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How the game works:
* Each week one player on each team rolls two dice.
https://www.random.org/dice/?num=2
* Using die 1 for the row and die 2 for the column, find the intersection on the grid.
Example: if you roll a 3 and a 2, move down the Rows to #3, and scan across for #2 on that Row. It is "Name a book you are thankful for"
* Read a book for the task in that intersection. As easy as that.
* Each book read during the week receives one (1) point for the team.
* Your book will receive an extra point if 'gratitude' or 'grateful' is in the text.
The team with the most points wins.
A team can only read the task in a certain box once. If you roll the exact numbers (in the same order) from a previous week, you must re-roll the dice for a different task.
Because the picture is difficult to read, all boxes are listed below with their tasks.
Row 1:
1) Name a friend you are grateful for - read a book from a teammate's Goodreads shelf
2) +2 points - read a book with '2' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 2 points
3) Share a memory you are grateful for - read a book set 50+ years ago, about an event that happened 50+ years ago, or published 50+ years ago
4) Name a holiday you are thankful for - read a book centered around or about a holiday
5) -1 point - read any book you'd like; your team loses 1 point
6) Share an activity you are grateful for - read a book with an action verb in the title
Row 2:
1) +3 points read a book with '3' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 3 points
2) Name a place you are grateful for - read a book about or set somewhere you have lived or visited
3) -4 points - read any book you'd like; your team loses 4 points
4) Share a family moment you are grateful for - read a book where family is important to the plot, or about an entire family
5) Name an object you are grateful for - read a book with no human or animal on the cover
6) +1 point - read a book with '1' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 1 point
Row 3:
1) Take another turn - read a book with two words in the title that begin with the same letter
2) Name a book you are thankful for - read a book in a series that you have started
3) Name a family member you are grateful for - read a book written by an author with any initial found in FAMILY
4) +4 points - read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 4 points
5) -3 points - read any book you'd like; your team loses 3 points
6) Name a person you admire - read a book by a favorite author that you have not read yet, or read a biography or autobiography
Row 4:
1) Name an ability you are thankful for - read a book where a significant character has a disability
2) +1 point - read a book with '1' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 1 point
3) Share something that makes you happy - re-read a book that you rated 4 or 5 stars
4) Take another turn - read a book with two words in the title that begin with the same letter
5) Name a song you are grateful for - read a book with 'song(s)', 'sing(s)', or 'singing' in the text
6) Share a moment when someone helped you - read a book from a teammate's Goodreads shelf
Row 5:
1) +2 points read a book with '2' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 2 points
2) Name a game you are grateful for - read a book where a competitive sport is mentioned
3) -3 points - read any book you'd like; your team loses 3 points
4) Share a vacation memory you are grateful for - read a book where the MC goes on vacation or holiday, or about a popular vacation site
5) +5 points - read a book with '2' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 5 points
6) Share a experience you are grateful for - read a book with 'X' anywhere on the cover
Row 6:
1) Share a challenge you overcame - read a book that fits a current task in a challenge that a teammate is participating in (other than this challenge :)
2) -1 point - read any book you'd like; your team loses 1 point
3) Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover
4) +2 points - read a book with '2' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 2 points
5) Name a gift you are thankful for - read a book with a title that begins with a letter in GIFT (you can ignore 'A' and 'An')
6) Take another turn - read a book with two words in the title that begin with the same letter
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First of all, pick a name for your group.
Second, decide who will roll the dice.
Third, decide who will make the team's Completion Posts. (It can be one person, or you can take turns. The team's Completion Post can be posted as soon as everyone has reported. Please have your team's Completion Post in by Monday around noontime.)
Fourth, decide who will be the team's verifier. I need someone to make sure that a book fits the task for the week. In a few instances, you will have to take the word of the reader that a book matches the task, but if it's a tag, cover, title, author initial, page count or publication date, those are verifiable.
