*contest closed* The Big Brain Puzzle Book *Giveaway*

8:13 AM Posted by The Mom Jen


If you think Alzheimer’s doesn’t concern you because of your age, think again. Every 70 seconds a person in America develops Alzheimer’s disease, affecting families across the country. But there’s good news—you can decrease your chances of developing this progressive and fatal disease by increasing your brain activity with a book from the Alzheimer’s Association.

THE BIG BRAIN PUZZLE BOOK is filled with stimulating brainteasers created by internationally-syndicated puzzle writer, Terry Stickels, who is well known for his three columns: “Frame Games,” published in USA Weekend magazine; “Stickelers,” featured in more than 200 newspapers daily including The Washington Post; and he is the featured puzzle columnist for London’s largest newspaper, The Guardian. Stickels created his first puzzle at the age of 11 and became hooked on logical thinking and a lifetime pursuit of having fun with puzzles.

In celebration of Alzheimer’s Awareness month in November, the Alzheimer’s Association hopes to promote brain health to grandparents, parents, and children of all ages with this enjoyable yet challenging way to activate your brain.

In THE BIG BRAIN PUZZLE BOOK, Stickels’s puzzles are categorized in three progressive levels.

* Level 1 – Basic logic reasoning, visual and wordplay games will help kick start neurons. Frame games, like descrambling the letters “Hsilgne” to make “Shingle,” are found throughout this section.
* Level 2 – Readers are encouraged to work through more challenging puzzles with friends and family. This section incorporates out-of-the-box trivia questions like knowing which state besides Missouri is bordered by eight states.
* Level 3 – Complete higher level mathematical equations, wordplay and spatial and logical reasoning games. Advanced exercises, like finding the next fraction in a sequence and mind-bending word problems, come into play.

Our Take: My oldest daughter, 10 and my husband and I love logic puzzles and dove into this book head first and have been making it a fun challenge for the 3 of us! The games make you think in different ways, using different areas of the brain. If one of us solves the problem while the others are stuck, we have been having a great time explaining how we figured it out and seeing the light bulbs come on within eachother! I'm definitely a word-play fan and trivia lover, while my husband enjoys the mathematics problems. It's a fantastic book for the whole family that really wakes up your brain in ways you don't use everyday!

The book sells for $11.99 and can be purchased HERE and HERE.

I have a copy of The Big Brain Puzzle Book for one lucky reader of The Mom Reviews to enjoy!
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I was sent a copy of the book free of charge for purpose of review. The views and opinions on this product were my tried-and-true experience and was not influenced by any source. I was not compensated monetarily to advertise this campaign.

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  1. Krystyn said...

    Right now, we enjoy basic games like Memory and Candyland.

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  2. Krystyn said...

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  7. Aik said...

    We enjoy IQ tests and brainteasers.

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  8. Aik said...

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  9. Aik said...

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  10. Aik said...

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  11. Aik said...

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  12. Aik said...

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  17. Jessica said...

    My most recent favorite is Clue. I never knew how much a board game could make you think, but I LOVE it!

    thisthatandmyblog (@) gmail.com (.)com

  18. peg42 said...

    We love to play games like Checkers, Clue and Battleship. We also love puzzles.
    Thanks so much.

  19. peg42 said...

    I'm a follower.
    (rickpeggysmith)
    Thanks again.

  20. Jessica said...

    I entered the Hoover giveaway!

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  21. Jessica said...

    I entered The Little Stamp Company giveaway!

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  22. Jessica said...

    I entered the Sneaky Chef book giveaway!

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  23. suburban prep said...
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  24. suburban prep said...

    We like Blokus and Trivial Pursuit and Pente and the new Lilly Monopoly.

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  25. sphinx63 said...

    We love to play card games together, especially Hand & Foot. Thanks!

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  26. Shana said...

    We love to play Scrabble, Monopoly and battle of The Sexes. Love brain teasers too!

  27. Shana said...

    I am a fan on facebook and my sn is shana0923

  28. Shana said...

    I follow you through google friend connect

  29. Shana said...

    I entered the Hoover giveaway

  30. Shana said...

    I commented on the Lee Jeans and Oprah Post

  31. melsywsou said...

