Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe


  • Bad Habits – Flynn Meaney

    Penguin Australia February 2021 ISBN: 9780241407196 Imprint: Penguin Format: Paperback RRP: $16.99 Hands down, this is the funniest and most enjoyable YA novel I’ve read in ages! Naturally, the super stunning cover is a real drawcard but when I tell you that I’ve ripped through it over just the last couple of nights, you can guess it was just…

  • I am Out with Lanterns – Emily Gale

    Penguin Random House 9780143782766 July 30, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $17.99 One of us is in the dark.  One of us is a bully. One of us wants to be understood. One of us loves a girl who loves another. One of us remembers the past as if it just happened. One of…

  • Engaging Adolescents- Michael Hawton

    Exisle Publishing May 2017 ISBN  9781925335408 RRP $29.99 You know those shows on TV about history’s worst jobs? I reckon parenting teenagers should be heavily featured! Yes, I’ve raised three girls – only with moderate success, doing the best I could, with what I had and lots of tantrums/screaming matches/exhausting emotions – and now, raising…