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 March with 24 ARCs left to be read. 

Happy May! The month of April turned out to be unexpectedly busy for me, well … busier than I was already expecting. Between the weather getting nicer, Passover and family visiting, needing shoulder surgery (which I’m having today, so wish me luck!), my inability to stick to requesting less NG ARCs on a consistent basis, and our two puppies needing constant supervision, I’m really proud of myself for reading as many ARCs as I did, even if I didn’t get the chance to post two of the reviews for them yet. Despite the fact that I got approved for 9 books in April, I still managed to finish the month with my ratio maintained at 94%, even with 2 reviews still left to post. In my eyes, April was a success, and I’ll have plenty of reading and reviewing to keep me busy during my surgery recovery period.

I got approved for 9 new books in April:

1. Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron
2. Brie Careful What You Wish For by Linda Reilly
3. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
4. Betty Crocker Found Recipes by Betty Crocker
5. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
6. The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad
7. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack
8. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
9. Lilith by Eric Rickstad

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

1. In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar — see my review here.
2. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth — see my review here.
3. The Magic of Tarot by Leanna Greenaway — see my review here.
4. Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack — see my review here.
5. The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes — see my review here.
6. Brie Careful What You Wish For by Linda Reilly — see my review here.
7. The Lavender Companion by Terry Barlin Vesci and Jessica Dunham — see my review here.
8. Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda — see my review here.

These are the ARCs that I read but haven’t had the chance to post my reviews for yet:

1. Lilith by Eric Rickstad | Amazon
2. The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales | Amazon

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

1. Spoon to be Dead by Dana Mentink | Amazon
2. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer Chow | Amazon
3. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange | Amazon
4. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku | Amazon
5. The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin | Amazon
6. Norse Mysticism by Disa Forvitin | Amazon
7. The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad | Amazon
8. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse | Amazon
9. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller | Amazon
10. Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron | Amazon
11. Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton | Amazon
12. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne | Amazon
13. Sounds Like a Plan by Paula Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith | Amazon
14. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Amazon
15. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber | Amazon
16. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher | Amazon
17. The Pairing by Casey McQuiston | Amazon
18. Strange Folk by Alli Dyer | Amazon
19. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon
20. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik | Amazon
21. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman | Amazon 
22. Betty Crocker Found Recipes by Betty Crocker | 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?