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 January with 31 ARCs left to be read. 

Is it just me or did winter fly by? It felt like it was just December, and here we are at the start of a new month! Even though it’s a leap year, February still went by really quickly. It was one of those months that had some real ups and downs for me. I slowed down on requesting books, and really tried my best to read books before they were released, but that didn’t really work out so well. I’m also still working my way through a pretty heavy ARC that I started way back in January. I’m still working on it, but it’s just slow going. So ultimately, I did more reading and reviewing than requesting, so I’m pretty happy with it, especially since I kept my ratio at 92% and ended February with 2 less ARCs than I started the month.

I got approved for 3 new books in February:

• The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Linda Cohen Loigman
• The Witch of New York by Alex Hortis
• The Lavender Companion by Terry Barlin Vesci and Jessica Dunham

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

• Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett — see my review here.
• The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan — see my review here.
• An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson — see my review here.
• The Therapy Room by Sam Baron — see my review here.
• Since She’s Been Gone by Sagit Schwartz — see my review here.

I posted the review I didn’t get to from last month:

• Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez — see my review here.

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. The Holocaust by Dan Stone | Amazon
4. Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita | Amazon
5. The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna | Amazon
6. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer Chow | Amazon
7. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange | Amazon
8. Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering | Amazon
9. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano | Amazon
10. The Witch of New York by Alex Hortis | Amazon
11. Dominoes by Phoebe McIntosh | Amazon
12. In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar | Amazon
13. The Magic of Tarot by Leanna Greenaway | Amazon
14. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku | Amazon
15. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbiké-Íyimídé | Amazon
16. The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales | Amazon
17. Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda | Amazon
18. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth | Amazon
19. The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin | Amazon
20. The Lavender Companion by Terry Barlin Vesci and Jessica Dunham | Amazon
21. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse | Amazon
22. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller | Amazon
23. Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton | Amazon
24. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne | Amazon
25. Sounds Like a Plan by Paula Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith | Amazon
26. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber | Amazon
27. Strange Folk by Alli Dyer | Amazon
28. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon
29. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman| 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?