Coming soon…like, maybe now. (I have a lot to do today, like, doesn’t everyone?)

This is a review of the book The Secrets of the Sprakkar, by Eliza Reid, born in Canada, raised on a hobby farm in Ontario, now an Icelandic citizen, married to the president of Iceland, and so the First Lady of Iceland. Though she made her living as a journalist, Ellza has just published her first book, already a best seller, with glowing reviews in the NYT Book Review, and everywhere else you look, well deserved.

And just yesterday, I caught a virtual interview with Eliza,, conducted by Globe columnist, Elizabeth Renzetti. What more is there to say, that hasn’t already been said?

I’ll try to think of something.

Icelandic words we don´t have any English for, from How to Live Icelandic.

nenna Not wanting to do something due to laziness . (That’s a word that applies to me.)

frekja A bossy demanding person.

skárra A little bit better, but still not good.

skrreppa To go out for a short while, often to run errands (although Icelanders are prone to understatement, so this could be for days).

I chose short words that might be easy to remember, but Il’ll give you a complicated one that is fun to know but unlikely to be used.

rúsinurassgat Literally ‘raisin ass’. This words is used for cute children: “Oh, look at that rúsinurassgat, isn’t he cute?” rassgatarófa, or ‘asshole turnip’, is also a term of endearment for cute children .

End of lesson.