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NATIONAL GROUCH DAY
National Grouch Day on October 15th sends out notices to all the grouches of the world to be their truest grouch. If you are a grouch today is your special day. According to Sesame Street Magazine, the day was created for all grouches to celebrate their way of life.

Sometimes grumps give backhanded compliments. “Your house looked horrible until you painted it.” Other times they don’t give them at all. Noise, silence, general activity will make a grouch generally unpleasant.

As per Merriam-Webster dictionary, a grouch is described as:
a person who complains frequently or constantly
a habitually irritable or complaining person
It seems that a grouch may be happy (although they would never admit it) only when others are unhappy and grouchy. It is then that they feel most comfortable with having others share in their grumpy, cantankerous, surly world with them.

Duration
2 months from start date

Levels
Oscar the Grouch: 1-8 books
Statler & Waldorf: 9-16 books
Severus Snape: 17-24 books
Ove Lindahl: 25+ books

Rules
Option 1: Read books mentioning a character on the Grouch list
Option 2: Spell out (*) the Grouch's name
Option 3: Mix of options 1 and 2

List of Grouches:
(view spoiler)[-Oscar the Grouch
-Sweetums
-Grumpy
-Grumpy Bear
-Ove Lindahl
-Ebenezer Scrooge
-Gregory House
- Red Forman
-Al Bundy
-Sophia Petrillo
-Sheldon Cooper
-Archie Bunker
-Frank Barone
-Mr Burns
-Ron Swanson
-Statler & Waldorf
-Squidwad Tenticles
-Stanley Hudson
-Granny Moses
-Sue Sylvester
-George Constanza
-Fred Flintstone
-Niles
-Eeyore
-Dorothy Zbornak
-Edmund Blackadder
-The Grinch
-Heathcliff
-Mr Grumpy
-Miss Havisham
-Holden Caulfield
-Sherlock Holmes
-Haymitch Abernathy
-Severus Snape
-Rosa Hubermann
-Peter Van Houten
-Tywin Lannister
-Will Traynor
-Coraline
-Grampa Joad
-Harry Dresden
(hide spoiler)]

Re reads are allowed (6 month rule)
Page count = minimum 100 pages
Any format is allowed

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word

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Since I married one, I suppose I'd better play along with this one! lol!

I'll go with option 2.

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M Bag of Bones (Mattie)
I The Italian Girl
S Shadow of Night
S The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

H The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
A Circe (Athena)
V Watchers (Vince)
I Iron Gold
S Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
H Children of Time (N: Mel Hudson)
A Anno Dracula
M Morning Star

M Fahrenheit 451 (Guy Montag)
R Winter Pilgrims (Riven)

G The Lies of Locke Lamora (Galdo)
R The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon
U The Greek Myths (Uranus)
M Red Seas Under Red Skies (Mumchance)
P The Power of One
Y Pandemic (Yuri)

N Boy's Life (Nemo)
I Saint's Blood (Duke Issault)
L The Republic of Thieves (Locke)
E Tyrant's Throne (Ethalia)
S Knight's Shadow by Sebastien de Castell

Hehe, would you like me to add his name to the grouch list Sammy?

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Hehe, would you like me to add his name to the grouch list Sammy?"

Hahahaha! He'd not be out of place! :D

October: National Grouch Day
Duration - Oct 1 - Nov 30
Option - 2 - Spell it out

H - Heartsick by Caitlin Sinead - 10/2/20
A - Angie Thomas - The Hate U Give - 10/7/20
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Y - The Yesteryear Gazette: Volume One: Amazing Stories From the Pages of Vintage American Newspapers by Douglas DeLong - 11/22/20

D - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland - 10/15/20
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E - Elizabeth Acevedo - With the Fire on High - 10/26/20
S - Sandra Brown - Tailspin - 10/1/20
D
E - Edwards, Hailey - How to Save an Undead Life - 11/1/20
N - Nayomi Munaweera - What Lies Between Us - 11/28/20

I'm doing this.
National Grouch Day
Duration Oct. 1 - Nov. 30
Spell It Out..

F : Falling for the Guarded Duke - Sally Forbes
10/5/20
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Welcome Jo & Michelle!

I'm going for Oscar level with a grouch I've always wanted to get to know!

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I'm in.

