State of the Stack (May 29, 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 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

July

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (July 5)

Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine (July 5)

The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan (July 5)

What the Dead Want by Norah Olson (July 12)

Dark Road Home by Anna Carlisle (July 12)

A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli (July 12)

The Ministry of SUITs by Paul Gamble (July 26)

Trapped by S. A. Bodeen (July 26)

August

The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray (August 2)

The Bluebonnet Betrayal by Marty Wingate (August 2)

A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet (August 2)

Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle (August 2)

The Secret Sea by Barry Lyga (August 23)

September

The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker (Sept. 6)

Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton (Sept. 6)

Hard to Hold by Katie Rose (Sept. 13)

The Initiation (Lock and Key) by Ridley Pearson (Sept. 20)

October

Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig (October 4)

The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia (October 4)

Nemesis by Anna Banks (October 4)

The Row by J. R. Johansson (October 11)

The Emerald Tablet by Dan Jolley (October 18)

Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape by Ron McGee (October 25)

The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby (October 25)

November

Flashfall by Jerry Moyer (November 15)

Gap Life by John Coy (November 22)

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (November 22)

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. To Love a Wolf by Paige Tyler (June 4)
2. The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May (June 4) 
3. Written Off by E. J. Copperman (June 8) 
4. Steeplejack by A. J. Hartley (June 8) 
5. Autofocus by Lauren Gibaldi (June 9)
6. The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin (June 11)
7. Death on the Sapphire by R. J. Koreto (June 9) 
8. Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson (June 22)
9. The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele (June 16) 
10. The Secret Fire by Whitaker Ringwald (June 18) 
11. Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg (June 23) 
12. Seconds to Live by Melinda Leigh (June 25)
13. Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo (June 1)

Read Previously, Reviews Posted This Month

1. The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
2. Even If the Sky Falls by Mia Garcia
3. The Last Time We Were Us by Leah Konen
4. Spark by Holly Schindler
5. The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye
6. Megan's Brood by Roy Burdine
7. The Hunt by Megan Shepherd
8. The Thing Is by Kathleen Gerard
9. The Giant Smugglers by Matt Solomon
10. The Underdogs by Sarah Hammel   

I Added These Books

These are listed in the order I received them. Links go to Amazon. 

1. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine (July 5)
2. The Ones by Daniel Sweren-Becker (Sept. 6)
3. Nemesis by Anna Banks (Oct. 4)
4. The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia (Oct. 4)
5. Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig (Oct. 4)
6. The Row by J. R. Johansson (Oct. 11)
7. Flashfall by Jenny Moyer (Nov. 15)
8. Gap Life by John Coy (Nov. 22)
9. The Initiation by Ridley Pearson (Sept. 20)
10. Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (Nov. 22)
11. Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape by Ron McGee (Oct. 25)
12. Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton (Sept. 6)
13. The Emerald Tablet by Dan Jolley (Oct. 18)
14. The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby (Oct. 25)
15. Death on the Sapphire by R. J. Koreto (June 14)
16. The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan (July 5)
17. Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle (Aug. 2)
18. Hard to Hold by Katie Rose (Sept. 13) 
19. Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo (May 31)

Next Month's Plan

I had every intention of lowering my review stack for summer...but a new crop from HarperCollins showed up on Edelweiss. There were some interesting ones on NetGalley too. And, finally, most of the ones I requested from Macmillan arrived this month too. Eleven of my new review books are scheduled to be released in the Fall so I will still have a lot of my summer to tackle my TBR mountain.