Thing 18

18. Solve Puzzle Island book

I received Puzzle Island by Paul Adshead as a Christmas present in 1991. I never solved it, and that fact has been haunting me for 25 years. So I put this on my list to get myself to complete it. This time, I worked carefully through it, having trouble unscrambling animal names at times and having trouble finding animals at other times. I was in an elevator, staring at the book and for the first time in 25 years, I looked down and SUDDENLY saw the hidden animal!!!! I solved the rest of it anyway, and googled the final answer to find it on the world map. I have a great sense of accomplishment now, in finally solving this puzzle after so long.

Thing 25

25. Read a book and then watch the movie based on it for 5 different books

Despite finding out halfway through that The True Meaning of Smekday has a sequel (might be part of a series?), I adored the book. I watched the movie a couple days ago. And though the characters are the same, the entire story is vastly different. I thought the movie was kind of cute, but I definitely prefer the story as told in the book. Amazing voice talent, though. And nice to see J. Lo in both of them! Heehee!



Progress: 4/5