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By the Numbers
Duration: Dec 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020
Advanced Placement: 30/30


1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book with a character over 100 years old
Tall, Dark & Lonely by R.L. Mathewson 1/18/20

2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read the second book in a series
Taking the Heat by Scott Hildreth 12/5/19

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book with an irrational character
The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan 3/20/20

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M
Captain Devlin's Captive by Susanne Saville 12/3/19

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Spell out ZERO.
Z - Jacob's Ladder by Z.A. Maxfield 1/26/20
E - Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank 1/22/20
R - Moon Dance by J.R. Rain 2/2/20
O - Becoming by Michelle Obama 2/9/20

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series - Jack Stratton, #4
Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson 12/19/19

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title
Axel by Harper Sloan 12/2/19

8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character
Chili to Die for by Lilly York 12/20/19

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book you found confusing
Red Russia by Tanya Thompson 1/19/20

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book you thought would never end
Side Effects by Michael Palmer 12/7/19

11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter
Siren's Song by Ella Summers 2/1/20

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book where nature plays an important role in the story
The Dead of Winter by Jack Night 4/21/20

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story
Atlantis Betrayed by Alyssa Day 1/30/20

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book with big or blocky letters on the cover, or spell out PI.
Don't Look Inside by Spike Black 12/30/19

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view
Karma's A Bitch by Shannon Esposito 2/24/20

16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a tall character
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh 2/13/20

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Reread a favorite book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 12/1/19

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day - Aug 7, 2012
Biting Cold by Chloe Neill 12/10/19

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title
Duh!: The Stupid History of the Human Race by Bob Fenster 3/16/20

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book with a large number of characters
Blood of the Lost by Shannon Mayer 12/12/19

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in Denver or Colorado
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn 2/25/20

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies
Shift by Rachel Vincent 1/2/20

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story
Scarred by Marie Long 12/23/19

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book where a character discovers the truth
The Ghost Hunter Next Door by Danielle Garrett 12/1/19

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month - Aug 29, 2018
War of Hearts by Stefanie Marie 1/5/20

26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday
Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina 3/31/20

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character
Hook Me by Chelle Bliss 1/11/20

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world
Bearfoot and Pregnant by Milly Taiden 1/14/20

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count - 345 Pages
End of Days by Susan Ee 2/20/20

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book where two people find commonality.
Bone Deep by Bonnie Dee 12/19/19

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ALL DONE!
Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks

✔1. 🔢 has 100-120 pages
The Undertaker's Daughter - Debra Webb (115 pgs) - 2 JAN


✔2. 🔢 second book in a series
The Hocus Pocus Magic Shop - Abigail Drake - 31 DEC


✔3. 🔢 spell out ROOT.
R Rhapsody - Cecilia London - 24 JAN
O Becoming A Vincent - C.M. Owens - 28 DEC
O One-Eyed Royals - Cordelia Kingsbridge - 29 JAN
T Tallowwood - N.R. Walker - 30 DEC


✔4. 🔢 title beginning with C
Cowboy Heat - Sable Hunter - 3 JAN


✔5. 🔢 spell out ZERO.
Z Vendetta - Christine Zolendz - 14 FEB
E Five Go Off to Camp - Enid Blyton - 3 FEB
R Red Alert - James Patterson - 28 JAN
O Ooh! What a Lovely Pair: Our Story - Anthony McPartlin - 18 JAN


✔6. 🔢 even-numbered book in a series
Triumph - Cecilia London (No 6) - 29 JAN


✔7. 🔢 four-letter word in the title.
The Geek Tycoon - Vicki Lewis Thompson - 10 JAN


✔8. 🔢 spell out THREE.
T Tomboy - Avery Flynn - 21 JAN
H Highway Don't Care - Lani Lynn Vale - 16 JAN
R Reckless Creed - Alex Kava - 25 JAN
E Five Go Off in a Caravan - Enid Blyton - 22 JAN
E Echo Burning - Lee Child - 15 FEB


✔9. 🔢 spell out SIX.
S The Secret to Dating Your Best Friend's Sister - Meghan Quinn - 30 JAN
I The Search - Iris Johansen - 9 FEB
X Take A Knee - Xyla Turner - 6 JAN


✔10. 🔢 circle on the cover
The Banker - Penelope Sky - 12 JAN


✔11. 🔢 spell out PRIME.
P Phoenix - Cecilia London - 21 JAN
R The Roommate Agreement - Emma Hart - 1 FEB
I Insurgent - Veronica Roth - 16 FEB
M Muffin Top - Avery Flynn - 16 JAN
E The Enemy - Lee Child - 4 MAR


✔12. 🔢 only a face on the cover
The Night Before - Wendy Walker - 15 JAN


✔13. 🔢 spell out NINE.
N A Flare Of Heat - Nicola Claire - 23 JAN
I The Face of Deception - Iris Johansen - 27 JAN
N The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco - 14 FEB
E Smooth Kisses - Ella Goode - 26 JAN


✔14. 🔢 spell out PI
P Pretty Lies - Bethany-Kris - 6 MAR
I I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - Ally Carter - 1 MAR


✔15. 🔢 told from only one point of view
Sharon Osbourne Survivor: My Story - Sharon Osbourne - 8 MAR


✔16. 🔢 spell out PIZZA
P Pride Mates - Jennifer Ashley - 10 FEB
I Body of Lies - Iris Johansen - 16 FEB
Z Kulti - Mariana Zapata - 18 FEB
Z Zoo - James Patterson - 25 FEB
A Tomb's Tale - Amanda McKinney - 7 FEB


✔17. 🔢 spell out SEVEN
S A Sip Before Dying - Gemma Halliday - 9 FEB
E Five Fall Into Adventure - Enid Blyton - 22 FEB
V Forgotten Bones - Vickie McKeehan - 17 FEB
E Five Go Down to the Sea - Enid Blyton - 3 MAR
N Nothing to Lose - Lee Child - 5 APR


✔18. 🔢 a popular book
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini - 17 FEB


✔19. 🔢 number in the title
Five Have a Wonderful Time - Enid Blyton - 27 FEB


✔20. 🔢 spell out GOOGOL (or GOOGLE)
G Golden in Death - J.D. Robb - 8 FEB
O One Shot - Lee Child - 14 MAR
O One Last Fling - Lily Danes - 17 APR
G The Gossip - Jenny Holiday - 11 FEB
L Love Profound - Kelly Elliott - 10 APR
E Emergence - Denise Grover Swank - 18 APR


✔21. 🔢 spell out MILE
M The Last Jedi - Michael Reaves - 23 APR
I Illusions - Christine Pope - 14 APR
L The Lemesurier Inheritance: A Hercule Poirot Short Story - Agatha Christie - 28 FEB
E Edge of Sanity - Shannon K. Butcher - 23 MAR


✔22. 🔢 someone dies
The Promise - Katerina Diamond - 29 MAR


✔23. 🔢 spell out FIVE
F Falling For Crazy - Debra Kayn - 14 MAR
I Chasing The Night - Iris Johansen - 26 APR
V Victim in the Vineyard - Gemma Halliday - 13 FEB
E Edge of Betrayal - Shannon K. Butcher - 30 MAR


✔24. 🔢 main page genre of romance
Yanni's Story - N.R. Walker - 3 APR


✔25. 🔢 published in 2020
Bishop's Endgame - Katie Reus - 6 APR


✔26. 🔢 spell out BIRTHDAY.
B Bound by Blood - Cynthia Eden - 17 MAR
I Eight Days To Live - Iris Johansen - 21 APR
R The Restorer - Amanda Stevens - 27 APR
T Ten - Ker Dukey - 5 MAR
H His Counterfeit Campfire Bride - Gwen Hayes - 17 MAR
D Darkangel - Christine Pope - 22 APR
A Counsellor - Celia Aaron - 20 MAR
Y Ghost of a Chance - Yasmine Galenorn - 26 JAN


✔27. 🔢 an alpha male
The Sinner - J.R. Ward - 26 MAR


✔28. 🔢 takes place in a different universe or on another world
NightDrake - Lara Adrian - 10 APR


✔29. 🔢 spell out MILLION
M Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich - 6 APR
I Blind Alley - Iris Johansen - 13 MAR
L Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson - 7 APR
L 61 Hours - Lee Child - 19 APR
I Quicksand - Iris Johansen - 15 APR
O One Last Time - Bethany-Kris - 12 APR
N No Bad Days - J. Sterling - 21 MAR


✔30. 🔢 spell out FORTY
F For Life - Debra Kayn - 19 FEB
O On a Tuesday - Whitney G. - 14 MAR
R Return of the Jedi - James Kahn - 23 MAR
T The Third to Die - Allison Brennan - 14 APR
Y Legend of the Jade Dragon - Yasmine Galenorn - 3 FEB

WOOHOO Sandra!

COMPLETION POST - 26 tasks

By the Numbers
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Level: Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages, with a character over 100 years old, or spell out HUNDRED.

2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read the second book in a series.
The Storm Sister - Lucinda Riley - 12/11/2019
How it fits: Book 2 in the Seven Sisters series.

