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By The Numbers
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
23 posts | 6 read | 1 reading | 7 to read
The New York Times bestselling author of The Best of Enemies serves up a hilarious new novel of the sandwich generation. Actuary Penny Sinclair has a head for business, and she always makes rational decisions. Knowing that 60% of spouses cheat and 50% of marriages end in divorce, she wasnt too surprised when her husband had an affair. (That he did so with a woman their daughters age? Well, that part did sting a bit.) She just made sure she got everything in the divorce, including their lovely old Victorian house. And as soon as her younger daughter has her hipster-fabulous wedding in the backyard, shes trading it in for a condo in downtown Chicago... Well within the average market time in her area, Penny gets an offer on the house. But then life happens. Her children, her parents and her ex come flying back to the nest, all in need of Pennys emotionaland financialsupport. Spread thin, Penny becomes the poster child for the sandwich generation, when all she really wanted to do was make managing director, buy a white couch, and maybe go on a Match.com date... From the Hardcover edition.
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Well-ReadNeck
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Great month in reading. Thanks in large part to a readathon weekend. (full of short books 🤫)

Made a dent in Mount TBR, but at the expense of ARCs. Will be hitting the netgalley shelf this month, for sure!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Love your graphic and great job! 6y
tammysue 👏🏻🙌🏻 Wow! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Wowza! Great job! 📖💖 6y
Daisey Fun graphic and great stats! 6y
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CSeydel
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Thanks everyone for entering my #12345 giveaway! The lucky winner is ... @heyLM !

Please send me your mailing address at carrieseydel (at) yahoo.com and I will get a little prize in the mail for you 😊

Craftylikefox Congratulations @heyLM 🎉🎉🎉 6y
heylaurenmack Woa! I‘ve never won one of these! 6y
Kaye Congrats ♥️ 6y
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CSeydel @heyLM not anymore! Now you have! 😉📚📦 6y
AmyG Congrats🎉 6y
Bronte_Chintz Congratulations ducky! 🎉🎉 6y
JoScho Congrats @heyLM ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
heylaurenmack Thanks guys!!! 6y
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CatLass007
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Congratulations @CSeydel on you special milestone, and thanks for paying it forward with the #12345 Giveaway!!

My bookish anecdote is that when I was in elementary school I always read ahead (especially when we took turns reading aloud), and I always got in trouble for it. The nuns had very little patience for intelligence.

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CSeydel
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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#giveaway #12345

Don‘t forget to share your stories for a chance to win a gift box! Make a new post telling me a cute or funny bookish anecdote. Drawing will be held Wednesday 5/16.

Here‘s an anecdote from me 👇

CSeydel Years ago, I went to Gen Con and I had the chance to meet & greet Timothy Zahn. I enjoyed his Heir to the Empire series but I wasn‘t familiar with the series he was there promoting. Nevertheless I had faith so I bought the new book and got in line. When it was my turn to get signed he asked me if I realized this was BOOK 3 of a trilogy, and had I read the first two?👇 6y
CSeydel Not yet, but I will, I assured him. I could tell he wasn‘t convinced but eventually he had no choice but to sign and hand over the book, all the while imploring me to be SURE to read books one and two FIRST. I felt so bad for him that bought the other books immediately upon returning home. I only wish I had some way to let him know. 6y
CSeydel Still makes me chuckle remembering how insistent he was! 6y
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BookNAround
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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@CSeydel My book anecdote is that back in July 2009, I took 70 odd books with me for the summer (a girl needs choices!) for vacation but on the way to the cottage, I sank the boat we were in. I spent the rest of that rainy summer trying to dry out all the books and explaining to publicists why my book review might be late. (I have a blog post about the whole disaster too!) #12345

CSeydel Oh, how awful! 7y
AmyG Omg. That IS awful. 7y
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CSeydel
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Check it out, y‘all! I think it must be my turn to host a giveaway.

#12345
For ONE entry comment below
For TWO entries go follow @ameliask8
For FIVE entries make a new post sharing an entertaining book-related anecdote. Example? Showing off a new word you learned in a book — and pronouncing it totally wrong. Having a chat with a random guy in a bookstore — who turned out to be Stephen King.

I know you‘ve got stories! Let‘s hear em!

