2 X Book snippets

Still haven't been able to catch up on reading flist or bloglines, let alone extra blogs from the 48 Hr Challenge, and feeling very apologetic.  Not being rude on purpose, honestly!

Two quick things - one about the current read - Darkside, by Tom Becker.  I quite like the cover, if the book hasn't totally blown me away yet.  Admittedly, not a good time to be reading about crossings over through filthy sewers, into dark and dangerous places where people turn on you for no good reason at all...  Sorry. It's been a tough couple of days.

   Anyway (if anyone figures out a way to fix LJ's annoying image/text scrunching, please tell me, okay?) last night, I turned off the light after reading a bit, put the book down beside me in bed as I usually do, and realised the thing was shining.  Yup - the front is all covered in glow-in-the-dark paint.  Tons of it too, as I eventually turned it over, and light came leaking out underneath in the most eerie way. 

The second book-related snippet is my shock at hearing from the Tories, of all people, the exact line Marcus uses in Little Brother about the terrorists winning if you take away people's freedom in response to the threat of terrorism.  The Conservatives.  Cory Doctorow might have more justifiable reason for head explosion than I have, but it was still disorientating, to say the least.  And my head doesn't need it right now, whatever about his.