Audrey Ryan Writes

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

Sprout Branches Out
July 6, 2023 BlogReviews

Sprout Branches Out

Sprout is a curious little houseplant that believes there has got to be more than just life on the front porch. Finally, when she decides to explore the world around her, it is nothing like she though...

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Pick a Perfect Egg
July 6, 2023 BlogReviews

Pick a Perfect Egg

Have you ever thought about where your Easter egg comes from? The journey it made before you picked it up from the grocery store and brought it to your house to color for a hide and seek celebration. ...

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Pride and Protest
July 5, 2023 BlogReviews

Pride and Protest

Although the classic Pride and Prejudice has had many remakes throughout the last century, this novel is truly refreshing. This modern re-telling is clever, fun, and one of the best reads of the year....

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Heller – The Big Bundle
July 5, 2023 BlogReviews

Heller – The Big Bundle

The Big Bundle opens with nonagenarian Nate Heller, setting down his account of one of the most infamous crimes of the 1950s. Nate, then in his hard-boiled, private-eye prime, was called in to help a ...

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Struggle and Mutual Aid
July 3, 2023 BlogReviews

Struggle and Mutual Aid

In a critical and historical account of the formation and legacy of international labor movements, Nicolas Delalande explores the hard-fought struggle to strengthen labor movements across trades, lang...

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You Shouldn’t Have Come Here
July 3, 2023 BlogReviews

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here

You Shouldn’t Have Come Here is what everyone keeps telling Grace Evans after checking into her Airbnb. Everyone except Calvin Wells, the owner of the ranch she’s staying at. There is an immediate con...

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A Mansion for Murder
June 28, 2023 BlogReviews

A Mansion for Murder

Kate is drawn to Yorkshire by a letter sent to her by a stranger named Ronnie that requests her visit a rumored cursed mansion. She doesn’t believe in curses but what she finds when she arrives threat...

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