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New York Post Sudoku 2: The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle

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The New York Post is often credited with popularizing sudoku in the United States.... as if we needed something new that we could become addicted to! We fell for it like a ton of bricks, and now millions of us need to get our fix daily, if not more often. For those of you for whom one puzzle a day just isn't quite enough, pick up a few sudoku books so you'll always be prepared. The New York Post book series are great ones to start with, with puzzle difficulties ranging from very easy to wickedly difficult. Even the best sudoku-ers enjoy a simple puzzle from time to time (they are quick enough to do during a coffee break), and this book also makes a nice starting point for beginners.

Since the New York Post began bringing Su Doku to American readers, Wayne Gould apparently has compiled a huge collection of the puzzles. While some of Gould's books are focused on specific levels of difficulty, New York Post Su Doku 2 contains a wide range of difficulty levels. The one complaint that one might level at this and the others in this series is that even the "Fiendish" puzzles are not nearly as difficult as the most challenging puzzles in some other collections. As a way of getting into this number-based puzzle form, however, this and the other multi-level Gould books are wonderful. Potential purchases with no experience with these puzzles might want to start with a collection that includes a little more instruction, but if you already have even a limited beginning knowledge of how to solve these puzzles, then this book is a perfect diversion.

If you're as addicted to Su Duko as I am, you have to have this book.
It's a great size and you can easily put it in a briefcase or handbag. And, it's addictive!