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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m reading and reviewing the 6 novels shortlisted for the Booker Prize this year. Here is 2/6: The Things We Never Say, a moving character drama by Elizabeth Strout. Oh my heart. ❤️ (I’m easily touched though). #books #bookerprize #bookreview #booksky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout

2026 Booker Prize shortlisted novel seeks to defeat loneliness

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I kind of like this “battle of the books” concept so I made my own template (msg me if you want it!) & am rating the books I've read in 2026. Stay tuned for the Dec 2026 winner. I’d like to see yours too! #books #battleofthebooks #bookreviews maxpuffins.substack.com/p/favourite-...

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OK I see. Well, I came across it but I've already read and enjoyed the book!

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cool book - are you reading it?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shadow of the Object is offbeat, poetic, and preoccupied with pre-cinema ephemera like magic lanterns. It's Amelie-esque, sometimes mesmerising, and more interested in aesthetic inquiry than traditional plot entertainment. Review 👇 #booksky #bookreview #book maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis

What if, like a magic lantern, a person can cast images and illuminations long after they’re gone?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Check out @daja57.bsky.social’s excellent book reviews. Here’s one many. And they’re proper thoughtful reviews, not dodgy AI bots 🤖

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Flashlight by Susan Choi. Lots of praise and award nominations, but a little less engaging than I hoped for. It’s a family/historical drama with a jolting twist halfway through (which improves things). 3 ⭐️ #bookreviews #books #booksky #literaturesky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: Flashlight, by Susan Choi

Slightly patchy novel about trauma, disconnection, and the long-lasting impacts of post-war politics

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Book Review: Flashlight, by Susan Choi

Slightly patchy novel about trauma, disconnection, and the long-lasting impacts of post-war politics

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Excellent review by the way. I didn’t think about the parallels to paradise lost.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh man it’s so weird isn’t it! But I still really liked it!

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 01/09/2026

The new Kickstarter is live! We’ve published original horror, fantasy, and science fiction in since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf... Many haunted rewards available!

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027

Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ah thanks, no I haven’t heard of that one. Interesting that it’s addressing the same issue.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lots of hype around Switzy, long listed for the Booker Prize, just released in September. Tough subject matter - mental decay, the loss of identity and death - but still a surprisingly enjoyable read. Review 👇 #books #switzy #bookreviews #booksky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: Switzy, by Emma Cline

Ready to look death right in the eyeballs?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fantastic! Glad you liked it. Nice review. I agree, it’s all about that sinister subtext. I really enjoyed it.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ooh watch it if you get a chance. It’s good, plus a fascinating comparison.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I thought this book was OK but was kind of blown away by the film adaptation of it.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Newly crowned winner of the 2026 Arthur C Clarke Award, When There Are Wolves Again is a loving plea to rewild the planet. Read it, drink a cup of tea, look out the window at some birds, imagine a better future. Review 👇 maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie... #booksky #bookreviews #books #scifi

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Book Review: “When There Are Wolves Again” by E. J. Swift

Drink a cup of tea, look out the window at some birds, imagine a better future.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“The End of Everything” is a sort of “literary sci-fi”, it’s long listed for the Booker Prize, and it’s very weird. But it’s good weird. Here’s a review 👇 #booksky #books #bookreviews maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: "The End of Everything" by M. John Harrison

Longlisted Booker Prize novel depicting society decaying into a surreal, Lynchian nightmare

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Looking forward to hearing what you think!

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Don't worry, you've got me on your side (sort of). What didn't you like? (you'll see in my review I explained some significant things that bothered me)

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Great work, I want to read this one

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton is Australia’s favourite 21st Century book. Here’s a review of it and a little dive into why that might be. #books #booksky #bookreviews maxpuffins.substack.com/p/australias...

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Australia's favourite book? "Boy Swallows Universe" by Trent Dalton - Review/deeper dive

Australians' favourite 21st century book. Why?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I AM bursting with witticisms, abundant creativity, and the free flowing prose necessary to bring it all to life like a thousand electric rainbows.* *exclusively between the hours of 2-3am, behind my eyelids, in the black silence of my bed. At all other times I am a stultified lump. #writing

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Interesting mix of books I’m currently reading: Flashlight by Susan Choi - ok so far, historical family drama, some Korean/Japan politics The End of Everything by M John Harrison - post-apocalyptic alien strangeness; whoah, what the heck, this is deep. #currentlyreading #booksky

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Nice review. I wouldn’t want to be lectured either!

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Fabrications is a fascinating book coming out in Dec, a collection of speculative fiction vignettes on AI futures. It dreams about AI disrupting everything from Mexican cartels to MMOs. Some pathways lead to annihilation. review 👇 #ai #bookreviews #booksky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: "Fabrications" by Zachary Mason

AI is coming to upturn everything from Mexican cartels to MMOs

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

These ones are pied oystercatchers on the east coast of Australia 😊

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here’s one I saw with babies!

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Beautiful photography. Ever been to Australia and seen Australian birds?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Enjoy this superb parrot I saw, strutting its stuff. (That’s what it’s officially called, a superb parrot. Appropriate). And a reminder to writers, artists, and everyone really to also strut your stuff. Go on, strut it! #birds #writingcommunity

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Humans and robots, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Here’s a review of Luminous, by Silvia Park, nominated for the 2026 Arthur C Clarke Award, and kind of cool 👇 #books #scifi #bookreview #booksky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review: “Luminous” by Silvia Park

Humans and robots, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Witch by Marie NDiaye is a 1996 French novel translated in 2026 and long listed for the Booker prize. Not as witchy as you may hope, it’s a cryptic, meandering and alienating critique of domesticity and isolation. Review 👇 #books #bookreview #booksky maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie...

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Book Review, "The Witch" by Marie NDiaye

Even witch powers can't save you from domestic imprisonment

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You’ve joined the spice girls and you need a name, what is it? I’m quixotic spice.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

No, will have to take a look 👍

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Who likes cyberpunk / sci-fi / noir / cult awesomeness? Because THIS new Blade Runner 2099 is coming soon youtu.be/0Dr8I_RyRCg?... #scifi #cyberpunk

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Blade Runner 2099 - Official Teaser | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Tour … de France? Just kidding - congrats on your hard work.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Prophet Song depicts a world heading rapidly towards Parable of the Sower and, beyond that, maybe even <shudder>The Road, and it’s here to burst your comfy modern bubble with a big dystopian needle. Review 👇 maxpuffins.substack.com/p/book-revie... #booksky #bookreview #book #books #fiction

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Book Review: “Prophet Song”, by Paul Lynch

A dystopian needle to burst your safe bubble

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Will have to look into this…. I’m also waiting for the Neuromancer show coming soon.

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ooh there is a Blade Runner SHOW?

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Max Puffins @maxpuffins.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pro tip: If you are “a writer” it’s ok to eat a chocolate brownie for breakfast then read/write on the beach because, um, it’s research for a book character (in this case a gluttonous, hedonistic wannabe writer). #writing

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