I first heard about Sudoku after reading this article on Slate. Since I enjoy working crossword puzzles, I figured I would like it. But after visiting the Sudoku website, I didn't think anymore about it. But this Christmas, one of the gifts my mom gave me was a the book linked though Amazon below (if you buy by clicking through my link, I'll get a 5% commission. Costs you nothing extra, but helps me!).
Since then, I've been "Sudoku-ing" like crazy. It has interrupted my blog reading time. It has even slowed my 3rd run through the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey-Maturin series. I can't get enough of these crazy puzzles. So much so that I even dreamed about it the other night. If you haven't tried Sudoku and you like crossword puzzles, then give it a try. But let me warn you, like Seth Stevenson said in the article from Slate magazine linked above, you'll get addicted.
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