During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee and lie back with our iPads, laptops, smartphones and Kindles.
Since you're bound to miss a few things during the daily grind, we present to you, in our weekly installation of Mashable Must Reads, a curated collection of can't-miss stories to read and reflect on. (You can find last week's must reads here.)
Fantasy football used to be part of a niche culture until the game came to the Internet and permeated homes and offices. Now, it's a multi-billion dollar industry that draws in 33 million Americans. Fantasy sports have fundamentally changed the way we approach sports — but when does the obsession cross the line?
Over the past year, mobile payments startup Square has doubled in size — growing from 300 employees to about 600 and expanding beyond its San Francisco base. The company's head of office experience explained how they're maintaining an open office culture.
The most online popular marketplace for drugs, Silk Road, was seized and shut down by the FBI this week. One of its prominent dealers — "Angelina," a user who made nearly 10,000 transactions over the course of a year and a half — spoke with Mashable about her business acumen, privacy tactics and approach to selling drugs.
During more than two years as an Internet drug mastermind, Silk Road owner Ross Ulbricht reportedly paid $230,000 for the murder of individuals he deemed threats to his empire on two separate occasions. Here's what we know about the solicitation, which remains largely shrouded in mystery.
The new sixth-generation Kindle Paperwhite, which Amazon enhanced internally and externally, nearly matches print tomes for visual clarity and quality. It's nearly just as easy to navigate as a book. Our hands-on review delves into the good and the bad — and gives you the bottom line.
Don't have time to read them all now? In our Readlist below, export this week's must reads to your tablet to save for a time you have no distractions. Simply click the "read later" button alongside each story or or click "export" to send the entire list of articles to your preferred device.

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