Audrey Ryan Writes

Book reviews, recommendations, and bookish musings from a romance and contemporary fiction lover.

The Piano Bench
July 17, 2023 BlogReviews

The Piano Bench

The Piano Bench is the story of Josef Samson, a Jewish man born in Germany in the late 1800s who saw both world wars. During that time, he takes up relationships with three different women, abandoning...

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Summer’s End
July 14, 2023 BlogReviews

Summer’s End

When you pick up a book published by Baen, you generally know that it is going to be a very hard science fiction tale, with a lot of action and description of various high-tech gear, and that is true ...

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It Rides a Pale Horse
July 14, 2023 BlogReviews

It Rides a Pale Horse

It Rides a Pale Horse is a bizarre thrill ride from beginning to end. Captivatingly surreal and, at times, grotesquely descriptive, this book is not for readers averse to gore in their horror. Lark is...

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We Love to Entertain: A Novel
July 12, 2023 BlogReviews

We Love to Entertain: A Novel

Author Sarah Strohmeyer spins a breezy tale with cinematic scenes of Vermont in Autumn. A local couple has been chosen for an online show, To the Manor Build (TMB), along with two other couples elsewh...

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An Astronomer in Love
July 12, 2023 BlogReviews

An Astronomer in Love

An Astronomer in Love is a tale about Guillaume Le Gentil, an astronomer to King Louis XV, who set out from France in 1760 to see the transit of Venus across the world in Pondicherry, India. It’s inte...

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Lucius: A Soldier’s Journey
July 12, 2023 BlogReviews

Lucius: A Soldier’s Journey

Lucius, a soldier in Rome, wonders why he is being reassigned to a troubled region of the empire since he thought Rome would be his final station because of his advanced age. Another reason he feels u...

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