I enjoyed quite a few of these excerpts and I've definitely added to my tbr. My favourites in this Buzz Book YA 2019 sampler were: Romonov, To Best the Boys and Once & Future. Those three I will be reading for sure. This sampler had a mix of contemporary and fantasy YA and is worth checking out.

I love earring about new titel in advance. I know what is comimg and it gets me so happy and excited.

I really appreciate this collection of excerpts. It is great to get just a sample of upcoming books to see if you like the writing style before submitting a request. Most of the books featured in this Buzz Book edition are new to me but there are a few that I am quite interested in including Bloodleaf and To Best the Boys. Thank you for providing this valuable tool!

Once again, Buzz Books provided me with a wide variety of YA books to discover and learn more about. Thank you!

Love the wonderful suggestions from this NetGalley publication.
I wish there were more of them. Love adding to my tbr.

A good selection of upcoming YA releases. Especially looking forward to Romanov, Once & Future and Descendant of the Crane.

There were quite a few excerpts that i enjoyed reading in Buzz Books 2019 YA Spring/Summer and cannot wait to read a few of them. As historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, I particularly enjoyed reading the except of 'Romanov' and shall be wanting to read this book when it is published. Other books that appeal to me are 'Descendant of the Crane' and 'Bloodleaf',

Great way to find out which amazing YA books are coming out soon! Definitely on the lookout for a lot of these

Oh my goodness! There are so many awesome books coming out this year! It's very hard not to hit the request link at the end of each snippet! Okay so I did request a few and wrote quite a few down to look for later on! This is a great way to get exposed to books you normally wouldn't read. This way you get a taste of the way the author writes and if you like it or not.

So many great options coming out soon. I am most excited for Much Ado About Mean Girls and Romanov! My only complaint would be there seems to be a trend in ya for royality stories (either princess becoming queen, fighting for the throne, lost princess, etc...) and magic stories and the combination of the two.

awesome galley of books coming out this Spring/Summer! I wish i could get a printed copy tho. But it is great to see all the books I HAVE to read now! Get your pen and paper ready because this galley will give you more to add to our endless TBR piles at home!

Once again thank you for the previews! I always manage to add a few books to my list that i otherwise would have overlooked.

I always enjoy reading previews for the books that will be coming out in the next few months. It's a fun opportunity to see what's making waves and what I might want to put on my TBR.

I love these Buzz Books! The YA genre is one of my favourite genres. It’s great to read the samples and then make a list of what I want to read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Publishers Lunch for sending me a copy of these previews in exchange for my review!

​Note: Buzz Books is a set of excerpts from upcoming books of 2019, and will definitely inform my TBR this year. I will be giving brief reviews to each excerpt along with a star rating so far. First up, Romanov by Nadine Brandes.

5 stars to Romanov! I love the setting, and the magical element seems promising. Definitely on my TBR list.

5 stars so far for Once and Future. A King Arthur retelling set in space? Sign me up! Also, Amy Rose Capetta co-wrote this book with Cory McCarthy which makes it an automatic must-read for me because I love everything Capetta has written so far. So excited!

3 stars for The Missing of Clairedelune. I think most of my confusion stemmed from the fact that this book is a sequel, but I also found the writing kind of stilted and the world uninteresting so far.

​​2 stars to William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls. Nope, nope. no no no. This is literally the plot of Mean Girls written out in iambic pentameter. Not really funny, kind of hard to skim, definitely inaccessible. If I wanted Shakespeare I'd read one of his plays, not this.

​4 stars for Please Send Help. Still a sequel, but super easy to jump into and the characters are relatable and funny. Some of the humor is a little contrived but I think that's just what happens when text and email conversations are written into books so I don't mind.

4.5 stars for Voices! I'm so happy to see more stories about historical women and girls being told, and I think the author of this book made interesting creative choices (telling the story in verse and through different perspectives) that help it stand out.

4 stars for Descendant of the Crane. It's #OwnVoices, and there's magic! Also, that cover looks beautiful.

4 stars to A Place for Wolves. Atmospheric and realistic, character connections are visible from the first page.

Can't give an accurate star rating for Operatic, since it's a graphic novel and the formatting got messed up in the ARC. It appears to be an adorable Middle Grade graphic novel focusing on a set of classmates in a music class.

3 stars to Outcasts. I think this one is a third book in a series? It seemed like the last book ended on a cliffhanger, but two books worth of worldbuilding did not help my understanding of this one. Nevertheless, I immediately disliked Dylan for seeming incredibly selfish. I won't say why, in case you want to read the rest of the series first, but that was my first impression of her.

​4 stars for Bloodleaf. Princesses accused of being witches, alliances, and ghost magic? YES.

4 stars for To Best the Boys. Cadavers, adventures, and toppling the patriarchy! Also, Rhen scolding Beryll for being squeamish about the corpse is hilarious, and I really liked this first chapter.

Overall, the average rating is about 4. Some of these choices will be on my TBR for this year, and a lot of them should be on yours!

These are always amazing--I love the excerpts and can't wait to read some of these books in their entirety. Thank you!

