... blackbody scours the hottest things in the World Wide Web so you won't have to. Yeah right.

By being too curious - not only did I googled it, I looked it up in wikipedia. So, because I lost, I'm going to make sure everyone who'll read this blog post will lose too:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/430703-if-you-read-this-youve-lost-the-game
or
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-game

www.LoseTheGame.com

I'm not worried though; I'm sure I'll forget it soon. That means I'll be able to play again. :-)

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xkcd is the best webcomic in the whole world wide web.

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I got this idea from Fantaghiro's post. It sounded cute so I gave it a shot.

What Kind of Reader Are You?

Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Even if I'm a bit disappointed (I was expecting at least bookworm level), I had to admit that the result did reflect my reading habits. It seems that I'm more of a book collector nowadays than a book reader. Awww.

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Literature-map: when you don't know what to look for

Have you ever had a favorite author and want to read more but don't know which one are of the same milieu? Did you ever want to read something familiar but different at the same time? Did you ever have a book that you want to know if you'll like but without reading a single page?

The answer to your problem is http://www.literature-map.com. The premise is that the closer a writer is to the one you specified, the more likely you'll enjoy reading his work. The engine that runs this is called Gnod and was made by a German, Marek Gibney. He describes it as:
"Gnod is my experiment in the field of artificial intelligence. Its a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnods intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors. This enables gnod to share all its wisdom with you in an intuitive and efficient way. You might call it a search-engine to find things you don't know about."

To see similar nifty searches on movies, music and other people, just go to http://gnod.net.

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1. 
   1. Author: Khaled Hosseini
   ISBN: 1594480001
   Title: The Kite Runner
   
   



2. 
   2. Author: Stephenie Meyer
   ISBN: 0316160199
   Title: New Moon (Twilight, Book 2)
   
   



3. 
   3. Author: Markus Zusak
   ISBN: 0375842209
   Title: The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
   
   



4. 
   4. Author: Paulo Coelho
   ISBN: 0061122092
   Title: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (P.S.)
   
   



5. 5. Author: Sophie Kinsella
   ISBN: 0385338724
   Title: Remember Me?
   
   



6. 
   6. Author: J. K. Rowling
   ISBN: 0439358078
   Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
   
   



7. 
   7. Author: Haruki Murakami
   ISBN: 1400079276
   Title: Kafka on the Shore
   
   



8. 
   8. Author: Khaled Hosseini
   ISBN: 1594489505
   Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns
   
   



9. 
   9. Author: Audrey Niffenegger
   ISBN: 015602943X
   Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
   
   



10. 
    10. Author: Frank Warren
    ISBN: 0060899190
    Title: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
    
    



11. 11. Author: Frank Warren
    ISBN: 0061196681
    Title: My Secret: A PostSecret Book
    
    



12. 
    12. Author: Cormac McCarthy
    ISBN: 0307387895
    Title: The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
    
    



13. 
    13. Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    ISBN: 0307389731
    Title: Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)
    
    



14. 
    14. Author: Stephenie Meyer
    ISBN: 0316015849
    Title: Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)
    
    



15. 
    15. Author: J. K. Rowling
    ISBN: 0545010225
    Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
    
    



16. 
    16. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0060589280
    Title: Eleven Minutes: A Novel (P.S.)
    
    



17. 
    17. Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    ISBN: 0060740450
    Title: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club)
    
    



18. 18. Author: Meg Cabot
    ISBN: 0060880155
    Title: Pants on Fire
    
    



19. 
    19. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0060930136
    Title: The Fifth Mountain
    
    



20. 
    20. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0061124265
    Title: Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption (P.S.)
    
    



21. 
    21. Author: Frank Warren
    ISBN: 0061198757
    Title: The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book
    
    



22. 
    22. Author: Leo Tolstoy
    ISBN: 0143035002
    Title: Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
    
    



23. 
    23. Author: Salman Rushdie
    ISBN: 0312270828
    Title: The Satanic Verses: A Novel (Bestselling Backlist)
    
    



24. 
    24. Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
    ISBN: 0316011827
    Title: Gossip Girl #9: Only In Your Dreams: A Gossip Girl Novel (Gossip Girl)
    
    



25. 
    25. Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
    ISBN: 0316011835
    Title: Would I Lie to You?
    
