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Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer

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Buzz Books is always such a great resource featuring forthcoming books. This season's has four sections: fiction, debut, nonfiction, and young adult.

I'm highly anticipating Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's Good Company, Kristen Arnett's With Teeth, Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie, Imbolo Mbue's How Beautiful We Were, and about three dozen other titles. I was excited to learn about Come Fly the World by Julia Cooke, Mergers and Acquisitions by Cate Doty, and Alison Bechdel's latest.

I'm aware it'd make the book much longer, but I do wish Buzz Books would include even a 1-sentence description of each title where they list the author, title, publisher, and publication date - though thankfully I can pop open Google while reading and look those up myself! Grateful for what they do offer and look forward to all these great books coming out.

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I love receiving this magazine listing buzzy upcoming books. I always find books to add to my "to be read" list.

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So many amazing books to look forward to. Some I already had my eye on but I didn’t know all of them. So glad this was published so I could look into new authors and titles.

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Getting the Buzz Books catalog reminds of the Christmas season when we would get all the toy catalogs from the department stores!

Thanks again for the sneak peak at what is soon to be released.

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Super exciting to be able to read excerpts from some very talented writers! Looking forward to reading the whole books!

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At the beginning of every year, I am awaiting the BUZZ BOOKS Spring/Summer - Publishers Lunch edition with anticipation. And also their 2021 edition does not disappoint.

Featuring excerpts from the works of well-known authors such as Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Morgan Jenkins, and many more - up to Debut writers: Gabriela Garcia, Miranda Cowley Heller, Nancy Tucker ... this issue comes with a colourful choice of Fiction and Non-Fiction books released in 2021.

What I would appreciate is a special section for crime and thriller novels, perhaps also for historical fiction. While these are mentioned in the overall Preview section (including a release date in brackets), it would be wonderful to be able to get excerpts also for these categories.

Overall though, I have enjoyed browsing through the upcoming titles for this year and 2021 promises to become another wonderful year for every reader.

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This is my first opportunity to read through a buzz books sampler and I absolutely loved it! I read all of the book summaries that were included and many of the book excerpts and even requested a couple of ARC from NetGalley.
Thoroughly recommend this and I wish there were more of these types of book summaries compiled for specific genres!

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Thank you for the sneak peek at a fantastic line-up of books coming out this spring and summer. I requested quite a few of these books based on the excerpt I was able to read.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for allowing me to read Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer! After previewing the last edition of Buzz Books, I knew this was a release I couldn't miss. It provides me a great way to preview various titles to see if I would like to add them to my TBR and/or preorder them. Buzz Books gives me the opportunity to dabble in different genres and gets me excited for my next season of reading. I particularly enjoy the catalogs that publishers provide which include their specific upcoming releases but this makes it simple and easy.

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I loved this sample of upcoming releases. I always enjoy them because they expose me to a lot of titles I might not have heard about otherwise. I especially appreciate the links at the end of each excerpt that allow you to request them. I think if I had one complaint it would be that there's no table of contents. It would be nice to be able to navigate the huge document. Other than that, I absolutely adore d it.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for allowing me to read Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer.

This is the first book sampler that I have taken the time to read and I will definitely be on the lookout for the next edition. This baby is filled with summaries and excerpts of some of the most anticipated reads of the upcoming months, It even comes with a handy link at the end of each excerpt that leads you right to the spot to read or request the full book version of each sample. One of my favorite things to do is read all the lists of books that will be coming out soon so this was one of the best things to happen to me in awhile. I just wish that I hadn't just learned about it now! Enjoy, reader friends!

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Good way to read a small sample of books that are coming out this year.
Great to try books before committing to reading the whole thing
Brilliant way to try new genres or authors new to you.

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I always look forward to these Buzz Books seasonal releases. It's fun to see what books are coming out so I can preorder or add them to my TBR. And this one didn't disappoint! I find them to be fairly thorough and cover a lot of genres and varying interests.

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These are the absolute best! I have discovered SO MANY new authors and titles because of theses packages. I also love that they're broken down into sections (ex non-fiction, debut, etc.) and provide links at the end of most stories to download the full book on Netgalley. Thank you for pulling these together for readers - and please keep them coming!

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I look forward to the Buzz Books every year! What a great way of finding out about new titles I wouldn't have heard about otherwise. I always find something that I want to read and something that has a lot of buzz that just isn't for me.

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How can I not love another way to find MORE books that I want to read. This is my go to book when I'm waiting somewhere but feel like reading a novel would be too distracting. It's a great way to window shop for upcoming books. Thanks to Publishers Lunch BUZZ BOOKS and NetGalley for this ARC.

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Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer is a huge collection of excerpts from the most highly anticipated releases for the first half of 2021. I loved learning about new novels and reading samples. Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for providing this great collection.

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I always look forward to the buzzbooks and this one was no exception! There was a wonderful selection of books included, from fiction to nonfiction, YA and debuts. I’m particularly excited to continue reading Libertie and 7 Days in June when they release, as I thought the excerpts included were beautiful and intriguing. Keep releasing these every season - they are fantastic!

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Buzz books is consistently helpful in learning and discovering the upcoming books that I want to request/keep an eye out for/pre-order. Etc...

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Wow!! This includes a lot of great book choices. The excerpts have made me excited to read the full books when they release. I plan on requesting a lot of these on NetGalley. Thank you so much to Buzz Books for providing me with excerpts from these fascinating future book releases!!

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