Paul Cheney

A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us by Poppy Okotcha is one that springs to mind

My thoughts on The Sound Atlas by Michaela Vieser & Isaac Yuen and published by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social. Thank you to @helenmccusker.bsky.social for sending me a copy to read

halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-s...

Book 31: Cabin

Excellent. My brother-in-law borrowed my copy!

My thoughts on An Insect A Day by Dominic Couzens & Gail Ashton and published by @batsfordbooks.bsky.social. Thank you to them for sending me a copy

halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/an-in...

Book 30: Common People

Three (yes, only three) recent purchases

Two books recently collected from the Library

Thank you to Steph of Eland Publishing for sending copies of Saints of Sind by Peter Mayne and News From Tartary by Peter Flemming

Thank you to Sam from @eandtbooks.bsky.social for sending a copy of Farewell to Russia by @joelucbarnes.bsky.social

Thank you to @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social of @blpublishing.bsky.social for sending copies of The Black Fox by Gerald Heard and The New Flesh edited by Mark Morris

Thank you to @helenmccusker.bsky.social from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for sending a proof copy of Treasures on Earth by Jeremy Harte

Thank you to Amelia from Icon Books for sending a copy of Travelling Anxiously by Tom Sykes

Three (yes, only three) recent purchases

Two books recently collected from the Library

Thank you to Steph of Eland Publishing for sending copies of Saints of Sind by Peter Mayne and News From Tartary by Peter Flemming

Thank you to Sam from @eandtbooks.bsky.social for sending a copy of Farewell to Russia by @joelucbarnes.bsky.social

Thank you to @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social of @blpublishing.bsky.social for sending copies of The Black Fox by Gerald Heard and The New Flesh edited by Mark Morris

Thank you to @helenmccusker.bsky.social from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for sending a proof copy of Treasures on Earth by Jeremy Harte

Thank you to Amelia from Icon Books for sending a copy of Travelling Anxiously by Tom Sykes

It wasn't really my sort of thing. Quite a good plot though

Book 29: Medusa

My February 2026 Review:

halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/book-musings...

Thank you for the repost, @glawrence.bsky.social

Thank you for the repost, @marinasofia.bsky.social

Thank you for the repost, @bluebookballoon.bsky.social

It's #worldbookday so I feel compelled to write something. Every book I've ever read made me want to be an author. Books change lives.

Today, join a library, a book group or go into a bookshop, none of them will disappoint.

My February 2026 Review:

halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/book-musings...

An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper

Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.

That's astonishing!