Ah Ah Ah-Countable Ones

[Almeta]

TIME FOR THE COUNT Toppler rules

Ah Ah Ah-COUNTABLE ONES RECOUNTING OUR SUCCESS

COUNT TO NINE spreadsheet

COUNTDOWN TO TOPPLER

[Almeta]

Roz wrote: "Well I managed to finish my second book, The Ninth Hour. Not a favorite. I'm about half way through listening to Paris, 7 A.M. and I hope I'll be done in time. I have another started - New Boy - that's short so I may be able to get it done...."

Thanks for the update Roz.

Heading over to the reporting thread. ☺

[Amanda]

Finished and reported Just One Damned Thing After Another. Still have plenty of time to finish Between Noon & Three.

[Almeta]

Amanda wrote: "Finished and reported Just One Damned Thing After Another. Still have plenty of time to finish Between Noon & Three."

Nice job Amanda!

Going to rearrange some things. See if we can declare one set finished.

[Almeta]

Round one complete!

Getting close to finishing round two.

READ TEAM READ!

[Amanda]

Had an hour to sit at the tire place waiting for them to pull a nail out of my tire, so I got some good reading in.

Go team!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finished The Fourth Monkey and I'm working on Thirteen. I still hope to finish on time.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Amanda wrote: "Had an hour to sit at the tire place waiting for them to pull a nail out of my tire, so I got some good reading in.

Go team!"

Looking on the bright side!

[Roz]

I had a lot of time in a waiting room today so I read:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
number of pages: 226
pub date: 5/18/2004
first published: 7/31.2003
series:
if audio, add length: 6 hrs 3 minutes
Audio release date: 9/8/2014
fits numbers: 3,4,5, 6,7,
Points 10

I probably won't be able to finish Paris, 7 A.M. unfortunately, but "curious" fits for #7 in the round 2. I'll keep trying to finish it though.

[Almeta]

Amanda wrote: "Had an hour to sit at the tire place waiting for them to pull a nail out of my tire, so I got some good reading in.

Go team!"

I just had to replace a flat myself. Curse potholes!

[Almeta]

Roz wrote: "I had a lot of time in a waiting room today so I read:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
number of pages: 240
pub date: 5/18/2004
first published: 7/31.2003
series:
if..."

Wonderful!

Don't forget to post it in the "RECOUNTING SUCCESS" thread.

What is your third publication date? pub date: 5/18/2004

[Roz]

Almeta wrote: "Roz wrote: "I had a lot of time in a waiting room today so I read:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
number of pages: 240
pub date: 5/18/2004
first published: 7/31.2003..."

That was the "Published May 18th 2004 by Vintage" date. I read the Kindle version and it was on the main page of the book.

[Almeta]

Roz wrote: "Almeta wrote: "Roz wrote: "I had a lot of time in a waiting room today so I read:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
number of pages: 240
pub date: 5/18/2004
first publi..."


That was the "Published May 18th 2004 by Vintage" date. I read the Kindle version and it was on the main page of the book

Gotcha.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Roz, which format did you use to read the book? Did you listen to the audio? If you read the Kindle, then none of the audio numbers would apply.

[Vicki]

Finished One for the Money! That's it for me.
Enjoy the rest of your books everyone

[Roz]

Kristie wrote: "Roz, which format did you use to read the book? Did you listen to the audio? If you read the Kindle, then none of the audio numbers would apply."

You're right Kristie. I read the Kindle version so the only numbers that will apply will be 3, 4,5,7.

I'm still listening to the audio version of Paris, 7 A.M. that would qualify for 2,6,7,9 and I had started the Kindle verion of New Boy that would be good for 5,7,8. I'm almost done with "Paris" and New Boy is very short.

Actually I reread the rules concerning Kindle versions:
" If you have an audio or Kindle version, use the page count from the first hardcover edition listed."
So I've amended the number of pages from 240 (the kindle version) to 226 (hardcover version) so the #6 remains and the book can stay where it is in Round 2.

Sorry about the confusion Almeta. : )

[Almeta]

Vicki wrote: "Finished One for the Money! That's it for me.
Enjoy the rest of your books everyone"

Thank you Vicki. You gave a lot for the team.

[Almeta]

THINGS AR REALLY FALLING INTO PLACE!

[Carol]

I finished Thirteen Guests. I’ll put it in the reporting thread, too, but will need to edit and capture all the data points when I’m on my laptop. (They’re in the spreadsheet and I’ll copy them from there. On my iPad it’s a nightmare.)

[Almeta]

Roz wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Roz, which format did you use to read the book? Did you listen to the audio? If you read the Kindle, then none of the audio numbers would apply."

......Actually I reread the rules concerning Kindle versions:
" If you have an audio or Kindle version, use the page count from the first hardcover edition listed."
So I've amended the number of pages from 240 (the kindle version) to 226 (hardcover version) so the #6 remains and the book can stay where it is in Round 2.

Sorry about the confusion Almeta. : )
..."

No problem. Still works for me!☺

[Roz]

I finished New Boy

number of pages: 188
pub date: 5/11/17
first published:
series:
if audio, add length:
fits numbers: 5,8,7
Points: 10

Time to go to sleep …...

[Amanda]

Finished and reported Between Noon & Three: Romance, Law & the Outrage of Grace. That's all for me.

[Almeta]

 Wake up you need to finish that! lol!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Almeta, is my book Thirteen needed for round two or do we have that covered? I'm working on it this morning, but it'll probably be close. I need to determine what I can accomplish today.

[Roz]

Kristie wrote: "Almeta, is my book Thirteen needed for round two or do we have that covered? I'm working on it this morning, but it'll probably be close. I need to determine what I can accomplish t..."

