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This was lovely and a great way to preview books to sample them before requesting or reading them. Thank you for putting this together and making it available to us. There are several in here that I can't wait to read.

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Thank you to NetGalley & featured publishers for this sampler of highly anticipated Spring/Summer releases!

I am particularly looking forward to the following titles:
- Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran
- Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald
- Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
- The Faceless Thing We Adores by Hester Steel
- My Other Heart by Emma Nanami Strenner
- Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee
- A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
- Shampoo Unicorn by Sawyer Lovett

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Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2025 sampler series is an amazing way to find your next reads for the season ahead. I found the listings for upcoming books by genre extremely helpful and a great source to start my reading list for the year. The selection of samples is vast and the exerts are long enough to get a sense of the story and writing. I'm looking forward to reading several of the books presented and excited for the Fall release later this Spring.

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I always love the Buzz Books samplers! This collection offers a huge number of excerpts from books releasing in the first half of 2025 from a range of publishers. They give me a great chance to figure out what I want to request and read and introduce me to novels I wouldn't have heard of otherwise.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ebook. All thoughts are my own.

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A great collection of very generously sized excerpts that left my TBR packed! There's something for every taste here.

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Thank you NetGalley and Publishers Lunch for providing me with this e-book! Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer has the details on many exciting upcoming releases, with excerpts from the upcoming book included. This e-book is a detailed resource for anyone hoping to add to their to-be-read for 2025.

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ok so the excerpts from so many books made me so intrigued!! can't wait for those books to publish already!🤩

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Thank you so much to Publishers Launch Books and Netgalley! I love this concept, and I'm excited to add some of these to my upcoming TBR!

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I always look forward to BuzzBooks! Easy to navigate between books, the excerpts and chapters give you a brief but enticing view into upcoming novels. It’s just enough of a preview to spark your interest. Not only can you find new genres or authors, but also getting this preview helps prevent requesting books you won’t enjoy. Thanks for providing this!

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Thank you to Publishers Lunch, the authors, publishers, and NetGalley for the free preview copy of the next seasons' Buzz Books. This is my first time downloading a Buzz Books and I must say I will recommend it moving forward. This is a great way to take a look at title previews not available elsewhere before asking for review copies of titles. Most previews are quite lengthy. I am most excited about "Crush" by Ada Calhoun. There were quite a few titles were that I would not have discovered otherwise. The debt lineup looks strong.

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I love the excerpts because it narrows down my book buying plans a bit. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to review a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I love the concept of this and love that it exists. Really helped me narrow down some of the things that I wanted to read. Thank you.

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The Buzz Books sampler is such a wonderful way to explore previews from exciting new releases for the coming year. I really appreciated the diversity of excerpts. There seemed be a good mix of established and new authors, and the excerpts were a decent length to really get a feel for the books.

I was excited to preview books by authors I’m familiar with, and some new to me, and I’m especially looking forward to The Paris Express (Emma Donoghue), Happy Land (Dolen Perkins-Valdez), Consider Yourself Kissed (Jessica Stanley), and The Listeners (Maggie Stiefvater).

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I was excited and pleasantly surprised to see a lot of books by authors I am looking forward to reading such as V.E. Schwab and Emma Donoghue. The excerpts give you a taste of what upcoming works will be published this year and make you look forward to reading them! Personally, I enjoyed the preview of Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab the most and will definitely be reading it when it gets published in June 2025.

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This was so much fun to get to read excerpts from books that release soon! I bookmarked and put several on my calendar to request/buy when they come out!

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I'm so excited for some of these books and I don't think I would have found out some of them are coming out with the bottomless pit that is social media these days.

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Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer" offers an exciting preview of upcoming releases. This edition showcases a diverse range of genres and authors, both established and new. The variety ensures there's something for every type of reader. "Buzz Books" is a great way to discover new titles and authors you might not have come across otherwise. Worth a read if you want to find your next favorite book.

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Samplers are so useful and get me so excited for the reading year! They're such a good way to try out authors without committing to a whole book, and it helps you prioritize which releases to pick up and request.

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Thank you so much for making these previews available to us. I discovered several ARCs that I can’t wait to read!

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There are so many great books coming in 2025. Thank you for compiling. I will now request them on NetGalley!

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