LitLogophile Congrats!! 7y
CoffeeNBooks Congratulations! I'm looking forward to reading all the fun stories! 7y
TheKidUpstairs So fun! Congrats! 7y
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heylaurenmack Great idea! Congrats! 7y
MicrobeMom Congrats! This is a great idea! 7y
Traci1 Congratulations! 7y
Dragon 👍😀🎉 7y
Kaye Isn‘t that neat ? 12345 ✨✨✨magical 7y
AmyG Congrats! Good catch (12,345) 🎉🎉🎉 7y
Tianarose Congrats! 7y
JoScho Yay you 😊💕🎉 7y
LibrarianRyan Yeah. 7y
EKonrad Hooray! 🎊🎈🎊 7y
Deblovestoread Congrats! And thanks for the giveaway. Can‘t wait to read everyone‘s responses. 7y
corycatelyn Congrats! 🤗 7y
BookNAround Good job catching the number and congratulations. 7y
wanderinglynn Congrats on your fun milestone. 🎉🎆🎇🙌🏻 7y
BookNerd9906 Congrats! 🙌👍🎉 7y
shadowspeak17 Congrats! That‘s a cool number to catch. 😃 7y
missprint My funnest but also most mundane story is that I sold picture books to Jack Davenport during my brief stint as a bookseller. 7y
Tomigirl44 Congrats and thanks for hosting a giveaway 📚🎉💐 7y
booksbrewsandbooze Epic milestone! 😍 Congrats and may the book reading be awesome 💖 7y
LazyDays Well congratulations!🙌🙌💜📚📚 7y
Palimpsest Congratulations! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! 7y
mrp27 Congrats on your milestone! 🎉📚👏🏻 7y
LeahBergen Congrats! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook Congratulations!! 7y
batsy Congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉 7y
hes7 Yay! 🎉 7y
AnneCecilie Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 7y
TricksyTails Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 7y
TheRiehlDeal Congratulations on the milestone! And many more to come! 🎉 7y
LiteraryinPA Congrats on the milestone! 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Congrats on the cool number milestone! 😎 6y
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cherinium
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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1- 351
2- 130
3- 10:20am CT
4- 5
5- 24
6- 2018
7- 7 mo
8- 8 yrs
9- 8# 9oz
10- I don't shop weekly, 2 hours about every 3 weeks
11- 800
12- 285
13- 61
14- 44
15- 319,000
16- 4
17- 0
18- 0
19- 42 for both
20- 42
@Kaye Thanks for hosting this #giveaway!

Kaye 🎁Thanks for playing 7y
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LitLogophile
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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1 George HW Bush
2 April Fools!
3 Monday😒
4 2009
5 Better Dig Two
6 Number 9 Dream
7 17
8 2 analog
9 1!
10 21

This was so fun! Thanks and congrats @Kaye ! #50k

TheBookHippie Better dig two 😂🙌🏻💗 7y
LitLogophile Haha first thing I thought of 😂 @TheBookHippie 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Congratulations @Kaye on #50K
1. Reagan
2. Bastille Day
3. I believe a Saturday
4. 2008
5. (Party like it‘s) 1999 - Prince
6. Ten Days in a Madhouse - Nellie Bly
7. 19
8. 5 actual clocks (does not include device clocks)
9. 2
10. 14-16

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JoyBlue
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Mehso-so

Meh. I needed a break from heavy reading. This certainly fit that bill. Most of the characters were pretty unappealing. Most of the story was predictable. My favorite parts came from two minor characters: Penny‘s cousin (whose name escapes me at the moment) and Miguel, the country club waiter.

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Chelleo
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Chelleo
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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I hope a few folks join the first challenge I've ever hosted (for 2018): #LitsyByTheNumbers

No sign up required. It also pairs well with other challenges 😋 Please share!

#LBTN #LBTNdetails #readingchallenge #2018challenge #2018 #2018readingchallenge

Chelleo Just chose Zeroes as my first book of the challenge. (edited) 7y
Pamwurtzler This looks fun! I‘ll have to see what books I can find. 7y
LeshaMac I'm in! 7y
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Chelleo
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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I hope a few folks join the first challenge I've ever hosted (for 2018): #LitsyByTheNumbers #litsychallenges

No sign up required. It also pairs well with other challenges 😋 Please share!

#LBTN #LBTNdetails #LitsyByTheNumbersdetails #readingchallenge #2018challenge #2018 #2018readingchallenge

hes7 Fun! 7y
TK-421 I love this idea! 7y
Chelleo Hope you join in on the fun @hes7 @TK-421 7y
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Read4life
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Just caught this and had to share. 1-2-3-4-5! ☺️

Joining this community has been one of the best things I've done. I love being able to share my love of reading, seeing what everyone else is reading and has to say about their books, but also how comfortable we are with sharing ourselves with each other.

Thank you for being so accepting!

