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The following events have been awarded a 6.8/10 on the Weirdness Scale by Rira.

I recently ordered Wicked Gentlemen, a high fantasy mystery/romance, from Amazon.  As it happens, the romance bit is of the homosexual variety.  Apparently, since I bought one book about gay men, Amazon thinks this means I would be interested in tons more books about gay men.  (Which is entirely accurate, especially if the words “graphic sex scenes” appear in the review.  <——not a joke)  Suddenly, all the books in my “Recommended for you” section are no longer graphic novels, but rather poignant gay bildungsromans. Today, I noticed The Boy In The Lake and clicked through to the product page.  I skipped down to the review section and as I skimmed the first section, I noticed something weird.  You know how occasionally, you’ll see a little glitch on a webpage because you know, the font doesn’t support a symbol and you get like a muddle of an ampersand and some extra letters in the middle of another word?  Well, see for yourself:

And a close-up:

…what in the name of all that is holy is that about?  Creepy, right?  Later in the day, I went to Half Price Books in search of a different novel and on the row directly beneath were FIVE copies of The Boy In The Lake.  Five!  Since when are there five copies of anything in a used bookstore?  So, I bought it.  Obviously, I was meant to, you know, cosmically.

Comments

[Baxter]

It's either an omen or a portend. Either way, I think you have to read that book. Bonus with the gay sex, obvs. :)

[Amy]

I agree. Did you start reading yet?

[John]

<awkward, frightened silence>

Dude. That is unnatural.

[ahe]

I finished the book a couple of days ago. It was okay. I liked the style, but it was a little short. I finished it in like two bus rides and a lunch break.