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The jigsaw puzzle
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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A fascinating look at the origins and history of one of today's most popular pastimes looks at the development of jigsaw puzzles, from their beginnings as an educational tool for children in the mid-1700s, to the challenging puzzles of today, and profiles some of the world's famous puzzle fans, including Stephen King, Queen Elizabeth II, and Bill Gates.
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Missusb
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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Done & dusted. Holiday puzzling. That ALL blue section? It was soooo hard #whinytone

Bookzombie It looks great. Well done! 3y
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readingjedi
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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A particularly rubbish picture of a fabulous jigsaw I just completed. It's called The Bizarre Bookshop and it's by Colin Thompson. I absolutely love it. There's so much detail to discover. I also have this design as my Kindle skin and it's a mural in my daughter's school library. The jigsaw is by Ravensburger & I think their jigsaws are the best I've ever done (image range and quality wise).

Tamra Love it!! 5y
bookaholic1 Did you get it from Amazon?? 5y
readingjedi @bookaholic1 No, it was Hobbycraft. 5y
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Just_reading Awesome! 💞 5y
TheAromaofBooks Loooove Ravensburger puzzles! 5y
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Balibee146
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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Christmas plans inspired by a post a few days ago but can't remember who, sorry..... Picked up this lovely bookish 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.... Must be 35 years since I did a proper puzzle..... Just need to work out how/where with 3 cats in the house to paw at the pieces lol

TheWordJar That‘s a beautiful puzzle! 😍 I love audio puzzling! 6y
aprilpohren Amazing looking puzzle!! I adore puzzles!! 6y
merelybookish Cool puzzle! Have fun! I love puzzling but have to limit myself because I get obsessed! 6y
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KristinaRay
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@Sarah83 Mine aren‘t as ambitious as yours. 😄 For my next big puzzle I want something book related.
#puzzles

Sarah83 I often chose landscapes or paintings 😉 6y
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Sarah83
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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I did a little shopping today and look what I found..... Isn't that gorgeous??? 😍💖

laurieluna There's a whole range of these! I want them all so bad 😍 6y
KristinaRay Beautiful! I bought two puzzles yesterday for the first time in a long time. 6y
CareBear That‘s a freaking ton of pieces!! 6y
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Suzze How big is that puzzle? With that many pieces it must be a mural! 6y
wanderinglynn That is epic! Can‘t wait to see it in progress! I‘d love to do one of the 5000+++ piece puzzles. Sadly, 2000 pieces is my limit due to space issues. 6y
SamanthaMarie Oh my goodness 😍😍😍 6y
LeahBergen It sounds huge! 6y
Sarah83 @miralunasbooknook I own the 1000 pieces editions of this one. 😍 @KristinaRay which ones did you buy? @CareBear yes and there was one with 43200 pieces... @Suzze no idea, but too big for my flat... @wanderinglynn I didn't buy it, but there are smaller ones of this. Have you seen them? @SamanthaMarie @LeahBergen yes indeed. 💖😍 6y
SamanthaMarie I looked it up on Amazon, 100! But the smaller 1,000 piece version is only 13, so I'm thinking it'll be a buy quite soon. So glad you posted! 6y
Sarah83 @SamanthaMarie glad you found it ☺️ 6y
wanderinglynn Yes, I‘ve done the 1000 piece version, if not of this one, then of one very similar. But I‘ve always wanted to do one of the big ones! 6y
Sarah83 @wanderinglynn still we need to have the place for that 😉 6y
scripturient 18000 pieces? 😱😍 6y
Sarah83 @scripturient yes... So huge... 6y
Ajessgirl Oh my goodness! That‘s a #chunkster puzzle! 6y
tammysue Wow that‘s a lot of pieces! 😍 6y
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toofondofbooks
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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Awesome new puzzle for #audiobooking 😊

AmyG Ooooo fun! 7y
ladym30 WOW! 7y
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wanderinglynn
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I finished the world‘s smallest 1000 piece puzzle! Of course, I only got about 15hrs out of the #25inFive. But I get a free puzzle for finishing this one, so I consider it a win. 😀

