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Buzz Books 2018: Spring/Summer: Exclusive excerpts from forthcoming titles by Patrick DeWitt, Sheila Heti, Kristan Higgins, Ottessa Moshfegh Allison Pearson and 35 more
Our biannual Buzz Books captures all the excitement of the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute and takes it much further. Start off a year of new reading discoveries with substantial excerpts from 40 talked about Buzz Books due to be published in the months ahead.
Be among the first to get a taste of new fiction from major bestselling authors including Allison Pearson’s follow up to I Don’t Know How She Does It and beloved romance writer Kristan Higgins’ work of general fiction, Good Luck with That. Samples from award-winning literary authors include Chris Offutt, with his first novel in 20 years, Country Dark; Ottessa Moshfegh with My Year of Rest and Relaxation; bestselling nonfiction author Sheila Heti’s Motherhood, and Peter Swanson’s thriller All the Beautiful Lies.
The new Buzz Books shines a light on 11 promising debuts. Bestselling nonfiction author Aimee Molloy’s forthcoming novel The Perfect Mother already has been optioned for film by Kerry Washington. Accomplished comic book writer Charles Soule writes a novel that is part comedy, part thriller, The Oracle Year. Other featured debut authors include Luke Allnutt, Alice Feeney, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, and Zoje Stage.
Our fascinating nonfiction section is filled with memoir this time around. In The Fox Hunt, Mohammed Al Samawi describes fighting in the Yemeni Civil War before fleeing to the United States while Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman is about running away to join the circus.
Regular readers know that each Buzz Books collection is filled with early looks at titles that will go on to top the bestseller lists and critics' "best of the year" lists. And our comprehensive seasonal preview starts the book off with a curated overview of hundreds of notable books on the way later this year.
For still more great previews, check out our separate Buzz Books 2018: Young Adult Spring/Summer as well. For complete download links, lists and more, just visit buzz.publishersmarketplace.com.
Be among the first to get a taste of new fiction from major bestselling authors including Allison Pearson’s follow up to I Don’t Know How She Does It and beloved romance writer Kristan Higgins’ work of general fiction, Good Luck with That. Samples from award-winning literary authors include Chris Offutt, with his first novel in 20 years, Country Dark; Ottessa Moshfegh with My Year of Rest and Relaxation; bestselling nonfiction author Sheila Heti’s Motherhood, and Peter Swanson’s thriller All the Beautiful Lies.
The new Buzz Books shines a light on 11 promising debuts. Bestselling nonfiction author Aimee Molloy’s forthcoming novel The Perfect Mother already has been optioned for film by Kerry Washington. Accomplished comic book writer Charles Soule writes a novel that is part comedy, part thriller, The Oracle Year. Other featured debut authors include Luke Allnutt, Alice Feeney, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, and Zoje Stage.
Our fascinating nonfiction section is filled with memoir this time around. In The Fox Hunt, Mohammed Al Samawi describes fighting in the Yemeni Civil War before fleeing to the United States while Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman is about running away to join the circus.
Regular readers know that each Buzz Books collection is filled with early looks at titles that will go on to top the bestseller lists and critics' "best of the year" lists. And our comprehensive seasonal preview starts the book off with a curated overview of hundreds of notable books on the way later this year.
For still more great previews, check out our separate Buzz Books 2018: Young Adult Spring/Summer as well. For complete download links, lists and more, just visit buzz.publishersmarketplace.com.
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January 17, 2018
For those of you not familiar with Buzz Books, this collection gives you a glimpse of what will be on the shelves in the coming months. Some include a “sneak peek” type preview of the story, a “sample.” Others include just enough information to add it to your shelves. There is a separate book for each of the two annual books (Spring / Summer and Fall / Winter), as well as a separate book for those looking for Young Adult books.
Debut books include 11 “promising” debuts, including one debut fiction by a bestselling non-fiction writer, Aimee Molloy The Perfect Mother., a novel that has already been optioned for film by Kerry Washington (in case you’re interested, GoodReads is currently having a giveaway for this.) Featured debut authors include Luke Allnutt, Alice Feeney, Jane Rosenberg LaForget, and Zoje Stage.
