I was on a real non-fiction bender the last few months! Here’s what I read in May:

• A False Report (audio) … T. Miller Christian and Ken Armstrong, read by authors
• The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (audio) … Stephen Brusatte, read by P. Lawlor
• Dead People Suck (ebook) … Laurie Kilmartin
• Mozart’s Starling (audio) … Lyanda Lynn Haupt, read by Linda Henning
• The Recovering (ebook/audio) … Leslie Jamison, read by author
• Everything is Horrible and Wonderful (ebook) … Stephanie Wittels Wachs
• The Art of the Con (audio) … Anthony M. Amore, read by Michael Johnson

My favorites were The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (perfect to get me pumped for Jurassic World 2) and Everything is Horrible and Wonderful, about life and death of the brilliant tv/comedy writer Harris Wittels. I ugly cried reading that one—you can read my thoughts on the linked title above. Looking back I can see I was pretty terrible about reading any paper books: it’s all audio and ebook! But I’m proud of myself for reading two ebooks. I’m pretty terrible with that medium.

June recap coming soon, as well as more detailed thoughts on all these books!

Wow, did I ever fall behind! My 8-year-old laptop died and I didn’t have a chance to replace it until recently. I’m in Wisconsin visiting friends and family now but will be catching up on my little reviews here when I can. For now, here are the books I read in April:

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark … Michelle McNamara
• Darkness Visible (audio) … William Styron, read by author
• In the Kingdom of Ice (audio) … Hampton Sides, read by Robert Petkoff
• Heart Berries (ebook) … Terese Marie Mailhot
• Educated (audio) … Tara Westover, read by Julia Whelan
• Being Mortal (audio) … Atul Gawande, read by Robert Petkoff
• The Lost City of the Monkey God (audio) … Douglas Preston, read by Bill Mumy
• Instant Replay (audio) … Jerry Kramer with Dick Shaap, read by John Pruden
• The Asshole Survival Guide (audio) … Robert I. Sutton, read by author

Another month of all non-fiction. My favorites were I’ll Be Gone in the Dark about the Golden State Killer, which was just made all the more fascinating since that monster was caught about a month after I finished reading this book, In the Kingdom of Ice about the U.S.S. Jeanneatte‘s doomed 1879 mission to the Arctic, and Jerry Kramer’s  Instant Replay, his behind-the-scenes diary of the Green Bay Packers’ historic 1967 season.

In other bookish news for me, I’ve also fell behind on my TBR Pile Challenge, but hopefully that won’t be too hard to get back into after this Wisconsin visit. More recaps and reviews here in the coming days!