Mommamanzi That looks like so much fun, such tiny pieces!!! 7y
dsfisher Wow! 7y
wanderinglynn @Mommamanzi it was fun, but the pieces are almost too tiny. It was hard to hold them at times. 😀 7y
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Ash.on.the.line Oh this looks fun! It would probably drive me crazy but I‘d love it! 😆 7y
readordierachel Whoa! You must be a puzzle master. 7y
wanderinglynn @Ash.on.the.line It was fun! And it did drive me a bit crazy! 😀 7y
wanderinglynn @ReadOrDieRachel I love puzzles! I actually have a puzzle of the month membership. 🤓 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Whoa! 👏 7y
BiblioLitten Awesome!!!💞 7y
Andrew65 Wow! Love that puzzle and well done on the time you got to, a great job. Thanks for playing along. 🥂💐😊🎈🍾👏🏆🎉 7y
wanderinglynn @Andrew65 The #25inFive was a lot of fun. I‘d definitely do it again. 😀 7y
Andrew65 @wanderinglynn 😊 We‘ll have to decided on a week later in the year to do it in. 7y
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BookaholicNatty
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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For all of you who love jigsaw puzzles.... I saw this awesome bookish puzzle today at Barnes and Nobles. I love bookish puzzles so much!!! 📚😊❤️

tammysue It‘s a pretty one 💚📚 7y
annkuch13 @myellenbee check this out! 7y
benchley1 Oooohhhhhhh 7y
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Ajessgirl 😍😍😍 Puzzles & books are two of my very favorite things too! 7y
ladym30 What a beautiful puzzle! 7y
thereadingowlvina Awesome!! 😄 7y
aprilpohren Oh my! Love it!! 7y
Dpotter Oh wow! So pretty! 😃❤📚 7y
TheWordJar Audiopuzzling is the best! Great puzzle! 7y
BookaholicNatty @Ajessgirl me toooooo!!!! ❤️😍📚 7y
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LadyChristy
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Another bookish puzzle completed! 🙌🏻

Bostonmomx2 Love this!! 7y
ladym30 Love it! 7y
LadyChristy @Bostonmomx2 & @ladym30 Thanks! It was surprisingly challenging at times since the word “books” appeared a billion times! 🙈 7y
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LadyChristy
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Husby and I just finished this fun bookish puzzle called “The Bizarre Bookshop No. 2”. Lots of ridiculous punny titles on the shelves but “Prune with a View” was the clear favorite... 😂

BibliophileMomma 😍😍😍 7y
trazo Beautiful 7y
Mollyanna Love it! 7y
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Andrea4 I have this one too!!! 7y
PurpleyPumpkin This is great. Well done!👍🏽 7y
LadyChristy @Andrea4 Awesome! We liked it a lot. We also got “Ludicrous Library” by the same makers and are looking forward to it! (edited) 7y
Andrea4 Ooooh, I will need to see if I can find that one! 7y
QuoteQueen That combines 2 of my favorite things: books and puns! I hope you two glue & frame this to hang on your wall! 😊 7y
LadyChristy @QuoteQueen We have so much art on the walls already! My in-laws actually just borrowed it to do and I have another friend who wants to borrow it when they are done! Sisterhood of the Traveling Puzzle? 😂 7y
BiblioLitten Oh my! 😍 7y
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Bibliogeekery
The jigsaw puzzle: piecing together a history | Will Shortz, Anne Douglas Williams
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Trying to figure out which puzzle to do at the cottage

monalyisha Scrabble. Wait, that's not a puzzle, is it? I remain firm: Scrabble. Always Scrabble. 7y
Bibliogeekery @monalyisha good eye! There's some games in there too! 7y
Laalaleighh I'm with @monalyisha always scrabble. 7y
Eyelit What @monalyisha said 😄 7y
LauraBrook Oooh, I ❤️❤️❤️ puzzles! 7y
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