Best-selling authors with new fiction include Kristan Higgins, Chris Offutt, Ottessa Moshfegh, and lots and lots of others.
In non-fiction, there are several memoirs, one about fighting in the Yemeni Civil War (Mohammed Al Samawi’s ”The Fox Hunt”), another about running away to the circus (Tessa Fontaine’s ”The Electric Woman”), one by Boston Globe’s ‘Love Letters’ columnist (Meredith Goldstein’s ”Can’t Help Myself”), another by a neuroscientist (Barbara Lipska, ”The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind”), and yet another which is about a recently divorced, heartbroken veterinarian who connects with an orphaned baby hedgehog – a “life-affirming story of a man and his hedgehog” (Massimo Vacchetta’s - with Antonella Tomaselli – ”A Handful of Happiness”
This includes far too many others to go into, so I’d recommend you check it out yourself, but ones I’m hoping for a chance to read, or am curious about the ones that follow.
Julian Barnes, ”The only Story”
Lauren Groff, ”Florida”
Otessa Moshfegh, ”My Year of Rest and Relaxation”
Anna Quindlen, ”Alternate Side”
Curtis Sittenfeld, ”You think It, I’ll Say It”
Meg Wolitzer, ”The Female Persuasion”
Jonathan Evison, ”Lawn Boy”
Chris Offutt, ”Country Dark”
Hannah Pittard, ”Visible Empire”
Tom Rachman, ”The Italian Teacher”
Penelope Lively, ”Life in the Garden”
Available for download for free: http://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/
June 1, 2018
5★
These are always excellent selections of what's coming up in publishing. I won't even attempt to summarise anything, just advise you to keep an eye on the Publisher's Lunch website or NetGalley to make sure you grab a copy of their monthly and quarterly previews.
Thanks to both the publisher and NetGalley for the copy I have. Browse and whet your appetite!
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These are always excellent selections of what's coming up in publishing. I won't even attempt to summarise anything, just advise you to keep an eye on the Publisher's Lunch website or NetGalley to make sure you grab a copy of their monthly and quarterly previews.
Thanks to both the publisher and NetGalley for the copy I have. Browse and whet your appetite!
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/?te...
http://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/
January 17, 2018
Wow! This is a fantastic addition to my other helpful guides... A fandabidosi biannual treat for me as always - for books I already have on my radar = additional information such as the publisher, expected publication dates etc and a MAHOOSIVE 45(!!!) individual excerpts most of which were new to me.
I generally use this along with the latest LibraryReads and IndieNext Booklists for a look at the latest upcoming releases. I then add all the ones I am interested in reading to my notebook and/or request them on NetGalley.
I generally use this along with the latest LibraryReads and IndieNext Booklists for a look at the latest upcoming releases. I then add all the ones I am interested in reading to my notebook and/or request them on NetGalley.
January 21, 2018
First time reading one of these buzz books but certainly won't be my last. Great to have a head's up on so many promising books to come. Was able to earmark a few new ones from some of my favorite authors.
January 25, 2018
This literary guide showcases highly anticipated works from heavy hitters like Stephen King, Elin Hilderbrand, Jo Nesbo, Paul Theroux, and Roxanne Gay as well as debuts from emerging artists. For highlighted selections the reader is provided with summaries and excerpts from the book as well as promotional information including book giveaways and tour dates. At the end of these summaries there are direct links to the full digital reader copies on Netgalley.
The titles I am most excited to see include:
Fiction
Our House ~ Louise Candlish
Happiness ~ Aminatta Forna
Our Kind of Cruelty ~ Araminta Hall
My Ex-Life ~ Stephen McCauley
Country Dark ~ Chris Offutt
Don't Believe It ~ Charlie Donlea
All the Beautiful Lies ~ Peter Swanson
Little Big Love ~ Katy Regan
This I Know ~ Eldonna Edwards
Tin Man ~ Sarah Winman
Wicked River ~ Jenny Milchman
Debuts
We Own the Sky ~ Luke Allnutt
The Perfect Mother ~ Aimee Molloy
Non-Fiction
Can't Help Myself ~ Meredith Goldstein
Factfulness ~ Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Ronnbund
This was my first time reading Buzz Books. Extremely helpful guide especially if you are trying to broaden your reading experience. I look forward to meeting all of these new authors (to me) and am excited for the journey to come.