    



26. 
    26. Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
    ISBN: 0316011843
    Title: Gossip Girl #11: Don't You Forget About Me: A Gossip Girl Novel (Gossip Girl)
    
    



27. 
    27. Author: Stephenie Meyer
    ISBN: 0316160202
    Title: Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3)
    
    



28. 
    28. Author: Adobe Creative Team
    ISBN: 0321321847
    Title: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book)
    
    



29. 
    29. Author: Philippa Gregory
    ISBN: 0743227441
    Title: The Other Boleyn Girl
    
    



30. 
    30. Author: Philippa Gregory
    ISBN: 0743246071
    Title: The Queen's Fool: A Novel
    
    




31. 
    31. Author: John Connolly
    ISBN: 0743298853
    Title: The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
    
    



32. 
    32. Author: Neil Gaiman
    ISBN: 1401210821
    Title: Sandman, Vol. 1 (Absolute Editions)
    
    



33. 
    33. Author: Mitch Albom
    ISBN: 1401303277
    Title: For One More Day
    
    



34. 
    34. Author: J. K. Rowling
    ISBN: 1582348251
    Title: Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Latin Edition)
    
    



35. 
    35. Author: Rhonda Byrne
    ISBN: 1582701709
    Title: The Secret
    
    



36. 
    36. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 006251279X
    Title: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
    
    



37. 
    37. Author: Shel Silverstein
    ISBN: 0060256710
    Title: The Missing Piece 30th Anniversary Edition (Ursula Nordstrom Book)
    
    



38. 
    38. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0060527986
    Title: Warrior of the Light: A Manual
    
    



39. 
    39. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0060527994
    Title: The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation
    
    



40. 
    40. Author: Gregory Maguire
    ISBN: 0060747226
    Title: Son of a Witch: A Novel
    
    



41. 
    41. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0060832819
    Title: The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession (P.S.)
    
    



42. 
    42. Author: Meg Cabot
    ISBN: 0060847166
    Title: Sweet Sixteen Princess: A Princess Diaries Book (Princess Diaries)
    
    



43. 43. Author: Meg Cabot
    ISBN: 0060852003
    Title: Queen of Babble in the Big City
    
    



44. 
    44. Author: Gregory Maguire
    ISBN: 0060988649
    Title: Lost: A Novel
    
    



45. 
    45. Author: Jodi Picoult
    ISBN: 0140230270
    Title: Harvesting the Heart: A Novel
    
    



46. 
    46. Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
    ISBN: 0143038419
    Title: Eat Pray Love
    
    



47. 
    47. Author: Umberto Eco
    ISBN: 0151008124
    Title: On Literature
    
    



48. 
    48. Author: Yann Martel
    ISBN: 0156027321
    Title: Life of Pi
    
    



49. 
    49. Author: Pablo Neruda
    ISBN: 0292760280
    Title: 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series)
    
    



50. 50. Author: Haruki Murakami
    ISBN: 0307265838
    Title: After Dark
    
    



51. 
    51. Author: Lauren Weisberger
    ISBN: 0307275558
    Title: The Devil Wears Prada
    
    



52. 
    52. Author: Emily Giffin
    ISBN: 0312321198
    Title: Something Borrowed
    
    



53. 
    53. Author: Emily Giffin
    ISBN: 0312323867
    Title: Something Blue
    
    



54. 
    54. Author: Malcolm Gladwell
    ISBN: 0316010669
    Title: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
    
    



55. 
    55. Author: Elizabeth Kostova
    ISBN: 0316011770
    Title: The Historian
    
    



56. 
    56. Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
    ISBN: 0316735094
    Title: Gossip Girl #8: Nothing Can Keep Us Together: A Gossip Girl Novel (Gossip Girl)
    
    



57. 
    57. Author: Scott Kelby
    ISBN: 0321330625
    Title: The Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
    
    



58. 
    58. Author: Eve Ensler
    ISBN: 0345498607
    Title: The Vagina Monologues
    
    



59. 
    59. Author: Haruki Murakami
    ISBN: 0375704027
    Title: Norwegian Wood
    
    



60. 
    60. Author: Markus Zusak
    ISBN: 0375831002
    Title: The Book Thief (Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Literature (Awards))
    
    



61. 61. Author: Christopher Paolini
    ISBN: 0375840400
    Title: Eldest
    
    


62. 
    62. Author: Chuck Palahniuk
    ISBN: 0385517874
    Title: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
    
    


63. 
    63. Author: J.K. Rowling
    ISBN: 0439139597
    Title: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
    
    


64. 
    64. Author: Ken Follett
    ISBN: 0451225244
    Title: The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club)
    
    


65. 
    65. Author: Peter S. Beagle
    ISBN: 0451450523
    Title: The Last Unicorn
    
    


66. 
    66. Author: Jane Austen
    ISBN: 0553213105
    Title: Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)
    
    


67. 
    67. Author: Jasper Fforde
    ISBN: 0670038717
    Title: Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
    
    


68. 
    68. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0722535201
    Title: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.
    
