The twice-yearly Buzz Books has now extended to twelve issues a year by publishing a monthly edition. While this is less exhaustive than the half-yearly edition, it is easier to assimilate as there is a more accessible number of books. I loved the previous version of Buzz Books but I tended to get about half way through and then get distracted. Now I can complete each one in a reasonable period of time.

There were some great books in this January edition. The ones that caught my attention were Selection Day by Aravind Adiga, The Fifth Petal by Bruonia Barry and a new book by Chris Bohjalian, Conviction.
In the non-fiction section I was immediately drawn to How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanne Faber and Julie King. As a new grandmother, this sounds like a must-read!

Thanks to Buzz Books for keeping us in the publishing loop.

This is a helpful guide to upcoming books. It's a great tool for discovering titles to look forward to in the future.

Wow! I'm surprised I didn't already have some of these on my radar. Great titles!

So excited for some of these. Lots of great YA titles coming in 2017. I'm especially excited for FROSTBLOOD and CARAVAL.

As always some great excerpts of upcoming releases. My picks are as follows:

The Fire by Night by Teresa Messineo (release date January 17, 2017)
Frost Blood by Elly Blake (release date January 17, 2017)
Carnaval by Stephanie Garber (release date January 10, 2017)

Really interesting books were spotlighted. Added some to my To-Buy list and can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Caraval!

Thanks for the monthly books. It makes it so much easier to keep track.

Will definitely be checking out some of these titles!

Buzz Books samplers simplify my book blogging life a great deal. Thanks for making them available.

For some reason I completely forgot to read through this sampler until I downloaded the February one. January is going to be a great book month with so many great titles to be on the look out for. I honestly love how they switched this from 4x a year to monthly. This is a great idea and look forward to becoming aware of each month's book selections

Helpful as always to let readers know what's soon to be released.

Really helpful in sorting through upcoming releases.

Always fun to see what new books are coming out. I'm particularly looking forward to Caravel!

Fantastic way to sample upcoming books, great range of genres and authors. Helps to ensure you request books you will enjoy and review.

I look forward to Buzz Books each month as a source for my reading list. It's a great reference tool.

Thank you NetGalley for providing this book to me in exchange for an honest review.

What an amazing compilation of January 2017 upcoming books. I completely enjoyed looking through all of the upcoming books (over 100 of them). I also really enjoyed discovering the selected books with excerpts - reading the summary of each book and a few chapters to gain an insight of the writing style and content. I cannot wait to read Frostblood by Elly Blake and Caraval by Stephanie Garber as both books sound AMAZING.... I'm truly looking forward to the February Buzz Books Monthly publication.

Enjoy and Happy Reading!

NetGalley publishes a list along with a few excerpts from various publishers promoting books they feel will be must reads with January release dates. The list includes categories ranging from Literary Favourites and Emerging Talents to Debut and Commercial Fiction and Nonfiction selections.

Two of the excerpts were in the Young Adult categories but there are three titles I will be adding to my must read in 2017 list. Each was unique in its content but all were well written and begged for more than just a taste.

History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund with an intriguing summary. “, History of Wolves is a coming-of-age-plus-crime story that explores…. the difference between what you want to believe and what you do.” From what I read in the excerpt, this story of “guilt, innocence, negligence, well-meaning belief, and the loss of a child” looks to be a fascinating read set in the cold woods of northern Minnesota.

The Fire by Night is a debut novel by Teresa Messineo. It explores the lives of two nurses deployed on the front lines in WWII. Jo, an Irish-Italian New Yorker is trapped behind enemy lines in a makeshift medical unit in France. Her best friend Kay is sent first to Pearl Harbor and then to the tunnels of Corregidor in the Philippines where she is captured and must nurse civilians in a POW camp. I loved the excerpt and look forward to this read.

The excerpt for Shanthi Sekaran’s Lucky Boy confirmed what the positive reviews for this novel already led me to believe is a must read. The excerpt includes the opening efforts of Solimor Castro-Valdez to leave her small Mexican village and find a life for herself in California. What little I read has me wanting to read more. Always a great sign.

Thanks for the sneak preview NetGalley.

So much good stuff this month! Thanks for making this a monthly thing, so much easier to enjoy!

I like the idea of having a collection like this each month. I've been a huge Buzz Books fan for quite some time now, so having one of these collections a month is an amazing thing. I cannot wait to see what books will be included in future issues.

Was lovely to read extracts from books
Some what I generally don't think would interest me