Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars) [Calendar]

CC Workman Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Series: Original Page a Day Calendars | Publication Date: June 15, 2008

Are your neurons up to the task? Featuring a year of brainy challenges from puzzle master Abbie F. Salny, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the ever-more-popular calendar endorsed by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. Push your gray matter with hundreds of word and number puzzles: Crisscross Saws, Tom Swifties, Gigantiwords, Palindromes, Puzzling Prices, Cubic Chaos, and this conundrum: Ellie is 33 years old today. This is three times as old as Sophie was when Ellie was as old as Sophie is now. How old is Sophie? Give up? (Answer: 22). Answers are on the reverse side of each page.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Test your mental mettle. Written by puzzle master Abbie F. Salny in cooperation with American Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, it’s a year of word and number puzzles guaranteed to challenge and entertain. Alphabet Soup. Muddled Messages. Two Together. Almost a Cliché.
Plus: Jane is now six years older than Rachel. In three years, Rachel will be two-thirds Jane’s age now. How old are they now?*
*Jane is 9, Rachel is 3.

About the Author

Dr. Abbie F. Salny is a puzzle master for Workman Publishing Company titles including: "'Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Calendar 2009."'

Product Details

• Calendar: 370 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Pag edition (June 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761148639
• ISBN-13: 978-0761148630
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars When will this end?, November 12, 2003

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Bill Santiss (Akron, ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2004 (Page-A-Day(r) Calendars) (Calendar)

I can't believe my eyes! How could MENSA sponsor another Abbie Salny calendar? This calendar is full of errors, as it is every year. The so called puzzles fall far short of anything clever or original and it remains a huge mystery to my friends and me how something so poorly thought out could ever be published. I received this calendar as a gift and I am so disappointed that a publishing house as reputable as Workman Publishing could allow such a travesty, not to mention the high I.Q.society, MENSA!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY dissapointing, March 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2004 (Page-A-Day(r) Calendars) (Calendar)

I mistakenly thought that Mensa would have come up with something a lot more interesting and creative than a calendar which simply recyles the same set of (not very enticing) puzzles over and over and over again. It's only March and I am already thinking about chucking this in the trash.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, February 17, 2009

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David Burgett (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2008 (Calendar)

It's actually my own fault for not paying close enough attention. But I bought this calendar in mid-January 2009 and I *assumed* that it would be a 2009 calendar...I guess I thought a calendar store wouldn't still be selling year old calendars. But it was actually 2008 and exactly the same as the one I had just finished a few weeks earlier. So my fault...but buyer beware!