The Vatican Diaries

Like sitting between two people gossiping. You learn some interesting things but you also learn some stuff you really don't want to know, and really don't want to know to the level of detail being told; Too Much Information.

The author has a different subject for each chapter and, I believe, he jumps back in time to get to a good starting place for the subject, which is a good way to approach his overall subject. But he uses the Popes' name as the reference point. I was raised Catholic and understand some of the subject but I had moved on before the overall time period presented, which made it difficult for me to understand if Benedict came before John-Paul II, 1 after, 2 after, etc.