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book where the main character has a theory.
Devil's Waltz - Jonathan Kellerman - 2/1/2020
How it fits: MC has a theory that the mother is suffering from Munchausen by proxy.

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M.
Daddy's Little Girl - Mary Higgins Clark - 1/24/2020
How it fits: Title begins with D and ends in L.

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Read a book with a cube (not a square) on the cover, an astronomer or mathematician character, or spell out ZERO.

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series.
The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory - 12/19/2019
How it fits: Book 6 in the Plantagenet and Tudor Novels series.

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title.
Gone - Stacy Claflin - 2/9/2020


8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character, where the main character creates something new out of something old, or spell out THREE.

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book where the main character finds "perfection" (your interpretation), a book you found confusing, or spell out SIX.

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover.
Voyager - Diana Gabaldon - 1/10/2020

11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title or where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter.
Silver Wattle - Belinda Alexandra - 12/31/2019
How it fits: Alexandra begins and ends with A.

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover.
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan - 1/4/2020

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis - 1/11/2020
How it fits: Aslan is bought back to life by a magic potion.

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book with big or blocky letters on the cover.
The Secretary - Renée Knight - 1/16/2020

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view.
Now You See Me: How I Forgave the Unforgivable - Kathy Sanders - 2/4/2020

16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a tall character.
The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff - 1/28/2020
How it fits: Peter is tall.

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique main character.
Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes - 4/25/2020
How it fits: Joe is a unique person; he is delusional and maniac in this thinking but deep down he thinks he is a good person and starts to convince readers of this.

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a popular book (your interpretation).
The Sun Is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon - 3/23/2020
How it fits: The book has 160,155 ratings and 21,833 reviews.

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number in the title.
Twisted Twenty-Six - Janet Evanovich - 12/04/2019

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book with a large number of characters.
The King's Curse - Philippa Gregory - 1/22/2020

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book with the words mile and high in the story.
The Safest Place in London - Maggie Joel - 2/7/2020
How it fits: Mile - ' ' - pg
High- ' ' - pg

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies.
The Stolen Marriage - Diane Chamberlain - 12/23/2019
How it fits: Lucy dies in a car accident.

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story.
Give It Back - Danielle Esplin - 1/13/2020
how it fits: Lorraine receives a text message from her ex-husband to meet her during his party, when he doesn't show up she arrives at the party and screams at him making people think she imagined the text message.

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book where a character discovers the truth.
All Good Deeds - Stacy Green - 2/15/2020
How it fits: MC discovers the truth about Justin's crime.

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month.
The Fence - Meredith Jaffe - 1/26/2020
How it fits: Published August 30, 2016

26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday.
Liliana - Neva Squires-Rodriguez - 1/14/2020
How it fits: Christina has a birthday party.

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character.
The Maple Murders - Micol Ostow - 2/2/2020
How it fits: Veronica Lodge is a girly-girl.

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Spell out CARDS.

C - Out of Orange - Cleary Wolters - 3/31/2020
A - The Sleeping Beauty Killer - Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke - 2/17/2020
R - The Other Wife - Michael Robotham - 4/13/2020
D - The Golden Land - Di Morrissey - 2/29/2020
S - The Secrets She Keeps - Michael Robotham - 4/25/2020

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count (234, 432).
The Summer Girls - Mary Alice Monroe - 12/03/2019
How it fits: Page count 432

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book where two cultures or people find commonality.
The Things We Cannot Say - Kelly Rimmer - 3/10/2020
How it fits: Saul and Alina escape Poland together and live as husband and wife ((view spoiler)[even though they are not married and are in love with other people. (hide spoiler)])

WOOHOO Melanie!

Challenge Completed - May 12, 2020
Final Post! Goal Reached!

By the Numbers
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020
Date Started: December 1, 2019
Date Completed: May 12, 2020

Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks 30/ 30

Each task has a spell out option where you may use the title, series name, author's first or last name, or main character's first or last name. You may use a book as many times as it will work for a single word. Please disregard articles for title and series name.

1. 🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages
Cappuccino Twist by Anisa Claire West - 12/22/19 - 114 pages

2. 🔢 Read a book where the page count is divisible by 2
The Christmas Letter (Tess and Tilly 1) by Kathi Daley - 12/2/19 - Page Count 184

3. 🔢 Read a book with an irrational character
Brownies and Dark Shadows (Sandy Bay 2) by Amber Crewes - 12/21/19 - Kirsty Fisher stormed into Truly Sweets and yelled at Meghan (MC) for ruining her charity event gala.

4. 🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M
Under the Hill by Sheila Connolly - 12/16/19

5. 🔢 Read a book with a cube (not a square) on the cover - Just One Piece (PTO Murder Club 3) by Katie Graykowski - 1/8/20 (package in mailbox)


6. 🔢 Read a book with a character attending or working in a university
The new year's eve kiss by Chloë Miller - 1/4/20 - LOC 34 - We had the good fortune to be accepted to the same college after high school

7. 🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title
A Christmas Wish (Flyin Lion and Friends 6) by David Arnold - 12/19/19

8. 🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character
Dead Wrong (Calladine and Bayliss 1) by Helen H. Durrant - 1/30/20 - killer tricks his 3rd victim luring her into a car by lieing about the intended reason & destination

9. 🔢 Read a book where the main character finds "perfection" (your interpretation) - Lemon Bars with a Side of Murder (Daley Buzz 4) by Meredith Potts - 1/19/20 - MC savors the perfect lemon bars her Mom baked - Pg. 202 - What a delectable lemon bar it was. The crumbly, crunchy base. The zing of the lemon filling. The sugary top layer. It was almost addictive in how delicious it was.

10. 🔢 Read a book you thought would never end
You Can't Iron a Wrinkled Birthday Suit by Sharon Phennah - 1/28/20

11. 🔢 Read a book with a word in the title begins and ends with the same letter
The Day I Met Dr. Seuss by Anne Emerick - 12/15/19

12. 🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover
Alex Finch: Monster Hunter (Monster Files 1) by Cate Dean - 12/28/19


13. 🔢 Read a book with magic in the story - Horrible Halloween Hazards by Amelia Morgan - 1/20/20 - LOC 66 - You've been performing magic all this time without me noticing

14. 🔢 Read a book where the main character eats a pie
The Earl's Christmas Consultant (Wedding Trouble 3) by Bianca Blythe - 12/14/19 - Pg. 70 - "It's delicious," Flora remarked, biting into a meat pie.

15. 🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view
Chasing Skye (Texas High 1) by Kelsie Stelting - 12/23/19 - entire story told from Skye's (MC) POV

16. 🔢 Read a book with a tall character
Aspen Allegations (Sutton, Massachusetts 1) by Lisa Shea - 1/26/20 - Pg. 138 - The rhythm guitarist was tall and slender - (a member of the male MC's band)

17. 🔢 Reread a favorite book
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore - 12/24/19

18. 🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day
Dyno Dinosaur Family Christmas Adventures by Sharida McKenzie - 12/19/19 - Published December 7, 2018

19. 🔢 Read a book where a character does math - The Guitarist by Ian Thomas Healy - 5/12/20 - LOC 2787 It was a lot easier to focus on math when there wasn't whispering and texting going on all around me

20. 🔢 Read a book with a large number of characters - Death at a Diner (Murder in Milburn 1) by Nancy McGovern - 1/3/20 - story has at least 10 characters throughout the whole story

21. 🔢 Read a book with the words mile and high in the story
A Family for Christmas by Helen Scott Taylor - 12/19/19
LOC 89 - Huge, bright headlights suddenly blinked on about a half MILE away
LOC 138 - Although in other circumstances it would be fun riding up HIGH in the tractor

22. 🔢 Read a book where someone dies
Death Under the Fireworks (Murder in Milburn 3.5) by Nancy McGovern - 1/2/20

23. 🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story - Born To Love (Jasper Lake 1) by Leah Atwood - 1/13/20 - LOC 816 - she sent Landon a text, wishing him good luck today

24. 🔢 Read a book with a main page genre of erotica
Quinlan's Quest (Quinlan O'Connor 1) by Alyssa Bailey - 12/30/19


25. 🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month - The Mystery of the Missing Crystal Golf Ball: A Canterbury Golf Club Mini-Mystery by Jessa Archer - 1/12/20 - Published 8/31/19

26. 🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday
Birthdays Can Be Deadly (Sage Gardens 1) by Cindy Bell - 1/28/20 - James celebrates his birthday at the beginning of the book - Pg. 2 Today it was a birthday party for one of the residents, James.

