Member Reviews
Not really sure this needs a review since it's just a run down of books that were coming out. |
Brandon S, Bookseller
So many different books coming soon! Buzz Books is simply the best. Thank you, Publishers Lunch for making it easy for me. |
I love getting to preview a lot of upcoming titles -- both to talk about them with library patrons and to decide what I want to read myself! As a librarian, I don't have time to read every new release but patrons like to talk to me about them anyway, and these samplers make me more conversant on a number of different titles. |
What a great idea this is. Not all books I wanted to try were available for my country but still a great quick way to find something new to try. |
It was a great book to read to find out what upcoming releases I should get excited about! |
Great stories that sounded brilliant. Will definitely be reading some |
I always really enjoy these little snipets of works to come! Amazing if you want to know what will come out soon |
Thanks again for the excerpts! The Immortalists and The Woman in the Window are the two books that stood out from the rest. |
Susan M, Reviewer
Find time to sit down and read the 40 excerpts of fiction and nonfiction. I was excited about the book on Norway as it is not something I've seen. In fact this title is first of a trilogy! I also was fascinated about the nonfiction book titled Radium women. It's about an expose of working women who were posioned by radium paint in the 1920s. I could go on about each book but will leave it for you to discover titles you will want to read! This is my favorite book that tells me about books that I might not know about. My reading list keeps getting longer as does my pile of books I have to read! I just can't stop reading Buzz books -- it even helps me to recommend books to friends and the book club I belong to. |
I really love these samplers--usually--because it's a great way to find not only new books by authors I already like, but to find new books I might have otherwise not heard of. This one was kind of a let down for me, though. I normally come out of reading one of these with anywhere from 5-15 books I've added to my TBR, or have made a note to look up after release. Of those, I buy a few (or, sometimes, almost all of them), and check out the rest from the library. But with this one, I only came out of it with one book I definitely want to read (We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union), and seven that I might be interested in, but almost certainly won't buy unless I find them used or on sale. The others I'll probably look for at the library and such were Fever by Deon Meyer, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (this one I'll definitely keep an eye out for), The Black Painting by Neil Olsen, Sourdough by Robin Sloan, Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo, Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak, and The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion - Surprising Observations of a Hidden World by Peter Wohlleben. A few of those were on my radar before I read the excerpt, and I was hoping to be more excited by them, but I'm still on the fence. So, I think these samplers are always very useful, and I love them in general, but this particular one didn't really have many books I'm interested in, and only one I'm looking forward to reading. |
So many great books - I appreciate having access to these upcoming book summaries and excerpts. This is an amazing tool to help me build my list of ARC's to request from publisher's / Netgalley. I look forward to lots of great reading and reviewing. |
Gayle S, Reviewer
Great way to learn what books are on the horizon and to plan your reading list accordingly. |
So many tasty treats! have got tons of these added to my kindle wish list already - what are you doing to me, Netgalley? :) |
BRANDI M, Reviewer
Insightful!! I love these Buzz Books!! You gain so much information on the newest books coming out & gives you something to look forward to in the coming months!! |
Thanks for the opportunity to check out some books that are coming out later this year. |
Really like getting extracts of new books - often you can already decide after the first chapter if it is a book you are likely to like or not. |
With 40 excerpts that include established authors like Louise Erdrich and Celeste Ng, debut authors and non-fiction, I am looking forward to finding my next fall favorites! |
Ashwini Priya N, Reviewer
One stop to find all the upcoming releases and be ready for them in advance!! Loved reading the excerpts and has helped to pick the ones I would be reading soon. Thanks! |
This is such an amazing resource, I love samplers they help me find books that I wouldn't typically find on my own. |
Another great compilation of upcoming releases. Thank you for making this available! |








