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 August with 32 ARCs left to be read. 

Anyone else think that September was the longest and Mondayest month we’ve had in a while? It might just be me, but it felt like this month would never end. Maybe it was the fact that the weather was so hot until just this past week, but I absolutely didn’t want to be outside any more than I had to for most of the month. 

As usual, I’ve been trying to get through my overdue and current ARCs for the month, but have sadly failed epically at this. I’ve still been struggling with severe fatigue that makes it difficult for me to stay awake once a specific time hits every single day. Of course, that was the time I’d get the most reading done, and I keep falling behind. 

Naturally, I need to start requesting only books that I know I’ll be able to get to review on or around the release date. I have been trying my best to catch up, and I reviewed a good number of ARCs but still haven’t gotten caught up yet. So the reduction in requests to only those that I desperately need ASAP has to happen, and I’ve been doing a lot better with that.

I got approved for only six books this month, with three of those being audiobooks and one being a cookbook, and I reviewed a bunch of books. I ended September with 5 less books on my ARC list than I started the month with, and I was thrilled to realize that my ratio has gone up to 94%!

I got approved for 6 new books in September:

1. The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz
2. The Mirror by Nora Roberts (audiobook)
3. A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney
4. Nosh by Micah Silva
5. The Love Elixir of August Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman (audiobook)
6. The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard

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

1. Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma — see my review here.

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

1. The Witch’s Book of Spells by Lindsay Squire — see my review here.
2. The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz — see my review here.
3. Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Lévy — see my review here.
4. A Dark and Secret Magic by Wallis Kinney — see my review here.
5. The Mirror by Nora Roberts — see my review here.
6. The Mirror by Nora Roberts (audiobook)
7. Sabor Judío by Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle — see my review here.
8. Nosh by Micah Silva — see my review here.
9. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman — see my review here.
10. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman (audiobook)

Here are the ARCs I still have to read:

1. The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois by Ryan Graudin | Amazon
2. The Comfy Cozy Witch’s Guide to Making Magic in Your Everyday Life by Jennie Blonde | Amazon
3. Hex and Hexability by Kate Johnson | Amazon
4. Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik | Amazon
5. Night Owls by A.R. Vishny | Amazon
6. When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman | Amazon
7. The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig | Amazon
8. The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb | Amazon
9. The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch | Amazon
10. Modern Magic by Michelle Tea | Amazon
11. The Kiss of the Nightingale by Adi Denner | Amazon
12. Love You a Latke by Amanda Elliot | Amazon
13. The Stone Witch of Florence by Anna Rasche | Amazon
14. The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum | Amazon
15. The Legacy of Arniston House by TL Huchu | Amazon
16. The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard | Amazon
17. Betty Crocker Found Recipes by Betty Crocker | Amazon
18. Murder at the Lemonberry Tea by Darci Hannah | Amazon
19. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker | Amazon
20. The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike | Amazon
21. Breath of the Dragon by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee | Amazon
22. The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia | Amazon
23. Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives | Amazon
24. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson | Amazon
25. A Long Time Gone by Joshua Moehling | Amazon
26. Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine | Amazon
27. Saltwater by Katy Hays | 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?