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 finished August with 22 ARCs left to be read. 

September was just a hectic and out of control month. I’m traveling a bit in October, so I spent a lot of this month running around trying to handle a lot of stuff. Between medical appointments, hospital visits, getting everything in order, doing a bit of proofreading, setting up care for my four-legged babies, and finally packing. Unfortunately, I didn’t get as much reading done as I would have liked to. I did manage to get some, but got approved for more than I read. My ratio went down from 93% to 92%.

I got approved for 9 new books in September:

• The Holocaust by Dan Stone
• The Magic of Tarot by Leanna Greenaway
• The Maker’s Guide to Magic by Andrea Hannah
• Practical Candle Magic by Rachel Patterson
• The Natural Home Wheel of the Year by Raechel Henderson
• Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
• Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
• Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku
• The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

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

• The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu — see my review here.
• Hex and the City by Kate Johnson — see my review here.
• The Kitchen Witch Handbook by Aurora Kane — see my review here.
• The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer — see my review here.
• The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young — see my review here.

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

• The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
• A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
• The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
• The Maker’s Guide to Magic by Andrea Hannah
• A Box of Magick by Jamie Della
• Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
• A Victorian Grimoire by Patricia Telesco
• Spoon to be Dead by Dana Mentink
• The Reformatory by Tananarive Due 
• A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter
• My Tel Aviv Table by Limor Chen
• The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
• The Natural Home Wheel of the Year by Raechel Henderson
• Practical Candle Magic by Rachel Patterson
• The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
• The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes
• A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush
• Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
• The Holocaust by Dan Stone
• Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
• Since She’s Been Gone by Sagit Schwartz
• Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering
• Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
• The Magic of Tarot by Leanna Greenaway
• Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku
• Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

Which ARCs are you excited about this month? Do we have any in common? Have you already read any of the ones on my list?