The Official Book of Sudoku: Book 1: 150 All-New Puzzles

Sudoku is engaging and addictive. If you think you can't solve a puzzle logically - you're impatient. The point is that EVERY puzzle can be solved logically - it's up to you to figure out how. Fun game, great collection of puzzles. Ignore the juvenile and slightly embarrasing 1 star review here...

For those of you who just tuned in, sudoku is the logic-puzzle craze that is sweeping the world. The puzzle style is actually over 20 years old, but it only became wildly popular in the last couple of years. Japan started the craze, Europe followed, and we Americans seem to have finally caught up. The is a great puzzle book. The puzzles are consistently good throughout the book and any beginning to mid-level puzzler will find them fun. More advanced puzzlers may like the book as well, as the puzzles will be easy for them to do quickly; coffee-break puzzles, if you will.

I did my first Sudoku puzzle on Friday, just two days ago, the one in the Boston Globe. It took me three hours but I solved it. I went home and it was all I could talk about or think about. Saturday (yesterday) I ran out and bought this book and I haven't stopped Sudoku-ing. An elderly lady looking over my shoulder at the laundromat said that it must take patience, but in fact I attack Sudokus with a fierce lack of patience. Today, I officially proclaim that I fear no puzzle and I fear no person. I see all the world as digits in rows, columns, and boxes, and I renounce all other versions of reality. I challenge the universe to crumble around me, to reduce itself to the math and logic of the pure grids. This will likely be my last review, as I no longer see the purpose to anything other than Sudoku. Thank you for listening and 974 185 326 813 642 975 652 397 148 237 968 514 195 473 862 468 521 793 526 819 437 349 756 281 781 234 659