State of the ARC is a monthly meme temporarily hosted by Sarah at All The Book Blog Names Are Taken meant to motivate you to finish up your long overdue ARCs (Advanced or Early Reader Copies). This is its original intention, while some bloggers have tweaked it a bit for their own purposes, such as just keeping ARCs in order by due dates. Or you can just be a hot mess like me who sometimes misses publishing dates (or ignores them altogether) and needs a way to stay organized on what has been read, reviewed, or is still begging for attention. Thank you to Evelina @ Avalinah’s Books for coming up with this super helpful monthly meme.

I started September with 14 ARCs left to be read. 

I got approved for 7 new ARCs in September. I struggled a bit with reading books before they came out this month, but really worked on it this month. My ratio is hovering at 89%. I’ve got quite a few due in October, especially early this month, so this month is going to be a busy one for me. Fingers crossed that I’ll finally get on top of everything soon!

I got approved for 7 new books in September:

• Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
• The Book Binder’s Daughter by Jessica Thorne
• Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
• Medicine in the Middle Ages by Juliana Cummings
• The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan
• Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

These are the ARCs that I read but haven’t reviewed yet:

• Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci Hannah
• Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

These are the ARCs that I read and reviewed, with links to my reviews:

• Before We Were Blue by E.J. Schwartz — see my review here.
• Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer — see my review here.
• The Book Binder’s Daughter by Jessica Thorne — see my review here.
• Sisters of the Wolf by Patricia Miller-Schroeder — see my review here.
• Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words by Annika Sharma — see my review here.
• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow — see my review here.
• The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik — see my review here.

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

1. Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia
2. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson 
3. Medicine in the Middle Ages by Juliana Cummings
4. Patient Zero by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen
5. Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman 
6. From the Jewish Provinces by Fradl Shtok
7. Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
8. Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush 
9. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
10. The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
11. Daughter by Kate McLaughlin 
12. The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan

How are you doing with your ARCs?