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Kevin Poulsen: Kingpin (2010, Crown Publishers)

Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of …

Review of 'Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground' on 'Goodreads'

An easy narrative nonfiction read about the absolutely unhinged nature of American carding industry circa in the hay day of the naughty aughties. The cast is colorful, the story interesting and it’s just a fun ride.

Kevin Poulsen: Kingpin (2010, Crown Publishers)

Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of …

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An easy narrative nonfiction read about the absolutely unhinged nature of American carding industry circa in the hay day of the naughty aughties. The cast is colorful, the story interesting and it’s just a fun ride.

Richard V. Reeves: Of Boys and Men (2022, Swift)

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After spending too much time thinking about "manosphere" types (how do they actually manage to sell their snake oil???), I think this might be the right questions to ask about how we help men reinterpret existence in a modern era. I get that it might feel "taboo" to the author (who takes exceptional pains to try being some sort of "centrist" whisperer) but reorienting masculinity (even at the intersection of race) in a healthy way that can make well-adjusted men with support networks just seems to be a no brainer for quite literally everyone.

Richard V. Reeves: Of Boys and Men (2022, Swift)

Review of 'Of Boys and Men' on 'Goodreads'

After spending too much time thinking about "manosphere" types (how do they actually manage to sell their snake oil???), I think this might be the right questions to ask about how we help men reinterpret existence in a modern era. I get that it might feel "taboo" to the author (who takes exceptional pains to try being some sort of "centrist" whisperer) but reorienting masculinity (even at the intersection of race) in a healthy way that can make well-adjusted men with support networks just seems to be a no brainer for quite literally everyone.

Hanya Yanagihara: To Paradise (Hardcover, 2022, Doubleday)

From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three …

Review of 'To Paradise' on 'Goodreads'

I hate to say it since so many people I respect gushed over this book but boy did I not like it one bit. I think there are good moments, a reasonable premise and I even appreciate the (minimal) lack of connection or closure! There's just so much to dislike that it's frustrating.

There are tender moments that are worth soaking up but the whole thing veers between NPR subscriber NIMBY in Civil War era NYC and whacky dystopia that was entirely unconvincing and absolutely unhinged (which other reviews said felt "all too real". what???). I don't know. Maybe this is a big whoosh and someone will tell me I "just don't get it" but it is what it is.

Hanya Yanagihara: To Paradise (Hardcover, 2022, Doubleday)

From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three …

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I hate to say it since so many people I respect gushed over this book but boy did I not like it one bit. I think there are good moments, a reasonable premise and I even appreciate the (minimal) lack of connection or closure! There's just so much to dislike that it's frustrating.

There are tender moments that are worth soaking up but the whole thing veers between NPR subscriber NIMBY in Civil War era NYC and whacky dystopia that was entirely unconvincing and absolutely unhinged (which other reviews said felt "all too real". what???). I don't know. Maybe this is a big whoosh and someone will tell me I "just don't get it" but it is what it is.