It was like Christmas morning - I couldn't wait to read about the upcoming 2021 releases. I was literally going back and forth from my Kindle app to my Goodreads app adding books to my "Want To Read" list. My poor husband is going to have to build more bookshelves for me! I was especially excited about Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's new release The Personal Librarian from the fiction category. I have enjoyed Benedict's other novels, but this one is especially exciting as it features a woman of color. In the debut novel category, The Love Songs of W.E.B DuBois was immediately placed on my want to read list. W.E.B. DuBois is one of my favorite writers, thinkers, all. of. the. things. I am looking forward to seeing how the author, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers tackles the topic of the "double consciousness" which is a reality for many African Americans today. Overall, I'm excited to see what 2021 reading will bring. Thank you Netgalley!

There are so many amazing books publishing soon from authors I've enjoyed before as well as those publishing debut novels. I liked being able to look through the early chapters of each of them and look forward to reading the books in full. Many of theses are on my TBR now!
I appreciate the early look at these titles.

I always get so excited every time I see a new Buzz Books! I know it’s going to give me lots of great reads to add to my tbr for the coming months and this issue was no exception. I hope there’s a new Buzz Books Romance coming soon too!!

Great information on upcoming releases. I really am looking forward to applying to read some of them on NetGalley.

Such a treat as always to have the opportunity to read excerpts of upcoming books, and then to request the whole thing!
Thank you to netgalley and publishers lunch for an advance copy of this book

I always love these so much, I never like all the books but I do find ones that I would love to have. I am always excited for these when they come out, and that it's a free read.

I look forward to these editions every year. There are always so many books that my book radar failed to discover. By the time I finished reading this edition, I added twenty more to my want to read list.
If you aren't familiar with Buzz Books, each edition gives you a glimpse or excerpt of the books that will be publishing that have generated a lot of advanced buzz. There is fiction from notable authors, highly anticipated books, emerging voices, debuts, and commercial fiction. Also nonfiction with biography & memoir, essays, criticism, & more, history & crime, science & technology, and social issues. Pages and pages of authors, titles, publishing houses, and publication dates. All of this before forty-three excerpts and almost all of them have links to request the titles from NetGalley.
My version of being a kid in a candy store! A few highlights for me were:
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
After Francesco by Brian Malloy
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
A Time For Monsters by Gareth Worthington
Dear Miss Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrell
and Girl in the Walls by A. J. Gnuse
A great resource and even though I know some readers who don't enjoy excerpts, it is still a fantastic and comprehensive list of books!

This was my first time looking at a NetGalley Buzz Books, and it was super helpful. I love the excerpts which help give a feel for the books - will definitely be helpful in purchasing items!

I love reading these to get a sense of what is coming in the next months of publishing. It is such a nice tool since I don't regularly have time to keep up with each new publisher. Plus I get to find some publishers that I have never heard about.

Always good to see what we have to look forward to, even if it does mean I add more books to my ever-growing TBR pile.

I love such a detailed sampler with chapter teasers and insights on the author and publisher to boot. It's amazing how many books one can look forward to this year.

Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

Always love this chance to see what's coming. I was unable to activate the links to request galleys on my kindle (it's always worked before) but still enjoyed it. Thanks .

I never know what to say about these much anticipated previews of books. I appreciate the opportunity to see what’s coming and read excerpts.

I know lots of great stuff coming up this summer.

Thank you Netgalley for these Buzz Books

Buzz Books is a guide to all of the hot fresh releases coming out next season. I used to faithfully request it but my TBR grew way out of control. Now that I have gotten my feedback ratio over 80% I feel like I can test my shelf control.

As usual, there were lots of great books highlighted here (some of which I had already requested.)

Here is my wishlist:

<u><b>Fiction</b></u>
Arnett: [book:With Teeth|56160395]
Greenridge: [book:Libertie|54110460]
Jackson-Brown: [book:When Stars Rain Down|54287747]
Jerkins: [book:Caul Baby|54427099]
Korelitz: [book:The Plot|55315487]
Nguyen: [book:The Committed|52260627]
Vlautin: [book:The Night Always Comes|54275850]
Williams: [book:The Perfect Ruin|55354943]
Worthington: [book:A Time For Monsters|54578756]

<u><b>Debuts</b></u>
Brown: [book:The Lowering Days: A Novel|53746792]
Cronin: [book:The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot|54798488]
Dennis: [book:Her Here|53225538]
Ferrell: [book:Dear Miss Metropolitan|55077564]
Garcia: [book:Of Women and Salt|53138197]
Gnuse: [book:Girl in the Walls|53287007]
Jeffers: [book:The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois|51183428]
Penner: [book:The Lost Apothecary|53288434]
Sathian: [book:Gold Diggers|54719856]

<u><b>Young Adult</b></u>
Elhillo: [book:Home Is Not a Country|54416144]
Weis: [book:Have You Seen Me?|54578759]

<u><b>Nonfiction</b></u>
Henderson: [book:The Ugly Cry|55746188]


Unfortunately, I was not able to request all of them. <i>(Adulting over here. Trying desperately not to fall down into that TBR hole.)</i> But the little girl in me who loves books could not help but to mark some down for pre-order and library requests.

Buzz Books is always such a brilliant resource for upcoming releases. I love all the wonderful previews and it's great to see what's coming out and when. 2021 looks like it's going to be an amazing year in the book world and now, thanks to this catalogue, I've already added quite a few books onto my TBR!

I loved looking through this collection of works in anticipation of the upcoming months. There were some books that were already on my radar and some that I will be for sure checking out closer to their publication dates.

so many gems in here!! I always look forward to reading through these excerpts and figuring out what books I'd like to request or put on my TBR for the future.

So many great books to look forward to reading. I love Buzz Books and the insight it provides into upcoming titles.

I eagerly awaited this 2021 Buzz Books sampler to be released to plan my summer reading. There are some great books being released this year and I love being able to read a sample of some of them and see what I want to read.

I just love this idea! You get to read exerts from many different books to see if.you will like them. Most of the stories have a request link at the end and I will admit I clicked on many of them. So many good novels coming out! I requested quite a few, wished for one and added some to my TBR pile! The best thing about Book Buzz is that I am exposed to books I normally wouldn't even look at and that expands my comfort zone. I love finding new authors and am usually pleasantly surprised when I request a book from Book Buzz that is outside my normal genre and wind up loving the book!