Welcome to Litsy!

This is a story about misfit John Egan, an 11 year old in a too large body, and with a perceptive mind. John tries to makes sense of a difficult world by being a human lie detector. I think this might be a case of “it‘s me, not you”. I kept waiting for some big reveal, some kind of trauma, something that could justify the eerie feeling I got from the book. And there was a climax, but everything after that moved a bit too quickly, for my taste.

I got a #ConstantCraving for Fastalavnsboller in all shapes and sizes. And luckily, the Danish #WheatKings aka the Danish bakers have a supply big enough to try to satisfy my cravings 😋

So far, this book is giving me a sort of eerie feeling, and I can‘t really put my finger on why. 🤔

#TimbItTunes

I have spent the first part of my day eating, running, cleaning, grocery shopping, and a bit more eating. Now I‘m ready for some reading and relaxing on the couch until we have to make dinner 📖

@BarbaraBB I‘m going in! I‘ll be sure to let you know what I think 👍

#currentlyreading

Dear @BarbaraBB thank you for sending me this! It sounds so interesting, and it has moved very close to the top of my tbr! I‘ll let you know what I think of it 👍

#Bookmail #Littensarethebest

Shortlisted for the #ManBookerPrize, on the list of #1001books and yet I had never heard about this book before.

And that while it is really good. Told (so convincingly!) from the POV of an unstable but lovely 11-year old boy who considers himself a human lie detector. Because there are many lies in his family, even though his parents are trying to be honest. Painful and beautiful.
#invisibleillness #booked2018

A perfect start of my new book. #greatbeginnings