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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

I have seen, read an excerpt and loved the idea of the Romanovs by Nadine Brandes. Though I really love the excerpt I have not requested this book as I previously attempted to read Fawkes and just couldn't get along with it. I have to admit I do find "re-tellings" more difficult to read..

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

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.

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

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',

Ahh, welcome back Buzz Books! I really missed these issues over the winter period and wondered where they'd gone, so I'm happy they're back with a bang. Once again there is a strong selection of books here, and the excerpts certainly whet your appetite. You can never have too many books in your TBR pile so pick this up for guaranteed additions to your already wildly out of control mountain in the corner!

Many thanks to Publishers Lunch/Buzz Books for my copy.

In past years, I’ve used BUZZ BOOKS to add new books and writers to my TBR and preordered particularly exciting titles. This issue was nearly all fantasy or retelling, with hardly anything contemporary. I don’t feel like I gained anything from perusing this edition.

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

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

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

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!