Fifth, practice counting all that you are grateful for. There will be a lot!!!
Hey all,Excited to read with you all for this game!
1. Gr8ful Group? I'm pretty open to any name.
2. Not sure my schedule is consistent enough to manage every week but happy to take turns.
3. I would vote for the last one posting their read.
4. I would be fine to take on verification.
5. Grateful for fall reading challenges
Hi Team.1. Thanks for the Memories?
2 & 4. Happy to take turns. I'll be on the road weeks 3-5 so wouldn't be able to do any task every week.
3. I'm good with the last poster doing the completion, unless they say they can't manage it.
I'm grateful for the specs that allow me to read, for being able to read, for having been taught to read, for libraries....
Hello Team! 1. The Thankful Readers?
2. We can take turns.
3. I agree with last one posting read for this one.
4. I would be ok with being the verifier.
5. Grateful for books, reading, reading friends, challenges and time to read!
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Amen.
Hi everyone....checking in.1. Any name is good with me.
2. We can take turns.
3. Last person posting. However if that person can't, I am usually off on Monday so just give me a yell and I can do it.
4. I would prefer to not be the verifier.
5. I am grateful for a lot of things. Just to many to list.
Glad that we were all able to check in!I rolled to get us started: 3, 4
which I believe is: 4) +4 points - read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 4 points
Hope that works for everyone!
I'm good with Thankful Readers for team name.
Jen K wrote: "Glad that we were all able to check in!I rolled to get us started: 3, 4
which I believe is: 4) +4 points - read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 4 points
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Good start :0)
Catsalive wrote: "Jen K wrote: "Glad that we were all able to check in!I rolled to get us started: 3, 4
which I believe is: 4) +4 points - read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date; your team gai..."
Ooh I am only seeing this now! Good start!
Have we decided on our team name?
Glad you saw it in good time! Not yet on the name. We may be the last team without. I'm fine with any.
What name shall we go by for this challenge?
Week 1 Book and Author: Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone
Pages: 238
Date Read: 01/10/2025
Task: '4' in page count or publication date
How it fits: Published in April 2021
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? (If so, quote the phrase and page or location in the book for an additional point.) Yes
'And honestly, I should learn to be grateful for what I’ve got.' (The last line of chapter 12.. Page 100)
Completion Post- Week 1Book and Author: What Could Be Saved by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz
Pages: 450
Date Read: 2 October 2025
Task: read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date
How it fits: Page count is 450
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book?
Yes, page 10, "But also, she realized, gratitude."
Priya wrote: "What name shall we go by for this challenge?"Thankful Readers seems to have 2 votes.
Week 1 completionTask: read a book with '4' in the page count or publication date
Book: Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland
Date: 1/10 4★
Fit: 432p
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book?
"He will never not be grateful for her." p.64
Hey all, can we roll again today or do we need to wait for full completion of books?Should we go in order of our names in the 1st message?
team member: Jen K
team member: Priya
team member: Catsalive
team member: Michelle
If so, Priya can roll for week 2!
I rolled and got 1 and 2. So 1st row and 2nd column which is'Read a book with '2' in the publication date or page count'
Here is a very simple spreadsheet to keep trackhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
I've simply highlighted the tasks we've rolled. We should all have access.
Thanks both!! Great idea to keep track of the bingo squares. My mom is visiting this coming week so I probably won't complete my week 2 read until next weekend but will get it in before the Sunday deadline. Lucky that the #2 is pretty easy with publication date.
I should have my book done tomorrow sometime.
Book and Author: Shadow Game by Vin Strong - Pages: 200
Date Read: 10/5/25
Task: '4' in page count or publication date
How it fits: Published August 1, 2024
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? Yes
Loc. 368 - "We have a lively day ahead of us, and I want to express my gratitude to all of you for making this seminar the event we hoped it would be."
