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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 Everyone! I'm Anna and live in Southern Indiana. The fall tends to be a good time for me to read and stay on top of things. I'll have more time to check in later tonight.
Hello! Looking forward to this new game!
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Hi team! Sorry i’m away on a mini girls vacation. Will be back Sunday night. Any ideas for team names?
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We’re all here. Not very good with team names so asked ChatGPT•Grateful Readers
• The Thankful Thinkers
• Book Blessings
• Pages of Gratitude
• The Appreciative Authors
• Kindred Chapters
• The Thankful Tales
• Readers in Gratitude
• Grateful Gatherings
• Thankful Turners
I’ll roll for us
Week 1Roll: 6 & 3
Task: Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover
We are definitely behind. Hmm, I'm not good with team names. Blessing Bookworms comes to mind if I use something that goes with gratitude.
Oh that's a good task. I can definitely find a book for that one.I like your team name better than mine!
bamaace83 wrote: "We are definitely behind. Hmm, I'm not good with team names. Blessing Bookworms comes to mind if I use something that goes with gratitude."Hmm, if we changed it to Blessed Bookworms, I like this one a lot!
If we changed Thankful Turners to Thankful Page Turners, I also like this one.
And there's something about Kindred Chapters that I like lol
I just checked our to-do list. Did anyone want to volunteer for posting completion posts and/or a verifier?
I'm also cool with maybe taking turns or maybe last person to finish can post completion posts?
Maybe as we post our completions, whoever is on at the time can verify if they have some time?
I like Kindred Chapters. That one has a good calming feel to it. I like the idea of the last one posting check us in due to time zones and real life craziness sometimes. I don't mind verifying books when I come in here to post mine.
bamaace83 wrote: "I like Kindred Chapters. That one has a good calming feel to it. I like the idea of the last one posting check us in due to time zones and real life craziness sometimes. I don't mind verifying book..."Yes! It does have a calm feeling to the name!
I'm fine with any name, just wanted to let y'all know I may not be very active the next few days due to working in a spot that service is typically bad in, but I'll definitely be reading!
Selection Post - Week 1Task: Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover
3 Bodies and a Biscotti by Leighann Dobbs
Pages: 190
How It Fits: Biscotti on cover
Verifying that Louise’s book does have Biscotti on the cover.
Completion Post - Week OneBook and Author: Hooked on You by Nikki Ash
Pages: 288
Date Read: 9-30-25
Task: Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover
How it fits: I'm grateful for sushi. It's one of my favorite foods and I try to get it a couple times a month. I can make it at home but it's better at the restaurant.
Donut on the cover
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.)
Ch. 23 "I'll always be grateful to you"
Verifying that bamaace83’s book does have a donut on the cover.
Completion Post - Week 1Task: Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover. I’m grateful for lamb and is my preferred roast when Gavin Sunday lunch
3 Bodies and a Biscotti by Leighann Dobbs
Pages: 190
How It Fits: Biscotti on cover
Date Read: 10/4
Rating: 3*
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.)
Pg45 “…Lexy felt grateful when the sound of her cell phone distracted her from the pastry…”
Week 1 Completion PostDrive Me Crazy by Carly Robyn
334 pages
10/4/2025
Cappuccino on cover
pg. 89 "I've never been so grateful my kitchen is open concept with no door."
WitchinglyBookish wrote: "Week 1 Completion PostDrive Me Crazy by Carly Robyn
334 pages
10/4/2025
Cappuccino on cover
pg. 89 "I've never been so grateful my kitchen is open concept with no door.""
Please post cover so it can be verified
Also, please put what food you're grateful for. :) I spent a lot of time yesterday updating challenges and I probably need a notebook for all the little differences in every post requirement.Lamb sounds good. We don't eat it very often but a lamb roast would be good when the weather cools down.
Sorry, I don't have my laptop with me and Goodreads won't let me link so here's the Amazon linkhttps://www.amazon.com/Drive-Me-Crazy...
I'm food im grateful for is fish and seafood, since I'm pescaterian
I had a feeling that you might be doing it on your phone. I really wish goodreads would work on the phone app. I'm verifying that there is a coffee cup on the cover of the book.I love fish and seafood. I've thought about going to pescatarian a couple different times in my life but I love a good southern bbq and some chicken and dumplings so I don't think I could do it. We do eat a lot of fish and seafood though.
Completion Post - Week 1Book and Author: What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Pages: 304
Date Read: Oct. 5th, 2025
Task: Name a food you are grateful for - read a book with food or drink on the cover
How it fits: Has coffee on the cover
Grateful For: I am grateful for dumplings and hummus.
Bonus: "I am grateful they like me, and think of me as a worthy candidate...." (Chapter 2)
I posted a completion post for us this week. If someone could verify my cover please.
While I was here, I went ahead and rolled too. I ironically rolled a 6 & 3.
Rerolled and got a 1 & 2.
2) +2 points - read a book with '2' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 2 points
Lucy wrote: "I posted a completion post for us this week. If someone could verify my cover please."
Verified that there is coffee on cover
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Books mentioned in this topic
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library (other topics)3 Bodies and a Biscotti (other topics)
Hooked on You (other topics)
3 Bodies and a Biscotti (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Michiko Aoyama (other topics)Leighann Dobbs (other topics)
Nikki Ash (other topics)
Leighann Dobbs (other topics)
Let's practice gratitude by playing a gratitude game.
team member: Lucy
team member: bamaace83
team member: Witchingly Bookish
team member: Louise
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.)