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Hi there. If you're looking at this because you read one of the Winston Breen books and enjoyed solving its puzzles, you might want to head over to http://www.puzzlesnacks.com. I post a free puzzle each week, easy but interesting for all level of solvers. There are a whole bunch of other puzzles there, too, including mini puzzle hunts similar to what you'll find in my books. Go take a look!

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	The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #1) 3.88 avg rating — 2,826 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Potato Chip Puzzles (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,355 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Puzzler's Mansion (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #3) 4.08 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puzzlesnacks: More Than 100 Clever, Bite-Size Puzzles for Every Solver 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babes and Brides: Two One-Act Plays 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazing Family Game Board Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off-the-Wall Word Searches by Eric Berlin (Goodreads Author), Janinne Berlin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puzzlesnacks Bonanza it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puzzlesnacks Carnival it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winston'in Bulmaca Dunyasi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Eric liked Kerry Shatzer's review of Off-the-Wall Word Searches: "This is an amazing collection of word searches! Tons of variety, plenty of twists, and the unused letters in each puzzle pose an additional puzzle or question too! Eric Berlin's books are a must for any serious puzzle fan. These aren't your bargain b" Read more of this review »
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“Whatever your passion is - even if you're great at it - it can't be the only thing you do... If you do, you'll be great at that one thing... and bad at everything else... Getting that balance is not easy...”
― Eric Berlin, The Puzzler's Mansion

tags: balance, passion, strengths, talents

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“Give me a puzzle to solve. Let me see if I can solve it.”
― Eric Berlin, The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

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“Who hides a ring? Who sets up this whole cockamamie production with puzzle pieces and treasure hunts and who knows what else over a ring?”
― Eric Berlin, The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

tags: middle-grade, middle-grade-mystery, mystery, puzzle, search, treasure-hunt

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