Paris has installed five book vending machines. Yeah - that’s right book vending machines. The books are cheap. They cover the widest range of genres. And they are finding a book buying public.
At a time in Australia when we wonder out loud about the future of the book and bookshops are going out of business, this may mean that we can’t write the book off just yet. (Oops, I didn’t really mean such a woeful pun!)
Have you been frustrated or bored by Sudoku yet? Or are you one of those smarty pants who is able to solve this puzzling pastime? As you may have guessed from my turn of phrase, I am one of the frustrated ones. I haven’t really managed it yet - I get so far and no further.
The Washington Post has a slew of Sudoko books listed. Google has over 8 million listings on the word sudoku. I think I am going to have to spend a bit of time at this site and see if I can get a really good handle on it.
I had a conversation with my newsagent when I saw my first Sudoku book on his shelves. He said that he thought it was a bit like the Rubik’s Cube. I found that less than encouraging since I was never successful there.
Oh well - I’ll soldier on a little while longer and if I don’t have any success I’ll give up and declare myself b-o-r-e-d,
