Status Updates From Magic for Beginners

Lull - another one with interesting aspects that just never fully came together for me

Magic for Beginners - interesting but still didn't quite click for me. I keep hoping the next story will be the one I love, but I've only got one left so it may be that Kelly Link may be too surreal for me.

Some Zombie Contingency Plans - I liked this until the end, which felt out of left field

The Great Divorce - Interesting. I want to know more about the logistics of this sort of marriage, seems very difficult if a medium is always required

Stone Animals - another one with some very interesting elements that just didn't gel for me

Catskin - liked but didn't love

Thoughts on stories so far:

The Faery Handbag - liked this one!
The Hortlak - there were interesting/promising bits in here but it didn't quite come together for me
The Cannon - meh

I keep thinking that this would have blown me away if I had read it when it came out, during the height of my teenage hipster McSweeney's era.