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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
2006 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
I've not read the book but heard it was good so thought I'd see what the fuss was about. Panned by critics but the film is quite good in a puzzle solving way.
  
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Marriage Games (The Games Duet, #1)
C.D. Reiss | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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This was truly amazing. It was heartwrenching and horrible but a horrible in a truly wonderful way. Their pain.. their love.. their trials they have been through. It felt like I was a part of them and their lives. It was like being a part of a puzzle and having to put the pieces together to fit everything into a big puzzle at the end and then you are left wishing it wasn't over and amazed at what just happened. Plus some hott scenes helps also ;)
  
Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual
Georges Perec | 2012 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"This book is an extraordinary jigsaw puzzle, where each chapter describes a room in a building, and each room reveals the next part of the story. Perec’s work is a jubilant meditation on art, freedom, and emptiness."

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Neil Patrick Harris recommended S. in Books (curated)

 
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J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I hesitate to even call this a book — it’s almost more accurate to call it a book-themed puzzle. I just love the game of it, and the presentation. JJ Abrams, building a world within a world within a world."

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Glowish in Apps

Nov 8, 2017  
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Glowish Launch Trailer | iOS & Android

Glowish is a puzzle game like no other! Beautifully designed and a truly brain challenger, Glowish will give you countless hours of enjoyment solving lots of colorful puzzles by turning light switches on and off!

  
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Ocean’s 8 (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Crime
The acting and visuals for this movie were really great, and I really enjoyed the mechanics of the heist, kind of like you enjoy hearing the solution to a puzzle. But there wasn't really any tension, the story took few real twists.
  
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Natari (73 KP) rated the Xbox 360 version of Assassin's Creed 2 in Video Games

Jul 15, 2019  
Assassin's Creed 2
Assassin's Creed 2
Action/Adventure
Open world so you can just run around and have fun (0 more)
It's very easy to screw up a leap of faith and send ezio to his doom (0 more)
Stabby stabby
A fun game full of exploration, adventure and puzzle all while learning history.
  
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about The Guides Axiom in Apps

Nov 8, 2017  
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The Guides Axiom | Now Available

Sequel to one of iOS’s #1 puzzle games, The Guides Axiom introduces a myriad of entirely new codes, puzzles and interactive ciphers to challenge your wit, stretch your imagination and test your ingenuity in unique and innovative ways.

  
The Purloined Puzzle
The Purloined Puzzle
Parnell Hall | 2018 | Mystery
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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The Puzzle Vanishes
Cora thinks that the worst problem in her life is the reappearance of her least favorite ex-husband, Melvin. Then a teen asks Cora to solve a puzzle that was just left at the teen’s house. Only before it can be solved, the puzzle disappears. Then the teen’s older brother reports finding a bloody knife in his bedroom even though there hasn’t been a murder. Is a corpse going to appear?

Fans of the series will be delighted with the latest installment. We get the usual banter as Cora causes havoc on her way to solving the case. The usual twists are there before we reach the logical solution. The characters are on the thin side, which is nothing new for the series, yet I’ve come to care for them and was glad to visit them again. I laughed multiple times along the way, and those who enjoy puzzles will be glad to know there are two crossword and one Sudoku along the way.
  
When Yankee’s pitcher Matt Greystone moves to town to rehab after a car accident, Cora Felton is thrilled. That is before a therapist’s house is broken into and Cora is asked to solve a puzzle that points to something in the therapist’s files. When a second puzzle shows up on the dead body, she knows she has to figure out what is going on.

Like some others in the series, the mystery is the weak link in this book. The action is quick even if it doesn’t always lead us anywhere. The climax is a bit convoluted as well. However, I read these books for the word play and comedy, and that’s here in spades. I laughed multiple times in the book and smiled throughout. Plus, it’s fun to spend time with the gang again, and I liked the new characters as well.

Read my full review at <a href="https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/07/book-review-puzzle-to-be-named-later-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.