State of the Stack (September 30, 2013)

This is my monthly State of the Stack post. It is my way to keep track of my review books and to hopefully reduce the stack that I have waiting for me. I take a look at my review commitments on the last Monday of each month. Please feel free to join in and let me know the state of your stack.

Here is my Review Books Spreadsheet. Yellow highlighted books are ones past their publication date that I still haven't read and reviewed. I use pink highlights for reviews due in even numbered months so that I can see at a glance how many I have for each month. Ideally, this keeps me from over-committing to review books.  

My Physical Review Pile

These are sorted in alphabetical order by author.

Despite appearances, this is an improvement. I went from three shelves last month to only two this month. The bottom four books are just too tall for the bookcase. I am gradually reading from the bunch of books I got at ALA.

My Kindle Review Pile

This are listed in order by publication date.

The Stranger You Know by Andrea Kane (Sept. 24)

A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway (Oct. 29)

The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins (Oct. 29)

The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa (Oct. 29)

Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach (Nov. 1)

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Nov. 5)

Crash Into You by Katie McGarry (Nov. 26)

Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder (Dec. 31)

Alienated by Melissa Landers (Feb. 2, 2014)

I Read This Month

These are listed in the order I read them. Links go to my reviews for all that have been posted already. Otherwise, the date the review is scheduled for is listed.

1. The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton
2. This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
3. Death Never Sleeps by E. J. Simon
4. Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt
5. Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts
6. She Can Scream by Melinda Leigh
7. The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason
8. The Impersonator by Mary Miley
9. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
10. The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
11. Getting Rowdy by Lori Foster (Oct. 23 Blog Tour)
12. The Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School by Fowler DeWitt
13. Declan's Cross by Carla Neggers
14. Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
15. Teardrop by Lauren Kate (Oct. 17)
16. Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody (Oct. 3)
17. The Curse Keepers by Denise Grover Swank (Nov. 14)
18. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier (Oct. 2)
19. Captive by A. D. Robertson (Oct. 10)
20. Fire Storm by Andrew Lane (Oct. 5)
21. Beauty's Daughter by Carolyn Meyer (Oct. 10)

I Added These Books

These are listed in the order I received them. Links go to Amazon. Date received and date published are listed in parentheses.

1. The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa (8/26; October 29)
2. The Russian Endgame by Allan Topol (8/26: September 10)
3. The Curse Keepers by Denise Grover Swank (8/29; November 19)
4. The Stranger You Know by Andrea Kane (8/29; September 24)
5. Getting Rowdy by Lori Foster (9/4; September 24)
6. Extracted by Sherry Ficklin (9/4; November 12)
7. Alienated by Melissa Landers (9/15; Feb. 4, 2014)
8. The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (9/17; November 5)
9. Captive by A. D. Robertson (9/19; October 22)
10. The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins (9/24; October 29)
11. The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles (9/25; Jan. 1, 2014)
12. A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway (9/26; Oct. 29)
13. Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach (9/26; Nov. 1)
14. Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder (9/26: Dec. 31)
15. Crash Into You by Katie McGarry (9/29; Nov. 26)
16. The Widow File by S. G. Redling (9/29; Jan. 1, 2014)
17. Foreplay: The Ivy Chronicles by Sophie Jordan (9/29; Nov. 5)

Next Month's Plan

Both blog calendars are full for October. It looks like another month when everything I read will be from my review stack.

Here are the print ones coming up next month.

There are also five books on my Kindle that I hope to read by the end of the month.

Those are my plans. Wish me luck!