The titles I am most excited to see include:
Fiction
Our House ~ Louise Candlish
Happiness ~ Aminatta Forna
Our Kind of Cruelty ~ Araminta Hall
My Ex-Life ~ Stephen McCauley
Country Dark ~ Chris Offutt
Don't Believe It ~ Charlie Donlea
All the Beautiful Lies ~ Peter Swanson
Little Big Love ~ Katy Regan
This I Know ~ Eldonna Edwards
Tin Man ~ Sarah Winman
Wicked River ~ Jenny Milchman
Debuts
We Own the Sky ~ Luke Allnutt
The Perfect Mother ~ Aimee Molloy
Non-Fiction
Can't Help Myself ~ Meredith Goldstein
Factfulness ~ Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Ronnbund
This was my first time reading Buzz Books. Extremely helpful guide especially if you are trying to broaden your reading experience. I look forward to meeting all of these new authors (to me) and am excited for the journey to come.
July 16, 2018
Hip hip hurrah! The July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly is here, with excerpts of seven titles due for publication in July and August. I ❤️ these samplers and this one was no exception. 5/5
Thanks to Publishers Lunch BUZZ BOOKS and NetGalley for this fun read. Opinions are mine.
Thanks to Publishers Lunch BUZZ BOOKS and NetGalley for this fun read. Opinions are mine.
April 26, 2018
via my blog: https://bookstalkerblog.wordpress.com/
There are a lot of fantastic reads being published through Spring and Summer. Of the many titles in this list I have reviewed the following.
Motherhood by Sheilia Heti explores the pressing questions surrounding becoming a mother. If one should or shouldn’t, how it changes a woman when she becomes a mother, what it means if she doesn’t. It is a different book depending on the stage of life a woman is in, thinking if I had read it in my twenties, I would have had different feelings. It’s a conversation I think many women have in their own heads. It will be out May 1, 2018
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh is one of the strangest reads I’ve enjoyed this year. I haven’t posted my review yet, but I will say our pretty and privileged narrator has lost will and is simply living in a stagnant state. Is it because she lost her parents and is still grieving? Is it the state of the world? Most of us don’t have the means to curl into hibernation, and if we tried the world would push its way in as it’s want to do. She isn’t even driftwood, she is broken down in a daze of prescription pills. Will she ever wake up?
Tin Man by Sarah Winman which I also am set to review is a heartbreaking ‘almost’ love story. It begins with a boyhood friendship between Ellis and Michael and moves ahead to Ellis mourning the loss of his wife. It is a tale of haunting love, of what may have been, of what was. Many readers have fallen hard for this forthcoming novel, as have I. I absolutely loved “When God Was a Rabbit”.
The debut fiction is fantastic too.
We Own the Sky by Luke Allnut had me choked up. Rob Coates had the perfect life, a beautiful wife and son until a devastating illness. We know he no longer lives with his wife and son, but the why slowly unravels, as painful as pulling a bandage off a festering wound that will never heal. He is lost, everything he loves is gone and it is on weak legs he is trying to make a life worth living again. Get your tissues ready.
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards is another fissure in the heart. Grace Carter is a special child, one that has a gift or if her Evangelical pastor father is to believed a curse that comes from evil. It’s a sin to know things, but how do you ‘unknow’ them? How could intuition be evil, surely if God made her, then he created her with this knowing! She sees the tragic events that will befall her family, but she has good premonitions too. She has a bottomless despair when she loses her twin brother, and yet there is beauty in his otherworldly presence, but when her mother has a breakdown, things descend into hopelessness. Will the people of her small town who are weary of her ever let her in? This is a story I needed, uplifting.
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage is sure to get under your skin. This is a thriller but more horror for me, I can’t think of anything worse happening and I had mixed feelings about the adults and the mental illness angle, but with that aside it is shocking and definitly a book people will talk about. Bad Seed, Evil, Illness? It’s hard to say. It is well written and I am curious to see what other books Zoje Stage will pen. This was like a crash you don’t want to look at but can’t help yourself. Whatever your feelings you still need to finish it!
There are other titles I haven’t read yet but look forward too. It’s a great season for reading, no doubt!