Another amazing sneak preview of what's to come! I've latched onto several books that I can't wait to get my hands on when they are released, and I've submitted several NetGalley queries as well.

Thank you once again for making BUZZ BOOKS available via NetGalley. This is the tenth version of Buzz Books Young Adult and it continues to be a valuable source of ideas for collection development. This edition lists several pages of recommendations and features excerpts from a dozen titles. Here is the publisher’s page:
http://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/edition_post/buzz-books-2019-young-adult-spring-summer

I love many of the covers, including TO BEST THE BOYS by Mary Weber. Another favorite? Ian Doescher’s MUCH ADO ABOUT MEAN GIRLS – told in iambic pentameter and set in Evanston, Illinois. And don’t forget inspiring authors like Mitali Perkins (FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU is coming in April) or Stephanie Garber with the latest Caravale novel (titled FINALE). Smaller publishers (like Page Street Kids’ STRONGER THAN A BRONZE DRAGON by Mary Fan) and debut authors are included, too.

There were some titles in this I didn't even know I needed to read, as well as some (Romanov, in particular) that I'm super excited about but haven't yet had a chance to read an excerpt of, so that was grand. Thanks!

So many good ones coming out this year! I love the extended excerpts- particularly with YA titles, because I love reading that genre, but I find a lot of them to be hit or miss for me lately- so the sample chapters are a grwat way to decipher which ones will be a better fit for my reading taste.

These Buzz Books are always such a help for my purchasing and readers' advisory-- it lets me get a taste of lots of upcoming books and helps me discover new authors!

I loved Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Spring/Summer! It provides an excellent list of must read titles coming up. I was particularly happy about the inclusion of non-fiction titles. I also enjoyed reading many of the excerpts that were provided. My to be read list has multiplied!

As always, very useful to get all the new titles and their release dates, as well as some excerpts and first chapters to get a taste of how the books will be.

So far I have read two of the excerpts in this book. I have read from Romanov which is the first excerpt in the book. I have also read the second excerpt of the James Patterson Presents Ari book about a take on the King Arthur legend. I am writing this review by choice and because I voluntarily signed up to review. The options in this brief review of excerpts are my own opinions. I have enjoyed these excerpts and this book so far. I am looking forward to reading more from all the authors in this book, particularly the two first excerpts I have read so far. I am fascinated with books about the Romanovs and takes on the Arthurian Tale. I felt that both books will be a great escape and will prompt me to educate myself about the subjects presented in the books.

In my attempt to be more adventurous this year I requested to read this book on Netgalley and Buzz Books did not disappoint. There are YA books sampled in this collection which are to be released this Spring and into Summer. My absolute favorite were: Romanov (this is one I have to read- wish I'd get an ARC just so I can boast about it), Descendant of the Crane, Bloodleaf, Once & Future (who doesn't love a retell of the legend of King Arthur with a kickass girl?) and The Mirror Visitor.
I would also take a chance on Operatic because it's more a visual read and well, it had me at Opera.

Thank you for the opportunity to see some of the most exciting upcoming YA novels. I've downloaded a few amazing looking galleys and have also added a few books to my TBR read for this spring!

What a great collection of YA titles coming this Spring/Summer. I already have added notes and titles to my TBR that I am most excited to read. I am wanting to reach out more to YA this year so this was a very helpful tool to have to plan accordingly. I look forward to reading some of these.

There are some awesome titles coming! I especially loved reading the first chapter of Romanov, thank you so much for including it, I’m extremely looking forward to that book! Also To Best The Boys by Mary Weber sounds amazing!

A great resource with a great selection of excerpts, I'm looking forward to reading several of these once they're out!

Very informative. Nice selection of upcoming books.

Thanks to author,publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free ,is had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

Thank you to Netgalley for this free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I love that there is a collection of forthcoming books for one to watch for! I knew about a few, but now I’ve gained some new books to add to my list of books I want to buy and read!

Buzz books always provide with short pieces of new and hot upcoming books. Even as I was thinking I should probably step away a little bit from young adult, I browsed through this edition and still came up with some title I just couldn't resist.

These sampler previews are just what I need to discover new titles for review. Things that are outside my usual genre interests, or beneath my radar. Love the section of debut authors.

This has been really helpful in getting a preview of what's to come in the YA publishing in 2019. From reading an excerpt I have since been accepted to review the full ARC of a book I'd not likely have approached before. Thank you for opening me up to New genres within a genre I already love to read.

Really enjoyed this group of excerpts. Especially appreciate the debut author sections in these compilations. Thank you for publishing Book Buzz!

Love these type of books because then you can see all the ones that are up and coming. I’m a huge fan of YA so these are perfect
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An amazing collection that gives summaries and excerpts about each book! Definitely going to be pre-ordering a bunch of these.

I absolutely loved being able to get a mini synopsis and an expert of books to come. To give me a better idea of what to add to my to read list. Many times a book can have a great synopsis but when you purchase the book you realize you don’t mix well with the writing style. This allows me to introduce myself to their writing and see if it’s worth spending my time and money. I am excited for plenty of books and I am very happy to have this as a reference.

