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[jaxnsmom]

Here's where to sign up for the Toppler and report your numbers.

[jaxnsmom]

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[Almeta]

I want in.

I choose 3, 47 and 7.

Now back to the rules and then gophering.

[Sarah]

I was going to go with 79 because it's the year I was born but that might make things necessarily difficult for me and limit my reading choice. So I've decided to go with 7.

[Almeta]

Sarah wrote: "I was going to go with 79 because it's the year I was born but that might make things necessarily difficult for me and limit my reading choice. So I've decided to go with 7."

Good decision! Stick to single digit numbers.

47 was surprisingly difficult for me.

Planning on:

328 The Sisters Brothers
247 Goatsong: A Novel of Ancient Athens not arrived!
247 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
176 Delta Factor

for now!☻

[Tasha]

My pick is number 8. :)

ETA: I found Breakfast at Tiffany's at 178 pages (it just squeeks by the minimum!). I've been wanting to read this one for a long time. It's a classic too! ;)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I got a 5. I'm going to read The Bat as it is 425pp long.

IF I get time (whom am I kidding, we all know I'm rubbish with 24 hour topplers), I rolled a 3, and can read In the Darkness which is 314pp

[Pragya]

I choose 14, 80 and 95. Now fingers crossed.

Update: I chose 14 because it would be easy, it being 2014. Catch Me When I Fall or The Paper Magician.

80 was a risk, I wanted to go for 180 pages and what a surprise, it perfectly fit in for me. The Great Gatsby which I was going to read next month for the group read and for personal reading. Yay!

With 95, I might have taken a much bigger risk. I don't possess any of the books that have 195 pages or were published in 1895/1995 and satisfy the page criteria (or they are too big to be handled in a 24 hour toppler if I am reading 3 books!). Phew! Still gophering. The choice till now is Practical Magic

For 295 pages (I must be mad!) - The Color Purple or Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

[Sarah]

I really wanted to combine this with the monthly challenge so I don't over commit myself for December. And it looks like I'll be able to - I'll be reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making which is 247 pages long.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm in for my first toppler! I'll be pretty lucky to finish one book in 24 hours, but I'll choose 3 numbers just incase. I'll make them easier numbers though. I'll go with 2, 0, & 9. I'll be back to add books once I decide what I'm adding.

✓ 2 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (226 pgs)

✓ 0 - Coming Clean (published 2013)

9 - Elixir (259 pgs) or Yellow Crocus (229 pgs)

[Gail]

I'm also going to choose three numbers just in case.

0, 1, 2.

[Rebecca]

I'm in. I'm not sure what I'll work, so I'll pick five numbers just in case I'm off.

3-Taken by Storm 231 pages
5- Home in Time for Christmas 285 pages
9- Dangerous To Love297 pages
14- published February 2014 A Ranch to Keep
89- published December 1989, also 189 pages

[Lynn]

Kristie (~ Gaildis, of the Elves ~) wrote: "I'm in for my first toppler! I'll be pretty lucky to finish one book in 24 hours, but I'll choose 3 numbers just incase. I'll make them easier numbers though. I'll go with 2, 9, & 0. I'll be back t..."

ha ha ha ha ha Kristie. Sorry but I can't stop laughing at you choosing three numbers! :D

[Canadian Dragon]

I chose 8 and as luck would have it I can use the same book for two challenges

The Man With a Load of Mischief page count 278

[Janice, Moderator]

It's not likely I will finish more than one book, but I'm going to pick 3 numbers. They represent the date, which is my birthday, written in the French date format:

6.12.14

[Gail]

That's the UK date format too. :-)

[Liz]

I'm going to make this totally easy on myself and chose '1'.
Lots of options.

[Janice, Moderator]

Drives me nuts - those date formats. As a bookkeeper, I get receipts from my clients with 6-7-14 and I have to question whether that's Jun 7 or Jul 6, because around here, there's no standard. It's up to the vendor how they want to display date format.

[Gail]

I find it confusing online, because so many sites are American, but some have the option to change to UK date formatting, so I see a mixture. When I see, say, 3/20/14, I find myself thinking 'But there isn't a 20th month... they stop at 12!'

[Kristie, Moderator]

Lynn wrote: "ha ha ha ha ha Kristie. Sorry but I can't stop laughing at you choosing three numbers! :D"

lol, Lynn! I just picked three because I want to play along. :) Maybe I'll stay up all night! (And still probably finish one. Lol)

[Tasha]

Liz wrote: "I'm going to make this totally easy on myself and chose '1'.
Lots of options."

hahaha, love it. I was wondering about that myself. ;)

[Thing Two]

8 - The Quiet American 180 pages
18 - Dept. of Speculation 182 pages
28 - Can't and Won't: Stories 289 pages

Since I'm working that day, there's no way I'll finish the third book, but it's fun to think I'll have time to finish all three.

