Sudoku cramp

[desayunoencama]

Sigh. On Wednesday I bought a book of 300 intermediate sudokus.

I had been doing the ones that run daily in EL PAÍS, or if need be in EL MUNDO, when I would go to a café for a mid-afternoon tea.

But unfrotunately, it seems some early-morning sudoku fans discovered the same cafés I frequent and they'd been filled by the time I get there. So, innocently, I bought a book of them and Wednesday, afte dinner and a drink with a friend, I thought I'd do a few before bed.

Around about 8 something in the morning I realize it's grown light again and put the book down and go to bed.

Oops.

Yesterday, I took the book with me to Berkana, the local gay bookshop which also has a café, where I often go to visit with Frida, the bookstore cat who they rescued a few months ago. I did a few more hours worth of sudokus and decided to leave the book there behind the counter, so I didn't again spend all night playing.

Today I met my friend Norberto there around 2pm for a tea, before he went off to lunch at 2:30. At 6 something, they took the book of sudokus away from me and told me to go home and work.

Sniff!

Although it's probably for the best since my RSI is acting up after clutching the pen for so long...

I did manage to resist buying a different book of sudokus this afternoon, he said proudly.

Comments

[jillbertini.livejournal.com]

I have to remember to get a book of those for my girlfriend before we go on our trip to Paris. That should keep her occupied for the long flight, so she isn't keeping ME awake :).

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

One good thing about sudokus: even if the instructions are in French (or some other language) the puzzles themsleves are universal.
:-)

(In case you need to pick up another book of them for the flight home!)

[jillbertini.livejournal.com]

Oh - excellent tip! Thanks :).

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

I really enjoy them, too. TV Guide has started including them in addition to their typical (easy) crossword. One of my friends gave me a book of them when I was in the hospital, and I was able to track my mental recovery from the anesthesia by my sudoku performance!

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

:-) on tracking your recovery.

I love the feeling of accomplishment after finishing one (or a few of them). Since writing generally takes so long, I don't have enough bursts of satisfaction/immediate gratification in my life.

[janni.livejournal.com]

Every bookstore I visited in Switzerland and France had large numbers of Sudoku books on hand. :-)

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

I almost bought one in October when I was in Germany, and I finished the novel I'd brought with me. Normally, I don't have time to read during the Bookfair, but I'd added an extra weekend this trip, and had a bunchof train rides to nearby cities...

But I bought a Marian Keyes doorstop instead, thinking it would last me longer.

Probably just as well that I put off my sudoku downfall until now, though...
:-)

[rebelkitten.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize the sudoku trend was this international.

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Hugely popular in Europe!

[tylacosmilus.livejournal.com]

I'm a Sudoku-Fans since recently. The Sunday Newspaper of my parents had one and I try it.
Also the Online-Game I'm in has Sudoku to play.
But, like rebelkitten wrote: I didn't know that there are so many fans in the World.
*smile*

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

You thought they were all in Germany?

:-)

[tylacosmilus.livejournal.com]

Hmm...err....yes.

:-)