My boyfriend recently read a book called “Battle Royal” by Kirstie MacLeod, and recommended it to me as something well worth reading. Nice as my boyfriend is, we don’t necessarily share the same taste in books, and so as a rule I might be rather apprehensive of his choices Nevertheless, he reviewed it so positively that it really did sound rather interesting, and I decided to give it a go. I started reading it for half an hour a night when I was in Bolton last week, to help me wind down from writing my article for La Brita Esperantisto. It did indeed have the desired result of sending me to sleep. (more…)