the car...it is unreal how close they got the show to mirror the book.
Do they have one guy reading and does he do voices for all the characters or are there multiple readers for all the characters? I've always wondered this about audiobooks?
Ones I've listened to is just one reader, slightly changing voice for the characters.
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shafnutz05 wrote:
Hey what's wrong with The Stand?
I remember it as being awfully tedious.
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eddysnake wrote:
canaan wrote:
im rocking the game of thrones on audiobook in the car...it is unreal how close they got the show to mirror the book.
Do they have one guy reading and does he do voices for all the characters or are there multiple readers for all the characters? I've always wondered this about audiobooks?
the one im listening to is one guy--roy dotrice. it is awesome.
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columbia wrote:
Admin wrote:
Are audiobooks even allowed in this thread?! I vote no.
On behalf of the blind, I object. :slug:
BLIND PEOPLE READ WITH BRAILLE. duh. :pop: