What's So Great About the Number 38?

Angi Morgan’s latest book “.38 Caliber Cover-Up” hits stores today! 

To celebrate, I thought we’d have a bit of silliness revolving around the #38. 

So let me share a few things that I’ve learned… (thank you, Wikipedia, for some of these fun facts)

8 fascinating things that are GREAT about the number 38 in no specific order:

1.       38 is the Atomic number on the Periodic table of Strontium, a soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group that turns yellow in air—oh wait, as a chemist, I’m probably the ONLY one who finds that fascinating.  Moving on…

2.    There are 38 surviving plays written by William Shakespeare (there…is that more interesting?)

3.    In Norse mythology, the number 38 represents unnatural bravery.  Norse sagas were also divided into 38 chapters, and the number often recurred throughout stories, with the heroes combating giants or other beasts in groups of 38.

4.    The number is also significant in Egyptian Mythology as it was the characteristic number of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of death.   Egyptian Pharos were often buried with 38 statues of cat guardians, and their sarcophagi were adorned with 38 ankhs.

5.     There are 38 slots on an American Roulette wheel (1-36, 0 and 00).

6.    The Southern Rock Band .38 Special.  Come on! Who didn’t love “Second Chance”???  “When love makes this sound, babe, my heaaaarrrt needs a second chance.”  (Don't ask me what 'this sound' is, though, because I don't know...)

7.     In numerology, the number 38 is the symbol of dangers, conflicts and troubles--Help from a woman is possible. Which ironically enough (insert spooky woo woo music here) sums up Angi’s fantastic book about Undercover DEA agent Erren Rhodes, who needs the help of a beautiful woman, Officer Darby O’Malley, to ferret out a killer.  And, of course, Erren must keep them both safe amidst a thrilling heap of dangers, conflicts and troubles! 

8.    Just check out this fantastic line from Page 38 of .38 Caliber Cover-Up:

Proper channels, that’s what she needed. Not a chance. ‘Going rogue’ with her mysterious and most certainly dangerous, new partner was exactly the choice she needed. She could tell herself it was for Pike and Michael, but the quiver that went through her body... The reaction when his breath had skittered along her neck made her wonder if those were her only reasons.

And here’s something that’s so fantabulous that it had have its own paragraph.  To celebrate the release of .38 Caliber Cover-Up, Angi is running a contest 38 days of .38 Caliber.  Go to her website at www.AngiMorgan.com for more details on where she’ll be blogging, but basically if you comment on any of her blogs AND sign up for her newsletter (which you can do at her site), you’ll be entered into a drawing for a Romantic Suspense basket which will be given away on March 6^th. (Please check for official rules on Angi's site!)

Chocolate! & Bookmarks!

Prince of Persia, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, True Lies

 .38 Caliber Cover-Up

Big Jack, Seize the Night, Big Sky Dynasty, No One Left To Tell,

Back to Life, Sugar Creek, Living the Vida Lola, Hasta la Vista Lola!

So don’t forget…leave a comment today then run over to www.AngiMorgan.com to sign up for her newsletter for your chance to win! 

In the comments section, let’s all turn to page 38 of whatever current book we’re reading and put in a random line!

Come back tomorrow for a Reader’s Corner review of .38 Caliber Cover-Up!