    We do thinking games like trivial pursuit and scrabble.

  32. cstironkat said...

    Our family likes Apples to Apples.

  33. just me... said...

    We like to play card games--like Yatzee.

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  34. just me... said...

    Tonya Wilson is a fan on facebook.

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  35. Brenda said...

    We play cribbage!

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  36. Brenda said...

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  37. Brenda said...

    I follow with google reader

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  38. Brenda said...

    I posted the giveaway to my blog

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  39. moneymom said...

    We love Apples to Apples. I like it because it lets my (4) kids think outside the box. We always get a good laugh when we play!

  40. chromiumman said...

    we're big Clue fans

  41. Nicole said...

    We love Trivial Pursuit!!

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  42. Joan Elliott said...

    We are addicted to Dominoes!!
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  43. Joan Elliott said...

    I'm a follower!
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  44. ~Tami said...

    We mostly enjoy computer games (the find the hidden picture type).

  45. ~Tami said...

    Following on facebook and heres my profile:
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  46. ~Tami said...

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  47. ~Tami said...

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  48. Shelly said...

    I love word games like Boggle

  49. Shelly said...

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  50. Shelly said...

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  51. Shelly said...

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  52. Jaime said...

    We love board games like, candy land with the younger kids and battleship with the older one. Also love card games
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  53. Jaime said...

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  54. Jaime said...

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  55. MKB said...

    We have little ones so go fish is our favorite family game! Kbroderi@Msn.com

  56. bekki1820cb said...
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  57. bekki1820cb said...

    We like Dice games, such as Yahtzee and Bones. We also like board games, like Monopoly, Scrabble. And I really like Boggle!!! Thanks for the chance, bekki1820cb@gmail.com

  58. bekki1820cb said...

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  59. bekki1820cb said...

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  60. bekki1820cb said...

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  61. Deb said...

    We like a lot of different games. Pictionary, The Farming Game, Mancala, to name a few.

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  62. wigget said...

    we enjoy board games like trouble, chutes & ladders, and candyland

  63. Cakeblast said...

    My oldest son is 4-years old, so we mostly play Candyland and Memory. We also enjoy playing with Flash cards & Jumpstart preschool computer games.

  64. little bird said...

    me and my kids love to play a card game called speed. Loser has to go do a quick chore while the winner plays the next player. I made up that part to keep the house clean.

  65. little bird said...

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  66. little bird said...

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  67. ~Shannon~ said...

    What type of family games do you enjoy with your family, be specific.
    We are loving the Wii right now. But we also love board games!!

  68. ~Shannon~ said...

    I am a follower!

  69. ~Shannon~ said...

    I also entered the shrinky dinks giveaway!

  70. Francine said...

    My family loves board games like clue, monopoly and candyland with my daughter.
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  71. Francine said...

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  72. Abby said...

    We love to play Clue!

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  73. Shelly said...

    entered Hugg A Planet

  74. Shelly said...

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  75. sweetsue said...

    We like card games, especially Rummy!
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  76. Martha in PA said...

    #1 - We love to play Sorry, Guess Who, Wii Games, Monopoly and Rummy!

  77. Martha in PA said...

    #2 I tweeted & I follow you on Twitter
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  78. Martha in PA said...

    #3 I follow your blog! for ever and ever!!!

  79. Martha in PA said...

    #4 I'm a fan on FB
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  80. Martha in PA said...

    #5 I entered the Shrinky Dink contest

  81. Martha in PA said...

    #6 I commented on ATWT - The number "e"!!!

  82. Jessica's Junk said...

    Movie night is my personal fave.
    But i actually saw this book at the bookstore and wanted to get it... :)
    Thank for the great contest
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  83. Bombtastic Belle said...

    Me and my husband play a lot of card games - poker, canasta, rummy.
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  84. Shelly said...

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  85. Shelly said...

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  86. Alicia said...

    Backgammon and card games

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  87. Melody said...

    I like to play Clue.

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  88. Julie said...

