Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • Wednesday: A Novelisation of Season One

    Penguin Australia August 2025 ISBN: 9780241760741 Imprint: Ladybird RRP: $19.99 If you happen to be one of the handful of people in the civilized world who hasn’t watched Wednesday (1 & 2), you will definitely want to read this ahead of your kids. That way, at least you’ll be up to speed and be able to converse intelligently…

  • The Last Kids on Earth Survival Guide – Max Brallier/Illustrated by Douglas Holgate.

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9780008638177 ISBN 10: 0008638179 Imprint: Farshore Fiction GB $15.99 I have to be honest here. This entire series had completely bypassed me and, certainly, I wasn’t aware of a Netflix series either (but then it wouldn’t fall within my usual viewing range) but I can completely see the appeal of this immediately. This week…

  • Lockwood & Co – Jonathan Stroud

    Penguin Australia 7 February 2023 ISBN: 9780241613122 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $18.99 Ten years ago I reviewed The Screaming Staircase and wrote: This new series from Jonathan Stroud is the first since the Bartimaeus Sequence which sold over six million copies, and was translated in over 35 languages. The fact that Universal Studios has already picked up the film…

  • Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares [Netflix tie-in edition] – Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

    Allen & Unwin November 2020 ISBN 9780593309605 RRP: $19.99 You may recall that not long ago I reviewed Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily and totally fell in love with these characters, so I was super happy to receive this tie-in with the forthcoming Netflix series (woot! now that’s going to be fun!) and find…