Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Hopping towards Easter (already!)

    It’s true that the start of this year has been fraught – not to put too fine a point on it. In my house: switch jobs on the last day of holidays, school is delayed by a week for The Kid, a week or so later The Kid is not well and after a couple…

  • Grace’s Escape – Louise Park

    Simon & Schuster September 2021 Publisher: Berbay ISBN13: 9780645069631 RRP: AU$ 16.99 / NZ$ 19.99 Middle school readers fell in love with Grace’s adventures in her first book, Grace’s Secrets, and they will love this next instalment as Grace and her friend, Millie, continue to slip between past and present investigating mysteries and becoming acquainted…

  • Back…in time for Christmas

    It’s been a rather hectic time the past month or so. A new school, a new job always presents its challenges and a special kind of tiredness but in this – dare I say – year of unprecedented circumstances, perhaps even moreso. While I’ve done a fair bit of reading after crawling into bed exhausted…

  • Easter Goodies – hopping your way!

    This is a swag of lovely titles for little people just in time for Easter gifts. When my girls were little – and then with my grandies – their Easter gift was always heavier on the book gifts than the chocolate. (Of course a little bit of chocolate is always necessary at any age!). So…