    We like to play Skipbo and Uno

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  89. Julie said...

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  90. Carol said...

    We enjoy playing word games.

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  91. Carol said...

    I follow with Friend Connect.

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  92. Brian D. said...

    Memory and starting uno

  93. Birdson said...

    we like outdoor games such as badmittion, crouquet,dodge ball& such birdson@roadrunner.com

  94. Birdson said...

    I follow U on GFC birdson@roadrunner.com

  95. Birdson said...

    entered your Hugg A Planet giveaway birdson@roadrunner.com

  96. AEKZ2 said...

    My 3 year old and 5 year old love to play Twister.

  97. missdenise said...

    my 9yo son and I love to play sorry, scrabble, smath, scrabble slam, the list goes on and on.

  98. idahomom said...

    We love Pinochle, Rook, Canasta, and Stock Market.

  99. SeahorseLady said...

    We love board and card games.

  100. SeahorseLady said...

    I follow your blog.

  101. Heather said...

    not a board game but at the moment our favorite is hide and seek

  102. klm0506 said...

    We enojoy playing word games or trivia games.
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  103. hollowsins said...

    My kids like to play character monopoly..disney,candyland and hungry hippos

  104. hollowsins said...

    Im a facebook fan

  105. hollowsins said...

    I follow on google

  106. Angela G said...

    I love to play Hide and Seek and Memory with my kids.
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  107. Angela G said...

    I'm a facebook fan.
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  108. Angela G said...

    I follow your blog.

  109. Amy said...

    I love games where you have to think but are lots of fun too - my little one will be three this month so I mostly play these games with my brother and his family...my little one and I liked to play hide and go seek, "jump" and dance!

  110. erma said...

    We love to play the wii or the game of life.
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  111. dreamcleavers said...

    we like to play trouble or chutes and ladders
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  112. dreamcleavers said...

    i am a fan of facebook
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  113. dreamcleavers said...

    i am following on google connect
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  114. pixie13 said...

    We like to play Yahtzee & Uno. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  115. pixie13 said...

    I follow your blog

  116. Jenny said...

    We play a variety of board games like Settlers of Katan and Carcasonne.

  117. joni said...

    We play board games like clue and scrabble, video games like culdcept and mario party, and the kids like to make up games for us to play!

  118. Molly K said...

    We play lots of board games. Our favorites right now are Sorry Sliders and Uno Attack.

  119. Molly K said...

    I follow on google friends.

  120. metalmomma said...

    We love playing scattegories.

  121. degood said...

    With my big girls, my husband and I like to play Settlers of Catan and with our son we play memory, uno and candyland and with the baby we play peek a boo and hide toy under the blanket and then pick up the blanket and find it.

    kerrie@mayansfamily.com

  122. degood said...

    I follow you on google reader

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  123. djgroz said...

    We play a lot of card games, Pinochle is our favorite!!!
    Great prize
    Thanks for the chance to win.

  124. ellie said...

    My family loves to play trivia games. We also play Sequence a lot. Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me.
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  125. Pat said...

    We like Scrabble and Yahtzee.
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  126. missrantsypants said...

    We like Would You Rather? and Apples to Apples.


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  127. saturdaynightfever said...

    We do GAMES magazine and GAMES World of Puzzles Battleships and word games together, in competition!

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  128. Kelly said...

    We love playing Cranium!

  129. cowboyswife said...

    We love playing Yahtzee as a family. It is a game that even my 6 year old can enjoy, he manages to get a Yahtzee almost every time we play.

  130. Tylerpants said...

    We usually play Clue, Monopoly and Connect Four!
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  131. Tylerpants said...

    I'm a follower
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  132. Kidazy said...

    My mom and I do a lot of crosswords and word search puzzles together. She has multiple sclerosis and her cognitive therapists recommend puzzles to keep her sharp with certain skills so not only do we have fun doing them but they have a real purpose for us too!

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  133. Kidazy said...

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  134. Kidazy said...

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  135. Kidazy said...

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  136. Kidazy said...

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  142. BeachBaby said...

