Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • Comes the Night – Isobelle Carmody

    Allen & Unwin October 2024 ISBN:9781760294762 Awards: Imprint:A&U Children’s RRP: $24.99 In a future Canberra, the citizens are protected and insulated under domes, safe from extreme weather, solar radiation and all the after-effects caused by recklessness of previous generations. They are also guarded from civil unrest as small drones constantly monitor the skies, and AI…

  • The Break – Phillip Gwynne

    Penguin Australia September 2021 ISBN: 9780143789383 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $19.99 I have to say Phillip is soooooo very good at the fast-paced action/adventure genre and, all the while, making it entirely believable. It did take me a while to work through the pile to get to this one but I absolutely gobbled it up when I did. Anyone…