What are you reading Wednesday

[lilachigh]

Have just finished two books this morning - well, I have one by the bed and the other on the breakfast table!

Conclave by Robert Harris is excellent.  Beautifully written, it tells what happens when a Pope dies and the Cardinals gather to vote in a new man.  Or as the tag line on the back says, "The Power of God, the Ambition of Men."  I've seen

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[kerkevik_2014]

Must get to reading Shoes of the Fisherman one day; utterly riveting movie; powerful performances, and jeez do wee need people like that today!

[kathyh]

My husband is currently reading Magpie Murders and raving about it. I may have to break the habit of a lifetime and read a book he recommends :)

I bought Conclave for my mum for Christmas but she hasn't read it yet, thus foiling my cunning plan to borrow it.

[executrix]

I haven't seen The Young Pope, but it is definitely about conclaval hijinks, and that's also a sub-plot in the French priest soap opera Churchmen, which is on Netflix.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

I made the mistake of buying the Magpie Murders as an audiobook, not having read it (I use them to get to sleep, so I'm always missing bits). It's great, but I really, really got confused till I finally listened to enough in the right order... Should have read it first!

[readerjane]

Thanks for the recs!

I'll trade you two. The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell. First contact story, with Jesuits. Devastating and marvelous. Also, Summer in Orcus, by Ursula Vernon. A portal story a little too grim to be YA, but with some quirky, original funny bits.