Nothing But Reading Challenges
October: National Grouch Day (Oct 15th)
Duration: 10/1/2020 - 11/30/2020 (Duration 2 months from start date)

Progress: 0 out of 14

NATIONAL GROUCH DAY
National Grouch Day on October 15th sends out notices to all the grouches of the world to be their truest grouch. If you are a grouch today is your special day. According to Sesame Street Magazine, the day was created for all grouches to celebrate their way of life.

Sometimes grumps give backhanded compliments. “Your house looked horrible until you painted it.” Other times they don’t give them at all. Noise, silence, general activity will make a grouch generally unpleasant.

As per Merriam-Webster dictionary, a grouch is described as:
a person who complains frequently or constantly
a habitually irritable or complaining person
It seems that a grouch may be happy (although they would never admit it) only when others are unhappy and grouchy. It is then that they feel most comfortable with having others share in their grumpy, cantankerous, surly world with them.

Levels
Oscar the Grouch: 1-8 books
Statler & Waldorf: 9-16 books
Severus Snape: 17-24 books
Ove Lindahl: 25+ books

Rules
Option 1: Read books mentioning a character on the Grouch list
Option 2: Spell out (*) the Grouch's name
List of Grouches:
(view spoiler)[Oscar the Grouch
-Sweetums
-Grumpy
-Grumpy Bear
-Ove Lindahl
-Ebenezer Scrooge
-Gregory House
- Red Forman
-Al Bundy
-Sophia Petrillo
-Sheldon Cooper
-Archie Bunker
-Frank Barone
-Mr Burns
-Ron Swanson
-Statler & Waldorf
-Squidwad Tenticles
-Stanley Hudson
-Granny Moses
-Sue Sylvester
-George Constanza
-Fred Flintstone
-Niles
-Eeyore
-Dorothy Zbornak
-Edmund Blackadder
-The Grinch
-Heathcliff
-Mr Grumpy
-Miss Havisham
-Holden Caulfield
-Sherlock Holmes
-Haymitch Abernathy
-Severus Snape
-Rosa Hubermann
-Peter Van Houten
-Tywin Lannister
-Will Traynor
-Coraline
-Grampa Joad
-Harry Dresden (hide spoiler)]
Option 3: Mix of options 1 and 2

Re reads are allowed (6 month rule)
Page count = minimum 100 pages
Any format is allowed

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word

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October: National Grouch Day
October - November 2020

My National Grouch Day Challenge (msg 15)

Level ~ Ove Lindahl: 25+ books | 28 Books Read
Option 3: Spell out

Oscar the Grouch

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✔🍬O ~ The Other P-Word ~ 10.31 ★★★★
✔🍬S ~ Seeing Stars ~ 10.11 ★★★★
✔🍬C ~ Christmas Angel ~ 10.17 ★★★
✔🍬A ~ All The Possibilities ~ 10.18 ★★★★
✔🍬R ~ A Reckless Office Fling ~ 10.02 ★★

✔🍬T ~ Tempted ~ 10.31 ★★★★
✔🍬H ~ Handle with Care ~ 10.05 ★★★
✔🍬E ~ Edge Of Fear ~ 10.14 ★★★★

✔🍬G ~ The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband ~ 11.22 ★★★★
✔🍬R ~ Rebel ~ 10.28 ★★★★
✔🍬O ~ One Hundred Proposals ~ 11.02 ★★★★
✔🍬U ~ Untamed Delights ~ 10.13 ★★★★
✔🍬C ~ The Curse of the Pharaohs ~ 11.18 ★★★★
✔🍬H ~ The Honey-Don't List ~ 11.12 ★★★★


Fred Flintstone

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✔🍬F ~ Fighting Redemption ~ 10.23 ★★★★★
✔🍬R ~ Rescued by the Wolf ~ 10.19 ★★★★
✔🍬E ~ Edie Ramer ~ Stardust Miracle ~ 10.26 ★★★
✔🍬D ~ Dial C For Chihuahua ~ 10.08 ★★

✔🍬F ~ Forever Yours ~ 10.03 ★★★
✔🍬L ~ Lord Dashwood Missed Out ~ 10.04 ★★★★
✔🍬I ~ Intimate Surrender ~ 10.30 ★★★★
✔🍬N ~ No Sunshine When She's Gone ~ 11.06 ★★★★
✔🍬T ~ Thomas's Choice ~ 10.13 ★★★
✔🍬S ~ Seized ~ 10.24 ★★★★
✔🍬T ~ Tessa Dare ~ Do You Want to Start a Scandal ~ 10.09 ★★★★
✔🍬O ~ Orwell, George ~ Animal Farm ~ 11.02 ★★★
✔🍬N ~ Nerd in Shining Armor ~ 11.25 ★★★★
✔🍬E ~ Edge of Darkness ~ 11.28 ★★★★

Welcome Everyone!

