The jigsaw puzzles have returned. They have a way of doing that. A Monopoly… (San Francisco Chronicle)
The jigsaw puzzles have returned. They have a way of doing that. A Monopoly set, if you put it away for 15 years or so, inevitably turns out to be missing its dice, or its top hat or some other crucial game piece. We played Sorry with a spare pawn from a…
3 New Scramble Squares Puzzles Introduced by b. dazzle, inc. (Centre Daily Times)
b. dazzle, inc. of Redondo Beach, California, has announced this summer's introduction of three (3) new Scramble Squares(R) 9-piece brain teaser puzzles: "American Revolution," "Kites" and "Moose!"
To our readers (Philly.com)
Beginning today, read Saturday Entertainment inside the Business section on C5, where you will find reviews and stories, plus comics, TV/movie listings, puzzles and a Best Bets guide to the weekend's top offerings.
To our readers (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Beginning tomorrow, read Saturday Entertainment inside the Business section, where you will find reviews and stories, plus comics, TV and movie listings, puzzles and a Best Bets guide to the weekend's top offerings.
5 Ways to Beef Up Your Brain (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Forget where you left your keys this morning? Or maybe you left your umbrella in the office before a rainy evening. Don't worry, it's probably not a sign of Alzheimer's - everyone is a little forgetful now and then. But the prevalence of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia, which slowly deteriorate the brain's capacity to make new memories, retrieve older ones and perform other mental and …
Paperback Trade Fiction (New York Times)
1. THE SHACK, by William P. Young 2. BAREFOOT, by Elin Hilderbrand 3. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen 4. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho 5. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction (New York Times)
1. PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham 2. YOU?VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan 3. TURBULENT SEA, by Christine Feehan 4. INTO THE FLAME, by Christina Dodd 5. LEFT TO DIE, by Lisa Jackson
Hardcover Fiction (New York Times)
1. ACHERON, by Sherrilyn Kenyon 2. THE BOURNE SANCTION, by Eric Van Lustbader 3. THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 4. MOSCOW RULES, by Daniel Silva 5. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer
Paperback Nonfiction (New York Times)
1. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 2. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert 3. A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah 4. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama 5. BIG RUSS AND ME, by Tim Russert
Hardcover Nonfiction (New York Times)
1. THE OBAMA NATION, by Jerome R. Corsi 2. STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin 3. THE WAY OF THE WORLD, by Ron Suskind 4. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris 5. THE CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA, by David Freddoso