I can help out with that. I have about a half hour left in listening to Paris, 7 A.M..
In Round 3 you can move New Boy into the #8 slot if you can't finish your book in time Kristie. Then take Paris, 7 A.M. off of Round 4 and move it in to replace New Boy for # 7 in Round 3.
Then Round 3 is complete.
In any case I'll report when I'm done with "Paris".

[Kristie, Moderator]

Looks like it may cause us not to finish round 4. I'll keep at it. :)

[Roz]

Finally done with Paris, 7 A.M.. It was okay, not as good as I hoped it would be. Maybe that's why it took me so long to get through.

[Almeta]

Kristie wrote: "Almeta, is my book Thirteen needed for round two or do we have that covered? I'm working on it this morning, but it'll probably be close. I need to determine what I can accomplish t..."

I moved it to round three and it is the last showing to complete that set.

However I have read a book that can cover that number. DON'T FRET!☺

ETA: STILL HAVE IT COVERED!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Phew! Thanks, Almeta. Only ten minutes to go and still a few too many pages.

[Almeta]

Roz wrote: "Finally done with Paris, 7 A.M.. It was okay, not as good as I hoped it would be. Maybe that's why it took me so long to get through."

ROZ! THAT'S ROUND FOUR COMPLETED.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Wow! Way to go team!!

[Almeta]

Kristie wrote: "Wow! Way to go team!!"

Sorry to have to do this, but I have to run off for the rest of the weekend. I will make the Team's scores first priority on Monday.

Pretty sure the spreadsheet is correct.

We have completed Four Sets and a few more books.

[Almeta]

Friday start 6:00 +5:30 =11:30 +6:45 =6:15 +4:45 =11:00
5:30 ☊☊ One Virgin Too Many #11 302 pages
6:45 ☊ The Three-Body Problem 416 pages, #1, set in 1967 13H 26M, 1, 4, 5, 6, 8
4:45 ☊☊ Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes 1st pub May 3 2018, audio Pub Jul 29, 2019
341p, 9H 33M (3,5,7,8,9)

Saturday
2:45 ☊☊ The Busy Body 2012, Donald E.Westlake, 5H 30M

[Kristie, Moderator]

No worries, Almeta. Have a great weekend. Thanks for taking on the captain duties!

[Roz]

Thanks Almeta. That was fun Team Ah Ah Ah-Countable Ones!
Now I'm going to look at all the books everyone read and probably add some to my tbr.

[Amanda]

That was so much fun! Thanks for captaining, Almeta!

[Valerie]

Hi everyone, wow so many books read, good job! Overtime at work and medical issues kicked my butt this week so I ended up not finishing my book, so sorry :( hoping next toppler I'll be feeling better and work will have calmed down

[Vicki]

Thanks for doing all the hard stuff Almeta!
Always feels great to get a bunch of books read in a week, even if they hadn't been on my TBR prior to the toppler.

[Almeta]

COUNT! 175 Ah, Ah, Ah.
No I mean 155 Ah, Ah, Ah.
No I mean 160 Ah, Ah, Ah.
No no 130 Ah, Ah, Ah 130.
Wait I mean 20 Ah, Ah, Ah.
No I mean 640 Ah, Ah, Ah.
YES, YES 640 Ah, Ah, Ah.

640 POINTS

[Almeta]

Aaaaahhh!

Thank you everyone. Such a good team. I didn't have to worry at all about getting another book out of anyone. Everybody just kept reading away. Not all potential books were read but we did a great job.

Amanda wrote: "That was so much fun! Thanks for captaining, Almeta!"

Vicki wrote: "Thanks for doing all the hard stuff Almeta!
Always feels great to get a bunch of books read in a week, even if they hadn't been on my TBR prior to the toppler."

Valerie wrote: "Hi everyone, wow so many books read, good job! Overtime at work and medical issues kicked my butt this week so I ended up not finishing my book, so sorry :( hoping next toppler I'll be feeling bett..."

Roz wrote: "Thanks Almeta. That was fun Team Ah Ah Ah-Countable Ones!
Now I'm going to look at all the books everyone read and probably add some to my tbr."

Kristie wrote: "No worries, Almeta. Have a great weekend. Thanks for taking on the captain duties!"

[Almeta]

Vicki wrote: "Always feels great to get a bunch of books read in a week, even if they hadn't been on my TBR prior to the toppler.."

I agree, yet as Roz said, after reading everyone's messages, I will likely add more.

[Almeta]

WHAT WAS YOUR BEST READ AND LEAST FAVORITE BOOK?

[Roz]

I think my best read was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and my least favorite vote goes to The Ninth Hour.

[Amanda]

My best read was Just One Damned Thing After Another. It was good enough that I purchased the next book in the series right after finishing it. My least fav was Nine Perfect Strangers.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I only read two books and I thought they were both excellent. :)

The Fourth Monkey and Tunnel of Bones

[Vicki]

Fave was The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle even though i didnt buy into the hook, I still really enjoyed it.
Least fave was A Wrinkle in Time. Though I think it was awesome to have sci fi for children and that it was written in the sixties.

[Almeta]

Aaaand....... there goes two more books added to my bookshelf! lol!

As for the rest, I have to say this team has good taste!

I read these and gave them high marks.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 5 stars
The Fourth Monkey 5 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 4 stars

[Almeta]

My least favorite was One Fifth Avenue.




My favorite, I did not really finish in time.
Where the Crawdads Sing was surprisingly good.
The kind of character driven book I avoid☻
Seems as if, "that which I resist....persist!"