My Week in Books – 27th July 2025

Monday – I published my review of historical thriller The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson.

Tuesday – My take on this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was Books Set on Islands.

Wednesday – As always WWW Wednesday is a weekly opportunity to share what I’ve just read, what I’m currently reading and what I plan to read next… and to take a peek at what others are reading.

Friday – I published my review of The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman.

Saturday – I shared my review of futuristic thriller, The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse.


The Two Roberts by Damian Barr (Canongate via NetGalley)

He will stay like this forever, Robert’s arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he’s off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls – and never leave his side.

Together they will spend every penny and every minute devouring Glasgow – its botanical gardens, the Barras market, a whole hidden city – all the while loving each other behind closed doors. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent will take them to Paris, Rome, London. They will become stars as the bombs fall, hosting wild parties with the likes of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart. But the brightest stars burn fastest.

I’m listening to the audiobook of The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel, I’m reading There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak for my book club and The Best of Intentions by Caroline Scott from my NetGalley shelf.


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