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This was an interesting melting pot of stories. I had five that really stood out to me, two of them very surprising. Check out my full review on Goodreads!

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Really enjoyed the excerpts from:
Laurie Forest - The Black Witch
Liz Reinhardt - Rebels Like Us
Joelle Charbonneau - Dividing Eden
Cora Carmack - Roar
Renee Ahdieh - Flame in the Mist
Ashley Poston - Geekerella

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I added so many books to my TBR thank to Buzz Books that I've lost count of them. Excellent titles!

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I appreciate being able to see what is coming up for the YA genre.

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Buzz Books 2017: Young Adult Spring/Summer is the latest in the preview collection filled with a dozen and a half excerpts from authors representing a variety of publishers (Albert Whitman, Amberjack, Chronicle, Hachette, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Houghton Harcourt Mifflin, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Quirk Books). For my high school students, I am most interested in seeing a copy of Sara Zarr's new GEM & DIXIE, about two sisters and their dysfunctional family (starred review from Booklist), and am intrigued by Emily Barr's young adult debut, THE ONE MEMORY OF FLORA BANKS.

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I must applaud those who put this book together for the sheer variety of genres included. I was impressed to see that there was a graphic novel-esque work included, as well as some excerpts that showed the future of YA fiction isn't completely filled with white bread.

However, after reading the book, it just looks like the same old, same old is coming out over the next few months. None of the titles really grabbed my attention; in fact, for a lot of the books, I felt like I had already read them.

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Buzz Books 2017: Young Adult Spring/Summer selection once again does not disappoint. Filled with a broad range of pre-publication excerpts there's really something for any YA reader to discover genre wise and new authors to meet. I a fan of MG titles, so it was nice to their inclusion here as well. A great addition to any librarian's and reviewer's repertoire.

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Wonderful choices!
I really enjoy getting the samples from the books, giving me a chance to get a bit of an understanding what books i want to pick up right away and which one might not be for me after all because the sample was not as i wanted it to be (or the opposite made me so curious about the book that i can not WAIT to be able to pick it up and read it!)

As nicely done as always!

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I always love reading excerpts from Buzz Books. and get excited when the compilation comes out. I always can't wait to read them and love the variety available.

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Great for Librarians. Would like some indication of appropriate age for each book.

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These excerpts are amazing. Which one of these books am I most excited for? I have no idea. I can't wait for them to be published.

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I really liked Buzz Books 2017: Young Adult. I do not usually read a lot of YA-genred books, but there were quite a few in this compilation that looked interesting:

-Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
-Roar by Cora Carmack
-Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau
-Geekerella by Ashley Poston

I will definitely be keeping an eye out for these upcoming releases. Thank you NetGalley for the heads up!

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So many amazing books are being released this year. I'm most excited about THE FLAME IN THE MIST by Renee Ahdieh and THE BLACK WITCH by Laurie Forest.

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Very informative. I love having the descriptions for all the newest books in one place.

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My favourite release as it lets you sample all the upcoming books and decide what you actually want to read. After I read an extract from a book I'd previously overlooked I immediately requested it on NetGalley.
Great tool!

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I love them gems! They show me reads I probably would never have known of.

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Informative; brought a couple of titles to my attention. Although having a brochure of ALL the YA books that'll be out in 2017,it was still too, too short: the fact that it has excerpts might have shortened it. But too many titles were left out, and no info on the page count.

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A wonderful selection to think about! Cannot wait to tell my granddaughter, who I know will be eager to read several of the books mentioned in this Buzz Book.

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Great excerpts with a fantastic mix of genres and themes! Can;t wait to see these titles on the shelves particularly, ROAR and Dividing Eden!

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The Buzz Books YA Sampler allows me to winnow down my Netgalley requests to a manageable amount. Thanks for making them available.

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