State of the Stack (June 1, 2015)

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. I list them in publication order and sort them by month. I can quickly see how many books I have for each date. Ideally, this keeps me from over-committing to review books.  Check my spreadsheet to find out where I got each book.

I also do this post because sometimes (frequently) review books sit on my stack for a while before I read and review them. I try to read and review books within two weeks of publication date. Sometimes I can't, though, if too many books are releasing on the same date or if the book arrives too near its publication date and my calendar is already full. 

I am very grateful to the authors and publishers who support my reading habit. 

My Review Pile

Adult books are marked with an asterisk.
 
May

*Gone for You by Jayne Frost (May 22)

June

Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel (June 30)

*Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh (June 30)

July

Paperweight by Meg Haston (July 7)

Don't Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom (July 7)

*Hell or High Water by Julie Ann Walker (July 7)

Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George (July 7)

Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swendson (July 14)

Nightborn by Lou Anders (July 14)

Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo by Brian Falkner (July 28)

Lost by S. A. Bodeen (July 28)

August

School for Sidekicks by Kelly McCullough (August 4)

Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre (Aug. 4)

Daughter of Dusk by Livia Blackburne (Aug. 4)

Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell (Aug. 4)

*Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Marty Wingate (Aug. 4)

Reawakened by Colleen Houck (Aug. 11)

September

Bridget Wilder: Spy-in-Training by Jonathan Bernstein (Sept. 1)

Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers (Sept. 1)

Hunter by Mercedes Lackey (Sept. 1)

Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa (Sept. 8)

Lock & Mori by Heather W. Petty (Sept. 15)

Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas (Sept. 15)

This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee (Sept. 22)

What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler (Sept. 22)

Connect the Stars by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague (Sept. 22)

Walk the Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson (Sept. 22)

Dreamland by Robert L. Anderson (Sept. 22)

October

 The White Rose by Amy Ewing (October 6)

Spinning Starlight by R. C. Lewis (Oct. 6)

 A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston (Oct. 6)

Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix (Oct. 13)

Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch (Oct. 13)

A Sliver of Starlight by Marissa Burt (Oct. 20)

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly (Oct. 27)

December

Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood (Dec. 8)

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. Night of the Highland Dragon by Isabel Cooper (May 27)
2. Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu (May 27)
3. The Cage by Megan Shepherd (May 28) 
4. Ever After by Jude Deveraux (June 18)
5. Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (June 4)
6. The Revenge Playbook by Rachael Allen (June 6)
7. Blood Will Tell by April Henry (June 11) 
8. Spiraled by Kendra Elliot (June 3) 
9. Between the Notes by Sharon Huss Roat (June 13)
10. Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway (June 18) 
11. The Leveler by Julia Durango (June 20) 

Read Previously, Reviews Posted This Month

1. Drive Me Crazy by Terra Elan McVoy (April 30)
2. The Novice by Taran Matharu (April 29)
3. Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer (April 22)
4. The Heat of the Moment by Lauren Barnholdt (May 6)
5. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge (May 7)
6. The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman (May 9)  
7. Making Pretty by Corey Ann Haydu (May 14) 
8. The Improbable Theory of Ana & Zak by Brian Katcher (May 16) 
9. Blood on the Bayou by DJ Donaldson (April 29) 
10. The Fog Diver by Joel Ross (May 20)
11. A Sense of the Infinite by Hilary T. Smith (May 21) 
12. Velvet by Temple West (May 13)
13. Kissing in America by Margo Rabb (May 23)

I Added These Books

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

1. The White Rose by Amy Ewing (Oct. 6)
2. Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix (Oct. 13)
3. Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch (Oct. 13)
4. A Sliver of Stardust by Marissa Burt (Oct. 20)
5. Reawakened by Colleen Houck (Aug. 11)
6. Nightborn by Lou Anders (July 14)
7. Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood (Dec. 8)
8. Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George (July 7)
9. Spiraled by Kendra Elliot (June 2)
10. Stitching Starlight by R.C. Lewis (Oct. 6)
11. These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly (Oct. 27) 
12. A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston (Oct. 6) 
13. Minutes to Kill by Melinda Leigh (June 30) 
14. Gone for You by Jayne Frost (March 22) 

Next Month's Plan

I added more books to my review stack than I read this month. However, summer vacation starts on June 6 and I will have more time to read. I hope to read all my review books through September before I go back to work again on August 31. This should be very doable. I usually read about a book a day during the summer. This one has less traveling scheduled than usual too.

Do you have a review stack? How are you doing with it?