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Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

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Book 115 - audio

14 year old Billy has an absentee father and an unstable mother. Mom has to live within 15 min of an active bald eagle nest so is constantly moving the kids. Billy figures out his dad's address and gets a plane ticket to find him. Dad is a vigilante who goes after poachers with a drone.

All the adults are inept, the entire plot seemed like a stretch, and I don't even think my kids would like it.

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suvata

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

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Another Carl Hiaasen hit about Florida wildlife only this one also mixes in Montana ecology too. I‘m 65 years old and I‘ve learned so much about nature from these middle-grade books. Fantastic!

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Blueberry

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

1. Radicalized by Cory Doctorow and Squirm by Carl Hiaasen
2. Just picked them up yesterday.
- Jam it, Pickle it, Cure it
- Yesterday (dvd)
3. One cat my son got shortly before he went to college, leaving it behind.

@rachelsbrittain #weekendreads

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

I love Hiaasen MG books. This wasn‘t my favorite but it was still a good book.

Out Now
#coverlove #MGedition

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well, he has done it again. Carl Hiaasen has written a book that kids will find hard to put down once they start. This adventure is going to see Billy and his step sister, Summer Chasing-Hawks, watching out for grizzly bears in Montana, and and panthers in Florida. I think part of it was the back and forth between Montana and Florida. Overall, this book is a great adventure. Readers young and old will fall in love with Billy and Summer.

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

I'm half way done with #booked2018 challenge. I'm not reading in the months I should but I am reading. @BarbaraTheBibliophage

BarbaraTheBibliophage Great job!! It doesn‘t matter when you read the prompts. I‘ll tag my cohosts who keep our lists for the drawing. @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft 🎉🎉🎉📚📚 6y

LibrarianRyan @BarbaraTheBibliophage I don't need to be in the drawing. But thanks. I couldn't remember who was running this one besides you. 😀 6y

AmyG Same for me. I feel behind, but technically I‘m not. 6y

Cinfhen Awesome job @LibrarianRyan ❤️🎉 6y

Cinfhen Exactly @AmyG however much you read is still reading and it ALWAYS counts 🙌🏻 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

I'm taking my life in my hands. I let Josh Drive. Worse drive my car. He has no care or use for my racing suspension or my supercharged v8. So I shall read and not pay attention (I hope).

Trashcanman What the hell kind of care do you have? 👁️👁️ 6y

Trashcanman Be careful 6y

LibrarianRyan I drive a Nissan Julie with racing package. There's a pick on my #roadtripgiceaway announcement. Not the hideous black camery of a rental car. Yuck!! 6y

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LibrarianRyan @Trashcanman few years ago I got rid of my made for the farm and Colorado winters SUV for a cross over. (The the back the seats are never up). I wanted a little zip and really enjoyed the one I originally test drive 😜👇🏻 6y

LibrarianRyan Dealer was going to give me a week test drive (library donor) and I went to pick it up and someone else just drove off with it. It didn't have everything I wanted any way and he says they just got a custom order display racing model in they would let me have for the week. And it had all the features I wanted plus some. It was so much better than the other. I was back that night to buy that car. He sold it to for the👇🏻 (edited) 6y

LibrarianRyan Same price as the stripped model being a "pillar of the town". When I was signing papers the other guys wife comes in and starts talking about Jeepin and racing and some of the other stupid crap we used to do in high school. He never put two and two forger until then. It was kid of funny. 6y

Trashcanman Sweetness! You still alive? 6y

LibrarianRyan @Trashcanman yes. And I haven't had a ticket for 3 years. And then 5 years before that. 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

I'm taking my life in my hands. I let Josh Drive. Worse drive my car. He has no care or use for my racing suspension or my supercharged v8. So I shall read and not pay attention (I hope).

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

Okay all what do u think: new word or typo?

Gorped

I can not find it in any online dictionary. I'm going to look in the big book once I get to my office.

KathyWheeler Could be a typo for “gulped”, but that would make more sense if she was drinking, not eating. I go for made up word. 6y

Lindy The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "gorp", meaning "to eat greedily". 6y

julesG @Lindy Yeah for the OED! 6y

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LibrarianRyan @Lindy see I just needed a bigger dictionary. 😁 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Haha! My first thought was typo for grope. She was really into that 🍔! 6y

Bookworm54 Does she mean gawped? Like jaw dropped staring type thing. That‘s the gawp I use... wouldn‘t fit in this context though haha (edited) 6y

Aurys Don‘t you guys always gorp your burgers?? ;) 6y

2BR02B I've heard "gorp" as a noun: it's a type of trail mix containing Granola, Oats, Raisins, and Peanuts (hence the name). Not sure how that relates to burgers, though. 6y

2BR02B Maybe "gorp" is a portmanteau of "gulp" and "slurp"? 6y

LibrarianRyan @Aurys not currently but I will in the future. 😜 6y

KathyWheeler @Lindy My library had the OED online and I didn‘t even think to look! 🤦‍♀️. 6y

The_Literary_Jedi Gorp: to have eaten or drunk very fast ... urban dictionary (dot) com added 2016 6y

Lindy @LibrarianRyan @KathyWheeler I didn‘t do extensive research, only typed “verb gorp meaning” into Google. The quote I pulled is actually from Wiktionary.org and may be a complete fabrication, for all I know. Since then, I‘ve checked my public library‘s OED online and the only definition for gorp is as a noun. 6y

LibrarianRyan @The_Literary_Jedi @Lindy that is so funny. I was sitting outside reading saw it and googled. Never had a word not come up. Went to dictionary.com ran the word and got an error, Webster online said it didn't exist. I have to be on a state computer or know my state library off the top of my head to access OED. 6y

The_Literary_Jedi No idea what it was either but anytime I come up to a rando word, I check urban first because you never know 6y

FoxySocks I think it could be "burped". 3rd one down. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gorp&amp=true&page=2 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

From a 12 year old. (At least I think he's 12)

Slajaunie Wow! 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

Not half a page in and already hooked. Did I mention that I hate snakes. I'm not afraid of them, I just really don't like them. If you had grown up in Guam you too might hate snakes.

ReadingRover Did you grow up in Guam? 😧 LoL that‘s definitely something I did not know about you! 6y

LibrarianRyan @ReadingRover for a few years, yes. Military brat. Grew up all over. Started school in Guam. 6y

ReadingRover @LibrarianRyan You surprise me everyday!!! 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

I can. Or wait to dive into this. I LOVE a Hiaasen MG novel! And apparently his editor agrees. If you have kids pick up any of his books. Currently my favorite is Chomp but we shall see if this tops it.

Eggs 💖💖Hiaasen 6y

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LibrarianRyan

Squirm | Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiassen can do no wrong when he puts pen to paper for kids. Another Auto buy. Chomp is my favorite. But maybe this one will beat it.

September 25

#CoverLove #MGedition

CSeydel Ooooohhhh excitement! Is Sept 25 the release date? My kids particularly liked Chomp and Hoot. 6y

LibrarianRyan @CSeydel according to BN September 25 is release date. I love your kids favorites too! 6y

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