Review: I never get tired of these brainteasers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2012
I've worked several of the Puzzlebooks, and I still look forward to the challenge of solving the brainteasers. The puzzles in "101 Puzzle Quizzes" were just as challenging as in the earlier editions, perhaps even a bit more so. The puzzles included a nifty variety of mind exercises that ranged from fairly simple brainteasers to some that required a considerable amount of thought. The first few puzzles were fairly simple, but they steadily increased in difficulty. By the time I got to #18 ("3-Dot Lines"), my brain was getting a real workout, and this was only a 2-star difficulty (puzzles start at 1 star and go to 5 stars as the difficulty increases). It was an enjoyable workout, I must say. Every puzzle is shown in the table of contents, and you can go directly to any puzzle without having to go through them sequentially.There were a number of different types of puzzles, most of them fitting into the categories of visual, spatial relationships, counting, and geometry. I've seen similar types of puzzles on intelligence tests, so these would probably be a good warm-up for such a test. I know very little about the workings of the brain, but I think these puzzles would give your mind some stimulating mental exercise, since many of the puzzles require unconventional thinking to solve.I played 101 Puzzle Quizzes HD on my Kindle Fire HD (7") tablet, where the controls were intuitive and simple to learn. On the HD, the puzzles were in color, in contrast to the black and white graphics of the e-ink version.