Linked up through here.

Sammy wrote: "Since I married one, I suppose I'd better play along with this one! lol!

I hear ya! I cracked up when I saw this challenge not only because it's about Grumps aka Grouches but also because Grouch Day is his birthday. lol. How appropos. He was sitting close by so I gleefully read him the intro.

National Grouch Day - October 15!
October 1 - November 30, 2020 =======> DONE

Severus Snape: 17-24 books

Option 2: Spell out (*) the Grouch's name

F - Angie Fox - Pecan Pies and Dead Guys 10/30
R - Barbara Ross - Nogged Off
E - Ellie Alexander - Death on Tap 10/03
D - Kyra Davis -Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights 10/01

F - Fredrik Backman - Anxious People 11/03
L - Laurien Berensen - Raining Cats and Dogs 10/07
I - Irina Shapiro - Murder in the Crypt 11/08
N - J. New - The Curse of Arundel Hall 10/02
T - Traci Wilson - Mrs. Morris and the Ghost 11/12
S - Mary Ann Schaffer - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 10/02
T - Talia Hibbert - Get A Life, Chloe Brown 11/30
O - Carlene O'Connor - Murder in an Irish Churchyard 10/12
N - Nancy McGovern - Murder & Marble Cake 11/08
E - Ellen Byron - Murder in the Bayou Boneyard 11/04

T - Tricia O'Malley - A Fifth of Tequila 10/11
H - Lee Hollis - Death of a Kitchen Diva 10/05
E - Ellery Adams - [bookr:A Fatal Appraisal|24665535] 11/17

G - Jeanne Glidewell - Haunted 10/27
R - Ruby Loren - Mandrake and a Murder 10/22
I - Judith Ivie - Murder on Old Main Street 11/15
N - Nicola Upson - An Expert in Murder 11/14
C- Connie Shelton - Sticky Sweet 11/16
H - H Y Hanna - Dark, Witch & Creamy 11/20

Welcome :)

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And done! (Post 5) this was fun! And I managed to do it with the grouch in the house for most of it too, lol!

Sammy wrote: "And done! (Post 5) this was fun! And I managed to do it with the grouch in the house for most of it too, lol!"

Hehe! I'm glad you enjoyed it

Sammy wrote: "And done! (Post 5) this was fun! And I managed to do it with the grouch in the house for most of it too, lol!"

😂😄😄

Yay, done! See message 18...

Completion Post

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October: National Grouch Day
Duration - Oct 1 - Nov 30
Option - 2 - Spell it out

H - Heartsick by Caitlin Sinead - 10/2/20
A - Angie Thomas - The Hate U Give - 10/7/20
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Y - The Yesteryear Gazette: Volume One: Amazing Stories From the Pages of Vintage American Newspapers by Douglas DeLong - 11/22/20

D - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland - 10/15/20
R
E - Elizabeth Acevedo - With the Fire on High - 10/26/20
S - Sandra Brown - Tailspin - 10/1/20
D
E - Edwards, Hailey - How to Save an Undead Life - 11/1/20
N - Nayomi Munaweera - What Lies Between Us - 11/28/20

Challenge complete!
Updated post: My National Grouch Day Challenge (msg 15)

Level ~ Ove Lindahl: 25+ books | 28 Books Read

October: National Grouch Day (Oct 15th)
October: National Grouch Day
Duration - Oct 1 - Nov 30
Option - 2 - Spell it out

-Al Bundy
A Along Came a SpiderJames Patterson 11/18
L Looking for TroubleRiley Hart 11/06
B Birthday with His OmegaLorelei M. Hart 11/08
U Unlawful Restraint: An EMP survival storyConnor McCoy 11/04
N No FearNora Phoenix 11/01
D The Desire for DearborneV.B. Kildaire 11/15
Y A Year and a DayElizabeth Silver 11/O2

