Ugh - terrible start to the year. Two 2 star books followed by a DNF, and we are not even through the first half of January. 😵‍💫
I didn't realise this book was written by a Professor of Literature, so there are so many references to poets, stories and myths and I am only on page 60. Even flicking through it, it seems like every page or so there is a reference to some literature. I hoped for something a bit more 'hard-sciencey' but I am not seeing it after 20% through. Much preferred Alan Weisman's The World Without Us. 

I think I need to read some easy fiction next, and also shorter. Out of the last 3 books I have read, 2 have been 1,000+ pages.....I have to revert to something 'easier' for a while. 

DNF @ 50%

The author completely ignores what animal agriculture is doing to the planet and the effects it will have in the future.

I did a Google search for what footprints the animal agriculture leaves on the planet and copy pasted it here:

https://iapwa.org/the-environmental-cost-of-animal-agriculture/

In this book, the author examines what likely Footprints will be left behind by us humans for archaeologists in the future. He covers plastic, the burning of fossil fuels, and other things, but by around halfway through the book, I realized he had not yet covered the effects on the environment and future world of animal agriculture. I thumbed through the rest of the book and looked at the table of contents, but no, not a word. This is cowardly of this author. He was afraid of losing sales from the meat eaters. And they are a Savage bunch. What a service he could have done to his readers, if he would have taken a look at this massively damaging industry to the planet, not to mentionthe animals. And what it will leave behind for the future.