27. 🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character - Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells and Caramels 1) by Erin Johnson - 4/4/20 - Hank is alpha-male

28. 🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world
Gifts of Jangalore (Grand Master's Trilogy 0.5) by Aurora Springer - 12/29/19 - set on the planet Jangalore

29. 🔢 Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count
Rainy Days by Grant Hudson - 2/1/20 - 11 pages

30. 🔢 Read a book where two cultures or people find commonality
Cream Caramel and Murder (Holly Holmes 1) by K.E. O'Connor - 1/14/20 - Lady Philippa, Lord Rupert, and Princess Alice all befriend Holly (MC) who is the baker for the Royal family oftentimes sharing tea and casual conversation

WOOHOO SANDYE!

finished all tasks

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
Spell out HUNDRED.
H MC HOLMES, Enola - The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline - Nancy Springer - 2/2/20
U Unspeakable - Laura Griffin - 3/23/20
N Nancy Springer - The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline - 2/2/20
D Dick - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - R. A. Dick - 2/4/20
R R. A. Dick - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - 2/4/20
E MC ENOLA The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline - Nancy Springer - 2/2/20
D Doyle - A Newfoundlander in Canada:Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home - Alan Doyle - 3/15/20

2. Read a book where the page count is divisible by 2
Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time - Emily Brightwell - 12/2/19 - 272 pages

3. Read a book with an irrational character
Accidents of Marriage - Randy Susan Meyers - 12/12/19

4. Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M,
Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide weddings - Emily Brightwell - 12/3/19

5. Spell out ZERO.
Z Zoobreak - Gordon Kormon - 3/9/20
E Emily Organ - Curse of the Poppy - 12/19/19
R Rachael Anderson - My Sister’s Intended - 4/3/2020
O Organ, Emily - Curse of the Poppy - 12/19/19

6. Read a book with a character attending or working in a university
A Noise Downstairs - Linwood Barclay - 12/8/19

7. Read a book with a four-letter word in the title
The Winemaker’s Wife - Kristin Harmel - 12/5/19

8. spell out THREE.
T Tara Westover - Educated - 12/27/19
H MC Hepzibah - Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up - Emily Brightwell - 12/30/19
R Ryan - Still Life With Murder - P.B. Ryan - 1/20/20
E Educated - Tara Westover - 12/27/19
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up - 12/30/19

9. Read a book you found confusing
The History of Things to Come - Duncan Simpson - 3/13/20

10. Read a book with a circle on the cover
- Melanie Benjamin - 1/8/20

11.Read a book with a word in the title that begins and ends with the same letter
Mrs. Jeffries Speaks Her Mind - Emily Brightwell - 12/10/19 - SpeakS

12. Read a book with only a face on the cover,
- Arthur Golden - 1/19/20

13. Read a book where something in the story multiplies (your interpretation)
Gone Missing - Linda Castillo - 1/22/20 - number of missing persons multiplies

14. Read a book where the main character eats or makes a pie
Jeopardy in January - Camilla Chafer - 1/15/20

15. Read a book told from only one point of view
An Artless Demise - Anna Lee Huber - 1/27/20

16. Read a book with a tall character
Rachel’s Holiday - Marian Keyes - 1/2/20

17. Read a book with a unique main character
The Rosie Result - Graeme Simsion - 2/17/20

18. Read a popular book (your interpretation)
You - Caroline Kepnes - 12/24/19 - Sept 25, 2014 & 110,000+ ratings

19. Read a book with a number in the title
Moonlight Falls on Seven Sisters - M.L. Bullock - 2/3/20

20. 🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet, A Better Man - Louise Penny - 1/30/20

21. 🔢 Spell out MILE.
M Min Jin Lee - Pachinko - 12/22/19
I Iona Grey - Letters to the Lost - 2/16/20
L Lee, Min Jin - Pachinko - 12/22/19
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries Defends her Own - 1/15/20

22.🔢 Read a book where someone dies
Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead - Emily Brightwell - 12/17/19

23.🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story
The Library of Lost Things - Laura Taylor Namey - 1/14/20

24. 🔢 Read a book where a character discovers the truth
The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom - 12/15/19

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen - Emily Brightwell - 2/23/20 - Oct 29,2013

26. 🔢 Read a book with an illustration/picture in the book,
Miss Marley: The Untold Story of Jacob Marley’s Sister - Vanessa Lafaye - 1/9/20

27. 🔢 spell out ODD.
O MC Odile - Church of Marvels - Leslie Parry - 3/3/20
D The Dead will Tell - Linda Castillo - 3/8/20
D D. M. Quincy - Murder at the Opera - 3/2/20

28. 🔢 Read a book with playing cards in the story
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen - 1/25/20 - frequently playing card games

29. Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count (111, 222) - The Girl with No Shadow - Joanne Harris - 2/14/20 - 444 pages

30. spell out FORTY.
F MC Fortune - Louisiana Longshot - Jana Deleon - 4/5/2020
O O’Connor - Murder at an Irish Wedding - Carlene O’Connor - 3/1/20
R Ritter - Ghostly Echoes - William Ritter - 4/12/2020
T Thomas - Anatomy of Evil - Will Thomas - 4/7/2020
Y The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country - Helen Russell - 5/15/202

WOOHOO Joann!

All done.

READ: 30/30

Each task has a spell out option where you may use the title, series name, author's first or last name, or main character's first or last name. You may use a book as many times as it will work for a single word. Please disregard articles for title and series name.

✔ 1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages, with a character over 100 years old, or spell out HUNDRED.
Death of Darkness - Dianne Duvall (Hero is over 1000) 3/4

✔2. There is only one even prime number.
The number 2 is the smallest and first prime number (since all other even numbers are divisible by two).
🔢 Read the second book in a series, a book where the page count is divisible by 2, or spell out TWO.
The Outcast - Taran Matharu (400 pages) 3/30

✔3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book where the main character has a theory, with an irrational character, or spell out ROOT.
R: Spindle's End - Robin McKinley 4/11
O: The Overlook - Michael Connelly 4/14
O: Terrified - Kevin O'Brien 4/4
T: Time Windows - Kathryn Reiss 4/3

✔4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M, with a Greek character in the story, or spell out ROMAN.
Immortal Born - Lynsay Sands 3/25

✔5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Read a book with a cube (not a square) on the cover, an astronomer or mathematician character, or spell out ZERO.
Z: Zero Belly Diet - David Zinczenko 2/7
E: The Train to Warsaw - Gwen Edelman 1/19
R: Thirteen Rising - Romina Russell 1/26
O: One Potion in the Grave - Heather Blake 3/22

✔ 6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series, a bookwith a character attending or working in a university, or spell out EVEN.
Easy - Tammara Webber 1/25

✔ 7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title, with four friends or family members in the story, or spell out FOUR.
The Rise of Magicks - Nora Roberts 1/17

✔ 8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character, where the main character creates something new out of something old, or spell out THREE.
Burning Desire - Donna Grant 1/29

✔ 9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book where the main character finds "perfection" (your interpretation), a book you found confusing, or spell out SIX.
Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi 1/30

✔ 10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover, a book you thought would never end, or spell out RATIO.
Redwall - Brian Jacques 1/27


✔ 11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title or where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter or spell out PRIME.
Claimed in Shadows - Lara Adrian 1/14

✔ 12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover, where nature plays an important role in the story, or spell out NAUTILUS.
Sticks & Stones - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 1/3

✔ 13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story, where something in the story multiplies (your interpretation) or spell out NINE.
Dangerously Divine - Deborah Blake 1/22

✔ 14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book where the main character eats or makes a pie, with big or blocky letters on the cover, or spell out PI.
P: Poppet - Mo Hayder 1/23
I: I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll 1/3

✔15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book with a clone in the story, told from only one point of view, or spell out ONE.
O: Ómorphi - Cody Kennedy 3/24
N: Night of the Highland Dragon - Isabel Cooper 1/31
E: Enigma - Catherine Coulter 2/7

✔ 16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a "square" character, with a tall character, or spell out PIZZA.
The Island - Lisa Henry 4/16
(Usayd was tall and swarthy), p148

✔ 17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique main character, reread a favorite book, or spell out SEVEN.
S: A Symphony of Echoes - Jodi Taylor 2/29
E: Haunted Ground - Erin Hart 3/24
V: Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/1
E: Under the Snow - Kerstin Ekman 2/9
N: No Fixed Line - Dana Stabenow 2/14

✔ 18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day, a popular book (your interpretation), or spell out THIRTEEN.
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 2/7

✔ 19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title, a book with an equation in the story or where a character does math, or spell out TIME.
22 Indigo Place - Sandra Brown 2/28

✔ 20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet, with a large number of characters, or spell out GOOGOL (or GOOGLE).
My Lord Raven - Tamela Quijas 3/3
(MC uses the internet for genealogy research)

✔ 21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in Denver or Colorado, with the words mile and high in the story, or spell out MILE.
Provoked - Rebecca Zanetti 3/6

✔ 22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book with an unlucky character, a character with a phobia, where someone dies, or spell out ASIA.
Cari Mora - Thomas Harris 3/15

✔ 23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story, where the main character frequently laughs, or spell out FIVE.
Crown of Death - Keary Taylor 3/4
(hero and heroine text throughout the book)

✔ 24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book with a main page genre of romance or erotica, where a character discovers the truth, or spell out SIXTY-NINE.
Met Her Match - Jude Deveraux 2/23

✔ 25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month, read a book published in 2020 or spell out MONTH.
Endless Heart - Emma Lang (published May 29, 2012) 2/28

✔26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book with a chart, graph, map or other illustration/picture in the book, where a character has a birthday, or spell out BIRTHDAY.
Song of the Sea Spirit - K.C. May (map in side cover) 4/18

✔27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book tagged psychology or science, with an alpha male or girly-girl main character, or spell out ODD.
Fish & Chips - Madeline Urban & Abigail Roux 3/31
(both MCs are alpha males)

✔28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book with playing cards in the story, a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world, or spell out CARDS.
When Sparks Fly - Autumn Dawn 3/26

✔ 29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count (111, 222) or a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count (234, 432) or spell out MILLION.
M: Witch's Reign - Shannon Mayer 4/25
I: I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter 4/21
L: Angel of Mercy - Lisa Olsen 4/21
L: A Tale of Two Biddies - Kylie Logan 4/23
I: Three Bedrooms In Chelsea - Liz Ireland 5/4
O: A Killer's Mind - Mike Omer 4/28
N: Night's Blaze - Donna Grant 5/9

✔ 30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a cold climate, where two cultures or people find commonality or spell out FORTY
Murder on the Yukon Quest - Sue Henry 1/28

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

WOOHOO Barbara!

