Count on Team Two!

[Esther]

|Team 2
Esther - captain
Jayme - co-captain
Katrisa
Casceil
Jessica
Peggy
Jenn

Spreadsheet

[Esther]

reserved

[Esther]

welcome to team #2.
Anyyone has a idea for a name?

[Jayme, Moderator]

Here are some pretty cheesy team names "Down For the Count" or "Count on Me" or "Make it Count"

Esther - let me know what you will need me to do. I am having surgery on Thursday, but will be home the same day and ready to go Saturday. Thanks for putting together the spread sheet.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Example for Posting Book Read

book read: Seven Up
number of pages: 337
pub date: June 17th 2002
first published: July 19th 2001
if series: #7
if audio, add length: n/a
fits numbers: 1, 2, 6, 7
number in title: Yes

[Katrisa]

Hi team! I am excited to try my first Toppler!

[Casceil]

Another possible team name: Count me two (or Count me Too, but I like having the team number in the title,

[Peggy]

Hi!!!

I also always like having the team number in the title. Maybe something like 'Countdown 2 ....'. We'd have to figure out what we're counting down to ;-)

[Jayme, Moderator]

Good idea about team number in title: How about "Count On Team Two" or "Countdown Too Two" ?

[Peggy]

I like Count on Team Two!

[Peggy]

What will be our strategy? You can read any book you want for this challenge and it will likely fit several of the 0-9 slots.

One option for the first few days is to read whatever and fit it into the set of 9 after reporting, and in the last 3 days or so see if there are any sets that are missing a number and try to fill those up.

The alternative is to start planning beforehand, and slot people into tasks as soon as they have chosen a book (but before they start reading it). In that way we have a sort of real time idea of what we still need.

I guess the latter might be easier for Esther, but either way there could be a bit of shuffling and puzzling involved.

Luckily for us, Esther is brilliant at this kind of thing!

[Jayme, Moderator]

I think maybe penciling in what we are planning on reading and then seeing what we need later in the week (your second option Peggy). I also changed what I originally was planning and focused on Peggy's idea of reading shorter books. Duh

So here are the three books I am planning on reading.

book: One Station Away
number of pages: 304
pub date: December 5th, 2017
fits numbers: 1, 4, 5, 7
number in title: Yes

book: Fahrenheit 451
number of pages: 249
pub date: June, 2013
1st pub: Oct 19th, 1953
fits numbers: 3, 6, 9
number in title: Yes

book: Ready Player One
number of pages: 374
pub date: June 5th, 2012
first pub: August 16th, 2011
fits numbers: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8
series: #1
number in title: Yes

[Peggy]

I had a quick look at my tbr and focused on short books (below 300 pages) that have a number in them. I found one: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.

I'd like to start with that one. I'll check the numbers it fits when I'm on my computer and can see which specific edition I have.

I'm away for the first toppler weekend so I'll commit to one book for now, but hope to get 2 done.

[Esther]

how about a mix of both?
I know I always start with 2 books. One book and one audio. So I will start both on the 1st day. So I know I will fill 2 slots.

I say gopher away for a few days then on Thursday, Jayme and I can start filling the slots.

This will give us time to find any gaps.

what do you say?

You can always post ideas. Even if you select another title, your idea may be picked up by someone else.

Also, I like "Count on Team Two!" as well

[Jayme, Moderator]

Esther wrote: "how about a mix of both?
I know I always start with 2 books. One book and one audio. So I will start both on the 1st day. So I know I will fill 2 slots.

I say goffer away for a few days then on T..."

Sounds good. I will be out of commission on Thursday, but can start helping slot in books later on Friday.

[Jessica]

Hi team,
I'm going to start looking at my TBR to see what books I may be interested in reading. Then I will come back and post them here.

