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These samplers are so fun to read! I'm obsessed with these right now! I'm gonna dig all the way down to find the rest! I wish they continue making these!

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I always enjoy these sampler books with excerpts for upcoming releases! This was soo fun! I'm going to dig down for the older ones!

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I enjoy reading these samplers as they offer a wonderful way to discover books that I often end up loving. They provide just enough of a glimpse to pique my interest and draw me into stories I might not have encountered otherwise.

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Fantastic sampler to understanding the booking coming out during a time period. We enjoy using these during book club meetings when trying to plan future reads. Please keep these coming.

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I would have loved to review his but I am unable to download it.
Reason: “Downloading and/or reviewing is currently not possible for this title. This could mean the publisher has not yet provided the final content or the content has been removed.”

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Despite this sampler being available to view and request on NetGalley, it isn't possible to download it so unfortunately I couldn't read it.

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I’m so addicted to these I’ve even been hunting down the old ones to see if there’s any interesting books I’ve missed!

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I was looking forward to reading this book of samples. Unfortunately, this book of fiction samples could not be downloaded. This should probably be removed from the selections of available books from Netgalley.

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I couldn’t download this file because it’s from 2016 and seems to have been removed. I love reading this samplers to try out new books.

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Not sure why this is still marked as "Read Now," since it looks like PRH unfortunately removed this content. Was interested to try out some samples of backlist titles, but downloading is no longer possible.

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Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for this sampler. I actually wasn't able to download the file but since the Sampler is from 2016, everything is out and I read the samples available on Amazon.

I follow genre fiction more closely than literary fiction, so I guess it wasn't a surprise to me that I'd only heard of three of these books -- THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE MOTHERS, and BEHOLD THE DREAMERS -- and of those I'd only read the first.

The beginning to THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE is a great introduction to the story -- we get fairy tales within this fairy tale, we get mothers dying to bring a destined child into the world, we get ominous encounters with villains -- and the atmosphere of the story, all the snow and cold and straitened circumstances, carries through the rest of the story.

I'm not sure I will read the rest of any of the other books as they were just not to my taste. My favorite part, though, was the portion of THE NIX where the phases of a student worming her way out of a plagiarism accusation are labeled with the same logical fallacies she was supposed to write a paper about, that was a nice ray of light in an excerpt that I think is supposed to be over-the-top and satirical but also came off as depressing.

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I would have loved to give feedback on this title but unfortunately the publisher has restricted downloading access, which is disappointing.

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Unable to read: “Downloading and/or reviewing is currently not possible for this title. This could mean the publisher has not yet provided the final content, or the content has been removed.”

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What a fantastic selection. 6 hits for me including The Mothers, and Behold the Dreamers. Even thought I am surprised to see samplers from past years, I love the opportunity to catch up with titles I may have missed the first time around.

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I love getting a sample of up and coming new titles. Thank you Penguin Random House for providing a sneak peek!

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I believe these samplers would be wonderful to offer to book clubs--gives debut authors exposure to readers and opens up possible title choices to dedicated reader. I also appreciated the opportunity to preview quality fiction, even if already published. It helps me make choices in my future reading.

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So thrilled to have the chance to read excerpts of nine great titles from the FALL 2016 DEBUT FICTION SAMPLER from Penguin Random House. Will definitely help drive my next fiction choices. Highly recommended!

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the chance to read these fine selections.

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Thank you so much for posting these to look through. It introduces me to books I may not pick up before and gives me a chance to get a taste for what's to come later this year. It gets me so excited! I wouldn't have known about these otherwise. I'm a huge fan of Penguin Random House and I cannot wait to read The Mothers after seeing this!

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Review of 2016 works. Didn't include works that should have been included but hindsight's twenty/twenty.

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Samplers are so helpful to prioritize what new books to read next. This way I can spend time with books I already know I can really dive into!

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