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Buzz Books 2020: Fall/Winter

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Helpful information! I appreciated this thorough guide and am excited about these reads. I really enjoyed going through this.

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Lots of great upcoming titles in this edition of Book Buzz. There are quite a few I can't wait to get my hands on to read!

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This book is absolutely chocked full of books to be published in the Fall/Winter of 2020 and 2021. Every genre out there has a sample of work in this book. Some of the features are minority race, gender, or orientation and there is something for practically everyone in this overview.
Thanks Net Galley for allowing me the opportunity to read the summaries and early chapters in this publishers variety book.

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Buzz Books allows avid readers to get a glimpse of favorite authors and their next releases. Worth a digital read.

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I love knowing what’s coming ahead in the world of books. This is a fantastic preview. I had no idea such a thing existed!

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I love this book/feature! I'm trying to pace myself in reading through everything because I want to read nearly every book listed - which I'm sure is the point!

Also, love the cover.

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I enjoyed browsing for upcoming titles in Fall/Winter 2020.
Here are my 24 most anticipated titles:
1. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
2. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
3. Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
4. To Be A Man by Nicole Krauss
5. What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
6. Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
7. The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
8. The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey
9. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
10. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
11. In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce
12. Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie
13. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14. Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
15. The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde
16. The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follet
17. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
18. Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
19. A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire
20. The Abstainer by Ian McGuire
21. Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
22. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
23. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
24. Bones: Inside and Out by Roy A. Meals, MD

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This is my second time reading a BuzzBooks catalogue/advance preview collection, and again, I found it really helpful.

As a book blogger and avid reader, it's great to see what's predicted to be big this autumn and winter. There are a good number of extracts to get your teeth into, and I'll definitely be getting the full book of at least a few of them, but what's also really helpful is the longer list of upcoming books, especially non-fiction, that they're expecting to be big.

There are some that I'll definity steer clear of, but there are lots of titles on Black history and race that will keep important conversations going that I'm looking forward to reading and reviewing this year.

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5★
“‘So, what happened?’

She gave the short version. ‘It was a lot of pressure.’

‘Pressure makes us, though. You start off as coal and the pressure makes you a diamond.’

She didn’t correct his knowledge of diamonds. She didn’t tell him that while coal and diamonds are both carbon, coal is too impure to be able, under whatever pressure, to become a diamond. According to science, you start off as coal and you end up as coal. Maybe that was the real-life lesson."

That’s a conversation about why she gave up competitive swimming. It's from Matt Haig’s new novel, The Midnight Library, which looks like a good one. I’ve read only the excerpt given in this edition of Buzz Books, a favourite source of new reading delights, so I can't comment on the whole book.

There are several I like the look of as well as The Midnight Library, but I won’t belabour you with excerpts. Just go to the publisher’s website and download their wonderful previews from upcoming publications. Many, but not all, are available for request on NetGalley.

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In addition to the titles here, from which they’ve provided a chapter or so as a preview, the beginning of the Buzz Book has an enormous list of upcoming titles from other authors, including Erin Brockovich and Al Sharpton, Michael J. Fox and Jerry Seinfeld.

Below are all of the books which have excerpts in this edition. I don’t have the patience to add Goodreads links, but they are easy enough to find.
These are listed Author, Title (Publisher).

PART ONE: FICTION

Rumaan Alam, Leave The World Behind (Ecco)

Camilla Bruce, In the Garden of Spite (Berkley)

J’nell Ciesielski, Beauty Among Ruins (Thomas Nelson)

Sean Dietrich, The Incredible Winston Browne (Thomas Nelson)

Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections (Riverhead)

Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning (Viking)

Matt Haig, The Midnight Library (Viking)

Jonathan Lethem, The Arrest (Ecco)

Judithe Little, The Chanel Sisters (Graydon House)

Sam J. Miller, The Blade Between (Ecco)

Sue Miller, Monogamy (Harper)

Cate Quinn, Black Widows (Sourcebooks Landmark)

Kathleen Rooney Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey (Penguin Books)

Vendela Vida, We Run The Tides (Ecco)

Bryan Washington, Memorial (Riverhead)

PART TWO: DEBUT

Ashley Audrain, The Push (Pamela Dorman Books)

Victoria Gosling, Before the Ruins (Holt)

Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith, Make Them Cry (Ecco)

Robert Jones, Jr., The Prophets (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee (Park Row)

Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club (Pamela Dorman Books/ Viking)

Max Seeck, The Witch Hunter (Berkley)

Simon Stephenson, Set My Heart to Five (Hanover Square)

Gina Wilkinson, When The Apricots Bloom (Kensington)

PART THREE: NONFICTION

Tim Brady, Three Ordinary Girls (Citadel)

Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close (Grand Central)

Anne Helen Petersen, Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation (HMH)

PART FOUR: YOUNG ADULT

Alexandra Bracken, Lore (Disney Hyperion)

Caroline George, Dearest Josephine (Thomas Nelson)

Cole Nagamatsu, We Were Restless Things (Sourcebooks Fire)

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What do you give a book addict ? more books to be looking forward to !!
How exciting to be provided with excerpts of what is surely going to be the ‘buzz’ of the Fall.
These will be the most requested books !

My favorite sections are always the Commercial Fiction which gets me excited about all the series i’m addicted to : John Grisham, Sandra Brown, Mary Higgins Clark to highlight some, and the Debut authors.

Very Informative and easy to navigate by section.

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As usual, Buzz Books provides a wonderful resource for reviewers wondering about upcoming books. Filled with helpful lists and excerpts, as well as some links to NetGalley, Buzz Books provide guidance and introductions to the next season’s materials. I find them extremely helpful.

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With so many new books coming out, the decisions are difficult. You only have so much reading time but you don't want to miss the next GREAT book. Buzz Books is an excellent reader's reference tool. You get samples of some of the newest, hottest titles. Almost painless choices are easy with Buzz Books.

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There were many interesting and unique titles in the Buzz Books for this Fall/Winter. I always enjoy reading about the upcoming books.

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A great peak into some great new books coming out. A must read to be in the know for the new season's books. I can't wait to read so many in this collection.

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A tantalizing taste of what is coming this fall./winter of 2020 The previews are divided into four groups: Fiction, Debut, Nonfiction, and Young Adult.. And, be sure to read the introduction!!

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Another great preview from Buzz Books. I loved the look at the Fall/Winter releases of 2020. With excepts from 30 of the hottest soon-to-be-published books, there's something here for everyone, including nonfiction lovers and YA readers.
There are so many great titles here. I especially enjoyed Matt Haig's The Midnight Library ,Bryan Washington's Memorial and Nancy Jooyoun Kim's debut The Last Story of Mina Lee. I look forward to reading them in full.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the advance copy.

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Disappointed on the selections this round - I know there are a few releases this fall that I have my eye one, but didn't have the option of any of those, so wondering whether we're receiving less actually anticipated excerpts than we've received in the past....

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Could not download this book so I cannot give a review at this time. Sorry. I have downloaded other books with no problem.

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Buzz Books 2020 has now made my To Read list even longer. I enjoyed the opportunity to read excerpts of the books of which I was intrigued by the summary. I was able to also make suggestions to the other readers in my house when I saw titles that I thought fit their reading interest. I particularly appreciated how the book included a Young Adult section, so I was able to preview upcoming books that I could add to my class library or possibly use in my instruction. My only wish is that there were more BIPOC authors highlighted.

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A really fun overview of the key books to read in the coming seasons. I like reading the short selections-- it gives a great flavor of the different writers and their works... although I often wish I could just keep reading the stories :)

Appreciate the opportunity to review this book! Thanks

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