[Katrisa]

Ok, I looked through my Audible library and found the following books that I could read:

book read: Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
number of pages: 320
pub date: March 5 2019
first published: March 5 2019
if series: N/A
if audio, add length: 8 h 39 m
fits numbers: 3, 5, 8, 9
number in title: Yes

book read: Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
number of pages: 289
pub date: Dec. 12 2018
first published: Oct 23 2018
if series: N/A
if audio, add length: 12 h 40 m
fits numbers: 8, 9
number in title: yes

book read: The Fifth Doll
number of pages: 252
pub date: July 25 2017
first published: July 25 2017
if series: N/A
if audio, add length: 8 h 34 m
fits numbers: 2, 5, 7, 8
number in title: yes

book read: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
number of pages: 396
pub date: Sept 11 2012
first published: it just says 2009
if series: #1
if audio, add length: 12 h 1 m
fits numbers: 1, 2, 6, 9
number in title: yes

book read: The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
number of pages: 297
pub date: Jan 10 2011
first published: Dec 11 2010
if series: n/a
if audio, add length: 10 h 8 m
fits numbers: 1, 4, 7, 8
number in title: yes

I feel like I could commit to 3 of any of the above books.

[Jessica]

I have decided to first read Second Nature.

Page count: 364
Publish date: September 6, 2011
Fits numbers: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9
Number in title: yes

[Peggy]

Katrisa, I think your 100-year old man works for 2 too, with the publication date.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Other possibilities, if I have completed the first three and there is still time. :)

book: Fourth of July Creek
number of pages: 466
pub date: May 27th, 2014
fits numbers: 4, 5, 6
number in title: Yes

book: The Twelve-Mile Straight
number of pages: 543
pub date: September 12, 2017
fits numbers: 3, 7
number in title: Yes

[Esther]

ok... i am slowly looking at possible for me...

Le deuxième gant - ebook or paper
Page count: tbd
Publish date: , tbd
Fits numbers: 2,
Number in title: yes

1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies
audio = 21hours !!!!! ichhh

A Tale of Two Cities - audio/ebook

The Fourth Monkey = audio

Forty Words for Sorrow = ebook

84, Charing Cross Road = audio

Le 489- book

[Jayme, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "Ok, I looked through my Audible library and found the following books that I could read:

book read: Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
nu..."

Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine this looks really good. I'll be interested to know your take on it.

[Peggy]

Surprisingly, I don't seem to own that many books with a number in the title. Or at least not relatively short ones. I found another one though which could work: The One-in-a-Million Boy

I'll write down all the details for the two books tomorrow.

[Katrisa]

Peggy wrote: "Katrisa, I think your 100-year old man works for 2 too, with the publication date."

Oh, yep! You're right! I'll go change it.

[Peggy]

book: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
number of pages: 288 (based on hardcover)
pub date: Oct 2 2012
first published: Oct 2 2012
if series: #1
Awards in: 2012/2013
fits numbers: 1, 2, 3, 8
number in title: yes (waiting for Kristie)

The One-in-a-Million Boy
number of pages: 416 (based on hardcover)
pub date: April 5 2016
first published: April 5 2016
Award in: 2016
fits numbers: 1, 4, 5, 6
number in title: yes
Over 400 pages: yes

I'm surprised the hardcover page count is so high, as it seemed much shorter when I selected it as a possibility for the toppler.

I'll see how much time I have left, otherwise I think I have to go for a shorter book without a number in the title, which would probably be:

The Cellist of Sarajevo
number of pages: 235 (based on hardcover)
pub date: May 15 2008
first published: April 8 2008
Awards in: 2008/09/10
fits numbers: 4, 5, 8, 9
number in title: no

[Jayme, Moderator]

I'd ask Krisitie, but I think it could be used because it's a separate number from a million. It's not "the million dollar boy."

[Peggy]

Kristie agrees, Jayme :)

[Debra]

Great team name!

[Katrisa]

Oooooo, I just saw that Ninth House just came out. I might have to swap something out for that one. Also, it is tagged as "New Adult" which is a category for the year long challenge that I have had a hard time finding anything that I wanted to read with new adult on the main page.

You can use toppler books in the year long challenge, right?

Ninth House
number of pages: 480
pub date: Oct 8 2019
first published: Oct 8 2019
Audio: 16 h 21 m
Series: #1
fits numbers: 1, 8, 9
number in title: yes
Over 400 pages: yes

[Peggy]

Yes, toppler books can be combined with every other challenge and activity we have here :)

[Esther]

I've overslept this morning... so no time this am, but I`ll start filling slot for the first 2 rounds today.

[Esther]

ok...
I will start with
book: Le deuxième gant
number of pages : 544 ( according to library site)
fits numbers: 2.4
number in title: Yes

audiobook: The Fourth Monkey
number of pages (hardcover) : 404
pub date: 27/06/2017
first published: July 19th 2001
series: #1
if audio, add length: 12:32:19
fits numbers: 1, 4, 6,7
number in title: Yes

[Peggy]

I like the spreadsheet Esther! It's very easy to understand and very logically organized.