BY THE NUMBERS completion post
Yearly
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Levels - Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages, with a character over 100 years old, or spell out HUNDRED.
H The murder of harriet Monckton - Elizabeth Haynes – 20.12.19
U An unsuitable woman – kat Gordon – 23.12.19
N Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman - 01.12.19
D Zom-b – Darren shan – 14.12.19
R A Guilty Thing Surprised – Ruth Rendell – 04.01.20
E Into The Darkest Corner – Elizabeth Haynes – 05.12.1
D Angels – Darren shan – 14.12.19 - #4 zom-b


2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read the second book in a series
Cilka’s Journey – Heather Morris - 01.12.19 - The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2


3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Spell out ROOT.
R The Jungle book – Rudyard kipling 19.12.19
O One – sarah crossan - 13.12.19
O One Little Lie – Sam Carrington – 17.01.20
T The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - 13.01.20


4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M
My Friend Walter – Michael Morpurgo – 03.12.19


5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Spell out ZERO.
Z Bridge of clay – markus zusak – 19.01.20
E Elizabeth and the prince of spain – Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth trilogy #3 26.0.20
R Last Letter Home – Rachel Hore – 06.01.20
O The Star Outside My Window – Onjali Q Rauf 18.01.20


6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series
The house at pooh corner - a.a.milne - 15.01.20 - Winnie-the-pooh #2


7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title
Cari mora – Thomas harris 31.12.19


8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where the main character creates something new out of something old
A house without walls – Elizabeth laird – 01.01.20
One of the characters creates a kitchen area from scrap / rubbish


9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book where the main character finds "perfection"
Lightening mary – anthea simmons – 19.12.19
She finds a perfect fossil


10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover
Jessica’s ghost – Andrew norriss – 21.01.20
The button is a circle shape


11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title begins and ends with the same letter
Dead if you don’t – peter james – 29.12.19

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover
Lion – saroo Brierley – 22.01.20

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story, where something in the story multiplies (your interpretation) or spell out NINE.
N we need new names – noviolet bulawaye – 15.02.20
I the illustrated mum – Jacqueline Wilson 18.02.20
N everything I never told you – celeste ng – 10.02.20 288
E A perfect explanation - Eleanor anstruther – 27.02.20

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Spell out PI.
The pudding problem – joe berger 16.12.19
The intrusions – stav shewrez - #3 carrigan and miller – 18.12.19

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view
A boy called Christmas – matt haig 12.12.19
16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a "square" character,
the dare game – Jacqueline Wilson 20.02.20

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique main character
Winnie-the-pooh – a.a.milne – 02.01.20

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day
Fear of falling - Cath staincliffe - 24.11.19
Published: 09.05.19

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title
The 18th Abduction - James Patterson – 14.01.20
20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book with a large number of characters
CrossFire – Malorie Blackman – 03.01.20

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Spell out MILE.
M Moral disorder – Margaret atwood – 12.12.19
I A song for summer – eva Ibbotson - 13.12.19
L The Hunting of the Snark – Lewis Carroll – 15.01.20
E Exposure – helen Dunmore – 28.12.19


22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies
Black Out – Lisa Unger - 07.01.20

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story, where the main character frequently laughs, or spell out FIVE.
F the frozen woman – jon Michelet – 09.02.20
I isle of dogs – Patricia cornwell – 12.02.20
V Road to war – a first world war girl’s diary, 1916 - Valerie wilding - 25.02.20
E the house of mirth – edith Wharton – 22.02.20



24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book where a character discovers the truth
The familiars – Stacey halls – 26.01.20

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month, read a book published in 2020 or spell out
Rest and be thankful – emma glass – 07.05.20 - Published 19.03.20

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a cold climate
Arctic hero – Catherine johnson – 05.12.19

WOOHOO Den!

Finished!

By the Numbers
December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Level: Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks
Completed 28/25-30

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages.
112 pages - I Could Pee On This | Francesco Marciuliano - Apr 5

2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read the second book in a series.
Rosie O'Grady's Paranormal Bar #2 - Night Stalker | B.R. Kingsolver - Dec 30

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book with an irrational character.
Shadow Hunter | B.R. Kingsolver - Dec 27

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M.
Daughter of the Pirate King | Tricia Levenseller - Jan 26

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Spell out ZERO.
Z - Zachary Kermit in The Unteachables | Gordon Korman - Feb 25
E - Elfhame | Anthea Sharp - Dec 26
R - Rivers Solomon, author of The Deep - Apr 21
O - Daniel José Older, author of Anyway: Angie - Dec 14

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series.
Mercy Thompson #12 - Smoke Bitten | Patricia Briggs - Jan 8

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title.
The Rule of Names: A Story | Ursula K. Le Guin - Dec 13

8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character.
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster | Jonathan Auxier - Feb 6

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book you found confusing.
More Than Human | Theodore Sturgeon - Mar 31

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book you thought would never end.
Gypsy Truths | Kristy Cunning - May 29

11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a title word or author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter.
Druid Vices and a Vodka | Annette Marie - Jan 7

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover.
Storm Cursed | Patricia Briggs - Apr 27

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story.
The Amulet of Samarkand | Jonathan Stroud - Mar 26

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Spell out PI.
P - Daniel Polansky, author of A Kippled Meal - Dec 12
I - InCryptied #1 - Discount Armageddon | Seanan McGuire - Mar 21

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view.
The House in the Cerulean Sea | T.J. Klune - Apr 23

16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a "square" character, with a tall character, or spell out PIZZA.

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique main character.
Foundryside | Robert Jackson Bennett - Mar 13

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day.
Pub. May 5, 2020 - Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo - Jun 9

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title.
Punk 57 | Penelope Douglas - May 18

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet.
Dirty Headlines | L.J. Shen - Feb 5

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Spell out MILE.
M - Melina Marchetta, author of Jellicoe Road - Apr 20
I - Isla Frost, author of Firstborn Academy: Shadow Trials - Jan 12
L - Lee in Steel Crow Saga | Paul Krueger - Apr 11
E - Esperanza in The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros - Feb 27

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Spell out ASIA.
A - Antonina Beaulieu in The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mar 28
S - Seanan McGuire, author of Come Tumbling Down - Feb 14
I - Immortal Born | Lynsay Sands - Apr 13
A - Ali Wong, author of Dear Girls - May 5

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story.
Let's Get Textual | Teagan Hunter - Jun 14

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book where a character discovers the truth.
Serpent & Dove | Shelby Mahurin - Jun 24

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published in 2020.
Pub. February 2020 - Age of Deception | T.A. White - May 12

26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday.
Lick | Kylie Scott - Jun 5

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book tagged psychology or science.
The Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson - Apr 19

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world.
Rules of Redemption | T.A. White - May 9

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count.
333 pages - The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang - Feb 19

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a cold climate, where two cultures or people find commonality or spell out FORTY

WOOHOO Elle!

will you count finance (Wall Street type) characters for mathematician? for #5?

Celia wrote: "will you count finance (Wall Street type) characters for mathematician? for #5?"

I'm sorry but that won't work for what Jenny wrote.