There are a lot of fantastic reads being published through Spring and Summer. Of the many titles in this list I have reviewed the following.
Motherhood by Sheilia Heti explores the pressing questions surrounding becoming a mother. If one should or shouldn’t, how it changes a woman when she becomes a mother, what it means if she doesn’t. It is a different book depending on the stage of life a woman is in, thinking if I had read it in my twenties, I would have had different feelings. It’s a conversation I think many women have in their own heads. It will be out May 1, 2018
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh is one of the strangest reads I’ve enjoyed this year. I haven’t posted my review yet, but I will say our pretty and privileged narrator has lost will and is simply living in a stagnant state. Is it because she lost her parents and is still grieving? Is it the state of the world? Most of us don’t have the means to curl into hibernation, and if we tried the world would push its way in as it’s want to do. She isn’t even driftwood, she is broken down in a daze of prescription pills. Will she ever wake up?
Tin Man by Sarah Winman which I also am set to review is a heartbreaking ‘almost’ love story. It begins with a boyhood friendship between Ellis and Michael and moves ahead to Ellis mourning the loss of his wife. It is a tale of haunting love, of what may have been, of what was. Many readers have fallen hard for this forthcoming novel, as have I. I absolutely loved “When God Was a Rabbit”.
The debut fiction is fantastic too.
We Own the Sky by Luke Allnut had me choked up. Rob Coates had the perfect life, a beautiful wife and son until a devastating illness. We know he no longer lives with his wife and son, but the why slowly unravels, as painful as pulling a bandage off a festering wound that will never heal. He is lost, everything he loves is gone and it is on weak legs he is trying to make a life worth living again. Get your tissues ready.
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards is another fissure in the heart. Grace Carter is a special child, one that has a gift or if her Evangelical pastor father is to believed a curse that comes from evil. It’s a sin to know things, but how do you ‘unknow’ them? How could intuition be evil, surely if God made her, then he created her with this knowing! She sees the tragic events that will befall her family, but she has good premonitions too. She has a bottomless despair when she loses her twin brother, and yet there is beauty in his otherworldly presence, but when her mother has a breakdown, things descend into hopelessness. Will the people of her small town who are weary of her ever let her in? This is a story I needed, uplifting.
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage is sure to get under your skin. This is a thriller but more horror for me, I can’t think of anything worse happening and I had mixed feelings about the adults and the mental illness angle, but with that aside it is shocking and definitly a book people will talk about. Bad Seed, Evil, Illness? It’s hard to say. It is well written and I am curious to see what other books Zoje Stage will pen. This was like a crash you don’t want to look at but can’t help yourself. Whatever your feelings you still need to finish it!
There are other titles I haven’t read yet but look forward too. It’s a great season for reading, no doubt!
May 2, 2018
Buzz Books 2018: Spring Summer by Publishers Lunch; release date January 16, 2018; published by Publishers Lunch (Buzz Books); ISBN 9780999137345
With so many great new books coming out in the next few months, it can be difficult to choose what to read. That's why Buzz Books is always my go-to for figuring out what to look out for. Their latest edition is another great collection of excerpts to help you in your search; I have included a list of those titles that were standouts to me.
Our House by Louise Candlish; release date August 7, 2018; published by Berkley; ISBN 9780451489111
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center; release date May 15, 2018; published by St. Martin's Press; ISBN 9781250149060
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton; release date April 3, 2018; published by Thomas Nelson; ISBN 9780718084257
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen; release date July 10, 2018; published by Viking Books; ISBN 9780735221314
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins; release date August 7, 2018; published by Berkley; ISBN 9780451489395
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson; release date April 3, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062427052
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams; release date July 10, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062660343
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage; release date July 17, 2018; published by St. Martin's Press; ISBN 971250170750
The Fox Hunt by Mohammed Al Samawi; release date April 10, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062678195
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska; release date April 3, 2018; published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; ISBN 9781328787309
Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch (BUZZ BOOKS) for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased opinion.
With so many great new books coming out in the next few months, it can be difficult to choose what to read. That's why Buzz Books is always my go-to for figuring out what to look out for. Their latest edition is another great collection of excerpts to help you in your search; I have included a list of those titles that were standouts to me.
