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Let’s Keep This Conclave Ragin’ Bros!

Conclave by Robert Harris

July 29, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR16 Bingo: detente. A cardinal attempts to keep peace while the church world is suspended over who will be the next Pope, despite shenanigans happening on the side. Also, shoutout to Spencer Hall, whose tweet eleven years ago still makes me laugh and is the title for this review. When I saw the trailer for Conclave, I knew I would be reading the book it was based on no matter what. I have mixed feelings on Robert Harris’ books but they […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Christianity, Conclave, detente, Pope, Religion, Robert Harris, roman catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Suspense, vatican city

Jake's CBR16 Review No:115 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr16bingo, Christianity, Conclave, detente, Pope, Religion, Robert Harris, roman catholic, Roman Catholicism, Rome, Suspense, vatican city ·
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On Passion

May 16, 2014 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

My hand is a human hand. My heart a human heart. My feet walk the earth to which our bones return. Directed by His voice, His hand, by the prompting and guidance of His spirit, what else was I to do? ~ Father Damien in a letter to the Pope The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001. I’ve reviewed two of Erdrich’s other novels — The Plague of Doves, which won a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native American, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native American, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House ·
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