COMPLETE
30/30

✔“Hundred” doesn’t mean 100
The word “hundred” is actually derived from the Old Norse word hundrath, which means “long hundred,” and equals 120, not 100.
🔢 Read a book with a character over 100 years old.
3/18/20 (view spoiler)[Damen has been an immortal teen for 600+ years (hide spoiler)]
There is only one even prime number.
✔2 is the smallest and first prime number .
🔢 Read a book where the page count is divisible by 2.
12/16/19 (16 pages)
The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
✔Pythagoras’ Constant is the square root of 2 (1.41). It’s also the first irrational number discovered.
🔢 Read a book where the main character has a theory.
12/22/19
Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
Roman numerals were developed to facilitate trade by standardizing the pricing of goods and services and are represented by seven different letters: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. There isn't a numeral for 0 because the ancient Greeks didn’t consider it a number. Aristotle had dismissed zero as a number because you couldn't divide by zero; however, they were aware of zero as a concept and used the Latin word nulla to represent the concept of zero.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M.
1/17/20
✔Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
Indian astronomer and mathematician Brahmagupta is credited with introducing the formal concept of zero into a number system, around 600 A.D.
🔢 Read a book with a cube (not a square).
7/19/20
Zero is an even number.
Mathematically, an even number is a number that can be divided by two and still create a whole number. Zero meets the criteria because if you halve zero, you get zero.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series.
1/22/20 - book #2 in the Legacy of Orïsha series
There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
✔The number 4 is the only number spelled with the same number of letters as itself (f-o-u-r).
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title.
2/17/20
✔Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
Take any number, and multiply it by three. Then, take the digits of that new number and add them all together. Whatever number that equals will always be divisible by three, no matter what number you started with.
🔢 Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character.
5/14/20
✔Six is the smallest perfect number
In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive divisors. By this rule, six is the smallest perfect number. If you scratched your head and said, “Huh?” here’s an example: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. The next perfect number doesn’t occur until 28 (1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28).
🔢 Read a book where the main character finds perfection.
12/18/19
✔The number Pi is an irrational number.
The number Pi—also known as the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle—is irrational. This is because Pi cannot be written as a fraction.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover.
1/12/20
✔Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
A prime number is a natural number greater than one that cannot be created by multiplying two smaller natural numbers. In non-math speak, prime numbers are numbers greater than 1 that can only be formed by multiplying 1 by itself. A natural number greater than one that is not prime is called a composite number.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title that begins and ends with the same letter.
12/9/19
✔The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
Leonardo Fibonacci lived in 13th-century Italy and is credited with discovering a mathematical sequence now named after him: the Fibonacci Sequence. The sequence is found by adding the previous two numbers of the sequence together. It looks like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... and on it goes. It is often seen in nature. Nautilus shells follow the progressive proportional increase of the Fibonacci Sequence as do hurricanes and tornadoes and even parts of the human face.
🔢 Read a book where nature plays an important role in the story.
1/31/20
9 is considered a “magic” number.
If you multiply a number by 9 and add all the digits of the new number together, the sum will always add up to 9.
🔢 Read a book where something in the story multiplies.
1/4/19 - (view spoiler)[The number of contestants doubles at the end of the novel. (hide spoiler)]
The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
If you write Pi (to the first two decimal places of 3.14) backward, in big, blocky letters it actually reads “PIE.”
🔢 Read a book where the main character eats pie.
12/29/19
One isn't a prime number.
Many think the number 1 is a prime number, it isn't. 1 doesn't fulfill the requirements to be prime (being divisible by both 1 and itself). Divide 1 by 1 and you get…1. Nothing has been divided.
✔🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view.
2/23/20
If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
✔ Since the volume of a cylinder is Pi, times the radius squared, times height, that would mean a pizza with radius “Z” and height “A” would have the volume of… PI * z * z * a.
🔢 Read a book with a tall character.
- Ron is described as tall - 4/9/20
7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
If you walked up to someone on the street and asked them what their favorite number is—of all the whole numbers between 1 and 100—there’s almost a 10 percent chance they will say “7.” 7 may be so popular because it is arithmetically unique. Of the first 10 numbers, seven is the most prime. You cannot multiply or divide it within the group.
🔢 Reread a favorite book.
12/19/19
The most popular two-digit number is 13
The most popular two-digit number (selected by 5 percent of all respondents), and sixth-most popular number overall is 13.
✔🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day.
3/13/20 (pub. 4/14/11)
✔Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
That is, 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 3,628,800 seconds = 60,480 minutes = 1,008 hours = 42 days = 6 weeks.
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title.
5/28/20
Googol, Googolplex, and Google
A googol is 10 to the 100th power (1 followed by 100 zeroes) and is larger than the number of elementary particles in the universe, which amount to only 10 to the 80th power. Googolplex is the term for 10 to the power of googol - that is, 1 followed by 10 to the power of 100 zeros. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, named their search engine after the term googol.
✔🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet.
3/27/20
✔The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
Denver, Colorado, has an elevation of precisely 5,280 feet—that’s the length of a mile—which is why it is called the “mile high” city.
🔢 Read a book with the words mile and high in the story.
4/23/20 - "...arched high above the pews..." 32 & "'about a mile or so.'" 177
✔In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
Also known as “tetraphobia” the number 4 is viewed with superstition and distrust in much of East Asia because the word for “four” sounds similar to “death” in many Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies.
5/25/20
✔In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
Teenagers texting in Thailand will send the digits “555” to indicate that something is funny. The reason? Five is pronounced “ha”—so “555” translates to “hahaha.” Thus, “55555” means “hahahahaha,” or “ha” squared.
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story.
5/21/20
(6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
Don’t laugh. Just type that into your calculator and you’ll see it’s true.
✔🔢 Read a book with a main page genre of romance or erotica, where a character discovers the truth, or spell out SIXTY-NINE.
3/9/20
There are 31 days in most months.
Out of the twelve months that make up a calendar year, the majority of these have 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. Only four months—April, June, September, and November—have 30 days. And, of course, February typically only has 28 days, except for leap years, when the month jumps up to 29 days—which happens every four years. The next leap year is 2020. You will know if a year is a leap year when the year’s number is evenly divisible by four.
✔🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month.
3/18/20 (pub. 8/31/12)
In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
In a room with 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two will share the same birthday. The odds increase to 99.9% in a group of 70 people.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday.
2/10/20
✔We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
You wouldn’t think numbers could have genders, but in our weird brains, they do. Research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that when an odd number was paired with a baby, subjects were much more likely to believe the baby was male, while they would assume the baby was female when paired with an even number.Our tendency to assign gender to numbers has a long history. Both the Pythagorean philosophy of ancient Greece and the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang viewed numbers as possessing gender. Both cultures also viewed odd numbers as masculine and even numbers as feminine.
🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character.
5/9/20
✔ There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
If you shuffle a deck of cards, chances are that exact order has never existed before in the history of the universe. Cassandra Lee at McGill University broke it down: “There are somewhere in the range of 8 x 1,067 ways to sort a deck of cards. That’s an 8 followed by 67 zeros. To put that in perspective, even if someone could rearrange a deck of cards every second of the universe’s total existence, the universe would end before they would get even one-billionth of the way to finding a repeat.”
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world.
4/19/20
. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Though good luck finding a calculator that can factor equations in the millions.
✔🔢 Read a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count.
5/16/20 (321 pages)
✔-40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
Negative 40 degrees, or “40 below,” is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
🔢 Read a book where two cultures or people find commonality.
4/5 (Jin and Wei Chen bond over being Chinese)

WOOHOO Celia!

By the Numbers COMPLETION POST (almost forgot to make one lol)
Duration: 12/5/20 - 11/20/20
Advanced Placement: 29/30


1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book with a character over 100 years old
The Fellowship of the Ring by Jrr Tolkien - 2/1/20

2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Even page count
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 12/9/19

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book with an irrational character
The Willows in Winter by William Horwood - 12/31/19

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M
So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014-2018 by Ursula Le Guin - 3/11/20

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 skipped

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read a book where a character works in a university
Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anna Sverdrup-Thygeson - 12/11/19

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Sydnee and Justin McElroy - 12/16/19

8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character makes something new out of something old
Middle Age Spread by Lynn Johnston - 5/3/20

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book you found confusing
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate - 1/27/20

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover
How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life by Jeffrey Marsh - 1/22/20

11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book where a word in the title begins and ends with the same letter
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 3/11/20

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book where nature plays an important role in the story
Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry Into Knowledge by Jeremy Narby - 12/6/19

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book where something in the story multiplies
The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith - 2/1/20

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book with big or blocky letters on the cover
The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss - 2/2/20

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book with a clone in the story
Stealth by Karen Miller - 1/20/20

16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a tall character
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - 5/20/20

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique character
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski - 5/22/20

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day
Rothko: The Color Field Paintings by Christopher Rothko (pub. sept 5th) - 12/13/19

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 by Don Brown - 1/11/20

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book with a large number of characters
The Two Towers by Jrr Tolkien - 2/6/20

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book with 'mile' and 'high' in the story
Walking: One Step at a Time by Erling Kagge - 5/14/20

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book with an unlucky character
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 5/13/20

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book where a character frequently laughs
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - 5/23/20

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a romance or erotica
The Good Girl by Madeleine TaylorMadeleine Taylor - 3/13/20

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month
It Happened Here: A Chanukkah Story by Alison R SolomonAlison R Solomon (pub dec 31st) - 1/4/20

26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday
The Big 5-0 by Lynn JohnstonLynn Johnston - 5/3/20

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book tagged science
Life on Earth by David AttenboroughDavid Attenborough - 5/19/20

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world
Ace of Squids by Elliot CooperElliot Cooper - 1/8/20

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count
Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen HayesGwen Hayes (98 pages) - 1/10/20

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a cold climate
Fearless by Shira GlassmanShira Glassman - 1/4/20

WOOHOO Ry!

