Thursday, January 1, 2026

State of the ARC [39]

 

State of the ARC is a monthly meme hosted by Avalinah at Avalinah's Books and Sarah at All the Book Blog Names Are Taken! It's an opportunity for readers to catch up on their long overdue ARCs, but right now I'm using it to keep up with my upcoming ARCs instead. It helps me stay organized!

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (1/6) *review
Wreck Your Heart by Lori Rader-Day (1/6)
Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez (1/13)
Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily R. Austin (1/13)
The Lust Crusade (Raiders of the Lost Heart, #3) by Jo Segura (1/13)

Hemlock by Melissa Faliveno (1/20)
Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke (1/20)
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao (1/20)

Good Intentions by Marisa Walz (2/3)
Impostor (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #1) by L.J. Ross (2/3)
Stolen in Death (In Death, #62) by J.D. Robb (2/3)
The Bone Queen by Will Shindler (2/3)
All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff (2/24)

A Secret in the Garden (Dark Manor Chronicles, #1) by Jeneane O'Riley (2/24)
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan (2/24)

Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra (3/3)
Once and Again by Rebecca Serle (3/10)
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1) by Ilona Andrews (3/31) *review
Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones (3/31)

The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer; Tamara Moss (4/7)
Bloodsinger (The Fire That Binds, #2) by Juliette Cross (4/9)
Morsel by Carter Keane (4/14)
Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai (4/14)
Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West (4/14)

Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe (4/14)
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier (4/21)
Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce (4/28)

Strange Familiars (The Seamere College Duology, #1) by Keshe Chow (5/19)

The River She Became by Emily Varga (6/30)
Witch Season (Broken Coven, #1) by Julia Blanco (6/30)

I only added a few since last month! I'm trying not to overwhelm myself, and so far this seems doable. Did anything catch your eye? Any new additions to your TBR? Happy New Year, lovelies! 

24 comments:

  1. Ahh, don't they all look lovely! Happy New Year.
    Lynn :D

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  2. I enjoyed the Segura book. Sad those books are ending but excited to see what else the author has for us.

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  3. We've got quite a few of the same titles on deck!

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    1. That's awesome! Which one are you most excited about?

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  4. Looks like a great haul. I don't have too many in common, so I look forward to learning more about these books. Happy New year!

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    1. I love that there are books out there for everyone. :)

      Happy New Year!

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  5. Good luck with all of these. Happy reading...and Happy New Year! :D

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    1. Thank you! I'm really looking forward to them all. Happy New Year!

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  6. Looks like you've got some good reads coming up!

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    1. I try to read them in the order they're being published, but sometimes one jumps out at me and I skip ahead.

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  7. I only have 3 ARC's out right now that are due in February. I've already read 2 of them. Happy reading.

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    1. It sounds like you're on top of it! I hope you had a good week, Mary. :)

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  8. Oh wow.. you have so many wonderful arc's to look forward to. I am currently reading a long overdue arc.

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    1. I'm excited to get to these! Which overdue ARC are you reading?

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  9. I added Dark is When the Devil Comes to my October reading list. ☺

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    1. It sounds like it's going to be a good one! I hope we both enjoy it. :)

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  10. I was given the new Daisy Pearce one, we will see how it goes. I didn't like the last one, but I am giving her one more chance!

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    1. This will be my first book by the author, so I'm hoping it goes well!

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    1. It's so hard to choose which one to read next! I try to go in order but it's hard. 😅

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