Week 1Team Name: Team 8
Michelle - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Catsalive - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jen K - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Priya - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
How many points did the team earn this week? 12
20 points, isn't it? 4+1 each for this task
I read it as 4 points for the team if we all completed our task and 1 point each for the grateful task. Did I misread it?
Michelle wrote: "I read it as 4 points for the team if we all completed our task and 1 point each for the grateful task. Did I misread it?"
Yep. 8 points it is :0) I didn't read it properly.
Week 2 completionTask: Read a book with '2' in the publication date or page count
Book: Three Wishes for Miss Winthrop by Shirley Kennedy
Date: 6/10 1.5★
Fit: 240p
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book?
"grateful each day she'd had the wits to leave" p.5
I thought it was 12 points? 4 points for the 4 books read, 4 points for each book including grateful or gratitude and 4 points bonus for landing on that task?
Jen K wrote: "I thought it was 12 points? 4 points for the 4 books read, 4 points for each book including grateful or gratitude and 4 points bonus for landing on that task?"
Might be time to check with the boss 😂
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1 point per book read.
1 point per book that has 'grateful' or 'gratitude' in the text.
And for that particular task, 4 points for the team.
Assuming each person on the team read a book, and each book had the word in the text, the total would be 12 points. 4+4+4+12
Thanks Lanelle and thanks Michelle for asking! Makes sense!
I mathed wrong..sorry everyone.Thanks Lanelle
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Thanks Lanelle"
No problem. I've realized that there's a learning curve for every reading challenge!
Hi Team, I'll be away for weeks 3, 4 & most of 5 (13-31/10), can one of you cover my book while I'm away? It will probably be for the 3 weeks, but if I can get one read while I'm on the road, I'll post it.
Sure. I can read a book for you in those three weeks.
Priya wrote: "Sure. I can read a book for you in those three weeks."Thanks.
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Priya, if it's okay if you, I'd like to have a substitute player for Catsalive during those 3 Weeks. It will give someone the opportunity to participate in the challenge.
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Hello! I’ll check through the thread and be ready on Friday
Susan A wrote: "Hello! I’ll check through the thread and be ready on Friday"Thanks, Susan :0)
Week 2 CompletionTask - Read a book with '2' in the publication date or page count.
Book - Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Finished on 07/10
Rating - 4*
How it fits - Publication date - 6th February 2024
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book?
Yes
'I squint at her in the near darkness, grateful' Page 57
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Books mentioned in this topic
Three Wishes for Miss Winthrop (other topics)Shadow Game (other topics)
Found in a Bookshop (other topics)
What Could Be Saved (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Shirley Kennedy (other topics)Vin Strong (other topics)
Stephanie Butland (other topics)
Liese O'Halloran Schwarz (other topics)
Let's practice gratitude by playing a gratitude game.
team member: Jen K
team member: Priya
team member: Catsalive
team member: Michelle
The game begins Monday, Sept. 29 and ends Sunday, Nov. 23.
There are 8 weeks of the game.
Week 1: Sept. 29 - Oct. 5
Week 2: Oct. 6 - Oct. 12
Week 3: Oct. 13 - Oct. 19
Week 4: Oct. 20 - Oct. 26
Week 5: Oct. 27 - Nov. 2
Week 6: Nov. 3 - Nov. 9
Week 7: Nov. 10 - Nov. 16
Week 8: Nov. 17 - Nov. 23
Details:
You have seven (7) days to read one (1) book.
Rules:
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
If a team member does not make a Completion Post for a week, the team misses out on the points that team member's book would have added to the total. If that team member misses a second week, they will be removed from the team.
Exceptions are made for a planned absence or emergency. Another player on the team can use a second book to replace the missing points caused by the absence or emergency.
A player may roll for the next Week's task on the Friday before the next Week.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Graphic Novels must be 200 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Sample Completion Post
Book and Author:
Pages:
Date Read:
Task:
How it fits:
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? (If so, quote the phrase and page or location in the book for an additional point.)