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State of the ARC, October 2019

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 / Kim @ Traveling in Books / 4 Comments

State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. Yes, I know it's November. The month is not the point. ARCs. I have one due in November, three due in February 2020, … Continue reading State of the ARC, October 2019

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