Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat – Kate Temple

    Hachette September 2022 ISBN: 9780734420909  RRP: $16.99 This is just utterly fantastic from first page to last. So good that I gobbled it up in just two sittings in fact. Why is it so dangerous being Trilby Misso you may wonder? Well, because she finds herself in a unique position – inheriting the singular role…

  • Windswept & Interesting: my autobiography – Sir Billy Connolly

    Hachette Australia OCT 12, 2021 | 9781529318265 | RRP $49.99 One might think that after so much has been written and shared about hi, that the man himself would not have much more to add, but not so. Because aside from the recollections and anecdotes, it is Billy’s innate gleeful humour that lifts this beyond straight autobiography to become…

  • Thursdays at Orange Blossom House – Sophie Green

    Hachette JUL 28, 2021 | 9780733646126 | RRP $32.99 Sophie Green has once again crafted a beautiful and resonant narrative that will capture the hearts of readers, just as her first two books did, with its exploration of the ‘circle of women’ always so evident in her work and, to my mind, so very important to so many. Indeed,…

  • Backyard Birdies – Andy Geppert

    Hachette JUL 28, 2021 | 9780734420695 | RRP $19.99 Imprint: Lothian Books Well, you know, I’m a secret bird geek. I love spotting them. I take part in the annual backyard bird survey every year and, even going way way back to my first year of teaching, had my class keeping tally of the birds they saw in the…

  • The StrangeWorlds Travel Agency : The Edge of the Ocean Book #2 – L. D. Lapinski

    Hachette Australia APR 13, 2021 | 9781510105959 | RRP $16.99 Now that Flick is officially a member of the StrangeWorlds Travel Agency, and with one exciting adventure already under her belt, in which she demonstrated some unexpected and remarkable powers, she and Jonathan Mercator are summoned to help another world. This time they are joined by Jonathan’s distant cousin,…