One thing though: if you use my book for #8, it would be based on page count and not pub month.

[Esther]

Peggy wrote: "
One thing though: if you use my book for #8, it would be based on page count and not pub month."

OCTOber=8... i need time off...

[Esther]

ok... team... planning time.

Jayme, Jessica,Peggy: have a look at the sheet and double check that I penciled in the right books.

all others, either we have not heard from you or it was not clear to me which book you selected.

[Peggy]

Lol, who knows what Kristie will allow? ;-)

My book's correct :)

[Jayme, Moderator]

Hi Esther - I ended up getting a different edition for Ready Player One, so the numbers should be updated to 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 - still fits #4 where you have it, but in case we need to move it around :) Everything else looks good, and the spreadsheet is great!

[Esther]

Jayme wrote: "Hi Esther - I ended up getting a different edition for Ready Player One, so the numbers should be updated to 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 - still fits #4 where you have it, but in case we need to move it around :..."

perfect. I expect some numbers may be added anyway while we are reading our books. So these numbers will have to be updated then anyway....

Something tells me that some books will move around so much that they may get seasick. :)

[Jayme, Moderator]

Hey just an FYI - I was over at the "Time for Count" thread and an interesting tidbit came up for book choice:

If a book won an award, you can also use the year that the award was won - every little number helps.

A couple of my books won several awards, so as I read them I will update the numbers if need be.

[Esther]

yes. there is a lot possible number connection. One of the book i looked at had 8 chapters according to the library pages... while such low number is unlikely, the book may be divided into parts. there are plenty of possibilities...

[Peggy]

Oh, that might come in handy!

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore was nominated for (would that count to?) or won several awards in 2012 and 2013.

Esther, you could add the 3 in the spreadsheet :)

[Esther]

i will be offline for most of the day. We may get a new member as there was late signups.

So now, books wise:
Katrisa - not sure of the title you are starting with.
Casceil - no book yet.
Jenn - no book. unless I missed a post, Jenn has not checked in yet.

[Peggy]

Esther wrote: "yes. there is a lot possible number connection. One of the book i looked at had 8 chapters according to the library pages... while such low number is unlikely, the book may be divided into parts. t..."

Nice ideas! We have to think outside the box :)

Perhaps also year (or month) the book is set in, age of the MC, number on the cover..

Even with the suggestions given by Kristie there are several options for each book, but these additional ones might be very useful when we have to fill up slots in the end.

[Peggy]

Esther wrote: "i will be offline for most of the day, we may get a new member as there was late signups.

So now, books wise:
Katrisa - not sure of the title you are starting with.
Casceil - no book yet.
Jenn - ..."

I'll send Jenn a message :)

[Peggy]

Ah, Jenn posted in the sign-up thread that she can only participate in the second half of the week, so that might be why she hasn't checked in yet.

If she does read something this weekend we can always slot it in afterwards, and I sent her the link to our thread.

[Peggy]

I'm looking forward to this toppler! Mostly because it gives me an excuse to put away my current book which must be one of the slowest books I've ever read..

[Katrisa]

I'm going nuts because I finished the audio books I was listening to and was having to grocery shop with NO BOOKS! I didn't want to start anything new since it wouldn't count for the toppler - grocery shopping sucks without books! :)

Anyway - I will start tomorrow with The Fifth Doll so you can put it into either 5 or 7 slot.

Then I will plan on the 100-year old man and Ten Drugs

[Jenn]

I'm very sorry for being so late to the party. :(

I am thinking that I could maybe tackle:
12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Pub date: Dec 7, 2012
First pub: May 5, 2009
Fits # 2, 5, 7, 9
Number in title: Yes

Which would fill the #7 slot nicely . . .

[Jenn]

Sorry forgot the pages as I got 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers as an audiobook. There doesn't seem to be a hardcover, but the top paperback is listed at 432 pages

[Casceil]

I am having an unusually hard time finding books I want to read for this toppler, and I have not found anything with a number in the title. I plan to start with:

book read: Seal Justice
number of pages: 197
pub date: October 8, 2019
first published: October 8, 2019
series: #13
if audio, add length: n/a
fits numbers: 8,9