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 February with 29 ARCs left to be read. 

Spring is definitely in the air, and I’m happy to see the weather starting to warm up and things starting to grow again. March was a busy month for me, but I still got a lot accomplished. I stuck to my plan of cutting back on requesting books, and managed to get through more of my list of ARCs. I’m especially glad about continuing the trend of reading more than I’ve requested, which allowed me to end the month with 5 fewer ARCs on my list than I started out with. Also, my ratio made a nice jump from 92% to 94%, so I’m counting March as a major success.

I got approved for 3 new books in March:

• Norse Mysticism by Disa Forvitin
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
• Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (audiobook version)

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

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