[Jannene]

I want in and I pick 2.

[jaxnsmom]

I'm choosing my favorite numbers, 4 and 24. Now to hope they introduce me to some new favorite books.

[Kazen]

Janice wrote: "Drives me nuts - those date formats. As a bookkeeper, I get receipts from my clients with 6-7-14 and I have to question whether that's Jun 7 or Jul 6, because around here, there's no standard. It'..."

Here in Japan they also have a calendar system that uses eras, or basically how long an emperor has been on the throne. Today is 26.11.24 (26th year of the Heisei era, 11th month, 24th day), to add another level of confusion. -_^

[Kazen]

I'm choosing 14 (great idea!) and 7. Now to see where they lead me!

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, Kazen, that would definitely add another layer of confusion.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Kazen wrote: "Here in Japan they also have a calendar system that uses eras, or basically how long an emperor has been on the throne. Today is 26.11.24 (26th year of the Heisei era, 11th month, 24th day), to add another level of confusion. -_^

Thanks for the explanation for that. I've never been able to work it out, but I've only come across it once or twice while in Japan, so really haven't invested any time into looking it up. So really good to know.

[Lori Z]

I'm in for 1 book. My number will be 2.

[Cherie]

I'm picking 4 and 7, but I am not sure how I will use them yet. If I read the books I had already planned, I guess that I can work them in, but I will have to see. The numbers are only for #of pages and publishing date, or anything that we can apply?

[jaxnsmom]

Cherie - only number of pages and year or month of publishing date. I wanted to keep it simple :)

[Kirila]

I choose the number 8. It has been a lucky number for me through the years. Hopefully, it will lead to a nice read in December.

[Poongothai]

I choose 3.

How to Dance with a Duke 333 pages

[Cherie]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Cherie - only number of pages and year or month of publishing date. I wanted to keep it simple :)"

Got it Jmom. I understand. If they don't work out, I will change what I picked for the toppler.

[Lynn]

I'm keeping it simple with one book.

The number will be 13.
(That way it will keep with the books I will be mainly reading in December which are published in 2013, so I can complete my Choice Awards Challenge from another group).

[Tejas Janet]

In honor of my November marriage anniversary I'm going with these numbers associated with that date: 11-8-96. However, it's unlikely I'll complete more than one book.

And here are the books I have in mind:
8 - The Maine Event - 178 pages
11 - The Rock Hole: A Red River Mystery - published 2011
96 - Her Books Presents: Book Club Picks - 196 pages

[Janice, Moderator]

Happy 8th anniversary, TJ! You're still honeymooners.

[Tejas Janet]

Thank you, Janice. Actually, it's 18 years now. A long way from honeymooners, but it's been a favorable journey together on the balance.

We got married on the 8th day of November in 1996. I dislike the US month-date-year format, but have to conform to it in my daily life because of its ubiquitous usage here. The US shares the unflattering distinction of being non-metric with the countries of Liberia and Myanmar. Ugh.

[Janice, Moderator]

Pretty bad when a bookkeeper can't add and subtract! Where's my calculator! LOL!

I prefer the US date format. It's the way we speak it. We say Nov 8, not 8 Nov.

[Tejas Janet]

That's a good point, about how we speak versus write dates. For writing, it seems more logical to put date-month-year. And really, being the only ones following this format internationally is an embarrassment. Ditto re: metric. There's some push, but still not really enough.

Number for me are problematic - they tend to unexpectedly shift around on me so that 134 becomes 143 etc. Means I have to triple check and check again. Very tedious.

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

I think I'll choose:
8 - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams pub 1980 250 pages
9 - Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell pub 1932 192 pages
24 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis pub 1942 224 pages

[Stephanie]

Happy anniversary, TJ :-)

[Tasha]

Happy Anniversary, TJ. My husband and I just celebrated 19 years this past September.

[Lanelle]

I'm going to go with a very easy number - 9.

[Tejas Janet]

Thanks, y'all. AND congrats to you, too, Tasha :-)

[Tasha]

thanks, TJ. :)

[Mariab]

Liz wrote: "I'm going to make this totally easy on myself and chose '1'.
Lots of options."

Yeah, yay! I was thinking this way too.
So, I'm picking number 1
(I'm not sure I can participate, but I will give it a try. Topplers are hard to resist!)

[Mariab]

I think, I will read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which is 213 p. long and was published 1999 (last year beginning with 1), and also 6 words long (for the december challenge)

[Tasha]

I'm on the hunt again for a book with the number 8 as the one I picked up from the library, Breakfast at Tiffany's, is a different edition and much less than the minimum pages required. :(

[Lara]

I've picked three numbers, but am not sure I'll get that much done. I've decided to pick numbers from my husband's birthday:

21 About Last Night 216 pp
7 Tethered 187 pp
65 Roseanna published in 1965