Our House by Louise Candlish; release date August 7, 2018; published by Berkley; ISBN 9780451489111
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center; release date May 15, 2018; published by St. Martin's Press; ISBN 9781250149060
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton; release date April 3, 2018; published by Thomas Nelson; ISBN 9780718084257
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen; release date July 10, 2018; published by Viking Books; ISBN 9780735221314
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins; release date August 7, 2018; published by Berkley; ISBN 9780451489395
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson; release date April 3, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062427052
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams; release date July 10, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062660343
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage; release date July 17, 2018; published by St. Martin's Press; ISBN 971250170750
The Fox Hunt by Mohammed Al Samawi; release date April 10, 2018; published by William Morrow; ISBN 9780062678195
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. Lipska; release date April 3, 2018; published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; ISBN 9781328787309
Thank you to NetGalley and Publishers Lunch (BUZZ BOOKS) for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased opinion.
February 4, 2018
I love these buzz periodicals. They give you a good sense of what’s coming down the publishing pipeline. I only wish they would add covers for the books, especially fiction. It’s difficult to assess fiction just from the title alone. But they do have excerpts from some of the books and that help tremendously. Thanks to Netgalley for providing and here is what I’m looking forward to:
Fiction
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molly-already optioned for film by Kerry Washington
Night Hawks by Charles Johnson
A View Of The Empire at Sunset by Caryl Phillips
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
Severance:A Novel by Ling Ma
Non-fiction
Open Season: The Systemic Legalization of Discrimination by Benjamin Crump
Not That Bad: Notes from Rape Culture edited by Roxanne Gay
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
Factfulness: The Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World
The Prison Letters by Nelson Mandela
Fiction
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molly-already optioned for film by Kerry Washington
Night Hawks by Charles Johnson
A View Of The Empire at Sunset by Caryl Phillips
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
Severance:A Novel by Ling Ma
Non-fiction
Open Season: The Systemic Legalization of Discrimination by Benjamin Crump
Not That Bad: Notes from Rape Culture edited by Roxanne Gay
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
Factfulness: The Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World
The Prison Letters by Nelson Mandela
March 1, 2018
I got this specifically to check out the new Patrick DeWitt, which I have to admit I was pretty disappointed by. However, it did introduce me to the Oracle Year which I subsequently bought and really enjoyed, so definitely not a wasted read! I also went on to get and read Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins, which I was less enamoured with, despite its promising start. Win some lose some!
February 26, 2018
There is no better bang for your buck that a Buzz Book. They are published twice a year Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter in two different volumes, Adult and Y/A (Young Adult).
This year's Adult Spring/Summer includes excerpts from 40 books (22 Fiction, 11 Debut Fiction, and 7 Non-fiction) covering a wide range of genres and subjects.
This is the perfect way to know what books are being talked about amongst publishers, and to see what you'd like to add to your Want to Read shelf!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Publisher's Lunch for allowing me to read and review this year's Spring/Summer Adult issue.
This year's Adult Spring/Summer includes excerpts from 40 books (22 Fiction, 11 Debut Fiction, and 7 Non-fiction) covering a wide range of genres and subjects.
This is the perfect way to know what books are being talked about amongst publishers, and to see what you'd like to add to your Want to Read shelf!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Publisher's Lunch for allowing me to read and review this year's Spring/Summer Adult issue.
September 22, 2018
Please see individual stories for review.
May 13, 2022
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This comprehensive guide shows me what books to add to my purchase list. Books from a lot of different genre’s. Great idea.
This comprehensive guide shows me what books to add to my purchase list. Books from a lot of different genre’s. Great idea.
June 8, 2018
Buzz Books are one of my favorite ways to discover new books! Here are the titles from this edition that caught my eye:
How To Walk by Katherine Center:
This one sounds sad, but left me wanting more. Margaret has her whole life ahead of her with a loving fiance, dream job, bright future, but then it's suddenly ripped away. How will she cope? What will she do next? Will she be able to go on?
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall:
Not my usual type of read as I'm not a big fan of stalkers or jealous ex-boyfriends, but the writing grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go! Mike and V used to date, but now she's marrying another man. To be honest, they both sounded like jerks. But V doesn't seem to know that Mike doesn't believe they really broke up and is just waiting for the right moment to "rescue" her. Just like the bar game they used to play, where he'd be the jealous boyfriend chasing off anyone flirting with her. Now I'm wondering what Mike will do next?
