Mark Avery and I have certainly been in sync (as the kids say these days) with what books we’ve been reading. No sooner had I picked up the recently arrived advance review copy of Michael Blencowe‘s forthcoming book Gone; a Search for What Remains of the World’s Extinct Creatures than I happened to open up Mark’s blog to see what he had reviewed this Sunday and what-do-you-know; it was Gone (the book Gone, that is; Mark’s blog is very much still there).
Having written one of the best recent books I’ve had the pleasure to read about any extinct species – I refer, of course, to A Message from Martha; the Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today – Mark is in a a group of very select authors on the subject. Consequently, what he has to say about a new book touching upon it is well worth reading indeed, which I very much encourage you to do.
Links to Mark Avery’s Sunday book reviews appear in The Well-read Naturalist by special arrangement. You can find all of Mark’s past reviews as well as a wide-ranging collection of his other writings on his Standing Up for Nature website. Mark’s opinions regarding the books he reviews are his own.
