Ever since I knew of its existence, I’ve wanted to read Tim Burton’s The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories. Unfortunately, my library doesn't own a copy so I had to order it through Interlibrary Loan. Of course, after all of that effort it was a bit of a letdown to discover that it was only 115 pages long. But this short little book did deliver on the quirky, dark humor that we’ve all come to expect from Tim Burton. Organized into small rhymes and stories, these are creepy but hilarious (if morbid humor is your thing) vignettes. A/N: Parents beware if you take issue with your kids reading about death, patricide, suicide, etc.

What I'm Currently Reading: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

Wow. That was one very bizarre collection of poetry that has more sexual references than I could've imagined. Also super creepy, no matter how captivating the illustrations look.

I will confess I'm not the biggest Tim Burton fan. Maybe because Edward Scissorhands destroyed me and I have never been able to see it again. Maybe because I've never really been into anything too creepy. This book is definitely creepy. Did I say creepy? I mean CREEPY.

At least it had some Christmas stories to go with the holiday season.

I have but two thoughts:

1. Whoa, this is weird.

2. DEFINITELY NOT FOR CHILDREN as the shelves led me to believe.