I agree reading is a great way to learn, however haveing people who know where to start is just as valuable. Ya'll should know how many useless sights there are if you type in how to hack into google, and how many hacking tools are just big bundles of viruses waiting for someone to double click it? I am a newb and I learned some sights to look at just reading what ya'll typed in some trying to help and some mocking people.
pauldotcom.com, happyhacker.org
So I guess what I am trying to say is newbies read and experienced people share some of that knowlage as to what to read.