Reading Challenge
My name is Cyn and each Thursday (not to mention Fridays and Sundays) myself and my BBFF (the extra B is for book LOL) Ann from over at Romancing the Readers blog together.
Reading Challenge 2021
Simple- we each read & review a book that fits a "challenge" from our list. I picked a challenge from this list -it's highlighted
theme:covers as in covers feature:
a book with a cover you don't like
mis-match:cover doesn't fit book
trifecta:cover/title/about=perfect TODAY'S
animals
nature
single person
objects
body parts 1/28
In the wake of his infant daughter's tragic death, Steve Brannigan is struggling to keep himself together. Estranged from his wife, who refuses to be inside the house where the unthinkable happened, and unable to work, he seeks solace in an endless parade of old sitcoms and a bottle of bourbon. Until one night he hears a sound from his daughter's old room, a room now stripped bare of anything that identified it as hers...except for her security blanket, affectionately known as Blanky. Blanky, old and frayed, with its antiquated patchwork of badly sewn rabbits with black button eyes, who appear to be staring at the viewer... Blanky, purchased from a strange old man at an antique stall selling "BABY CLOSE" at a discount. The presence of Blanky in his dead daughter's room heralds nothing short of an unspeakable nightmare that threatens to take away what little light remains in Steve's shattered world. Because his daughter loved Blanky so much, he buried her with it.
Oh this book...
That cover title and blurb all match so perfectly!
Do not be fooled by the small page count; seriously it's only 80 odd pages but is as developed as something twice that! This creepy horrifying unsettling novella will spook you to your core!
Because it's so short, I can't really talk about it, except to emphasize how eerie and well developed and written this is.
It has a Twilight Zone/cinematic feel to it that I loved. It's my second novella by Burke and certainly will not be the last book I read from him.
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