    


69. 
    69. Author: Philippa Gregory
    ISBN: 0743272498
    Title: The Constant Princess
    
    


70. 
    70. Author: Jodi Picoult
    ISBN: 0743496728
    Title: Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
    
    


71. 
    71. Author: J.K. Rowling
    ISBN: 0747551006
    Title: Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoeniX
    
    


72. 
    72. Author: Kim Barnouin
    ISBN: 0762424931
    Title: Skinny Bitch
    
    


73. 
    73. Author: Neil Gaiman
    ISBN: 0785125418
    Title: Eternals By Neil Gaiman HC (Book Market Edition)
    
    


74. 
    74. Author: Mitch Albom
    ISBN: 0786868716
    Title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    
    


75. 
    75. Author: Lisa See
    ISBN: 0812968069
    Title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
    
    


76. 
    76. Author: Bill Watterson
    ISBN: 0836218051
    Title: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
    
    


77. 
    77. Author: Bill Watterson
    ISBN: 0836218523
    Title: The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
    
    


78. 
    78. Author: Bill Watterson
    ISBN: 0836218620
    Title: Weirdos From Another Planet!
    
    


79. 
    79. Author: Bill Watterson
    ISBN: 0836218787
    Title: Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
    
    


80. 
    80. Author: Nick Bantock
    ISBN: 0877017883
    Title: Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence
    
    


81. 
    81. Author: Neil Gaiman
    ISBN: 1563890119
    Title: The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
    
    


82. 
    82. Author: Anonymous
    ISBN: 1843172836
    Title: The Book With No Name
    
    


83. 
    83. Author: Joanne K. Rowling
    ISBN: 3551354014
    Title: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen. Bd. 1
    
    


84. 
    84. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 000725184X
    Title: The Witch of Portobello
    
    


85. 85. Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
    ISBN: 031601768X
    Title: Gossip Girl: It Had to Be You: The Gossip Girl Prequel
    
    


86. 
    86. Author: Margaret Atwood
    ISBN: 038549081X
    Title: The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
    
    


87. 
    87. Author: J.K. Rowling
    ISBN: 043932162X
    Title: Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Two Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
    
    


88. 
    88. Author: Geraldine Brooks
    ISBN: 067001821X
    Title: People of the Book: A Novel
    
    


89. 
    89. Author: Jonathan Stroud
    ISBN: 078683868X
    Title: Bartimaeus Trilogy, The: Ptolemy's Gate - Book #3
    
    


90. 
    90. Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    ISBN: 140003468X
    Title: Love in the Time of Cholera
    
    


91. 
    91. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0007116055
    Title: The Devil and Miss Prym
    
    


92. 
    92. Author: Paulo Coelho
    ISBN: 0007166044
    Title: Eleven Minutes
    
    


93. 
    93. Author: James Finn Garner
    ISBN: 0028604199
    Title: Once upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
    
    


94. 
    94. Author: Rebecca Godfrey
    ISBN: 0060094850
    Title: The Torn Skirt
    
    


95. 
    95. Author: Meggin Cabot
    ISBN: 0060096195
    Title: The Boy Next Door
    
    


96. 
    96. Author: Shel Silverstein
    ISBN: 0060256575
    Title: The Missing Piece Meets the Big O 25th Anniversary Edition
    
    


97. 
    97. Author: Elizabeth Young
    ISBN: 0060507845
    Title: A Promising Man (and About Time, Too)
    
    


98. 
    98. Author: Neil Gaiman
    ISBN: 0060515198
    Title: Anansi Boys
    
    


99. 
    99. Author: Neil Gaiman
    ISBN: 0060515228
    Title: Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
    
    


100. 
     100. Author: Meg Cabot
     ISBN: 0060525118
     Title: Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery
     
     

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