I finished December with 28 ARCs left to be read. 

January is one of those months that I love. There’s a fresh feel to the start of a new year, and I’m partial to my birthday month. I’ve started feeling better, and getting back on top of my reading again. I got approved for a lot of books this month, but I also got a lot of reviews done. I’ve also discovered the joy of NetGalley audiobook ARCs, which are especially helpful to me. And while I got through almost as many ARCs as I got approved for, I also got approved for some that aren’t due as soon. So my plan of getting rid of some of this backlog and getting my ratio even higher is right on track, as long as I stop making any requests in February. Think I can do it?

I got approved for 14 new books in January:

• Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham
• City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter
• Family Family by Laurie Frankel
• The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna
• Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
• House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
• The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales
• Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
• Quick and Easy 400-Calorie Recipes by Dick Logue
• What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
• The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
• The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin
• In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar
• Sounds Like a Plan by Paula Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith

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

• Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham — see my review here.
• The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins — see my review here.
• A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush — see my review here.
• City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter — see my review here.
• Family Family by Laurie Frankel — see my review here.
• The Clinic by Cate Quinn — see my review here.
• Come and Get It by Kiley Reid — see my review here.
• Quick and Easy 400-Calorie Recipes by Dick Logue — see my review here.
• What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher — see my review here.
• The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo — see my review here.

Here is the ARC that I read but have not reviewed yet:

• Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez | Amazon

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

1. Spoon to be Dead by Dana Mentink | Amazon
2. The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes | Amazon
3. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett | Amazon
4. The Holocaust by Dan Stone | Amazon
5. Since She’s Been Gone by Sagit Schwartz | Amazon
6. The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan | Amazon
7. Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita | Amazon
8. An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson | Amazon
9. The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna | Amazon
10. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer Chow | Amazon
11. The Therapy Room by Sam Baron | Amazon
12. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange | Amazon
13. Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering | Amazon
14. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano | Amazon
15. Dominoes by Phoebe McIntosh | Amazon
16. In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar | Amazon
17. The Magic of Tarot by Leanna Greenaway | Amazon
18. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku | Amazon
19. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbiké-Íyimídé | Amazon
20. The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales | Amazon
21. Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda | Amazon
22. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth | Amazon
23. The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin | Amazon
24. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse | Amazon
25. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller | Amazon
26. Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton | Amazon
27. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne | Amazon
28. Sounds Like a Plan by Paula Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith | Amazon
29. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber | Amazon
30. Strange Folk by Alli Dyer | Amazon
31. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon

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?