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 May with 24 ARCs left to be read. 

We’ve only just gotten through June, and it is already hot. It feels like I’ve been doing stuff every weekend, which has been really fun. But I seriously struggle with the heat, so I’ve been having a pretty tough time of it. Aside from the heat (it’s gotten into the 90s here a couple of days), the weather has been beautiful for the most part. I know a few 90 degree days aren’t much to complain about, and that so many parts of the country and the world have it way worse. At the moment, I’m grateful for air conditioning. VERY grateful. 

Shoulder surgery recovery went much faster this month than last. I’ve recovered a pretty good range of motion already, and now I’m working on strengthening in my physical therapy sessions. So June was a pretty busy month, but I was doing a bunch of life things. I’ve also had to take on a more proactive role with helping my mother out with managing things around the house, so that’s cut into my time as well. Obviously, this led to me having less time available to read, but I find that sometimes being able to switch between audiobook and ARC is helpful, so I requested the audiobook versions of some ARCs that I already got approved for. I wound up with a bunch of new approvals, so I didn’t get anywhere near my own personal goal of reviewing more than I got approved for. But my ratio is currently at 93% and I’m okay with that.

I got approved for 11 new books in June:

1. Modern Magic by Michelle Tea
2. The Mirror by Nora Roberts
3. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (audiobook)
4. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen (audiobook)
5. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber (audiobook)
6. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne (audiobook)
7. Hex and Hexability by Kate Johnson
8. The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum
9. Sabor Judío by Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle
10. Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives
11. The Witch’s Book of Spells by Lindsay Squire

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

1. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse — see my review here.
2. The Undermining of Twyla & Frank by Megan Bannen — see my review here.
3. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne — see my review here.
4. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku — see my review here.
5. Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron — see my review here.

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

1. Norse Mysticism by Disa Forvitin | Amazon
2. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller | Amazon
3. Bitter Waters by Vivian Shaw | Amazon
4. Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton | Amazon
5. Sounds Like a Plan by Paula Samuels Young & Dwayne Alexander Smith | Amazon
6. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Amazon
7. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber | Amazon
8. Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber (audiobook)
9. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher | Amazon
10. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher (audiobook)
11. The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean | Amazon
12. Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright | Amazon
13. The Witch’s Book of Spells by Lindsay Squire | Amazon
14. The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois by Ryan Graudin | Amazon
15. Hex and Hexability by Kate Johnson | Amazon
16. The Pairing by Casey McQuiston | Amazon
17. Strange Folk by Alli Dyer | Amazon
18. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon
19. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen (audiobook)
20. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik | Amazon
21. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb | Amazon
22. Modern Magic by Michelle Tea | Amazon
23. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman | Amazon 
24. Sabor Judío by Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle | Amazon
25. The Mirror by Nora Roberts | Amazon
26. The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum | Amazon
27. Betty Crocker Found Recipes by Betty Crocker | Amazon
28. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker | Amazon
29. Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives | 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?