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins:
Three overweight teenage girls meet at summer camp and become lifelong friends. Sixteen years later, one of them winds up in the hospital, morbidly obese. Before her body gives out, she makes her friends swear to a deathbed promise. What was in the envelope? What had her friends promised? Definitely left me wanting to find out what happens next!
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards:
Grace is the daughter of a small town Evangelical pastor and has a gift, although some seem to think it's a curse. Grace knows things. Things that she shouldn't. Like when a little boy drowned in a nearby lake. Or that her mother is pregnant again. And there's also the small issue of talking to her twin brother, even though he died at birth. Another sample that left me wanting more!
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney:
Woman wakes up in a hospital. She's in a coma, so can't communicate with the people around her. What happened? Was she in an accident? Why can't she remember? And why is she so sure that her husband had something to do with it? Inquiring minds want to know!
Tell The Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams:
Intriguing story about a woman who works as a Contentment Technician for a company that knows what will make you happy after a simple cheek swap. A machine spits out recommendations. Check everything off the list and you'll be happier! With a 99.97% approval rating, there's gotta be something to it. There's also her relationship with her unhappy bulimic son, but I was more interested in learning more about her job.
A Handful of Happiness by Massimo Vacchetta:
A non-fiction story about an Italian veterinarian who discovers his new life's passion while caring for an orphaned baby hedgehog. How could anyone resist a baby hedgehog?
Already looking forward to the next batch of samples!
How To Walk by Katherine Center:
This one sounds sad, but left me wanting more. Margaret has her whole life ahead of her with a loving fiance, dream job, bright future, but then it's suddenly ripped away. How will she cope? What will she do next? Will she be able to go on?
Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall:
Not my usual type of read as I'm not a big fan of stalkers or jealous ex-boyfriends, but the writing grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go! Mike and V used to date, but now she's marrying another man. To be honest, they both sounded like jerks. But V doesn't seem to know that Mike doesn't believe they really broke up and is just waiting for the right moment to "rescue" her. Just like the bar game they used to play, where he'd be the jealous boyfriend chasing off anyone flirting with her. Now I'm wondering what Mike will do next?
Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins:
Three overweight teenage girls meet at summer camp and become lifelong friends. Sixteen years later, one of them winds up in the hospital, morbidly obese. Before her body gives out, she makes her friends swear to a deathbed promise. What was in the envelope? What had her friends promised? Definitely left me wanting to find out what happens next!
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards:
Grace is the daughter of a small town Evangelical pastor and has a gift, although some seem to think it's a curse. Grace knows things. Things that she shouldn't. Like when a little boy drowned in a nearby lake. Or that her mother is pregnant again. And there's also the small issue of talking to her twin brother, even though he died at birth. Another sample that left me wanting more!
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney:
Woman wakes up in a hospital. She's in a coma, so can't communicate with the people around her. What happened? Was she in an accident? Why can't she remember? And why is she so sure that her husband had something to do with it? Inquiring minds want to know!
Tell The Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams:
Intriguing story about a woman who works as a Contentment Technician for a company that knows what will make you happy after a simple cheek swap. A machine spits out recommendations. Check everything off the list and you'll be happier! With a 99.97% approval rating, there's gotta be something to it. There's also her relationship with her unhappy bulimic son, but I was more interested in learning more about her job.
A Handful of Happiness by Massimo Vacchetta:
A non-fiction story about an Italian veterinarian who discovers his new life's passion while caring for an orphaned baby hedgehog. How could anyone resist a baby hedgehog?
Already looking forward to the next batch of samples!
January 24, 2018
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
It's traditionally been the fall/winter season when publishers get the publicity juggernaut going full gear. It's therefore really exciting for me to see a fair number of big name authors' books being released this spring and summer season, 2018.
