
Member Reviews

Appreciating the quick synopsis of upcoming books launching this year. Thank you for your assistance. As a store owner, this has helped me get an understanding of upcoming titles. I will be sure to order several books from this catalogue. Thank you for making it available on Netgalley

Thank you to Net Galley for providing a copy of Buzz Books 2023 Fall/Winter
I have come to rely strongly on Buzz Books and still refer to the spring/summer issue.
Particularly valuable are the excerpts from authors such as Venita Blackburn's Dead in Long Beach, California, Elizabeth Crook's The Madstone and Lisa Gornick's Ana Turns. I followed up immediately with the excerpt from Lauren Grofe's The Vaster Wilds after hearing her in discussion during the US Book Show. I take all kinds of notes on these excerpts so I am prepared when the books hit the bookstore.
The debut excerpts offered a variety of genres and have a global feel and timeless settings.
It should also be noted that the addition of publication dates of new books by known authors is very important as customers in the bookstore often ask when a favorite author's new book is available

I love Book Buzz! A “book” full of summaries/excerpts/links to some of the hottest upcoming releases.
This edition caused me to add several books to my TBR and request some arcs!
Top 2 standout books from this edition for me are Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie and The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh.
Excited for future Book Buzz editions, thanks NetGalley!

I love when these come out as it is such an awesome way to see which books I should be adding to my read list and be on the look out for from here in order to scoop up these new goodies quickly! I love having excerpts available for the ones I am interested in before I decide whether or not they are for me.

This was such a great way to read more about what's coming out in the next few months. I enjoyed the excerpts and requested two books but was denied so I added them to my TBR! Thanks so much for providing this.

Love these quick samples to get me interested in new debuts and other books coming out that I did not have on my radar.

Always love to see what publishers are excited about. Helps inform my selection decisions at my library.

A great summary of upcoming Fall and Winter releases. I have identified and if fact already downloaded several of the ARCs mentioned. Thank you for putting this compendium together. I look forward to the next Book Buzz for 2024.
I had some difficulty with some overlapping and cut-off text, but perhaps that was because I was viewing it on my iPad.

great synopses of many, many books coming out in late 2023 - gave me a lot of great new books to add to my TBR

This is a great list of upcoming titles complete with excerpts. Very handy to have. I like to flip through it occasionally when I have a few extra minutes.

I love Buzz books publishers lunch sampller, I am always waiting for the new one to come out and OMG this one is a great one with all different segments fiction debuts nonfiction and young adults there something for everyone and this year they have a lot! From heist to cozy mysteries self-help historical fiction and so much more. From great stand out like Green Dot by by Madeline Gray published by Henry Holt and Company two surprises like Flipping Boxcars by Cedric the entertainer and so much more there’s even a book that helps you not be a liar OMG I am not a big fan of self-help but it certainly looks like a good one. I love these books and it always fills up my TBR for the next year and it certainly did with the fall/winter 2023 edition there’s books for many different publishers like Berkeley Henry Holt and Company Kensington books and lots more you really can’t go wrong reading this book they have so much to offer and it really let you know if you will want to read the book or pass it up. I received this book from NetGalley and buzz box I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

It's a good concept of a book so NetGalley readers can request advance copies of the books they might be truly interested in, after having read the exceprt and not judge a book solely based on the author and its cover.

It was so exciting to see what titles will be coming out in the fall! I like how the sampler was organized. A collection like this is a great way to preview a bunch of books and see which ones you will try to get early access to.

I love seeing the Buzz Books publications when they arrive, especially the fall and winter selections as that is the big publishing season and there is usually one or two big literary releases that I want to get my hands on.. This magazine not only let me know what is coming out in the future that I might be interested in, but there are also excerpts from a certain selection of the new titles. I highly recommend downloading and reading this publication.

Where has this been all my life?? My bank balance is going to suffer! Cannot wait for some of these awesome releases

This was a great overview of books across a variety of genres being published later this year. I learned of several titles from both new and well-known authors that I was not aware of already. A great resource for public and school library professionals!

If this sampler is any indication, I will not be wanting for good books to read this year. It’s an impressive selection of excerpts from more than 60 books due to be released this Fall and Winter, and I’m excited to have the chance to be exposed to and sample so many to help me decide which books I’d like to read in the near future.
Thank you to the many many featured authors, Publishers Lunch BUZZ BOOKS, and NetGalley for providing this ARC Sampler and directory for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

This is the first time I've asked for and received one of the Buzz Books. And I think I will ask for more. It is very helpful to read the first couple of chapters in a book to help decide what books to request. There is no guarantee that we will get that book just because we've read from Buzz Books. But, for me, it helps to know what NOT to request if I don't recognize an author.

I love these sneak peaks into upcoming releases. They’re the best to give you an idea of what books to look out for and to get you excited for Fall/Winter. I found quite a few I’m going to look out for:
- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
- The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan (you had me at Veep meets Agatha Christie)
- The Favorites by Rosemary Hennigan (The premise reminds me of the movie Seance which I loved)
- The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan (Anytime there is a ruined mansion by the sea or a haunting my interest is piqued. Add Djinn and I'm definitely going to read this. The excerpt already has me a bit creeped)
- Evil Eye by Etaf Rum (I loved A Woman is No Man and love a story about intergenerational trauma and breaking the cycle.)
- Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons (A retelling of Romeo & Juliet from Rosaline's perspective with a possible alternate ending - sign me up.)
- Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead (I love a southern story and Mary Kubica is one of my favorites and her blurb pulled me in. I’m already sucked in from the excerpt.)
- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
- The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh (I love a locked-room thriller and it’s set with a multi-generational Indian American family stuck together during hurricane and a few dead bodies.)
- Hush Harbor by Anise Vance (This is definitely a topic that makes my heart hurt but the premise of it sounds like something I’ll be rooting for!)
- I Quit Everything by Freda Love Smith (As someone who has fought addiction in many different forms I’m so intrigued about this.)
- A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel (Girl and boy fall in love, girl becomes Snape viper monster, boy sent to kill monster - doesn't know it's his love. This sounds so good!)
- Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury (I will always read a Persephone story and it has a very cool cover.)

I love reading about what books are going to be released in the coming months so this was perfect! I appreciate how detailed this was and am looking forward to lots of the titles listed.