Add the chopped carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Melt the butter and olive oil in a heavy-bottomed soup pot. Plan for about 4-5 hours prep and cook time total.ģ large carrots or 10 baby carrots, chopped Of course I made soup! You’re damn right I made soup! SPLIT PEA SOUP! This is the method that worked for me, based on this recipe from, and of course, with my own additions. Where does she put it, Chris wondered, in her wrists? The child was a slender as a fleeting hope. Chris ate a salad while Regan had soup (haha, of course she did!), two sourdough rolls, fried chicken, a strawberry shake, and blueberry pie topped with chocolate ice cream. Of course you know what comes to mind when you read it. And then, of course, there was this passage. Whether it’s faith in God, faith in the power of love, faith in science, or faith in the unknown, it’s the idea of believing in something greater outside of ourselves that is the thread tying it together. I think, at its heart, it’s a book about faith. See below, from my trip to Washington a couple of years ago. This is even more effective when describing some of the more disturbing scenes – Regan and the infamous crucifix, her head twisting completely around, some of the more profane and filthy things she says, the priest falling down those vicious stairs – which really exist, by the way. Father Karras is even more likeable, particularly because his own crisis of faith and personal guilt are given much more attention and backstory.īlatty’s writing is accessible – short sentences, everyday words, and concise narration – which makes it all the more powerful in telling this horrific tale set in Georgetown. Chris MacNeil, in point of fact, is a much more likeable character in the book, though she is still somewhat irritating.
The film hasn’t lost its shock value, though it’s not as terrifying as it was when I saw it as a young girl.īut the book is genuinely unnerving, creeping up with subtlety and giving you more insight into the characters than is comfortable. What other book could I possibly blog about other than The Exorcist, that classic tale of demonic possession, faith, and terror? I’d never read the book, though I’ve seen the movie many times, especially in October.
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