State of the Stack (May 1, 2016)

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 somewhere around the first of the 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

June

With Malice by Eileen Cook

The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May

To Love a Wolf by Paige Tyler

Autofocus by Lauren Gibaldi

The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin

Steeplejack by A. J. Hartley

Written Off by E. J. Copperman

The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele

The Secret Fire by Whitaker Ringwald

Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh

Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg

July

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

What the Dead Want by Norah Olson

Dark Road Home by Anna Carlisle

A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

The Ministry of SUITs by Paul Gamble

Trapped by S. A. Bodeen

August 

The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray

The Bluebonnet Betrayal by Marty Wingate

 A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

The Secret Sea by Barry Lyga

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 May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude (April 28) 
2. Traitor Angels by Anne Blankman (April 30)
3. Even If the Sky Falls by Mia Garcia (May 5)
4. The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry (May 4)
5. The Last Time We Were Us by Leah Konen (May 7)
6. Spark by Holly Schindler (May 12)
7. Megan's Brood by Roy Burdine (May 18)
8. The Thing Is by Kathleen Gerard (May 19)
9. The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye (May 14)
10. The Hunt by Megan Shepherd (May 19) 
11. The Giant Smugglers by Matt Solomon (May 21) 
12. The Underdogs by Sara Hammel (May 26) 
13. Targeted by Kendra Elliot (June 1) 
14. Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan (June 1) 
15. Fan the Flames by Katie Ruggle (June 2)
16. With Malice by Eileen Cook (June 2)

Read Previously, Reviews Posted This Month

1. Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
2. Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle
3. Nightstruck by Jenna Black
4. Tommy McKnight and the Great Election by Danny Kravitz
5. Luck Is No Lady by Amy Sandas
6. Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan 
7. The Obsession by Nora Roberts
8. Mr. Fahrenheit by T. Michael Martin
9. Dying for a Taste by Leslie Karst
10. Cold Girl by R. M. Greenaway
11. Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey
12. 'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick
13. Ferals #2: The Swarm Descends by Jacob Grey
14. The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight
15. The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
16. The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude
17. Traitor Angels by Anne Blankman

I Added These Books

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

1. Steeplejack by A. J. Hartley  (June 14)
2. Written Off by E. J. Copperman (June 14)
3. A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (July 12)
4. Dark Road Home by Anna Carlisle (July 12)
5. Targeted by Kendra Elliot (June 7)
6. Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson (June 21)
7. Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg (June 28)
8. Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh (June 28) 
9. The Bluebonnet Betrayal by Marty Windgate (Aug. 2) 
10. A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet (Aug. 2)

Next Month's Plan

My plan is to read down my review stack and take a summer (almost) off from reviewing ARCs. I want to dive into my TBR stacks and lower TBR mountain this summer. I am into reading my June books already which means that I should have a very small stack by the time school is out on June 6.