I really look forward to these collections! I always find so many great titles to add to my TBR and this collection was no exception. There are excerpts from novels and collections that I know many of us are excited for. This will definitely add to that excitement! If you're overwhelmed by the publisher's catalogs and want something that will help you focus on the best of the best, then get your hands on a copy of Buzz Books!

This was a nice resource for collection development and readers' advisory. I wish there would have been even more titles featured! :)

This was an interesting mix of titles, many of which I have noted as possible future purchases for my library. I liked the excerpts and also the author info included with each title.

I both love and hate reading samplers for books. On the one hand, it's really exciting to have the opportunity to experience new books without having to make the commitment of reading the whole thing and it's even more exciting to have a sneak peak into a book that hasn't been published yet. On the other hand, I don't have the rest of the book and so if I come across one that seems especially amazing, I can't keep reading it! And that can be even more painful if the book hasn't been published yet.

The coolest thing about this sampler is that it gave me the opportunity to look at several books that I might not have picked up otherwise and add them to my to-read list. Wonderfully, I was interested in the majority of the books for which I was able to read an excerpt, especially the King Arthur reimagining.

It also offered the opportunity for me to decide to pass on some books--namely <i>Much Ado About Mean Girls</i>--that I didn't yet know I wasn't interested in and might have bought without realizing and then would have hated.

I definitely see the majority of these books as ones I would like to read. In fact, there were really only two--the one mentioned above and <i>Please Send Help</i>--that I wasn't exactly interested in. I've actually already read <i>To the Best Boys</i> as I was approved for an ARC and I loved it <i>immensely</i>, so it was really cool to see that book included in this sampler. I hope others are able to find it from reading this.

Absolutely love the opportunity to preview much anticipated titles as well as to see publication schedules in order to plan my own reading and purchases for my school library throughout the year.

A great way to find out about new YA releases and new authors. Very excited to read Gaby Dunn’s book after this.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.


Another edition of Buzz Books. As I have said before, if you want an amazing selection of books for the upcoming season, you must read this first. Not only will you get a list of awesome books where you can see if your favourite author is coming out with something new, you can find great new selections that you might not have otherwise found out about. They also have a selection of excerpts from their list so you can get a real opportunity to see if that book would appeal to you.

The Young Adult genre has grown exponentially over the past few years and now there is so much coming out, it is helpful to have some experts sort through the noise. I would have preferred for them to have broken down their list a little more - there is only fiction and a small selection of nonfiction. For example, if they could have grouped all the books that are in series, or by genre like fantasy, comedy, that would have helped. It was just too many for me to go through. Some I recognized and added to my list, but I just couldn’t get into the others. As I was going through the long, long list, I found that there were so many books that looked exactly the same. I became bored. Yes, I love fantasy and I love a female protagonist, but I just can’t get excited about the same blurb of she has magic, she is in danger, she is all alone, what will happen!!! Some of them are great, but some of them are just mediocre. Everyone is looking for the next big thing, but seem to be copying what the last thing was. It was like when there was a plethora of vampire books because of Twilight. As far as the more contemporary fiction I just found again, a lot of important issues, but really just two issues that would repeat over again. I feel like I have already read so many of already. I think that for people who are in this demographic, they can get much more excited about some of these than I can.

What did stand out to me is there are some real, potentially amazing books that I could use in a classroom. There is a Shakespeare version of Mean Girls. That’s right, Mean Girls written out in iambic pentameter! Well, don’t quote me, I don’t know if it is exactly but Shakespeare-like language. I think this will be a great teaching tool. There is female version of Arthur and The Sword and a few Joan of Arc retellings. One thing that was of great interest to me personally, was a graphic novel about Maria Callas, a famous opera singer. Reading through the excerpts, I noticed that many have chosen alternative styles of writing other than the straightforward line by line. This is always something relatable and important as it allows access to different types of readers.

I think I will wait and see what rises out of the heap, to see if there is anything worth reading this season. As far as getting a Buzz Books list, definitely!

Wow. That was fun. This the first Buzz Books that I've read, and I enjoying getting a sneak peek into some of the highly anticipated upcoming YA novels. I was especially intrigured by Romanov, To Best the Boys, and Descendant of the Crane. I will be keeping my eyes out for these books, as well as a few others that caught my attention from the excerpts. Thank you Publisher's Lunch and NetGalley for putting out this valuable publication!

As ex[ected, Buzz Books yet again created a fantastic source for book bloggers and reviewers alike. I love these and always look forward to them when they come out. They are so helpful and I get a sneak peek at a few upcoming novels.

This is an all in one source that provides a huge list of books being released as well as a few excerpts. I always end up adding a good handful to my already towering TBR list. Do not miss this, get your first eye glance at upcoming releases and be prepared to add more to your TBR list.

These Buzz Books excerpts for upcoming Young Adult novels is great for me as a librarian to have an eye on what's coming up. I use this to help make recommendations and to stay informed.

Wonderfully helpful for foreign rights readers. Thank you for the sneak peak into 2019's hottest titles. I'm especially looking forward to The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen and I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest - great concept and great writing!

I love the buzz books catalogs. I added several titles to my order list for my branch after reading this.