November #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
TheEllieMo This is one I‘m keen to read - when I can make time for it🙄 1w
November #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
pickGot this one from a little free library. I‘ve already read a few other novels by Harris e.g., Pompeij and did not get disappointed. I read this one in two days because it was so exciting. This novel definitely shows that ambition sometimes lies deep in ourselves concealed even from our own feelings and crawling its way out without us realizing.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Oooh… this was fun. All the rumors, gossip, and palace intrigue of the Cardinals‘ selection of a new pope, with the front runners changing as new information comes to light about things from their past. I only heard of it when Stanley Tucci talked about filming the movie in his latest book, but this was a fun pick!
Conclave just eeks out Woodworking, but it was very close! And How to Write Crime Fiction is my other wild card.
#readingbracket2025 @Catsandbooks
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pickI loved this book! It was twisty and turny in all the best ways and it had a surprise ending.
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I think I am like a lot of people, I wanted to read Conclave because the Catholic Church just went through one. Even though this is fiction, I found it quite interesting. I learned quite a bit. It did make me wonder if, in this past conclave, there was as much political wrangling. I never thought that the bishops would or could be so ambitious. I read the acknowledgments, and it seems to me Harris really researched the ⬇️
pickI was not going to read this, however coffee friends raved on and on about it and one handed me a copy. Took me a while to get into it and must admit I skipped read a lot. Author must be smiling. A very timely novel. Interesting ending. A quick read especially if you read like me. 😊.
