On a cold February evening a delivery man knocks on our door. There's a package! But what's inside? A mystery! Cannot wait to unwrap it!

And there it is. THE MYSTERY. A novel by an Icelandic author, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, sent to us by our Icelandic gifter, Karen.

The title: Why did you lie?

Well, Karen, we hope you didn't lie saying you liked it because now we're really impatient to solve the mystery... of whether we'll like it as well!

But seriously, what a great gift! To send a piece of your culture out into the world and to point us to the author we might never have heard about! Pay attention, fellow redditors, this is how you do it.

Thank you, Karen, for your wonderful recommendation. We're going to message you back as soon as we finish reading to share our impressions