By The Numbers
1/12/19 – 30/11/20

Levels
Introductory: 5-10 tasks
Intermediate: 15-20 tasks
Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks

1 - Rock Courtship – Nalini Singh 125 pages - 16/12/19

2 - Shadow and Ice – Gena Showalter 490 pages - 22/12/19

3 – R - A Million Suns – Beth Revis - 26/12/19
O - Circus of the Unseen – Joanne Owen - 5/12/19
O – One Perfect Night – Bella Andre - 15/2/20
T - Take Me, Cowboy – Maisey Yates - 18/1/20

4 - Unbuttoned – Maisey Yates - 28/12/19

5 – Z - Fallen – Rebecca Zanetti - 31/12/19
E - Rules of Attraction – Simone Elkeles - 6/1/20
R - Barracuda's Heart – Jayne Rylon - 3/1/20
O – Delirium – Lauren Oliver - 17/3/20

6 - The Wicked King – Holly Black Folks of the Air #2 - 25/12/19

7 - Torn – Lauren Dane - 23/12/19

8 – T – The Simple Wild – K.A. Tucker - 7/5/20
H - The Harder You Fall – Gena Showalter - 4/1/20
R - Pumpkinheads – Rainbow Rowell - 6/1/20
E – The Everlasting Rose – Dhonielle Clayton - 29/2/20
E - The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern - 23/3/20

9 – S - Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik - 2/1/20
I - Darkness Returns – Alexandra Ivy - 28/3/20
X – Six of Crows – Leigh Bardugo - 22/5/20

10 – R - Shades of Earth – Beth Revis - 8/1/20
A - Storm and Fury – Jennifer L Armentrout - 12/1/20
T – Get a Life, Chloe Brown – Talia Hibbert - 4/5/20
I - Burned by Darkness – Alexandra Ivy - 4/4/20
O – Heartstopper: Volume One - Alice Oseman - 24/6/20

11 - Moonlight Sins – Jennifer L Armentrout - 31/3/20
12 – N - A Madness of Sunshine – Nalini Singh - 16/1/20
A - Love Me – Bella Andre - 21/1/20
U - The Unidentified Redhead – Alice Clayton - 23/1/20
T – Silk, Vol. 0 : The Life and Times of Cindy Moon – Robbie Thompson - 7/6/20
I –Instinct – Sherrilyn Kenyon - 16/3/20
L - Wait for You – J Lynn - 5/2/20
U – Untouched – Maisey Yates - 6/5/20
S - Slow Burn Cowboy – Maisey Yates - 17/1/20

13 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmerer - 3/1/20
14 - Down Home Cowboy – Maisey Yates - 27/1/20
15 - Brave New Girl – Rachel Vincent - 18/1/20
16 - Rock Hard – Nalini Singh - 24/4/20

17 – S - Can't Hardly Breathe – Gena Showalter - 5/1/20
E – Protect the Prince - Jennifer Estep - 8/5/20
V – Saga, Vol. 3 - Brian K. Vaughan - 28/5/20
E – Enticing Iris – Cherrie Lynn - 20/4/20
N – Never Too Hot – Bella Andre - 9/2/20

18 - Tangled – Emma Chase - 26/1/20

19 – T – Touch of Amber – Jayne Rylon - 5/5/20
I – Beware the Darkness – Alexandra Ivy - 6/9/20
M - Last Chance Rebel – Maisey Yates - 9/1/20
E – Kill the Queen – Jennifer Estep - 7/5/20

20 – Can't Let Go – Gena Showalter - 22/2/20

21 – M - Winter – Marissa Meyer - 31/1/20
I – Conquer the Darkness – Alexandra Ivy - 10/9/20
L – The Look of Love – Bella Andre - 11/2/20
E – Crush the King – Jennifer Estep - 9/5/20

22 - Stalking Jack the Ripper – Kerri Maniscalco - 4/2/20
23 - The Unidentified Redhead – Alice Clayton - 23/1/20
24 - Redeeming Jack – Kate Pearce - 20/1/20
25 - There are 31 days in most months - House of Earth and Blood – Sarah J Maas - 17/5/20
26 - Fairest – Marissa Meyer - 24/1/20
27 - Better When He's Bad – Jay Crownover - 22/1/20
28 - The Darkest Warrior – Gena Showalter - 14/6/20
29 – M - Better Homes and Hauntings – Molly Harper - 1-2/20
I - Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men – Caroline Criado Perez - 6/8/20
L - Zombie Moon – Lori Devoti - 26/5/20
L – Last of the Ravens – Linda Winstead Jones - 20/6/20
I – Ink Exchange – Melissa Marr - 11/5/20
O – Heartstopper: Volume Two - Alice Oseman - 29/6/20
N – Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal – G. Willow Wilson - 2/5/20

30 - Forgive My Fins – Tera Lynn Childs - 2/2/20

WOOHOO Angie!

By the Numbers
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Level
Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks

30/30 Tasks Completed. Finish!!

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book that has 100-120 pages.
(Pages=101)
The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 5-Bink Cummings 12/01/19


2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read the second book in a series.
(Rockers' Legacy Series)
Needing Nevaeh-Terri Anne Browning 7/10/20


3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Spell out ROOT.
R:Riley-Christopher Harlan 4/17/20
O:On The Run Book 1: The Elite-K.B. Winters 3/21/20
O:On The Run Book 2: The Elite-K.B. Winters 3/22/20
T:Trent-Xyla Turner 1/06/20


4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M.
Landon & Shay: Part Two-Brittainy C. Cherry 7/17/20


5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Read a book with mathematician character.
Hot in the City-Samantha Hunter 1/14/20


6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read an even-numbered book in a series.
(Savage Kings #6)
Dalton-Lane Hart 1/17/20


7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title.
Lost King-Sandy Alvarez 3/16/20


8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where a character creates something new out of something old.
It Was Always You-Andrea Johnston 6/28/20


9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book where the main character finds "perfection" (your interpretation).
Beautifully Broken Spirit-Catherine Cowles 7/10/20


10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book with a circle on the cover.
The Devil's Angels MC-Lola Wright 9/29/20


11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title or where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter (ex: With Silent Screams - screams).
Alexandria House-Let Me Free You 7/25/20


12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book with only a face on the cover.
Kaden-S. Nelson 7/22/20


13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story.
What Lies Between-B.N. Toler 7/27/20


14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book where the main character eats or makes a pie.
Master Baker-Pippa Grant 1/28/20


15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from one point of view.
Love Kills-Lisa Renee Jones 1/18/20


16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a tall character.
(Male MC is 6'5")
Wick-Sandy Alvarez 7/20/20


17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Read a book with a unique main character.
Muscle Memory-Stylo Fantome 9/18/20


18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day.
(12/04/19)
Fury-Jordan Marie 8/19/20


19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title.
One Last Sin-Georgia Cates 8/04/20


20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet.
Last Day of My Life-Lani Lynn Vale 8/22/20


21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in Denver or Colorado.
Cowboy in Colorado-Jasinda Wilder 2/09/20


22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies.
All for You-Belle Brooks 1/10/20


23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story.
(Loc 2024: Me: Wow. This is strange. Who gave you my number?)
Written with You-Aly Martinez 12/16/19


24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book with a main page genre of romance or erotica.
Park Avenue Player-Penelope Ward 9/06/20


25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month.
(10/29/19)
Shamrock-Courtney Lynn Rose 9/28/20


26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book with a chart, graph, map or other illustration/picture in the book, where a character has a birthday.
Brazil-Brandi Ratliff 12/30/19


27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character.
The Fight for Forever-Meghan March 5/02/20


28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world.
A Viking's Peace-Zoe York 12/05/19


29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count (111, 222).
(Pages=222)
Cash-Megan O'Brien 7/08/20


30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a cold climate.
Alaska Wild-Helena Newbury 10/18/20

WOOHOO Frankie!

FINISHED
By the Numbers
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Advanced Placement: 25-30 tasks
33/33

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 a) Read a book that has 100-120 pages A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens read 1/27/20 104 pages
b) with a character over 100 years old, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein read 1/14/20 due to regeneration Hazel, Lazarus and others are well over 100
HUNDRED.
H All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot read 1/24/20
U United We Spy Ally Carter read 5/12/20
N Lost Voices From the Titanic: The Definitive Oral History by Nick Barratt read 1/10/20
D Love Kills by Dan Greenburg read 1/27/20
R Gimcrack: A British horse racing thriller by Richard Laws read 3/9/20
E The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde read 1/19/20
D Bleak House by Charles Dickens read 2/1/20

2. There is only one even prime number.
The number 2 is the smallest and first prime number (since all other even numbers are divisible by two).
🔢 a) Read the second book in a series The Valentine Mystery by Kathi Daley read 12/1/19 book 2 of Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery
b) a book where the page count is divisible by 2 A Spoonful of Poison: An Agatha Raisin Mystery read 12/10/19 304 pages
TWO
T - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë read 2/15/20
W Waterfall Effect by K.K. Allen read 3/3/20
O-The Eighteenth-Century Woman by Olivier Bernier read 12/29/19

