I always look forward to the next Buzz Books. It is such a great reference for keeping an eye on upcoming books. In the edition I am particularly looking forward to Aimee Molloy's The Perfect Mother.

This pack has a range of books, within separate sections. I'm excited for so many of these books, mostly the fiction books. Each excerpt is just enough to get you hooked, without giving away too much before you get started.

This is a variety of stories from popular new books. Most are about a chapter or two long, and I enjoyed some stories, some more than others, but overall, if there is a book you are interested in, this gives you a chance to read a sample of it to see if you would want to continue reading it. My favorite would have to be Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall.

A fantastic resource, I'm still very surprised that it's free! If you're a reader and at all interested in upcoming releases, or a book blogger, bookseller or librarian - you need to read the Buzz Books.

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 (with links to their respective Goodreads blurbs) 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.

I enjoyed reading the excerpts of these upcoming releases in this collection! There are now some books I've added to my "to-read" list that I had heard nothing about prior.

Buzz Books’ guides to upcoming books are the Michelin Guides for star writers, ranging from the debut authors who have yet to earn more than one star, to the 5 star authors whose name alone guarantees that the book will be a best seller. “Buzz Books 2018: Spring/Summer,” and “Buzz Books 2018: Young Adult Spring/Summer,” are such guides. They are cornucopias of lists of new fiction, new memoirs, and new biographies, to name only a few of the broader categories, that will be published from March through August 2018. They also include samples of many of the books. If you love reading, and/or love being part of the intelligentsia set, download these guides at http://buzz.publishersmarketplace.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!

I really like these Buzz Books additions for helping me figure out what to read next. From this volume, after reading the excerpts, I am most looking forward to: Peter Swanson’s All the Beautiful Lies, Alice Feeney’s Sometimes I Lie, Aimee Molloy’s The Perfect Mother, Zoje Stage’s Baby Teeth, and Barbara K. Lipska’s The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind. From the Publishing Preview List, I am most looking forward to Megan Abbott’s Give Me Your Hand, Curtis Sittenfeld’s You Think It, I’ll Say It, Emma Healey’s Whistling in the Dark, Christine Mangan’s Tangerine, Tim Fernholz’s Rocket Billionaires, and especially Fredrik Backman’s Us Against You, Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her, and Linwood Barclay’s A Noise Downstairs.

Excellent way to read bits of new books! Glad to have seen this.

Amazing resource, as always, thank you for taking the time and effort to compile!!

This is a handy guide that helped direct my reading and book-selling.

Thank you for highlighting what’s coming up! Looking forward to many warm evenings with a great book!

Thanks for allowing me to download this title. It was an excellent source for allowing me to see upcoming titles.

This book was really useful to pick up what books I should read for this spring and Summer. I really loved how I could read a long excerpt and some pages long enough for me to determine if I would like the book or not. Also, I really liked how this book was divided into some categories such as fiction, debut, and non-fiction. However, I would have appreciated it more if they had divided by genres because I mostly read mystery/thriller. In order to find the genres I like, I had to go through the whole fiction and debut author sections.

Looks like another busy spring/summer of reading. I appreciate the links at the end.

I love these publications so much. They have wonderful information and help me stay on top of what the new releases will be.

Great overview of new books being released and the excerpts really helped me decide if I wanted to read it. Great resource for anyone looking to expand their usual reading styles or genres!

Always love getting a sneak peek at what's heading for the bookshelves!

The preview helps me be informed about new books for my library customers; I appreciate being able to have a first look at these titles.