Amazon Burning by Victoria Griffith

Amazon Burning
by Victoria Griffith

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Just released: November 7, 2014
Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions
Genre: Mystery, New Adult, Thriller
Paperback: 220 pages
Rating: 4.5

When 22-year-old aspiring journalist Emma Cohen is forced to flee the comforts of her NYU student life, she maneuvers an internship from her father at his newspaper in Rio de Janeiro. There, Emma is immediately swept into a major news story—and a life-threatening situation—when a famous jungle environmentalist, Milton Silva, is mysteriously murdered.

Emma must now enter the Amazon rainforest with her father to investigate, where she is both awed by the enormity and beauty of the Amazon and appalled by its reckless destruction. Not only will Emma have to brave the primal world of the Amazon, she must fight to survive the kidnappers, villains, corrupt activists, and indigenous tribes that lay in wait along the ever-twisting trail of the murder case. Stretched to the brink, it’s up to Emma, her father, and the dreamy news photographer, Jimmy, to unravel the mystery and live to tell the tale.

Amazon Burning by Victoria Griffith is a spectacular debut Young Adult novel. Griffith's powerful rendering of the Amazon rainforest forms the perfect, wildly exotic backdrop for this extraordinary tale of a young urban woman coming of age in the midst of intense conflict.

My two-bits:

Got introduced to the Amazon with this mystery thriller.

From the city locals to the indigenous people of the Amazon described, you can get a sense of the culture and lifestyle. Although, this story leans towards the darker and sad side of things.

The main character, Emma, starts out as a strong and spunky character and continues to grow into a stronger and mature young woman due to life threatening experiences and exposure to the ugly side of life in this story.

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Stacking the Shelves - 11.15.14

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Book of Ages:
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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Working Stiff:
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-----> Attended a book reading with this author. Fascinating stuff for those who are interested in forensics and like similar shows - The Wire, Bones, CSI, etc.

For Review:

Amazon Burning
by Victoria Griffith
-romance, South America
courtesy of publisher, Astor+Blue
Thanks Jennifer!
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Never
by Shay Lynam
-Peter Pan, YA
courtesy of author
Thanks Shay!
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Danse Macabre
by Cristelle Comby
-mystery
courtesy of tour
Thanks Nicole (Tribute Book Tours)!
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Hotwire
by Cindy M. Hogan
-mystery, romance
courtesy of tour
Thanks Kathy (I Am A Reader Not A Writer)!
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Dreaming about getting soon:

Texts from Jane Eyre:
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by Mallory Ortberg
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Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield.

Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical collection of hysterical text conversations from your favorite literary characters. Everyone knows that if Scarlett O’Hara had an unlimited text-and-data plan, she’d constantly try to tempt Ashley away from Melanie with suggestive messages. If Mr. Rochester could text Jane Eyre, his ardent missives would obviously be in all-caps. And Daisy Buchanan would not only text while driving, she’d text you to pick her up after she totaled her car. Based on the popular web-feature, Texts from Jane Eyre is a witty, irreverent mashup that brings the characters from your favorite books into the twenty-first century.

-----> this sounds like a hoot! and there is a snippet based on Pride and Prejudice (see more here)

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