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 a) Read a book where the main character has a theory Busy Body by M.C. Beaton read 12/11/19 (view spoiler)[Agatha believes that the hostess at the party would not mention if someone left the room if she believed they were going to the bathroom (hide spoiler)]
b) with an irrational character Love, Lies and Liquor by M.C. Beaton read 12/5/19 Mrs. Jankers
ROOT
R A Woman of the World by Rebecca Gilman read 4/10/20
O The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa read 3/5/20
O Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh read 3/14/20
T The Art of War by Sun Tzu read 2/19/20

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 a) Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M The Mother's Day Mishap by Kathi Daley read 12/2/19
b) with a Greek character in the story The Magus by John Fowles read 4/8/20 all the students and most of the teachers were Greek
ROMAN
R The CBS Murders: A True Account of Greed and Violence in New York's Diamond District by Richard Hammer read 4/9/20
O Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters by Mallory Ortberg read 3/20/20
M The Witches' Tree by M.C. Beaton read 1/14/20
A Angels by Billy Graham read 1/11/20
N Naked Lunch byWilliam S. Burroughs read 1/17/20

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 a) Read a book with a cube (not a square) on the cover Written in Stone by Ellery Adams read 2/16/20 the table makes a cube
b) an astronomer or mathematician character Diamond Head by Cecily Wong read 12/27/19 Bohai Leong is a math teacher and shares a gift of math with his daughter
ZERO
Z A Zen for Murder by Leighann Dobbs read 3/24/20
E A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams read 1/22/20
R American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett read 4/25/20
O One for the Money by Janet Evanovich read 3/28/20

31/31

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 a) Read an even-numbered book in a series There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton read 12/11/19 Agatha Raisin series book 20
b) a book with a character attending or working in a university Dream Student by J.J. DiBenedetto read 1/25/20 Sarah and Beth are Juniors and Brian is a Freshman
EVEN
E Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams read 2/7/20
V Les Misérables by Victor Hugo read 2/6/20
E The Last Word by Ellery Adams read 2/11/20
N The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh read 2/28/20

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 a)Read a book with a four-letter word in the title Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise by Melanie Clegg read 12/7/19 Life
b) with four friends or family members in the story Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters Amelia, Evelyn, Radcliffe and Walter
FOUR
F Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke read 1/15/20
O Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter read 4/26/20
U The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele Griffin read 6/16/20
R The Passion of Marie Romanov by Laura Rose read 4/29/20

8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢a) Read a book where a character plays a trick on another character Nation by Terry Pratchett read 12/30/19 Daphne uses the prejudice of the sailors against them and trick them into drinking the native beer
b) where the main character creates something new out of something old A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams read 2/10/20 Olivia bought an old building to redesign it into a Crab Restaurant
THREE
T The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy read3/10/20
H The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood read 1/29/20
R Watership Down by Richard Adams read 5/18/20
E Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt read 2/10/20
E Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh read 2/27/20

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 a) Read a book where the main character finds "perfection" (your interpretation) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand read 12/20/19 John Gault feels he has perfected economy with his theory
b) a book you found confusing Drown by Junot Díaz read 12/14/19 I kept getting where we were and who was in the story confused.
SIX
S Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire read 2/3/20
I Interview with a Robot by Lee Bacon read 1/21/20
X X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew read 7/10/20

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 a) Read a book with a circle on the cover A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender read 1/5/20
b) a book you thought would never end A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole read 1/15/20 found Ignatius very annoying
RATIO
R The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert read 5/22/20
A Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx read 2/14/20
T The Testaments Margaret Atwood read 3/11/20
I Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling read 2/21/20
O One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez read 4/27/20

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11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 a) Read a book with a word in the title begins and ends with the same letter (ex: With Silent Screams - screams) Agatha Raisin And The Perfect Paragon] by M.C. Beaton read 12/2/19
b) where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter (ex: With Silent Screams - screams) Angels: Who They Are and How They Help-What the Bible Revealsby David Jeremiah read 1/12/20
PRIME
P- Pushing Up Daisies by M.C. Beaton read 1/10/19
R A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn read 5/25/20
I I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter read 2/16/20
M Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer read 1/26/20
E Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott read 2/26/20

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 a) Read a book with only a face on the cover The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo read 12/13/19
b) where nature plays an important role in the story A Stitch in Crime by Ann Yost read 12/10/19 The snow storms allow Hattie time to investigate
NAUTILUS
N Loving Frank by Nancy Horan read 2/29/20
A Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews read 2/11/20
U By Blood by Ellen Ullman read 6/22/20
T Beloved by Toni Morrison read 3/26/20
I The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter read 2/21/20
L Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey read 3/4/20
U The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead read 6/24/20
S The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd read 2/5/20

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 A) Read a book with magic in the story In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle read 1/17/20 the unicorns were not always visible
B) where something in the story multiplies (your interpretation) The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber read 12/22/19 The deaths at the hospitals multiply with Cullen's employment
NINE
N Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh read 3/12/20
I Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer read 2/24/20
N Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh read 3/13/20
E Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains by Susan Elderkin read 3/14/20

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 A) Read a book where the main character eats or makes a pie The Thanksgiving Trip by Kathi Daley read 12/13/19 Tess and Bree make and eat the pumpkin and apple pies
B) with big or blocky letters on the cover Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton read 1/8/20
PI
P Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast read 1/16/20
I Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China by Pearl S. Buck read 2/23/20

15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 A) Read a book with a clone in the story Forward: Stories of Tomorrow by Blake Crouch read 6/19/20 (view spoiler)[Mr. X is a clone (hide spoiler)]
B) told from only one point of view The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton read 12/20/19 The story is told by Ponyboy and only what he would have known
ONE
O Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter read 5/8/20
N Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng read 4/26/20
E The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree read 3/26/20

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16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 A) Read a book with a "square" character Murder by Quill: A Scottish Castle Mystery by Michael R. Phillips read 2/12/20 Hugh is a traditional advocate and will cast away everyone that has any non-traditional roles.
B) with a tall character The Help by Kathryn Stockett read 1/3/19 Skeeter is described as very tall for a woman (5'11")
PIZZA
P The Puppy Project by Kathi Daley read 3/25/20
I If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle read 4/10/20
Z The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib read 6/27/20
Z What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller read 8/5/20
A Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews read 2/16/20

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 A) Read a book with a unique main character Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton read 12/9/19 Agatha is both grumpy and weak more natural than most main characters
B) reread a favorite book The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters read 2/8/20
SEVEN
S The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry read 2/8/20
E Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich read 3/29/20
V Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh read 3/7/20
E Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich read 3/29/20
N The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin read 5/11/20

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 A) Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day As the Pig Turns by M.C. Beaton read 12/12/19 Pub 9/13/11
B) a popular book (your interpretation) Without Merit by Colleen Hoover read 12/15/19Goodreads choice winner of 2017
THIRTEEN
T Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom read 4/21/20
H The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins read 2/19/20
I The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks read 4/14/20
R Where Sleeping Dragons Lie by Cristina Rayne read 5/22/20
T Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally read 4/24/20
E Poisoned Prose by Ellery Adams read 3/31/20
E Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams read 3/31/20
N Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum read 6/15/20

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 A) Read a book with a number or an ! in the title The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware read 2/22/20
B) a book with an equation in the story or where a character does math The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley read 1/1/20 there are chemistry equations on page 9
TIME
T Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries by Tonya Kappes read 4/26/20
I Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson read 5/8/20
M My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult read 2/4/20
E Writing All Wrongs by Ellery Adams read 4/1/20

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 A) Read a book where the main character uses the interneT On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle read 1/2/20 Claire uses the internet to research the possible murderers
B) with a large number of characters The Dead Ringer by M.C. Beaton read 1/19/20 between all the ringers, the staff the towns people of both towns there are a lot of people
GOOGOL
G Garfield at Large: His First Book by Jim Davis read 1/25/20
O The Outsider by Stephen King read 6/10/20
O Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond by John Joseph Adams read 7/14/20
G The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard read2/27/20 read 7/24/20
O Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
L The Magicians by Lev Grossman read 3/5/20

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21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢A) Read a book that takes place in Denver or Colorado The Quick and the Dead by Louis L'Amour read 2/19/20 The new home was just outside Denver
B) with the words mile and high in the story Franco by Kim Holden read 5/1/20 Page 47 …lived because he had a soft spot a mile wid… and Page 56 mixed in amongst it. "I've set the bar high…
MILE
M Parasite by Mira Grant read 2/14/20
I Iron Bloom by Billy Wong read 5/25/20
L The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson read 3/26/20
E Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams read 4/9/20

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 A) Read a book with an unlucky character The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz read 12/14/19 Oscar is under a fukú–ancient curse
B) a character with a phobia Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton read 12/31/19 George is afraid of snakes page 92
C) where someone dies Something Borrowed, Someone Dead by M.C. Beaton read 1/7/20 Gloria French is murdered
ASIA
A The Spies That Bind by Ally Carter read 2/17/20
S Joyland by Stephen King read 2/25/20
I It by Stephen King read 6/2/20
A Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter read 2/17/20