These semi-annual previews are available free for download from the Buzz Books website here (or Amazon here) and are invaluable for planning summer TBR lists, avoiding some books which the buzz has overhyped (or just don't fit with you personally), and one of my favorite uses, to stretch our boundaries. I am guilty, I admit it, of walking straight toward my favorite sections of any bookstore. I think the vast majority of us are guilty of the same... we have limited book budgets and time and want to stick with the tried-and-true authors who have traditionally delivered for us. When I find an enjoyable free way to maybe find a book which is a great fit for me without committing to a purchase first, it's a win-win. I have found a number of debut authors this way who have gone on to become fast favorites.
These collections are a great way to get a free 'taste' sample from authors who might well otherwise fly under your radar entirely.
Aside from the generous chapter excerpts included in the book, there's always a publishing preview with notable upcoming releases along with author and publisher info. I always find upcoming books from authors I love without having known they had an upcoming release. Valuable timesaver for that reason alone.
There's also a YA version which gets its own volume: Download here from Amazon, or here at the Buzz Books website.
Five stars (though I -should- ding half a star for always making my TBR list grow by too much! How long can a human go without sleep I wonder??).
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
It's traditionally been the fall/winter season when publishers get the publicity juggernaut going full gear. It's therefore really exciting for me to see a fair number of big name authors' books being released this spring and summer season, 2018.
These semi-annual previews are available free for download from the Buzz Books website here (or Amazon here) and are invaluable for planning summer TBR lists, avoiding some books which the buzz has overhyped (or just don't fit with you personally), and one of my favorite uses, to stretch our boundaries. I am guilty, I admit it, of walking straight toward my favorite sections of any bookstore. I think the vast majority of us are guilty of the same... we have limited book budgets and time and want to stick with the tried-and-true authors who have traditionally delivered for us. When I find an enjoyable free way to maybe find a book which is a great fit for me without committing to a purchase first, it's a win-win. I have found a number of debut authors this way who have gone on to become fast favorites.
These collections are a great way to get a free 'taste' sample from authors who might well otherwise fly under your radar entirely.
Aside from the generous chapter excerpts included in the book, there's always a publishing preview with notable upcoming releases along with author and publisher info. I always find upcoming books from authors I love without having known they had an upcoming release. Valuable timesaver for that reason alone.
There's also a YA version which gets its own volume: Download here from Amazon, or here at the Buzz Books website.
Five stars (though I -should- ding half a star for always making my TBR list grow by too much! How long can a human go without sleep I wonder??).
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
February 6, 2018
WOW, WOW, WOW! I am very excited about SO MANY of the books featured in the 2018 Spring/Summer edition of the Buzz Books publication.
Upcoming Releases of Note:
Giffin, Emily - All We Ever Wanted
Expected publication: June 26
Abbott, Megan - Give Me Your Hand
Expected publication: July 17
Graham, Lauren - In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
Expected publication: April 3
Higgans, Kristan - Good Luck with That
Expected publication: August 2
Hilderbrand, Elin - The Perfect Couple
Expected publication: June 19
Kepnes, Caroline - Providence
Expected publication: June 19
Mackintosh, Clare - Let Me Lie
Expected publication: March 13
Paris, B.A. - Bring Me Back
Expected publication June 6
Santos, Marisa de los - I'll Be Your Blue Sky
Expected publication: March 6
Scottoline, Lisa - Feared
Expected publication: August 14
Slaughter, Karin - Pieces of Her
Expected publication: July 31
Clapper, James (with Trey Brown) - Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence
Expected publication: May 22
Comey, James - A Higher Loyalty
Expected publication: May 1
Featured excerpts from novels I CANNOT WAIT to read:
Candlish, Louise - Our House
Expected publication: August 7
Center, Katherine - How to Walk Away
Expected publication: May 15
Donlea, Charlie - Don't Believe It
Expected publication: May 29
Hall, Araminta - Our Kind of Cruelty
Expected publication: May 8
*I'm most excited about this one--THE EXCERPT WAS SO GOOD!
