399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

This is the first of 3 books by Nancy Linde, and they are my absolute favorites of this genre (brain, mind activities).The book has many types of puzzles:ALMA'S SHOPPING LIST - anagramsANAGRAMSCLASSIC RIDDLESCOMPOUND WORD SEARCH - Put two pictures together to make a compound word. (Ex. picture of a crab +picture of grass = crabgrass)DOUBLE TROUBLE - Compound WordsENDINGS AND BEGINNINGSEPONYMSFAMOUS MOVIE LINESFIND THE WORDS - Find all words beginning with a certain letter in a pictureFINISH THE JINGLE, FINISH THE SAYINGFOLLOW THE RULESHOMONYMSMONTH IN HISTORY - Identify important datesODD MAN OUTONE MINUTE MADNESS - How many items you can list for a subject in one minutePALINDROMESPICTURE THEMESPUT THE LIST IN ORDERRHYME TIME - two definitions that must rhymeRUN THE ALPHABET - Different categories where you come up with a word for every letter of the alphabet.STINKY PINKY - Two clues, answers rhyme. (Ex. An introverted insect. Answer: SHY FLY)TRIMBLEWACKY WORDIESWHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? - Ex. Bowling alleys, seamstresses, and hand grenades. Answer: PinsWHATZIT - Guess the thing from cluesWHOOZY - Guess the person from cluesWORD PARTS - Ex. The opposite of out + verdict deciders. Answer: In + jury = injury.WORD SEARCHThis is just a small fraction of the activities. There's a large variety of activities which are all fun, interesting, and challenging.NOTE: These are all word activities, no number puzzles such as Sudoko, etc.

This book hits it out of the park. It has so many fun challenges and really makes you use your memory in a way that you can enjoy.

perfect for keeping your mind sharp and providing daily mental exercises . great book

This brain teaser book is such a great find! It's packed with a wide variety of puzzles - from logic problems and riddles to word games and number challenges. Some were quick and fun, while others really made me stop and think.I love that it's not just mindless entertainment - it's actually helping me stay sharp and think more creatively. The layout is clean and easy to follow, and there is good balance between difficulty levels. If you enjoy a good challenge and like to keep your brain active, this book is a winner!

I buy these for my mom who needs to keep all the time with his mind working and it works perfectly because the size is great. Actually all the family enjoy solving everything and the topics are different and mix it and good, and the quality of the book is amazing. I recommended at the same time, we are learning so much and spending great family time

This book is the best I've seen yet! I'm buying it for all my friends.

I'll admit I bought this for me, I'm 53. Lame I know but I'd rather do something to make my brain work better than play a game on my tablet. Plus yes, I do actually like activity books. Like I said, lame. Anyway I can honestly say this is the best activity book I've ever bought. This is not the average activity book not soduko, maze, find the difference, word search...over and over again. I opened this book and by the the 10th page I was back on Amazon seeing if this author had created anymore books like this. Thankfully, yes! I ordered it right then. I am the 3rd chapter now and it's still as fun as when I first started it. These "puzzles" actually make you think, some harder than others, lol. Scrambled words, name fruits, animals, countries from A-Z in 2 minutes. Things that happened in history. Words with oo or zz in them. Baseball terms. I've only come across 3 word finds so far! Like I said, different. There are way too many to name. Over 300 pages of different activities. I can't say enough good things about this book. You'll just have to try it for yourself, you won't be sorry. I've actually learned some new things. The pages are a good quality paper, printed front and back and color not just black and white.

The puzzle or language pages are fun but many of them are simple recall that require specific background knowledge. I’m in my 30s and don’t know 75% of the songs, cultural references, dates, etc. so that makes it impossible to complete without just googling.