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Another great collection of excerpts from Publishers Launch. My TBR always gets bigger when these collections come out. Can't wait to read the full books.

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I'm super excited for these upcoming novels:
"Interment" by Samira Ahmed
"The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe" by Ally Condie
"Descendant of the Crane" by Joan He (I've already read an ARC of this one!)
"A Place for Wolves" by Kosoko Jackson (I've read an ARC of this one too!)

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I've always loved loved loved the Buzz Books because they allow you to read an excerpt of popular books coming up and that's fantastic. They should definitely have more upcoming books in the arc!

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Lots of interesting titles to look forward to. It's a great selection for this coming season. The excerpt that caught my eye was definitely Romanov - I have a thing for Anastasia's story, so... It was interesting to see a lot of retellings and new perspectives on historical characters and settings and I'm really enjoying that trend. Also, Kosoko Jackson is a debut author that I've been looking forward to read for a while now.

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Love being able to see the new releases! Loved Once and Future and Descendant of the Crane. William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Mean Girls - great for teachers trying to teach Shakespeare in a new way and
Please Send Help was funny but second in series and hard to follow without back story.

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What a great way to sample books before their release date. All the buzz worthy and highly anticipated reads all in one place.

Highly recommend to check it out.

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

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As always, this is a super helpful resource for readers and reviewers alike. A good selection of excerpts across a variety of genres/subgenres—and the redesign looks great!

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This was one of this first times of me reading something like this and I think it’s perfect! It’s a perfect way to preview some of the upcoming YA books to see if you’ll enjoy them or not. I’ll be keeping an eye out for more of these when they are released! Thank you for doing this.

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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!

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A wonderful premise and very helpful for staying up to date with upcoming releases. The format is a little tricky to navigate though.

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YA previews are one of my favorite thing. I always have SO many new up coming YA novels that I want to try, so I love that Buzz Books is a place I can preview them without committing to the entire read. Before I get started on which books made it on to my TBR pile, I was surprised to find that this particular Buzz Book featured some really interesting styles. Notably there was a novel told in prose, as well as a play, a diary, and a graphic novel . The novel written as a play is a Shakespearean retelling of a popular movie - a movie which some believe to have been influenced by a few Shakespeare plays to begin with. There were also a few sequels featured in this collection that I won't be talking about, but that is only because I haven't read the first books. Beyond being surprised by the unique styles which some of the upcoming novels are taking on, these are the books that most grabbed my attention:

Romanov by Nadine Brandes. This is a fantasy retelling of the Anastasia Romanov story, which by itself is fascinating - I am SO excited for the chance to read Anastasia with magic. But, beyond that, the novel is also epistolary. I was sucked in by the first two lines and I NEED to curl up with this book on a cold wintry day. "I watched my diaries burn. Pages curled in on themselves, like spider legs accepting death." UGH, BEAUTIFUL.

To Best the Boys - Mary Weber. This book is going to be such an adventure. Its a race through a Labyrinth, intended only for guys. So naturally, the heroine is going to be strong and smart and beat them all (Or at least I assume considering she is the main character) I think it will be a lot of fun to read. I love stories where a girl takes on tasks that were only intended for guys.

Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith. This is going to be a princess becomes a pauper type tale, which is always fun to read. I love reading the adjustments a rich person has to go through as they attempt to hide themselves among commoners. I'm excited to see how this one turns out.

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I loved reading all the excerpts in this preview of soon to be published books! My personal favorites were Descendant of the Crane, Bloodleaf, and A Place for Wolves and I'm looking forward to reading the full versions in the future!

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Every time a new issue of Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Spring/Summer comes out I read it as soon as possible.
This one was no exception and I found many interesting books that I want to read and I cannot wait for their publication.

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This was amazing. I like reading excerpts. There were a lot of great books .I added few books to my tbr list too.

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Buzz Books is a great resource to get a sense of what's being released in the coming seasons. I love the quick summaries presented before each excerpt - my only wish is that all books got such summaries, whether they're also excerpted in Buzz Books or not.

The current edition introduced me to I Hate Everyone But You, which somehow slipped my radar. (Its upcoming follow-up, Please Send Help..., is featured.) William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher sounds so fun; I hope it gets read alongside the Bard in schools. And while fantasy isn't my genre of choice, I love the premise of Mary Weber's To Best the Boys - about time!

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I found some great recommendations for new YA books coming out this spring! I loved reading the excerpts and cant wait for many of these to be released!

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I am always so appreciative of the work that goes into providing these seasonal resources. I am a planner and so I use these resources as a way to discover new material, new authors, and roughly plan out what book I want to read. I recommend these!

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What can I say? Buzz Books always fill me with excitement.
There’s a few titles on here I’ve already got ARCs of and one or two that I’m intrigued by. As always, this is great for dipping your toes into new things and trying out ideas. Quite heavily leaning to fantasy but some wonderful tootles on here.
Much as I love these books I always end up adding to my NetGalley requests in a way that isn’t totally healthy.

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This book is a very useful resource for teachers like me. You can read an excerpt from some of the upcoming YA books of this year. As a teacher who reads constantly, but still can't read everything, this book is very valuable in finding good books to share with my students.

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