    We like games that make you think and also make you think under pressure. Favorites are scattagories (ok you got me on the sp)pictionary and cranium.

  143. Sabina361 said...

    We enjoy games like Scene-It and Monopoly City

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  144. Lisa said...

    We play board games like Monopoly and Trouble. Thanks for the giveaway

  145. Lisa said...

    I follow your blog.

  146. vividchord said...

    We love Trivial Pursuit and ImagineIf

  147. Miranda said...

    We play kickball

  148. Miranda said...

    We play kickball

  149. trixx said...

    We like words games like Scrabble and Boggle!

  150. trixx said...

    I'm a follower

  151. Renee G said...

    Our family loves classic board games like Monopoly and Clue.
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  152. jakiesmom said...

    when my whole family gets together in the summer we love to play tribond and queens.

  153. Bakersdozen said...

    As a family we like to play Chess and Boggle. vidomich(at)yahoo(dot)com

  154. Mama Hill said...

    My husband HATES games, but the rest of us love Scrabble, Cranium and Scattagories!

  155. Mama Hill said...

    Followed & tweeted

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  156. Mama Hill said...

    I follow you on google!

    ok, this is my final post, so here is my email!

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  157. Gianna said...

    We like cartoon trivia related games.. such as the simpsons :)

  158. naynays1 said...

    We love to play Scrabble

  159. 1993wel said...

    We enjoy games like Cranium and Apples to Apples.

  160. Oneangel said...

    We love to play cards and board games.

  161. Carol EL said...

    We play UNO or SORRY with the grandkids because kids of all ages can play. jelly15301@gmail.com

  162. Carol EL said...

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  163. Carol EL said...

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  164. Diana D said...

    The family enjoys Trivia games. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.

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  165. Candie L said...

    We like Trivial Pursuit; Sorry; Uno; etc. Thank you

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  166. FDP 4 Life said...

    we love to play UNO and rummy and sometimes we play cranium

  167. FDP 4 Life said...

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  168. FDP 4 Life said...

    follower

  169. FDP 4 Life said...

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  170. MAC Mom said...

    My daughter loves CandyLand and Mall Madness. We also like to play family games such as Uno.

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  171. MAC Mom said...

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  172. MAC Mom said...

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  173. MAC Mom said...

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  174. MAC Mom said...

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  175. Sahm Lee said...

    My kids love to play Monopoly with me. Thanks for the contest!
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  176. kngmckellar said...

    We like Scrabble and Uno!

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  177. kngmckellar said...

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  178. kngmckellar said...

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  179. kngmckellar said...

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  180. kngmckellar said...

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  181. demmi said...

    we like board and card games uno is always a favorite
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  182. Bombtastic Belle said...

    Me and my husband play a lot of card games (poker, rummy, canasta) and board games (monopoly, clue)
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  183. RR said...

    We like outdoor games, such as skipping rope. We also like card games, like gin rummy.

  184. slbk4ever said...

    My family loves to play card games like UNO, go fish, and old maid. We also like playing chutes and ladders and this game called Break the Safe.

  185. dvice said...

    We like board games like Candy Land and Chutes & Ladders

  186. Jerseyjim said...

    we play memory, uno, and Checkers

  187. Heather said...

    We prefer road games (slug bug, blue lights!) and Wii games (bowling, anyone?), since one of us doesn't like to lose so much.
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  188. Heather said...

    I follow your blog.
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  189. Heather said...

    I entered to win the Encyclopedia of Immaturity Vol.2.
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  190. Jinxy and Me said...

    we like trivia games.

  191. Jinxy and Me said...

    I'm following your blog!

  192. Winning Readings said...

    We like playing Memory!

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  193. Winning Readings said...

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  194. Naddez said...

    My family play Monopoly and Checkers.

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  195. Naddez said...

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  196. Naddez said...

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  197. Naddez said...

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  198. MKB said...

    We play games like hi-ho cherryoh and old maid. Kbroderi@msn.com

  199. Timothy Sternberg said...

    We enjoy basic games like Memory and Candyland.

  200. Nancy S. said...

    We like Scrabble.
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