Bend Your Brain

Well, now that I've reached beyond my IQ, let's attempt Bend Your Brain word puzzles!
 I am ready! I'm going to fry my brain with some neuron-bursting puzzle conundrums!

Beyond IQ

The next book I am going to review is called Beyond IQ by Garth Sundam. You don't need a genius IQ to figure out what this book is about, it's all about ways to boost your creative thinking process. Like the title says, smarts are more than just being able to solve complex mathematical problems in your head, it's about how you process the information you receive. When you see a problem what are all the different ways you can think of to solve it?
 I absolutely loved this book. Each chapter features puzzlers and problems for you to solve using the technique that was described on each topic, like The Book of Nonsense or Retrain Attention, Retrain Intuition. They are challenging and really get your brain to use all of it's thinking power. If you're like me, there is not a puzzle too difficult to give up on. Have at it, and have fun! That's the main point in Beyond IQ!  #BloggingForBooks

 Some sample questions to get you started:
 
 How is a butterfly like a sunbonnet? A pumpkin like a propeller?

 Finish this limerick: There was an Old Person whose habits/Induced him to feed upon rabbits......

 Jane and Janet are sisters born five minutes apart to the same parents and yet they are not twins. How is this so?

A Curious Man by Neal Thompson

  A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley

  I grew up enjoying the Believe It or Not cartoons, yet I seldom gave a thought to the man behind them, so I was especially eager to dive into this novel from Blogging For Books. The title alone makes me want to read on...
 Robert Ripley led-as the title suggests-a Strange and Brilliant life. This biography gave a good background of his early years, you can see from the start that  he was a man full of creative ideas. He was a hard worker, yet a happy-go-lucky guy who didn't let his setbacks bring him down.
  Bob Ripley's travels are covered extensively in this book, giving a peek at a time when travel was an exotic luxury. The tales of his adventures are a real treat, plus I loved the bits of Believe It or Not trivia mixed in with the chapters.
 The book also doesn't gloss over Mr. Ripley's personal faults. He had some ideas about women and secretaries that would never be accepted in this day from a man of his status.
 The one redeemable quality about him was that even in his cad-like ways he was still sweet on his one true love, Oakie.
 I learned a lot about Robert Ripley in this book and I would recommend it for anyone. 
 Dig in and uncover some curious facts behind Believe It or Not's Curious Man.