I've never subbed with more then 16, and nowdays it's pretty much standard for me - I don't seem to have problems getting accepted with 16. Well, not b/c of the recip table, anyways, lol.
But I took the time and made those nifty text recips for each LL, right after I cut down my database from 400something sites to 150 sites. IMO they're well worth the time spent. I love my sites now
Virginia, why don't you cut down to 20 recips like MrYum suggested, and add a few more LL's to your submission list? I think it would worth changing the text a bit on your pages so googy doesn't pick them up as dupes in order to allmost double your submission list.