-Coraline
C Crushing on ColeFel Fern 11/05
O The Owl, the Zebra, and Their Bear OmegaLorelei M. Hart11/09
R Run for Your LifeJames Patterson 11/12
A The Alpha's Biker-Kissed OmegaLorelei M. Hart 10/31
L Line of FireLogan Ryles 11/14
I InboundE.E. Isherwood11/13
N Nothing VenturedJeffrey Archer 11/02
E The Earl of Klesamor HallAdella J. Harris 11/07

-Grumpy
G Grumpy CooperFel Fern 11/03
R The Resilient RaccoonLorelei M. Hart 11/11
U Unexplained Book 1: 16 Baffling Unsolved MysteriesRobert Keller 11/03
M The Marquess of Gorsewall ManorAdella J. Harris 11/06
P Purgatory RidgeWilliam Kent Krueger11/04
Y

-Sheldon Cooper
S SouthpawJ.D. Kirk 11/06
H The Hidden SurvivorConnor McCoy 11/01
E EastgateJ.D. Kirk 11/08
L Let it BurnSteve Hamilton 10/17
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O One IndulgenceLydia Gastrell 11/08
N No FilterNora Phoenix 10/30

C Chocolate Spiced OmegaSusi Hawke 10/07
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O Omega, DeerAria Grace 10/21
P The PreacherNathan Burrows 11/04
E Enemy Within: A Danny Devlin ThrillerPatrick McNulty 11/04
R Razor EdgeLogan Ryles10/26


-Heathcliff
H His Damaged PrideJena Wade 11/05
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T Texas OutlawJames Patterson11/10
H A Home for Tyler: M/M Shifter Mpreg RomanceLorelei M. Hart 11/07
C The Centaur's SecretJena Wade 10/24
L The Lock ArtistSteve Hamilton 10/22
I Iron LakeWilliam Kent Krueger 10/19
F Facing Unfamiliar Ground: An EMP survival storyConnor McCoy 11/05
F Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the UniverseCatherine Ryan Hyde 11/16

-Edmund Blackadder
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D Double TroubleAthena Steller10/21
M The Merchant of Reeves SquareAdella J. Harris 11/09
U Unexplained Book 3: 16 Baffling Unsolved MysteriesRobert Keller 10/07
N North of Nowhere Steve Hamilton 10/14
D Deception in DarknessAlice Winters 10/11

B Blind Date for St. Patrick'sLorelei M. Hart 11/03
L The Life We BuryAllen Eskens10/23
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C A Cold Day in ParadiseSteve Hamilton 10/13
K The KeeperNathan Burrows
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D Die a StrangerSteve Hamilton 10/17
D Deadlock James Byrne 10/07
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R Rules of PreyJohn Sandford 10/23
-Harry Dresden
H Hedgehog for HawkeFel Fern10/05
A AriesAthena Steller 10/20
R Riddle Island: An Alex McKnight Short StorySteve Hamilton 10/18
R Rogue If You Want To: An mm mpreg shifter romanceLorelei M. Hart 10/06
Y You're the OneDavidson King 10/31

D Dead End Run: A Trouble Thriller Matthew Doggett 10/03
R The RangerAce Atkins 10/21
E Ethan Fel Fern 10/02
S Spellbound by YouFel Fern 10/11
D Dead Man RunningSteve Hamilton 10/18
E The Endless Road to SunshineNicky James 10/28
N Nobody's HeroM.W. Craven 10/12

-The Grinch
T TicktockDean Koontz 10/06
H The Hunting Wind Steve Hamilton 10/14
E Endless Stretch of BlueRiley Hart 10/28

G Getting Ghost Fel Fern 10/01
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I Ice RunSteve Hamilton 10/15
N NitroFel Fern 10/07
C Chain ReactionJames Byrne 10/09
H HUNTER KILLER an action-packed, high-octane thriller Harry McCallion 10/10

-Gregory House
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R Reeling in RykerFel Fern10/08
E Enchanted by YouFel Fern10/25
G Good Girl, Bad GirlMichael Robotham 10/25
O Omega's Winter NightsSummer Chase 10/08
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H His UnEggsalted OmegaLorelei M. Hart10/22
O Operation Christmas MiracleKiska GrayMichael Mandrake 10/19
S SawyerFel Fern 10/06
E