DGRachel Awesome! 🎉🎉🍾🎉🎉 7y
erzascarletbookgasm These are winning numbers! 👏🏼😃Wohoo! 7y
Redwritinghood 🎉🎉🎉🎉 7y
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Simona Great numbers! Congrats 👏👏👏📚📚📚🍾❣️ 7y
asiriusreader Woohoo!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Jas16 🎉👏📚 7y
Suzze Love it! Great number. Congrats! 📚💃🏻🕺🏼💥 7y
rubyslippersreads 🎉📚🎉📚🎉🎉🎉 7y
BibliophileMomma Yay!! 😍🎉🍾🎊 7y
CherylDeFranceschi Congrats! 🎉📚🎉 7y
Suelizbeth Yahoo! 📚❤️🎉🎊 7y
TrishB 👍🎉😀 7y
LeahBergen Yay!! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Sungirl79 Congrats 🎉🎉👏👏 7y
JessClark78 Congrats! 🎊🎊🎉🎉📚 7y
Shemac77 Congratulations! 7y
susanw 🎉📚🏅 7y
melbeautyandbooks Congratulations! 🍾🎊🎈🎉 7y
hes7 Yay! 🎉 7y
Sydsavvy 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂 7y
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Tanner
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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I managed to catch this one. Not a huge number, but I like that the digits are consecutive. Littens are the best! I love Litsy (and spend more time here than on fb!). ☺️❤

susanw Great catch! Congrats 🎉 8y
JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏👏📚❤😀 8y
Shemac77 Congratulations! 8y
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Texreader Yay!! 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Marchpane Woohoo! Congrats 👍🎉🎉🎉💕 8y
Joybishoptx Woo hoo!🎉🎈💕 8y
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drokka
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Not sure why consecutive numbers as milestones, but I figure 'why not'. It's a reflection on you all - you, you wonderful people❣

stacybmartin Very nice! Congrats on a fun number! 🎉📚🎉👏🏼 8y
DGRachel Yay! 🎉🎊🎉 8y
britt_brooke 🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
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DuckOfDoom Why not? It is difficult to catch such a number. I thought about doing prime numbers, but unfortunately I can't look as often into Litsy as I like, so I always miss them. Congrats to you ! 📚🎉 8y
DuckOfDoom Also thanks for tagging me in all the duck related posts!! 🐣🐣 It always brightens my day 😊 8y
LeahBergen Yay!! 🎉🎉🎉 8y
KarenUK 🙌🙌🙌💕 8y
rubyslippersreads 🎉📚🎉📚🎉🎉🎉 8y
Lmstraubie Very 😎👊👊👊 8y
Marchpane Woohoo! Fun numbers are the best 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉💕 8y
asiriusreader 🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love it! 8y
ephemeralwaltz Awesomeeee!!! 8y
suvata Congrats 🎉 8y
Texreader Pretty nifty! 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Cortg Excellent!!! 8y
kspenmoll 🎉❤📚🎉👏 8y
ptkpepe98 You, go, you awesome Litten, you!!!! 8y
DebinHawaii Congratulations!! 🎉👍🎉😀 8y
Cinfhen 😊💐🎊 8y
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auntie_jenn
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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good thing i got ahead early, because i've been in a major slump for the last month. love me some data, though!

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Cinfhen
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Wanted to share my October Reading Roundup... #serialreader really boosted my total & #audiobooking helped too💞 I honestly don't think I watched any television this month...well, except for those Million Dollar Listings ( can't break my ❤️ for Bravo)

Zelma That is an impressive number of books this month! Great job! 👍 8y
Notafraidofwords Oh god I love bravo. 8y
Cinfhen @Zelma thanks @Notafraidofwords I know!!! It's my guiltiest pleasure. I'd love to share a drink with Andy Cohen 😂❤️ 8y
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KarenUK Another guilty Bravo watcher here 😉... and wow! Great month! 8y
LittleCloud93 Oh my God! This is incredible!! Congratulations! 😘 8y
britt_brooke Amazing stats and cute graphic! 🙌🏻👏🏻💕 8y
Cinfhen @KarenUK @LittleCloud93 @britt_brooke thanks! I'm actually amazed at how much I read this month...and @karenuk I did take a break from binge watching the housewives 🙄😂😉 8y
Beckys_Books Impressive!! 8y
Eyelit Nice! 👏📚🎉 8y
Cinfhen @Eyelit @Beckys_Books Awww, thanks😊but a lot of my reads were short stories🙊 8y
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Kappadeemom
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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This has absolutely nothing to do with books. It's just funny 😜

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Kirstyb
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
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Pickpick

Almost read this in one sitting I was so into it. Exactly the kind of story I want from Jen Lancaster. The main character made me crazy though; I wanted her to say No a lot more often.

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Kirstyb
By The Numbers | Jen Lancaster
Pickpick

Almost read this in one sitting I was so into it. Exactly the kind of story I want from Jen Lancaster. The main character made me crazy though; I wanted her to say No a lot more often.

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Jdutton21
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I knew from page 2 that Jen Lancaster's new book was going to be hilarious!

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