The Times Su Doku Book 2: 100 challenging puzzles from The Times

by Wayne Gould

Book Overview

Quiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games.

The second collection of Su Doku puzzles, the crossword without words, which is taking the puzzle world by storm. Literally translated, Su means number and doku means place.

Su Doku is a number grid consisting of 9 large squares each divided into 9 smaller squares. Between 3 and 4 numbers are already provided in each of the smaller squares. The point is to fill the grid so that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007213506
• ISBN13: 9780007213504
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Times Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The Latest Puzzle Craze!

I have been a puzzle nut ever since a kid.I have every type of puzzle imaginable as well as over 500 puzzle books.That doesen't even take into account Crosswords.As I just turned 70,I have to admit the ole noggin ain't quite what it used to be;along with a few other things.However; back in June I came across my first SUDOKU in a little "freebie" paper I have been doing a Crossword,as well as a "STICKLER" by the well known Puzzlermaker Terry Stickels;for some time.At first glance I thought it reminded me of Magic Squares;but not really.Then I thought it might be more like Word Search,which I don't care much for ,especially after having done only a couple of easy ones.Then they got a bit more difficult ,and then a lot more challenging.Wow! are these fun! I guess there have been some of these around for some time but they have never been common;and I had never noticed them.No doubt, that if I scoured my library,I might find some.But what the heck;in just over a month,they are literaly everywhere,a lot of people are giving them a try ;and we are seeing a worldwide craze develop. Already, my bookstore has several books,this being one of them.As with all of them ,we are given some hints on solving and this book does a pretty fair job.However;you don't need a lot of help to see how to do them, especially the simple ones.However;as you tackle the harder ones;here is where it gets to be real fun. No doubt;we are going to be seeing speed competitions,and probably they are already working on TV Game Shows. What more is there to say but that this is a great little starter book to get you on your way and in the game. I have just seen a 3rd. book in this series.I have written reviews on other Sudoku books and they all have hints for solving,but the hints in this series is the weakest.See my reviews dated Aug.10,2005;Aug.6,2005 and 2 on Aug.3,2005.I just purchased another Sudoku book yesterday, Sept.23,and will be reviewing it shortly.....done as promised,see the review on Sept 30,it's a real good book!