Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • Looking for You: a Perfect Passion Company novel – Alexander McCall-Smith

    New South Books Polygon 9781846976933 / 1 June 2025 / AUD$39.99, NZD$44.99 After two weeks of being unwell and not reading (or reviewing) much beyond PBs and easy reads basically because of poor focus/fuzzy brain, it was just such a pleasure to escape into one of A. McC S’s gentle narratives filled with rich characters, very human emotions, a…

  • Vale Kerry Greenwood

    Like many others, I am devastated to learn of Kerry Greenwood’s death. What a tremendous loss to the Australian literary landscape and how we will all miss the continuing hijinks of Phryne and Corinne. RIP Kerry, thank you for all your wit, intelligence, creativity, body of work and always good humour.

  • Three Boys Gone – Mark Smith

    Pan Macmillan Australia Imprint: Macmillan Australia December 2025 ISBN: 9781761269868 RRP: $34.99 When I taught my rowdy Year 9s a few years ago, and even the most disengaged became completely engrossed in The Road to Winter (and many of them going on to read the rest of the trilogy!), it was pretty obvious Mark Smith has…