Heti, Sheila - Motherhood
Expected publication: May 1
Regan, Katy - Little Big Love
Expected publication: June 12
Upcoming Releases of Note:
Giffin, Emily - All We Ever Wanted
Expected publication: June 26
Abbott, Megan - Give Me Your Hand
Expected publication: July 17
Graham, Lauren - In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
Expected publication: April 3
Higgans, Kristan - Good Luck with That
Expected publication: August 2
Hilderbrand, Elin - The Perfect Couple
Expected publication: June 19
Kepnes, Caroline - Providence
Expected publication: June 19
Mackintosh, Clare - Let Me Lie
Expected publication: March 13
Paris, B.A. - Bring Me Back
Expected publication June 6
Santos, Marisa de los - I'll Be Your Blue Sky
Expected publication: March 6
Scottoline, Lisa - Feared
Expected publication: August 14
Slaughter, Karin - Pieces of Her
Expected publication: July 31
Clapper, James (with Trey Brown) - Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence
Expected publication: May 22
Comey, James - A Higher Loyalty
Expected publication: May 1
Featured excerpts from novels I CANNOT WAIT to read:
Candlish, Louise - Our House
Expected publication: August 7
Center, Katherine - How to Walk Away
Expected publication: May 15
Donlea, Charlie - Don't Believe It
Expected publication: May 29
Hall, Araminta - Our Kind of Cruelty
Expected publication: May 8
*I'm most excited about this one--THE EXCERPT WAS SO GOOD!
Heti, Sheila - Motherhood
Expected publication: May 1
Regan, Katy - Little Big Love
Expected publication: June 12
May 29, 2018
I really love these Buzz Books. Being able to read the first chapter, sometimes more than a chapter, of books is awesome. Many good books coming up. There are some notable ones that I would like to read:
Part I: Fiction
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Hurricane Season by Lauren Denton
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano
The Heart Between Us by Lindsay Harrel
Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins
The Lost Vintage by Ann Man
Wicked River by Jenny Milchman
How Hard Can It Be by Allison Pearson
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Part II: Debut Fiction
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Part III: Non-Fiction
Can't Help Myself by Meredith Goldstein
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara Lipska
Fact Ful Ness by Hans Rosling
A Handful of Happiness by Massimo Vacchetta
If you have not checked the Buzz Books out yet, you really need to do that.
Part I: Fiction
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Hurricane Season by Lauren Denton
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano
The Heart Between Us by Lindsay Harrel
Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins
The Lost Vintage by Ann Man
Wicked River by Jenny Milchman
How Hard Can It Be by Allison Pearson
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
Part II: Debut Fiction
This I Know by Eldonna Edwards
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
Part III: Non-Fiction
Can't Help Myself by Meredith Goldstein
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara Lipska
Fact Ful Ness by Hans Rosling
A Handful of Happiness by Massimo Vacchetta
If you have not checked the Buzz Books out yet, you really need to do that.
March 10, 2018
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a review.
This is the first time that I've read a Buzz Books edition and it was a fantastic glimpse at some of the books being released in the upcoming months. The book has 3 main sections - books from previously published authors, books from debut authors, and nonfiction books. The first thing that surprised me was how many books were featured here. There is a short summary of each book and then 1 or more of the first chapters are printed for you to read. This was a great way to sample books that I'm already looking forward to reading and to also give me exposure to some books that I may not have selected on my own. This only made my list of books to read longer, but was a great collection of samples.
This is the first time that I've read a Buzz Books edition and it was a fantastic glimpse at some of the books being released in the upcoming months. The book has 3 main sections - books from previously published authors, books from debut authors, and nonfiction books. The first thing that surprised me was how many books were featured here. There is a short summary of each book and then 1 or more of the first chapters are printed for you to read. This was a great way to sample books that I'm already looking forward to reading and to also give me exposure to some books that I may not have selected on my own. This only made my list of books to read longer, but was a great collection of samples.
February 5, 2018
I read the Buzz Books every month and the larger biannual periodicals are among my most anticipated. It is always great to see some of the upcoming titles. I never fail to come away with several must reads to add to my list!
* Thank you to the authors, the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
* Thank you to the authors, the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
December 26, 2019
This was my first time reading a buzz book and I wasn't sure what to expect. But I can tell you that I will definately read another one. It was very informative and I loved getting an idea of books to come. It was great to be able to get an idea of the books that are out there to help me broaden my reading experience.
February 14, 2018
What to make your wish list even longer? A great sneak peek of upcoming books.
July 26, 2018
Those Buzz Books are amazing! Long summaries of great books you just want to read!
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