Another book I got as a gift. I almost closed it without finishing it several times. I didn’t find the writer’s style engaging, I was not super interesting in what they had to say about different types of puzzles, and the “meaning of life” stuff just wasn’t there.

The book seemed like it was quickly put together, yet also a bit self-involved. I don’t, in general, like the characterization of someone being “a puzzle-person” or not.

The one thing I took away from this book was a tip for crosswords: if you’re stuck, start by putting an ’s’ at the end of all the plural descriptions, and an ‘ed’ at the end of all the past-tense descriptions.