M Is for Magic / Neil Gaiman / 260 pages / Neil Gaiman Challenge

Wow! This book of short stories was a real treat!  I had been a bit put off of Neil Gaiman by some of his way out there stuff, but this is more along the lines of Coraline and The Graveyard Book, still a bit strange but clever!  This book is most definitely not a children's book.  It is catalogued as YA with good reason.  I suppose this book is representative of what Gaiman is renowned for...taking old tales and incorporating them into new tales in clever, satisfying, challenging ways.