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 A) Read a book with a text message in the story After Anna by Lisa Scottoline read 1/22/20 Anna comes to Noah's home because of a text asking her to
B) where the main character frequently laughs The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer read 1/2/20 Amy laughs a lot during her narration of the book
FIVE
FDune by Frank Herbert read 2/27/20
I Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs read 6/5/20
V Dying in Style by Elaine Viets read 7/14/20
E East of Eden by John Steinbeck read 4/7/20

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢A) Read a book with a main page genre of romance or erotica Sugar and Spice by Fern Michaels read 12/25/19 Romance
B) where a character discovers the truth Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler by Bradford Matsen read 1/7/20 They believe they know what caused the Titanic to sink
SIXTY-NINE
S A Seamless Murder by Melissa Bourbon read 3/19/20
I Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan read 6/26/20
X Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa read 7/18/20
T The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain read 5/5/20
Y Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks read 6/18/20
- Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster read 1/6/20
N The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North read 7/22/20
I Murder, Simply Stitched by Isabella Alan read 6/28/20
N Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov read 8/4/20
E Killer Characters by Ellery Adams read 4/2/20

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 A) Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month The Halloween House by Kathi Daley read 12/4/19 pub 7/31/18
B) read a book published in 2020 The Minuteman by Greg Donahue read 1/21/20 published 1/2/2020
MONTH
M Beating About the Bush by M.C. Beaton read 2/16/20
O Becoming by Michelle Obama read 8/31/20
N Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh read 8/24/20
T Timeless by Gail Carriger read 5/14/20
H The Halloween Haunting by Kathi Daley read 3/21/20

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26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 A) Read a book with a chart, graph, map or other illustration/picture in the book Louisiana's Haunted Plantations by Jill Pascoe read 12/28/19 Pictures of the haunted plantations
B) where a character has a birthday Sweet Revenge by Nora Roberts read 12/29/19 The book has Adrianne's 5th birthday party
BIRTHDAY
B- The Blood of an Englishman by M.C. Beaton read 1/8/20
I Murder, Served Simply by Isabella Alan read 6/30/20
R Dark Falls by Lori Ryan read 5/25/20
T The Daughters of Maine by Tish Thawer read 5/17/20
H Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle read 3/28/20
D Alone with the Stars by David R. Gillham read 2/19/20
A Cut and Run: A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy by Ben Acker read 2/19/20
Y The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey read 7/9/20

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 A) Read a book tagged psychology or science, Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester read 5/4/20 Science->Geology
B) with an alpha male or girly-girl main character A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James read 1/13/20 Gabriel is strong and manly taking care of all of his dependents
ODD
O The Other Windsor Girl: A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel by Georgie Blalock read 9/8/20
D Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh read 3/4/20
D Deadly Patterns by Melissa Bourbon read 3/15/20

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 A) Read a book with playing cards in the story A Night to Remember by Walter Lord read 1/4/20 there are men in the lounge playing cards when the iceburg is hit.
B) a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams read 12/24/19 The book takes place on 2 other planets and on a couple spaceships in addition to a short time on Earth
CARDS
C Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter read 2/17/20
A The Alice Network by Kate Quinn read 3/24/20
R Roosevelt by Brett Harper read 6/6/20
D The Saint Paddy's Promise by Kathi Daley read 3/19/20
S The Passive Voice by G.C. Scott read 3/28/20

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 A) Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count (111, 222) The Last Romanov by Dora Levy Mossanen read 1/20/20 333 pages
B) a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count (234, 432) Beartown by Fredrik Backman read 1/6/20 432 pages
MILLION
M The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes read 3/5/20
I Ice Cream and Incidents by Agatha Frost read 7/3/20
L The Magician King by Lev Grossman read 3/27/20
L The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman read 4/9/20
I Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan read 7/6/20
O The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica read 9/20/20
N Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles read 9/2/20

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 A) Read a book that takes place in a cold climate Us Against You by Fredrik Backman read 12/23/19 Northern Sweden
B) where two cultures or people find commonality Bel Canto by Ann Patchett read 2/2/20 The kidnap victims and the captors become friendly and learn to understand each other. They care for each other.
FORTY
F Espresso and Evil by Agatha Frost read 6/15/20
O The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards by Philippa Jones read 10/9/20
R My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell read 6/9/20
T Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter read 5/31/20
Y The Yule Log by Clive McWilliam read 9/4/20

WOOHOO Carolyn!

*Finished!*
By the Numbers
Duration: December 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Tasks Completed: 29/30

Each task has a spell out option where you may use the title, series name, author's first or last name, or main character's first or last name. You may use a book as many times as it will work for a single word. Please disregard articles for title and series name.

1. “Hundred” doesn’t mean 100.
🔢 Read a book with a character over 100 years old.
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, 12/07/19, the Bancrofts are 300+ years old.

2. There is only one even prime number.
🔢 Read a book where the page count is divisible by 2.
Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, 12/04/19, 438 pages.

3. The square root of two is called “Pythagoras’ Constant.”
🔢 Read a book with an irrational character.
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 06/07/20, Lem Forrester

4. Zero is the only number not represented in Roman numerals.
🔢 Read a book with a title beginning or ending with I, V, X, L, C, D, or M.
Inside the Worm by Robert Swindells, 01/03/20

5. Different cultures discovered zero at different times.
🔢 Read a book with an astronomer or mathematician character.
The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland, 10/27/20, Moriarty

6. Zero is an even number.
🔢 Read a book with a character attending or working in a university.
Batgirl: Stephanie Brown, Volume 1 by Bryan Q. Miller, 12/11/19, Stephanie attends Gotham U.

7. There is only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself.
🔢 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title.
Well Met by Jen DeLuca, 12/15/19.

8. Take any number and multiply it by three for a cool trick.
🔢 Read a book where the main character creates something new out of something old.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, 01/25/20, Brian uses his windbreaker to create tools/storage for himself.

9. Six is the smallest perfect number
🔢 Read a book you found confusing.
Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny, 02/23/20

10. The number Pi is an irrational number.
🔢 Read a book you thought would never end.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 03/07/20

11. Two and five are the only prime numbers that end with 2 and 5.
🔢 Read a book with a word in the title or where the author's first or last name begins and ends with the same letter (ex: With Silent Screams - screams).
All Systems Red by Martha Wells, 01/12/20

12. The Fibonacci Sequence appears in nature.
🔢 Read a book where nature plays an important role in the story.
The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne, 01/16/20, Amy is a gardener.

13. 9 is considered a “magic” number.
🔢 Read a book with magic in the story.
The Fairer Hex by Lidiya Foxglove, 02/02/20, MC is going to a magic school.

14. The number Pi spells the food “PIE”.
🔢 Read a book with big or blocky letters on the cover.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 03/11/20


15. One isn't a prime number.
🔢 Read a book told from only one point of view.
The Android by K.A. Applegate, 01/05/20, told from Marco's POV.

16. If a pizza has radius “Z” and height “A” the equation becomes…
🔢 Read a book with a "square" character.
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, 08/20/20, Byron is a little bit of a nerd

17. 7 is the most popular “favorite number” and is arithmetically unique
🔢 Reread a favorite book.
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith, 05/31/20

18. The most popular two-digit number is 13
🔢 Read a book with a 7, 3, 8, 4, 5, or 13 in the publication day.
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews, 12/19/19, published November 13, 2015.

19. Six Weeks = 10! Seconds
🔢 Read a book with a number or an ! in the title.
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews, 01/20/20

20. Googol, Googolplex, and Google
🔢 Read a book where the main character uses the internet.
Boys Over Powers by Lidiya Foxglove, 02/07/20, MC plays an MMORPG with her boyfriends.

21. The Mile-High City is exactly one mile high.
🔢 Read a book with the words mile and high in the story.
The Forgotten by K.A. Applegate, 02/01/19
"...to see from a quarter of a mile away.", p 19
"...riding high above me...", p 20

22. In Asia, 4 is considered unlucky.
🔢 Read a book where someone dies.
The Diviners by Libba Bray, 04/02/20, there is a series of murders.

23. In Thailand, “555” is hilarious
🔢 Read a book with a text message in the story.
Let's Get Textual by Teagan Hunter, 02/18/20, a large chunk of this book is comprised of text message conversations.

24. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69
🔢 Read a book with a main page genre of romance.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 03/15/20, MPG romance.

25. There are 31 days in most months.
🔢 Read a book published on the 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month.
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer, 04/28/20, published 03/31/20.

26. In a group of 23 people, two will probably share a birthday.
🔢 Read a book where a character has a birthday.
The Pretender by K.A. Applegate, 08/03/20, Tobias' birthday.

27. We see odd numbers as male, even numbers as female.
🔢 Read a book with an alpha male or girly-girl main character.
The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson, 06/18/20, Ginny

28. There are more ways to arrange a deck of cards than there are atoms on earth.
🔢 Read a book that takes place in a different universe or on another world.
The Hork-Bajir Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, 03/28/20, takes place on the Hork-Bajir home planet.

29. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
🔢 Read a book with all the same numbers in the page count (111, 222) or a book with the numbers in sequence in the page count (234, 432) or spell out MILLION.

30. -40 is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
🔢 Read a book where two cultures or people find commonality.
Nation by Terry Pratchett, 04/19/20, Mau and Daphne.