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Max Puffins

@maxpuffins.bsky.social

Book reviews & reading-related thoughts from a literature lover and speculative fiction author / creative writing MFA. 100% HUMAN powered. The Great Wild Word Substack : https://open.substack.com/pub/maxpuffins

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Max Puffins@maxpuffins.bsky.social · last mo.

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...

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 · last mo.

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

Dave Appleby@daja57.bsky.social · last mo.

@maxpuffins.bsky.social Thank you for recommending 'The End of Everything' by M John Harrison (though I would have read him anyway, being a fan of his work). I think I enjoyed it; I was certainly impressed. Well weird! My full review: tinyurl.com/47ht5dyj #Booksky 💙📚 #Books 📚 #Literaturesky

Max Puffins@maxpuffins.bsky.social · last mo.

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...

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 · 2mo ago

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

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 · 3mo ago

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

Max Puffins@maxpuffins.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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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Max Puffins@maxpuffins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Anyone used that DJ guy on Spotify? Cool AI dude works out a party mix from your listening history. I haven’t been sleeping well, so for me the DJ was like “Yo Max, I know the kind of tunes you like! Let’s get down with TEN HOURS OF WHITE NOISE by WHITE NOISE.” Good party. #music #spotify