#RingmerReview

Seldon and Newell: Johnson at 10

This is, of course, all about Boris, but it is more than that as well. Very well written, in a clear and interesting style, it will give anyone interested in finding out how politics, the civil service, and the administration of the UK operate (or should operate) at the top level. The authors look at Johnson with the perspective of historians comparing him to past Prime Ministers good and bad. 1/2 #books #boosktodon #UKPolitics

Update: A fourth request came in and was added to my hold stack before I got to the #library! The challenge intensifies!! 😄

"Bedbugs" should be a quick read. "Hester," I'm not too sure about, could be awful, but I have to check it out because a) my own ancestors were lured here from Scotland to work in the textile trade; b) I love 17th-19th c. American domestic history; and c) Nate Hawthorne looks quite handsome in that one portrait by Charles Osgood. So. Duh.
#boosktodon #TBR

Fridays #BookWeekScotland trio of amazing reads 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Young Mungo: hardly needs me to say anything! Absolutely heartbreaking & beautiful. Up there for my book of the year

Beloved Poison: 1st in the Jem Flockhart series and every book is a 5⭐️ read

Happiness: A brilliant , funny read! One I would never have picked up if it wasn’t for the fabulous Scottish Book Club 😘

#books #Boosktodon #scottishfiction #historicfiction #Queer #Scotland #bookblogger #bookrecommendation

Illustration from the excellently titled arithmetic book Marmaduke Multiply’s Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematics (c. 1816)

#BookHistory #IllustrationHistory #BooksForChildren #Boosktodon #KidLit #KidLitArt