[books] Geographer's Library and Astonishing X-Men: Gifted

Last week I was at Porter Square Books, and saw The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman on their feature table. It looked interesting, so I picked it up from the library.

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Further reading plans for the near future include finishing Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, which I like a lot but is a very slow book, and reading A Perfect Red by Amy Butler.

something I don't get

I just read this in the journal of someone who will remain nameless:

"A girl died in 1933 by a homicidal murderer. He buried her in the ground when she was still alive. The murdered chanted, "Toma sota balcu" as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded."

Ummm.
There are a lot of things about this that confuse me.

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